Top 5 Random Songs I’m Listening To These Days #1

#1#2. 

i’ve been listening to this today. the soundtrack of the Icelandic film of the same name (obviously). most of the tracks are short compositions by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, and Sigur Rós contributed with 2 amazing tracks. 

the whole thing is dreamlike, timeless and needs to be heard!!

Sigur Rós – bíum bíum bambaló & dánarfregnir og jarðarfarir

#3. Cajun Dance Party – The Race

i first listened to the album because of their name. with a name like Cajun Dance Party, you gotta be good people making good music. my favourite track so far. 

 

#4. The Brunettes – Her Hairagami Set

quite an interesting band from New Zealand.. i haven’t been that excited about a song in a long time! the video is pretty funny. and the lyrics.. OMG the lyrics!!

“doesn’t she look a million with her hairagami set
hair kisses ‘n’ hair architecture yes she’s a beautiful brunette”

and wouldn’t it be swell to see them live? oh wait, i’m seeing them this wednesday. 

 

#5. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Darkwave Driver / Big Drill Car

the video is quite useless, so just close your eyes and listen. it seems the song could go on and on. and on. 

and listen to My Bloody Underground, it’s a pretty good album. preeetty, preeeetty good. (especially Automatic Faggot for the People, but that might just be me)

 

 

 

Weekly Top 5 (my last.fm never lies)

here comes the first installment of my weekly (in theory) top 5- most listened songs. according to last.fm (which never lies. because scrobbling can’t lie). so here is the result of my first week of scrobbling!

 

#5. (yeah i’ll do it the reverse way for the suspense)

Uh Huh Her – Wait Another Day

i was a bit disappointed after finally listening to Los Angeles based Uh Huh Her’s upcoming album Common Reaction, but i need to listen to it a few more times before having an opinion about it. and i need to see them live first and foremost (somewhere between #1 and 3 of my top 5 – gigs i really really want to see) and i can’t really hate anything Leisha Hailey does. so i’ll give their album another shot. and because i need to like it when my autographed copy arrive in the mail this summer. and obviously there are some good things in the album, like Wait Another Day (last.fm says i listened to it 3 times, but they gotta lie, because i know the bip bips by heart already). and also, i *adore* the album artwork. 

 

not the same song, but i couldn’t find any live performance of Wait Another Day. this one is Not a Love Song, and you can listen to it on their myspace, together with a couple of other songs from Common Reaction.

#4.  Au Revoir Simone – Fallen Snow

(click on the title for some magic)

isn’t it the coolest band name ever? 

i got stuck in The Bird Of Music this week. my first venture in the music of Au Revoir Simone. and so far the journey is more than nice. i like almost anything with a keyboard, plus their songs are light and beautiful, and that’s just what you need for spring time. a couple of tracks really got my attention (this one obviously and #2). 4 times. 

#3. Ladytron – Black Cat

actually, it should have been #2, but at first the song had a bad tag that said “black car” and that pretty much messed with the great counts of songs. 

pretty much the same than with Au Revoir Simone. i’ve been reading a lot about Ladytron, but never had the chance to listen to anything from them. and i gotta say it’s quite mindblowing when the first track you hear from them is the opener for Velocifero “Black Cat”. you don’t even mind that the lyrics are in bulgarian, you have this weird urge to perform a tribal dance. oh come on, you get it, it’s a damn good electro track. 5 times (actually 8). 

#2. Au Revoir Simone – Night Majestic

i just love the name of this song. and the song is so addictive. keyboard on caffeine. with a quite simple  melody, but it will for sure be stuck in your head for some time. 

not that you’re going to complain. 6 times. 

#1. Clovis - Detrás de las puertas

a totally unknown band for me until this week. the band is from Madrid and plays nice pop/indie music, easy to listen to, and perfect for those sunny days outside. and i like spanish lyrics. this song is very nice, i’m drawn to it for some reason. 9 times, we have a winner!!