Music: Give It A Go...

Battles: Repetitive, weird... Great!!

iTunes is on shuffle and I'm going to share with you the first ten tracks that I think might be worth 4 minutes of your time (and that I'm not ashamed of)...

Jamie T: The Dance Of The Young Professionals

From his Sticks n Stones EP, sounds like a Russian influenced pre set keyboard tune.  If you're easily offended by swearing, then don't bother.
www.jamie-t.com

Example: What We Made

From his first, better album of the same name, which I might point out is completely different to anything he's had in the charts in the last year.  Probably not the best song off the album, but iTunes does the choosing here.
www.trythisforexample.com/

Alanis Morissette: Head Over Feet

Because everyone likes this album... Go on, go and listen to Jagged Little Pill again.
www.alanismorissette.com

Enter Shikari: Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour

The story of a stalker!  Who knew what Hertfordshire could breed - synthy, rocky, occassionally screaming melody makers.
www.entershikari.com

Gary Moore: All Your Love

One of my favourite musical conversations: Person X "What do you like to listen to", Me "Oh loads of different things, I've got Gary Moore on in the car at the moment", Person X "Gary Moore? From Thin Lizzy? What are you listening to that for, you're far too young to remember him aren't you?".  Oh, I'll just go erase Frank Sinatra and the Beatles from my memory too, shall I? Sigh...
www.gary-moore.com

Green Day: Warning

Green Day, when they were good.  That's all.
www.greenday.com

The Distillers: I Am A Revenant

Again, probably not the best track from the ex-band of Brody Dalle/Armstrong/Homme, whichever she chooses to be.  She may sound like she smokes sixty a day, but any other way and it just wouldn't be right.  Most girls can't do punk for that very reason.
www.myspace.com/thedistillersband
www.spinnerettemusic.com

Marina And The Diamonds: Guilty

The darkest sounding track on the album The Family Jewels, Marina can't really be rivalled by any other female singer at the moment, her extensive live performances were incredible along with an album that didn't disappoint.  Hopefully, we'll start to see some more tracks soon!
www.marinaandthediamonds.com

Battles: Leyendecker

Battles repetitive weirdness - I'm sure I said that in yesterdays post.  I don't know what else to say about them really but they are great!  Much better than I make them sound...  In fact, almost the next track iTunes chose was Ddiamondd by Battles, and this track is just mad.  Sometimes this track is what the inside of my head feels like!

http://bttls.com

Incubus: Here In My Room

If you listen to no one else here, you should give Incubus a go.  I reckon that they're fairly appealing to most musical tastes.  Also I just read on Wikipedia that singer Brandon Boyd can play the didgeridoo and the djembe (which I have also just learnt is a kind of drum).  I know Wikipedia is the enemy of reliable information but I hope this is true.
www.enjoyincubus.com