sondre lerche-duper session [2006]

sondre lerche is norwegian rocker. his first album came out in 2001 when he was only 19 years old. he has put our some great music...i highly recommend it to any of you brit-pop fans(check out the song, "two way monologues). this album, however, is nothing like his other music. that is what makes it so amazing. this album is all JAZZ. he does an amazing job of writing and covering some great jazz music. it has a great feel and is one of those albums you can't listen to without snapping your fingers. check out "the more i see you", "night and day", and "minor detail".

1. everyone's rooting for you
2. minor detail
3. across the land
4. the curse of being in love
5. dead end mystery
6. night and day
7. once in a while
8. the more i see you
9. (you knocked me) off my feet
10. (i wanna) call it love
11. nightingales
12. i'm not from here
13. you sure look swell
14. honolulu (hidden track)
    

josh rouse-nashville [2005]

i posted a ryan adams on here a week or so ago...well if you like that one here's another GREAT folk-rock album. josh rouse is a midwestern singer who has been around for nine years or so. this is my favorite of his music. it has some great up-beat folk-rock and some sweet slow ballads. you can't miss....check out "it's the nightime", "sad eyes", and "winter in the hamptons".

1. it's the nightime
2. winter in the hamptons
3. streetlights
4. carolina
5. middle school frown
6. my love has gone
7. saturday
8. sad eyes
9. why won't you tell me what
10. life

stars-in our bedroom after the war [2007]

three days ago i had never even heard of stars. in fact, i can't even remember how i found them. apparently they're not too secret, my little brother knew who they were. either way they have a great sound. i have really been diggin this album the last couple of days. i can't really term the sound of their music very well. i would say they are something like a cross of the postal service and r.e.m. hmm...that may not do it either...oh well. check out "take me to the riot", "the ghost of geneva heights", and "barricade".

1. the beginning after the end


2. the night starts here


3. take me to the riot


4. my favourite book


5. midnight coward


6. the ghost of genova heights


7. personal


8. barricade


9. window bird


10. in tokyo


11. life 2 - the unhappy ending


12. today will be better, i swear


13. in our bedroom after the war

ryan adams-gold [2001]

anyone with any remote interest in folk-rock this is the cream of the modern-day crop. ryan adams writes songs that should have been written the year he was born and he does it better than almost anybody else. this is my favorite of all his work. and believe me, he has put out a bit of music. since the year 2000 he has released nine albums. granted some of those weren't solo albums, three were with the backing band the cardinals. anywho, this album is fantastic. check out the songs, "new york, new york"<---previewed below, "answering bell", and "firecracker". oh, and if you recognize song 7, "when the stars go blue" as a tim mcgraw song, it's actually a ryan adams original.

1. new york, new york
2. firecracker
3. answering bell
4. la cienega just smiled
5. the rescue blues
6. somehow, someday
7. when the stars go blue
8. nobody girl
9. sylvia path
10. enemy fire
11. gonna make you love me
12. wild flowers
13. harder now that it's over
14. touch feel and lose
15. tina toledo's street walking blues
16. goodnight, hollywood blvd.

the hush sound-like vines [2006]

absolutely no idea where i got this album. none whatsoever. i've traded music with a lot of people lately and who knows who gave me what. this one came up on shuffle on the ol' ipod the other day and i thought it was kinda nice. this bands seems to have potential to be trendy so if they are and i just don't know about it, please, let me know, i'll stop listening. what i mean by that is if 90% of the eighth graders in your local jr high know this band, let's delete it from this site. if not, then hey, it's a pretty good album. i really like the two first songs on the album. check them out.

1. we intertwined
2. a dark congregation
3. sweet tangerine
4. lions roar
5. lighthouse
6. don't wake me up
7. where we went wrong
8. magnolia
9. wine red
10. out through the curtain
11. you are the moon

bruce springsteen-born to run [1975]

one of the best albums of all time. i love this album. bruce springsteen may very well be the greatest lyricist of all time. this album, from 1975, came out when bruce was only 25 years old. pretty impressive for the caliber of work it is. one of the things to note on this album is the introduction to each song, they're designed to represent the song to follow. many artist have deemed him one of their biggest influences including one of my favorite artists damon gogh of badly drawn boy. check out "thunder road", "tenth-avenue freeze out" and "born to run".

