Let’s see, right now in the car CD player I’ve got Celestial Harmonies – Responsories and Antiphons by the Oxford Camerata. Dad downloaded it using the downloads I got from eMusic recently. The only problem is that when listening to it in the car, the volume ranges from almost inaudible to nearly painful.
Also in the car, I’ve got Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly and Deja Entendu by Brand New. Both were eMusic downloads. Flogging Molly is punk/Irish music which I got into after hearing Drunken Lullabies and What’s Left of the Flag. According to last.fm, Brand New is Indie Rock/Emo/A bunch of other stuff which I suppose fits. I bought the album for Okay I Believe You, but My Tommy Gun Don’t and The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows, but it’s filled with great stuff like I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light and Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades
Rounding out my recent eMusic selections, though I haven’t gotten around to burning it to CD, is a split EP with songs from Alkaline Trio and Hot Water Music. What’s interesting is that the version of Radio on this album is done by Hot Water Music as a cover of the Alkaline Trio song. I like the song if for no other reason than the first line is quite possibly my favorite lyric ever, but it’s explicit so I don’t recommend trying it out at work.
Also on my computer are several songs by Golden Death Music. I found out about the solo project when I got a recommendation from, I believe, the artist himself. After listening to Chantepleure, I was hooked, probably because parts of it reminded me of Brambles from the Donkey Kong Country 2 soundtack. Futile, Hopeless, Beyonder and Hegira are all very good and available, along with a few more songs, as free downloads from last.fm. I obviously recommended downloading them all.
As people know, YouTube is a great place to find music. A little while back I was able to find a few songs by the Irish singer that I heard at a pub in Seattle.
As for music that I’ve gotten through more traditional means, I bought a copy of Start Something by lostprophets. I think I got it mostly for Sway, but Last Train Home, Last Summer and Goodbye Tonight are all solid.
I also picked up Tell All Your Friends by Taking Back Sunday. I’m just guessing, but I don’t think they’re going to find much of an audience from the people reading this.
Now that I think about it, I also picked up Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not in the past year or so. I got it for Mardy Bum, but really haven’t gotten into anything else on the album.
The other day Techcruch was talking about a new music recommendation engine called Mufin, which they think does a pretty good job. The reason this sticks in my head is that they used The Darkness‘ I Believe in a Thing Called Love as an obscure song test. And yes, that video is creepy/funny. I’ve never watched the whole thing. As for Mufin, I’m still waiting for my beta code.
One last note, over the summer I heard Buckcherry’s Sorry a lot. I don’t know if it got as much, or any, radio play because I’ve pretty much stopped listening to music on the radio, but I think Everything is, by far, the better song.
[Joe]
