I hate the Killers. MGMT is hit or miss, and even when the songs are hit, the band itself is annoying. Pumped Up Kicks is a guilty pleasure for me though. I can tell it's bad when I listen to it, but I can't stop listening to it. I won't give it thumbs up on Pandora but I never fast forward it or give it thumbs down either. I don't switch the channel when it comes on the radio. The fact that I kind of like it makes me almost hate it. I shouldn't like it, but it's too damn catchy and I can't deny it. I don't blame anyone for hating the song. I wish I could, I just can't. I'll never buy it, or anything, but I do kind of like it. Right now, I'm listening to a mellow mix that has some Belle and Sebastion, Andrew Bird, The Shins, Voxtrot, Starf***er, Greg Ashley, Radical Face, Sleepy Jackson, and Department of Eagles.
The Head and the Heart - The Head and the Heart PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Oh man I know what you mean. Like I hate, hate, hate Vampire Weekend, I mean they are total try-hards that took Dirty Projectors and turned it into some bull**** but "Oxford Comma" will never leave my head its just so damn catchy but I hate everything about it.
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Van Morrison - Inarticulate Speech of the Heart Neil Young - After the Gold Rush With the exception of my weekend listening of my favorite big 3 (Animal Collective, Radiohead, and Wilco), I am going to take a break from my indie rock and go back to the classic singer songwriter artists. Forgotten how damn good "After the Gold Rush" is.
Buddha Bar Frank Ocean - Thinking About You Spanglish Soundtrack - Bus Stop and Drunk and Disorderly (Hans is a beast) Miles Davis
With the exception of about 30 minutes of Todd Snider, I haven't listened to anything but Elliott Smith since March. By the way, for those that don't know him, check out Todd Snider. The Excitement Plan is a very cool album.
Revisiting the Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead, American Beauty, Mars Hotel, Shakedown Street, Terrapin Station, Go To Heaven, In the Dark. That's the big 7 for me, with Workingman being the favorite. I know most prefer the live stuff, but for some reason I keep going back to the studio albums. What a long, strange trip it's been..............
The most perfect rock and roll album ever recorded. Epic. Best opening (Thunder), best ending (Jungleland), best song (Born), great fast (Night), great slow (Meeting), great Brown/Redding (10th), great Dylan (Backstreets), great Holly (She's The One). Great stories, great musicianship- and most importantly, it's got the most "heart" out of any album I've ever heard. And that's how I really feel about it.
Only old people listen to Bruce Springsteen. There is maybe only one Springsteen song I can stand, and he was God-awful as the Super Bowl halftime show a few years ago. I'm sure his music speaks to blue collar Americans who grew up in the 60s and 70s, but I find it to shallow and pedantic.
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Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks moes - I used to not care for Springsteen much. But I got into Born to Run and then Darkness on the Edge of Town and I have never looked back. The Boss will grow on you - you just have to let him.
