Taking mushrooms makes you rock on a chair for 4 hours. Or so it did for one of my friends while we were in Amsterdam last year. He did not move from that chair the entire time. Today he sends an e-mail to the group of us that were on the trip with a link [...]

If you like Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero’s sweet, Southern tinged, sing a long folk song, “Home,” you will surely like “Little Talks,” by indie folk band, Of Monsters And Men. The six piece band from Iceland is getting attention with this sleeper single. It’s hard not to pay attention with the sentimental, back [...]

Thank God for The Black Keys. When you’re tired of listening to generic, pop, synth filled tunes or tried and tired, generic, indie rock bands, The Black Keys are there to rescue you. Definitely one of the most original groups around, the duo has been killing it with their mix of blues and garage rock [...]

Back in ’08, Steve Jobs blessed the band Chairlift by using their sweet, dream pop of a song, “Bruises,” in an iPod Nano commercial. And ever since I’ve had a huge crush on lead singer Caroline Polachek. Wait, that’s not what I meant to say. (But how adorable does she look dancing in the video [...]

New blog design here. Hope you like it. You have to click on the post itself to get to the song and the download. Up today we have The Paper Kites, an Aussie based folk band of gentle, sentimental music. These are really nice songs. Sad with a touch of optimism and great lyrics. The [...]

Last summer I wrote about husband/wife duo, Tennis. I loved their song, “Marathon,” which I thought came out decades ago because of the wispy, nostalgic sound. Tennis is releasing their second album early next year and have already put out lead single, “Origins,” which I think I may like even more than “Marathon.” Another soft [...]

Without fail, every remix of a Feist song is always good. I have a ton on this blog and with Feist’s new album, Metals, having just come out, I’m sure there will be plenty more. Clock Opera mixes the lead single off of the new album, “How Come You Never Go There,” changing it from [...]

Azelia Banks is a new girl from LaGuardia High School who’s been dishing out some tracks, none as good as her recent, 212. This is a crazy, haphazard mashup of various musical styles, rap, dance music, beautiful singing and aggressive yelling – all about the pleasures of oral sex. Fun video she made for the [...]

‘What I’ve Lost’ is a beautiful song. With atmospheric synths, a slow paced melody and nostalgic vocals, the song paints an image of driving around an unnamed town at night on wet streets, bright car lights, curvy roads, with a romantic tinge of melancholy. This is romantic electronic music. “Little French girl, want to drive [...]

My friend, Nisha, put me onto Capital Cities. ‘Safe and Sound’ is such a great, sweet track with romantic gestures, such as ‘I could lift you up…you could be my luck.’ Capital Cities is churning out some rad, electro-pop tunes. ‘Safe and Sound’ has got some vintage synths, pieces of California sunshine, indie stylings, catchy [...]