1. thunder road
2. tenth avenue freeze out
3. night
4. backstreets
5. born to run
6. she's the one
7. meeting across the river
8. jungleland

piano/classical compilation

this may end up being one of my least enjoyed posts. i consider myself open to all kinds of music. i wouldn't categorize my likes into any one genre. this includes the classics. in fact, in 2007 it has been a main focus of mine to aquaint myself more with classical artists. since i've found myself listening to more and more i thought i might make a few suggestions of some piano/classical music. these are just a few of my favorites, and they certainly won't be that way for all. i've been nothing but impressed though with simply how amazing this music really is when you delve into it...you also may be surprised...

[this is a photo of my favorite classical artist, chopin....creepy eh? he's freaking amazing...]

1. chopin - revolutionary etude in c-minor. op. 10, no. 12.

• maybe my favorite classical piece right now. it's the last song i performed in a recital when i was 19 years old. i nearly completely forgot the piece during my two years in korea and have since taken it back up and am about half-way through re-learning it.

2. rachmaninoff - rhapsody on theme from paganini in a-minor - op 43.

• you ever wanna read a cool story check out paganini. he was maybe the greatest violinist of the 19th century but a prolific gambler and even gambled away his most amazing violin. after that someone gave him another one and it is still in use today.

3. franz liszt - hungarian rhapsody no. 02 in c-sharp-minor

• you've all heard this one before (especially if you've seen who framed roger rabbit) but maybe didn't know what it was called. check out the song starting at the 4:58 mark...goodness!

4. claude debussy - claire de lune

• you may remember this one from the end of the movie "ocean's eleven" when they are standing gazing back at the hotel they just robbed. so melodic.

5. chopin - nocturne for violin and piano

6. john schmidt - all of me

• granted this song is not a classical piece but i did say piano/classical so i think i can put this in. its awesome. learning this song on piano made me not quit playing. thanks john.

7. george gershwin - rhapsody in blue

8. mozart - k.310 piano sonata in a-minor

• i'm halfway through learning this one. this is actually about 80 bpm faster than mozart wrote it but impressive anyway.

9. beethoven - moonlight sonata

10. chopin - polinaise in a-flat major "heroic" op. 53

11. mozart - k. 626 - requiem in d-minor.

• literally written on mozart's death bed and finished by his closest apprentice just after. amazing. it reeks of death.

12. danny elfman - victor's piano solo (corpse bride)

13. theme - legends of the fall.

radiohead kick

hey guys...been a couple of days. my wife had a baby, booya!

with the release of radiohead's newest album "in rainbows" i have been on somewhat of a little radiohead kick and i wanted to share a couple of albums that maybe even big radiohead fans may not have and are definate must-have's.

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the first is radiohead's leading man thom yorke's solo album, "the eraser". it's some of the best work i think thom has ever done. if you like the song, "idioteque", "kid a", or "packt like sardines in a crushd tin box" then you'll love this album! some of my fav's are "harrowdown hill", "atom's for peace", and "the eraser". seriously, if you call yourself a radiohead/thom yorke fan you're doing yourself a serious injustice by not getting this one.

thom yorke-the eraser [2005]

1. the eraser
2. analyse
3. the clock
4. black swan
5. skip divided
6. atoms for peace
7. and it rained all night
8. harrowdown hill
9. cymbal rush

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the next album is one of two by a great classical pianist named christopher o'riley. he is best know for doing covers of alternative music. he has done two radiohead albums (both of which are listed here) and also albums of songs by nick drake and elliott smith so if you like these you may need to search out the others...(let me know, i'll hook you up). these are great if you like piano music and can't get enough of radiohead....

