BJ The DJ, Spinning The Hot Joints
Before I forget, I was tagged by a_fatal_mistake to do this nonsense. Bitch.
Name six songs that you are currently digging. It doesn't matter what genre they are from or whether they have words, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions and then list the six artists and the songs in your LiveJournal. Then tag six other people to see what they're listening to...
1. Imogen Heap
"Hide & Seek"
Speak For Yourself
Just going to come out and say it, best single of the year.
2. Death Cab For Cutie
"Brothers On A Hotel Bed"
Plans
The new Death Cab album is actually pretty good. Not as good as Transatlanticism, but it's hard to think of an album off the top of my head that is. Consequently, "Brothers On A Hotel Bed" sounds to me the most like a Transatlanticism outtake. That's a good thing.
3. Kanye West
"Touch The Sky"
Late Registration
The whole album is almost flawless, I just picked my favorite at the moment. I'm going to say a couple things about Late Registration and move on. First of all, let it be known that I was never a Kanye fan; I liked a couple of songs off his first album but the fact that he sort of sucks as a person deterred me from actually buying it. But ever since a classmate burned me a copy of the new disc, I haven't stopped listening to it. It actually got me to stop listening to the new Death Cab album. A testament, indeed.
4. White Rose Movement
"Love Is A Number"
Love Is A Number EP
If Joy Division, Morrissey, and Bloc Party fell into a black hole and emerged as one superbeing, its first single would be "Love Is A Number." The post-punk/new wave formula WRM adhere to is well-trodden by now by the likes of The Rapture and LCD Soundsystem, but somehow I like this track a ton better than any of that. Between Kanye marathons, this is what I'm listening to.
5. Robyn
"Be Mine"
Robyn
Remember Robyn? You do. I know you do. She had those hits "Show Me Love" and "Do You Know (What It Takes)" back in 1997 before Britney showed up and shut her shit down. Eight years later Robyn's back and she's pissed. The comparisons to Kelly Clarkson's new rockier material are inevitable since she made that sound accessable again for the pop market, but I don't think Robyn is just stealing Kelly's schtick to cash in because the rest of Robyn is all over the place (see: "Konichiwa Bitches," her rap song, and "Anytime You Like," her best Sigur Rös impression. No kidding). Regardless, this is a really, really likeable pop song. We all need one (or six) of those once in a while.
6. Sufjan Stevens
"Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois"
Illinois
I find myself listening to this on repeat about seven times before I realize it. It's a little over two minutes, and it's just beautiful. Haunting in a way that makes you hope they play it at your funeral. Maybe that's just me.
Tagged:
star_riot
rachum
lwveggie
as_we_go_on
lifestartsnow
dustybottoms18
Name six songs that you are currently digging. It doesn't matter what genre they are from or whether they have words, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions and then list the six artists and the songs in your LiveJournal. Then tag six other people to see what they're listening to...
1. Imogen Heap
"Hide & Seek"
Speak For Yourself
Just going to come out and say it, best single of the year.
2. Death Cab For Cutie
"Brothers On A Hotel Bed"
Plans
The new Death Cab album is actually pretty good. Not as good as Transatlanticism, but it's hard to think of an album off the top of my head that is. Consequently, "Brothers On A Hotel Bed" sounds to me the most like a Transatlanticism outtake. That's a good thing.
3. Kanye West
"Touch The Sky"
Late Registration
The whole album is almost flawless, I just picked my favorite at the moment. I'm going to say a couple things about Late Registration and move on. First of all, let it be known that I was never a Kanye fan; I liked a couple of songs off his first album but the fact that he sort of sucks as a person deterred me from actually buying it. But ever since a classmate burned me a copy of the new disc, I haven't stopped listening to it. It actually got me to stop listening to the new Death Cab album. A testament, indeed.
4. White Rose Movement
"Love Is A Number"
Love Is A Number EP
If Joy Division, Morrissey, and Bloc Party fell into a black hole and emerged as one superbeing, its first single would be "Love Is A Number." The post-punk/new wave formula WRM adhere to is well-trodden by now by the likes of The Rapture and LCD Soundsystem, but somehow I like this track a ton better than any of that. Between Kanye marathons, this is what I'm listening to.
5. Robyn
"Be Mine"
Robyn
Remember Robyn? You do. I know you do. She had those hits "Show Me Love" and "Do You Know (What It Takes)" back in 1997 before Britney showed up and shut her shit down. Eight years later Robyn's back and she's pissed. The comparisons to Kelly Clarkson's new rockier material are inevitable since she made that sound accessable again for the pop market, but I don't think Robyn is just stealing Kelly's schtick to cash in because the rest of Robyn is all over the place (see: "Konichiwa Bitches," her rap song, and "Anytime You Like," her best Sigur Rös impression. No kidding). Regardless, this is a really, really likeable pop song. We all need one (or six) of those once in a while.
6. Sufjan Stevens
"Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois"
Illinois
I find myself listening to this on repeat about seven times before I realize it. It's a little over two minutes, and it's just beautiful. Haunting in a way that makes you hope they play it at your funeral. Maybe that's just me.
Tagged:
star_riot
rachum
lwveggie
as_we_go_on
lifestartsnow
dustybottoms18