Today, the Scissor Sisters posted the a song from their forthcoming album, Night Work, called Invisible Light, on their website. Thankfully, they also posted the song in its entirety on youtube, and as such, I get to gush about it here. Have a listen: In a word? AMAZING. The Scissor Sisters are back with their [...]
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Published by April 13th, 2010 in hotness, listen up!, music musings, music suggestion, song of the day and you tube. 0 Commentsthe 31 best of 2009: 1-5
Published by January 31st, 2010 in listen up!, music musings and music suggestion. 2 CommentsThe time has finally arrived; here is the best of the best in music from 2009. These are the five albums that I loved the most, and when I say that it was hard to rank them, believe me; these are certainly the cream of the music crop from 2009. 1: A Camp – Colonia [...]
the 31 best of 2009: 6-10
Published by January 22nd, 2010 in listen up!, music musings and music suggestion. 1 Comment6: Silversun Pickups – Swoon Silversun Pickups really remind me of high school a lot, in that their music reminds me of the way that I felt when I first truly knew that I loved music. Much like the way early Smashing Pumpkins got me into alternative rock, the Silversun Pickups picked up that torch [...]
the 31 best of 2009: 11-15
Published by January 18th, 2010 in listen up!, music musings and music suggestion. 1 CommentFirst off, is anyone still paying attention? Sorry for the delays for those of you that are… Alright, so I know what you are thinking, and YES, I promise to finish this damn countdown. This past week was my first week of nursing school, and as a result, I have been crazy busy. However, that [...]
the 31 best of 2009: 21-25
Published by December 18th, 2009 in listen up!, music musings, music suggestion and you tube. 3 Comments21: Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions This album was probably one of my biggest surprises in 2009; considering that I had never even heard of Biffy Clyro before the midpoint of the year. I love it when I stumble onto new bands, and when I first heard The Captain, I knew I had stumbled onto [...]
the 31 best of 2009: 26-31
Published by December 14th, 2009 in listen up!, music musings and music suggestion. 1 CommentUPDATE: Please notice that I added a link to at least one song by each artist, so you can listen to that song on youtube. Enjoy! 26: Matthew Barber – Ghost Notes Matthew’s stripped down, beautiful acoustic folk-rock really took me be surprise; when I stumbled on his song, Easily Bruised, I really wasn’t expecting [...]
no 5SF this week, but some great news
Published by October 23rd, 2009 in all about me, civil rights, happenings, listen up!, politics and that is so gay. 0 CommentsAs you may notice, there is no five song Friday occupying its regular slot this week; I have had a really bad week (from being sick to the hot water heater woes to school work overload), so I am taking a break. I need to write up my concert experience from Mat Kearney last Friday [...]
5SF: october 16
Published by October 16th, 2009 in five song friday, listen up!, music musings, music suggestion and you tube. 6 CommentsTGIF. This has been a four day week for me, but for whatever reason, every hour has felt like two, and it just seemed to go by really slowly. A good thing did come out of it, though, I found some AMAZING new songs to feature today, and I can’t wait for you to hear [...]
third time’s a charm
Published by October 14th, 2009 in britney n' k-fed, hotness, listen up!, music musings, music suggestion and show the love. 2 CommentsBritney’s lastest single, the total earworm 3 will in fact debut at number 1 on the hot 100. Love her or hate her, you have to admit, this has been a pretty impressive comeback; one that only seems to keep gaining momentum! Major congrats to Ms. Spears who snags only her third number one hit [...]
5SF: october 9 (British pop edition!)
Published by October 9th, 2009 in five song friday, listen up!, music musings and music suggestion. 3 CommentsThanks to Stuart playing all kinds of wonderful cheesy British pop from the early 00s at Mary’s last weekend, I have been in the mood for more, more, more all week. I decided to make a play list of some of my favorites, and as the list started to get pretty long, I realized that [...]
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