true love waits:christopher o'riley plays radiohead [2003]

1. everything in its right place
2. knives out
3. black star
4. karma police
5. let down
6. airbag
7. subterranean homesick alien
8. thinking about you
9. exit music (for a film)
10. you
11. bulletproof
12. fake plastic trees
13. i can't
14. true love waits
15. motion picture soundtrack

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christopher o'riley-hold me to this [2005]

1. there there
2. nice dream
3. no surprises
4. polyethylene part 2
5. how i made my millions
6. like spinning plates
7. sail to the moon
8. the tourist
9. cuttooth
10. 2+2=5
11. talk show host
12. gagging order
13. paranoid android
14. street spirit (fade out)

the guggenheim grotto-waltzing alone[2005]

i first came across this album during the spring of 2006. this is an incredible album. i'd be VERY surprised to know if many people had ever heard of these guys. if you have, kudos to you. you must be in the "scene"...lol...the band hails from ireland and started making music in 2003 during the damien-rice-dominated year of uk music. that may very well be why this album didn't recieve quite enough publicity to get popular. i just found out that the title track of this album is actually pre-installed on every one of apple's iphones in the u.k. someone must like them, couldn't blame 'em. this album has so many great songs on it. check out "a tear isn't such a bad thing", "told you so", "philosophia"<--the one on the iphone. you'll enjoy this one. i promise.

1. philosophia
2. portmarnock beach boy blue
3. told you so
4. wonderful wizard
5. rosanna
6. i think i love you
7. ozymandias
8. a lifetime in heat
9. koan
10. vertigo
11. cold truth
12. tromboner
13. and a tear isn't such a bad thing
14. one for sorrow

radiohead-in rainbows[2007]

so radiohead just released their brand new album today called "in rainbows". it's nothing less than what you would expect from the greatest band in the world. i have been very impressed. i think they've found a perfect blend of electronic and natural sounds on this one. i won't be posting a link to this album but you can get it for free on radioheads website or if you want i've uploaded it and you can just send me a quick email and i'll send you back the link. i'm not gonna post it because it'll get deleted anyway.

1. 15 step
2. bodysnatchers
3. nude
4. weird fishes/arpeggi
5. all i need
6. faust arp
7. reckoner
8. house of cards
9. jigsaw falling into place
10. videotape

wilco-sky blue sky[2007]

here's a new album from the band wilco. great new stuff....it's been in my head all week. check out "either way", "you are my face"<----i especially love the changes, and "sky blue sky". sorry, not too much to say about this one but i wanted to get it posted cuz i've been into it a bit lately.

1. either way
2. you are my face
3. impossible germany
4. sky blue sky
5. side with the seeds
6. shake it off
7. please be patient with me
8. hate it here
9. leave me (like you found me)
10. walkin
11. what light
12. on and on and on
    

post fontaine

hey all. just wanted to alert you of a new site similiar to this one that has been started by a friend of mine. he and i have been getting together and swapping music for sometime now so we share much of the same taste in music. and still, we have a slightly different taste in many ways. it's hard to explain but i'm certain you can figure it out. either way, you'll definately see some GREAT posts on his page so check it out. here's the link:

http://postfontaine.blogspot.com/

enjoy the music folks.

cold war kids-robbers and cowards[2006]

great album from a new and upcoming indie rock band. i'm sure some of you have heard of cold war kids by now but if you haven't and you are at all associated with the indie rock seen you WILL hear about them. they are the new flaming lips or white stripes. off-beat rythms and off tone vocals, now THAT is what indie rock is all about! oh and i think it's hilarious that the pianist never plays the right notes.....i apologize for my bias...check out "hang me up to dry" "we used to vacation" and the poorly played piano song (hilarious) "hospital beds".

1. we used to vacation
2. hang me up to dry
3. tell me in the morning
4. hair down
5. passing the hat
6. saint john
7. robbers
8. hospital beds
9. pregnant
10. red wine, success!
11. make up your mind
12. rubidoux