Another band I discovered via a coworker who pointed them out on Spotify is The Thievery Corporation. Who, again, I was already digging on The Current.
Here’s Stargazer by The Thievery Corporation. Let me know what you think.
I’ve been using Spotify a lot lately, but am trying to find a good balance between Spotify and The Current — for a couple of reasons. One is obvious — I’m a member of The Current and donate a chunk of money every month to keep them up and running. Two — if I quit listening to the radio, how will I ever find anything new? I get that the point of Spotify is to see what your friends are listening to and find new things that way, but my musical tastes don’t overlap my friends’ that much.
That being said, I asked my intern last week if he had any band suggestions. And he said Cults. Which I quickly realized I was already digging on The Current anyway but didn’t know it was this band. The song Go Outside is on their current rotation.
Here’s the video for Go Outside. Let me know what you think.
Bowie. He’s beautiful, androgynous and one of my favorite artists of all time. If you follow me on twitter, you’ve probably seen me tweet about wanting to have #bowiebabies more than once.
I discovered a song that I’m not as familiar with by Bowie. And I youTubed it and found this awesome video from probably the very early 80s or the late 70s. The song is “Fashion”.
Death Cab has a new album out and I discovered this song on The Current a bit ago. I was surprised to hear it was Death Cab because I’ve never really liked them.
Enjoy.
Another song I discovered on The Current — ”Don’t Sit Down Cuz I Moved Your Chair” by the Arctic Monkeys.
I’ve not really listened to the Arctic Monkeys before, but I think I’m going to have to check them out. I’m open to suggestions for which albums.
Also, this video is pretty awesome. It’s got a lot of really neat artistic techniques and cuts. <3
Most amazing and random team-up ever. Lost in the World by Kanye featuring Bon Iver. I discovered this on The Current recently.
Added bonus: definitely a Michael Jackson reference throughout the song — part of “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”.
This is off Kanye’s new album “My Dark Twisted Fantasy” — which I’m not going to buy. But I’ve definitely purchased this track. Apparently there’s no official video for this on youTube, but here’s the song.
So Atmosphere (twin cities hip hop) has a new album out April 12. Kind of excited. I really dig their stuff and it gets played on The Current quite a bit. Here’s a video of their popular hit, “You”, that I’m sure you know but didn’t realize these guys were regional.
I just spent the best 7 dollars I’ve spent in a long time. I bought Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros album, Up from Below. Of course, I’ve been digging some of their songs on The Current for the last several months. But it was the song “Home” that did it for me.
Also, I’m not sure what the deal with this band is. I love this sound — but can’t decide if it’s a throwback or a parody of the 60s. And I’d like to point out that there’s entirely too many people for one stage. 
First of all, happy birthday to my fabulously amazing niece who turns TWO today!
As you can see, my mom likes to put her in colorful outfits. She is so damn cute (takes after her aunt, yo).
Anywho, today’s musical selection is Les Savy Fav — another case of something awesome not catching on with me until a lot lot lot later.
My friend, Kasey, gave me a copy of a Les Savy Fav CD a LONG time ago. At least 6 months ago. However, I didn’t bother listening to it because it had a weird name, and a lot of the stuff he listens to is kind of off-kilter. And the name made them sound more death-metally than anything and I wasn’t in the mood for metal at the time.
But, I’ve been digging this song, “Let’s Get Out of Here” on MPR’s The Current for a LONG time. AND I just figured out that it’s actually LES SAVY FAV — who aren’t, in fact, a death metal band, but an awesome art rock band out of NYC.
Um, also — check out their website. The video on it is awesome.
So for your listening pleasure today, here is “Let’s Get Out of Here” (the video is just their GLORIOUS album cover):
SIDE NOTE: I got the new Belle and Sebastian CD on Tuesday and haven’t had a listen. I will give you an update and a review when I get a chance!
Reading my friend Steph‘s blog, I’ve been inspired. She recently posted about one of her friends sharing music with her via e-mail — one new track per week on Tuesday.
I thought about uploading a track to my webspace every week on Thursday and sharing the link with y’all so you could download, but I figured I would get in trouble with the powers that be if I did that.
So, instead, I’ll be sharing one tune with you per week via streaming online over YouTube or another source. If you really like it, let me know, and I can probably get it to you.
Today’s tune is Dog Days are Over by Florence and the Machine. This is one of the many songs I’ve discovered on MPR’s The Current.
