Covers and Cooks

I know I just posted this song, but this is an amazing cover.  Jesse Cook, a Nuevo Flamenco guitarist from Paris, released this song in September of 2009 with Jeremy Fisher, a singer-songwriter from Canada.

Such & Such & Such

I really like this song.  I got back into Modest Mouse recently.  When my friend started listening to them again, it made me miss them a bit.  This is one of my favorite songs.  I really like the melody line.  It is happy even though the lyrics aren't the happiest. "Looking towards the future, we were begging for the past."  This song is off their We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Album released in 2007.

Back In Style

I know once you play this video and listen to the vocals, you will immediately guess the vocalist, but I'll tell you it's Jason Schwartzman.  This song, "It's Not You, It's Me" is of his 2007 album Nighttiming.  He released a second album in January of this year called Davy.  All his music is extremely catchy with very fun and playful lyrics.  And both actresses Zooey Deschanel (She & Him) and Kristin Dunst have made appearances on this album.

Give Me More

The xx, from London, released their debut album, xx, in 2009.  The xx recorded this album in a small garage provided by XL studios.  They would often record at night which helped the xx capture a sleek whispery sound.  xx made it on many 'best of the year' lists, including Rolling Stone at number 9.  My friend describes this song as " a song that starts to break your heart. Especially the lyrics 'sometimes, I still need you', because at times we all feel that way about someone."

When We Fail

The Strokes are from Brooklyn.  They recorded a demo version of You Only Live Once entitled I'll Try Anything Once, which was included on the B-side of their single Heart In A Cage.  Nick Valensi plays the keyboard with Julian Casablancas singing the lyrics.

I Want Some More

IT IS FINALS! I can't write on my blog but I allowed myself to post a song.

Taken My Place

Just because I love this song.

Sea To Sea

I know people who have problems with mash-up artists because they think that they are not real artists. That they are forming an audience from other artists' music. But I really enjoy mash-up artists like Girl Talk and The Hood Internet.  


This is C2C. They are so new that I cannot even find out where these DJs are from. They do mash-ups of jazz, mo-town, hip-hop, and rap. They are signed to Onandon Records. They are currently working on an album to be released in August 2011.

The Things We Do

Alice Glass and Ethan Kath met when both were required to do community service by court order. They were reading to the blind. To listen to Crystal Castles, according to the BBC, "is to be cast adrift in a vortex of deafening pain without a safety net. You get the feeling you could do anything in the world, but that 'anything' would ultimately mean nothing. Crystal Castles marks a nuanced emotional territory that dance music never covered before."


This is Vanished. I really like the lyrics to this song.

We Don't Dream Anymore

Tallest Man On Earth is the moniker of folk musician, Kristian Matsson, from Sweden. His first album, Shallow Grave, was released in 2008. He released his second album, The Wild Hunt, in April.  My friend, Kate, had me listen to this song, Love Is All, and now I can't stop listening to it.

Summary of Something

Gnarls Barkley is best known for Crazy.  He is a one-hit wonder.  But a friend introduced me to this song, Smiley Faces, and I really enjoyed it.  I am going to start listening to more music by one-hit wonders.  I am sure most have good music out there, but we just don't know.

Everyone That You Meet

Shuffle on my Itunes.  Bob Sinclar, a DJ from France, released Love Generation in 2005. Vocals are by Gary Pine from The Wailers.