I'm going on a very long trip starting Sunday and I need some new music. You know me, I'm game for anything good.

Recommendations?

Way. Cool.

Behold the trailer for the movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are," directed by the awesome Spike Jonze:



Musical accompaniment to the trailer provided by the inimitable indie lyricists Arcade Fire.

i don't always have one, but recently, i've developed another pop tune obsession. this one is with british songtress estelle and her fun, fun new single american boy. it is an extremely cute song. it's not cool, it's not slick, it's not clever, it's just extremely cheerful and dancy. it's probably a good sign that it suits my mood today, but i ( Read more... )

although i have very eclectic musical tastes, i'd say one of my deepest roots is simple guitar and voice folk. i was weened on james taylor, joan baez, joni mitchell, etc. and continue to find the contemporary manifestations of the style extremely soothing. i need soothing right now. i'm wound so tight that my spine might actually spring out of my ( Read more... )

totally forgot about scissor sisters -- laura, filthy/gorgeous the comfortably numb cover -- so much good stuff! can't see how the group managed to slip my mind as they gave one of the most high-energy performances i've ever seen (or that anyone's seen since the 80s if you know what i mean). they are rocking me through my chapter 2 revisions today ( Read more... )

i'm currently obsessed with erykah badu's the healer, from her new album new amerykah part I. it's worlds better than the released single "soldier," which isn't half bad, but is very run-o-the-mill badu ( Read more... )

i'm now obsessed with the song "2080" by the uber-unique indie players yeasayers, who i got to see perform the other night at the logan square auditorium (i actually hate it as a venue as most of the shows are all ages and the 18 year old hipsters kind of wig me out. you know they all dress like it's 1983? the mismatching colors, polka dots, ( Read more... )

i guess posting is what happens when you're busy trying to avoid writing a lecture on hegel (whom i regrettably barely understand)

but i wanted to say, even though the moment has sort of passed, i LOVE that song that won the academy award, falling slowly. A tried to alert me to the frames ages ago and i sort of ignored him because i thought they ( Read more... )

ah, nina simone. there's just something about her music, her voice that is utterly compatible with my psyche. when she sings happy songs i can hear all the stuff underneath that says she effing fought for it and it makes me feel fortified. here's what i was just bopping to ( tomorrow is my turn )

here's what happens if you cross the mama's and the papa's with bjork: tunngas is so often the case, their myspace sample songs do not capture the full range of their best songs. if i were a web maven i would direct you to the song "jenny again" from the secret love 3 compilation and also "string" from their recent release "good arrows." if you are ( Read more... )