Indie still going strong

Well it's been a few months, and indie rock has firmly taken hold. Here are some songs that I bookmarked while listening to Pandora.

Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2VBmHOYpV8

The Postal Service - Be Still My Heart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFHkfnyAstg

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music for a Found Harmonium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vk6lJpd1gY (AKA one of the songs from Napoleon Dynamite)

Lymbyc System - Fall Bicycle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRx_1E0jk2U

Working for a Nuclear Free City - Kingdom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0ktQlN3jJ4

Say Hi to Your Mom - As Smart As Geek Is Chic Right Now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2zhbJCR0Ao (very short)

The Books - There is No There: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC35WrKC_nY

The Walkmen - The Rat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipehdaDw7v4

Noah and the Whale - 5 Years Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8YCSJpF4g4

Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eimgRedLkkU

That's it for now.

Punk

So although I'm still listening to a lot of the previously mentioned bands, I've also gotten back into some punk stuff recently. Here are some of the good ones.

The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bossv8SKXv4

The Clash - Ghetto Defendant - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWc1-QdNe30&feature=related

Fugazi - Merchandise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNail6JjEiE

Rancid - Ruby Soho - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P9QMkm9Eew&ob=av2e

Rancid - Tropical London - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3iynh4IxAg

Also, some random 90's stuff.

The Breeders - Cannonball - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AsId-qVIb4

Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySzrJ4GRF7s

Soundgarden - The Day I Tried to Live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbckIuT_YDc&feature=channel

That's all for now.

Passion Pit

Somehow Passion Pit has finally made its way into my collection, even though it's been on the edge of my radar for a while. Sleepyhead is really good, though the rest of Manners is good too. I like the electro feel, and the bass is "wicked pissa" also.

Passion Pit - Sleepyhead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zherMkcXdo

Surfer Blood

At the beginning of this last indie kick I randomly ran into the band Surfer Blood, and liked a song or two of theirs, but forgot to follow up. I recently stumbled upon them again and started listening to the rest of their songs. Turns out I like pretty much all of them, so I downloaded the album on Amazon.

Surfer Blood - Swim - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVkgNPK8EQE

That's it for now.

Los Campesinos

The other day I was looking through a list of artists and songs that the people at amazon mp3 are currently enjoying, and found one song that I really liked called Romance is Boring. It's by Los Campesinos! (the peasants/country folks, for those you you who don't habla español). So I checked them out on YouTube and here are a couple of their songs that I like.

You! Me! Dancing! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj6SO_yKMe8

Romance is Boring - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebhVhkba3Xk

Death to Los Campesinos!- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpUViv00u5Y

That's it for now.

Indie/Post Rock

I'm kind of trailing into the end of an extended indie kick these days. I also discovered some good post rock (I also discovered what post rock was). Songs that grabbed my attention include:

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjecYugTbIQ
The thing that grabbed me about this song was the organ/piano part that goes throughout.

Yeasayer - Odd Blood - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvsHYRzO8_Q
The lyrics of this song are pretty cool. Ambling Amp is another good song by Yeasayer.

Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nOa1G-uB2A
Love's Lost Guarantee is another good song by Rogue Wave.

Headlights - TV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuLeIjWOwK4
I really like the chorus of this song: "I can't stand to watch the TV. The liars and the killers keep staring at me."

The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIicqULYhGw
The drummer for this band is also the drummer for Modest Mouse. His face in this video is hilarious.

El Ten Eleven - My Only Swerving - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTUAHGpQqE
This is some of the aforementioned post rock. Its really cool that all the guitar and bass parts are done by one guy with a double neck guitar/bass and some looping equipment. Sorry About Your Irony is another good one by El Ten Eleven. Another big post rock group is Explosions in the Sky.

Phoenix - 1901 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiQppszlXrg
This is a little more mainstream, but still great. I really like the distortion at the beginning. Phoenix in general is really good. Love Like a Sunset Parts I and II are excellent, especially when listened to together.

Some other bands that I listened to: Faded Paper Figures, Band of Horses, Delorean.

That's it for now.

Premise

So I've been doing a lot of music listening now that I'm not in school, and I figure that it'd be interesting to keep a journal of what sort of things I've been listening to, so that maybe one day I look back at the old posts and get reminded of some stuff I forgot I was listening to. This happens inadvertently every couple weeks when I realize that I used to listen to Song X or Band Y a ton, but haven't for at least a month or two. So maybe this will be a way to make that into a systematic experience. These posts aren't really being written for anyone, so if someone is reading this, be aware of that fact, but hey, maybe you'll hear something you like.