Links to Some Solid Sound

Right now my music taste is in one of the most massive unexplainable situations. I can't figure out what exactly what I want to listen to and it is starting to mess with my head, but at the same time I am finding some of the most amazing music I have ever heard. Here are links to some of the Myspace pages for the bands I am listening to right now. Most of it I mentioned in my last blog so I just want to supply you with the links. Again, thank you Tony for introducing me to these sounds that I can't get out of my head. Honestly some of the best and most interesting music I have ever heard. These are listed in the order of how much I am enjoying the respected artists.

The Blow - A beautifully melodic voice comes out of this woman with some interesting sounds to match.
MUST CHECK OUT SONG : Hey Boy

Antony and The Johnson's - The unexplainable voice that this man has is enough to boggle the mind when listening to this. Some of the most hauntingly gorgeous music I have ever heard.
MUST CHECK OUT SONG : The Lake

CocoRosie - Creepy and playful female vocals that match well with the elctro/synth/drum heavy music. You have instruments that range from flutes, accordions, xylophones, to kazoos.
MUST CHECK OUT SONG - Rainbowarriors

Joanna Newsom - Childlike voice that just feels like there is a fantasy story hidden somewhere in every single song. Joanna Newsom is a classically trained pianist a harpist. Bitch plays a mean harp. I just like saying that...but she do.
MUST CHECK OUT SONG : Peach, Plumb Pear; Sadie; Cassiopeia

Bjork - You already know her and you either already love her or hate her. As for me, I think she makes some of the most amazing music ever.
MUST CHECK OUT SONG : Wanderlust; Declare Independence; Innocence SMD remix

Tegan & Sara - For some reason I can't stop listening to this. I think their voices blend together beautifully. The music kind of sucks but their voices are gorgeous.
MUST CHECK OUT SONG : The Con; Back in your Head

So that is what I am rockin' in my iPod right now and pissing off my roommates with. Check it out and get exposed to some new sounds. If you hear something on here that you like and think of some similar sounds please do let me know. Throw me a line on Myspace. Right now I am on a new music hunt. Share with us what you are listening to.

And yes, I do have an iPod now. And yes I hate it just as much as I said I would. The Zune still kicks it in the balls. But I will be back with some tech stuff at a later date.

Breaking the Cloverfield Funk

So There has been Cloverfield post after Cloverfield post so I am going to try and change that up, even though I came on here to post about Cloverfield. I caught it at the Cinerama on Thursday and just decided what I wanted to say about it, but I will be back for that. I will have a full review in the next week. I am going to throw a little bit of science at you...

If you aren't familiar with TED Talks, you should be. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual convention that brings together some of the greatest minds in these categories and then some. It really is fascinating and a ton of fun to go through the clips they offer on the site. There is a plethora of information available and should not be passed up. Carolyn Porco is a planetary scientist working on the Cassini project which sent a spacecraft to Saturn to take photos of Saturn and it's moons, as well as land on Titan, one of it's moons which is a body which has geographical bodies that resembles those of Earth. Cassini's research has produced some of the greatest breakthroughs in Astronomy in the last decade, as well as producing some of the most beautiful pictures ever...
That is a total eclipse of the sun from Saturn. I just thought this was one of the most interesting things I have seen in a very long time and I felt like sharing this with all of you. Go check out TED Talks, browse the videos and tell me what you found interesting so I can go watch more. Here is the Cassini discussion.


On another note my insomnia is in full swing right now and my music tastes is all up in a funk. I fell out of my hip hop rut and I am listening to a whole lot of random and my taste is very confused. Jebus Christ man, I am listening to Tegan & Sara- this just doesn't seem right. I guess I am floating around a lot of female vocalists: Bjork, Sugarcubes, Tegan & Sara, Joanna Newsom, Cat Power, etc. If you have some recommendations for weird and interesting female vocals or something along the weird and interesting, please post them to the comments. I think my mind just needs a jump start with some experimental sounds. Check out Joanna Newsom. She has a childish and haunting voice and plays a mean harp.

I really just wanted an excuse to say "plays a mean harp".