ipod chuffle

One of the benefits of having a crappy old 1-gig iPod is that it forces you to rotate the music that you listen to on a very regular basis. If you don’t, you end up quoting the unabridged lyrics from The Decemberist’s album, Picaresque, to some random guy on the bus. Don’t ask.

Here are some of my current musical selections. I’m adding a song from each album, but if I took the time to comment on any or all of the songs, this blog post would take a week to read. So, you will just have to enjoy the songs without my commentary.

She & Him- Volume One
Finally, a band featuring an actor/musician crossover that I can stand. (I’m looking at you, 30 Seconds to Mars).
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Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
Yes, this album objectifies women. Yes, it is full of swear words, sexual references, drug usage, and racially charged language. But you can’t deny that this is effing great rap.
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Daft Punk- Alive!
Everyone needs a little Daft Punk, but live albums sort of suck.
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Atmosphere- When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
This album is dark, mature, and metaphorical. Slug continues to be deceptively literate and deep, and Ant takes the producing in a interesting new direction. Yay, Midwest rap.
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Modest Mouse- This Is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
If Modest Mouse albums were girls, you probably wouldn’t ever score with any of them. You might get to second base with The Moon and Antarctica and you could totally get a blowjob from We Were Dead Before This Ship Even Sank. But I’m pretty sure that no matter how hard you tried, and no matter how many jello shots you convinced This Is a Long Drive to take, you would never get into her pants. It is not an easy album.
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Donovan- Songs for Sunshine People
Dale hearts hippies, folk music, and war protest songs. Check, check, and check.
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Say Anything- In Defense of the Genre
I’m pretty sure that, instead of Say Anything’s album, someone gave me an original cast recording of the off-Broadway hit, “Angst: The Musical”. But, umm, in a good way?
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Zolof, The Rock and Roll Destroyer- Schematics
This isn’t a bad album, but honestly, this is only on my iPod because they have possibly the most badass band name ever.
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Frightened Rabbit- The Midnight Organ Fight
The title for this album raises questions. Like, organ the musical instrument? Because I would love to see an organ-the-musical-instrument fight. Fights with other types of organs, not so much. Please be organ the musical instruments.
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Broken Social Scene- Bee Hives
You know it’s a good band when you can love their b-sides album. The lovely Leslie Feist collaborates for 7 glorious minutes and 34 wonderful seconds on “Lover’s Spit”. Incidentally, “Lover’s Spit” is my second favorite BSS song title, placing only behind “Handjobs for the Holidays”. Honorable mentions include, “I slept with Bonhomme at the CBC”, “Anthems for a seventeen year old girl”, “Guilty cubicles”, and “Ambulance for the Ambience”.
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Common- Finding Forever
Meh. I can’t help feeling like this album is just a crappy Kanye ripoff. I know, I “support Midwest rap”, but just because you can’t shut up about how hardcore the south side of Chicago is, it doesn’t mean you are great. That being said, this album is still better than 85% of the rap that is out there. Too bad I only listen to the top 12 percentile.
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The Morning Of- The World As We Know It
I have no clue why I can’t stop listening to this. It’s embarrassing, frankly. This is pure bubble gum pop punk. Insanely sing along-able, and catchy like a mofo. And I like it. WTF? This band is like Chumbawamba with emo hair and heartwarming messages. For the love of god, run away.
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