Coldplay Viva La Video iTunes Commercial

Dear Chris Martin:

I love your voice. I love your band. I want to throwup all over your new iTunes video. I address this to you, Chris, because everyone else looks pretty normal. I hate calling your art bad–because you’re a much better musician than me. But whoever convinced you to do that thing with your hands should be shot at close range.

The colors are amazing, the…

Listen to Death Cab For Cutie Narrow Stairs

UPDATE: Thanks to Sam, check out this interview on NPR’s Bryant Park Project with Death Cab. Enjoy, and thanks be to Sam!

This album is complex. Expect it to last. It’s going to take multiple listens to appreciate how good it really is. It think it…

Brenn – Come Back to Aria

I have no idea how I heard of these guys. Honestly, they just ended up on my computer somehow. I’m thinking a friend put it on here, or it was a free download, or God put it here. Anyhow, I like it. I really like it.

Hailing from Nashville…

Face Melt

So, I’m starting a new series…with absolutely no promises on how often I’ll update it. It’s called “Face Melt” and it will just be my guilty pleasure of ridiculous guitar players who may or may not grace my iPod; but are certainly worth the “holy balls” factor.

To start it off: Eric Mongrain (thanks to Chris for this one)…

Radiohead’s New Idea

I love In Rainbows. I think it’s an amazing album…and I love what they did with it. For those of you who don’t know, they decided to allow us listeners to download it form their website, DRM free, for whatever price we wanted. Anywhere from free to trillions of dollars.

It got a lot of buzz, and it deserved it–both for the idea and how solid the disc was.

Their…

Balun

I recently discovered these guys: Balun. So far, I think I’m digging it. I’m always down for finding new instrumental driven bands (Ratatat, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky), and especially electronic based music. They do sing on some songs…and I don’t really like those tracks as much. If done well, this type of music can be the most fascinating music to listen…

Copeland – Dressed Up & In Line

Copeland continues to rank in my top five with each and every new piece of music they produced. Listen to this song if you’re in a chill and reflective mood.

I am always skeptical of the discs bands put out music that contain alternate versions including three new songs. That is usually just code for crappy versions with

Once – A Modern Day Musical

I just saw the movie Once and fell in love with it. Once is a modern day musical and I found it a beautifully inspirational film. The music is incredible, but it’s the story-line and watching it take place on screen that makes it what it is. The music has a romantic and hopeless feel to it, and yet it remains uplifting–which is…