Songs of the Morning

This is right where I'm at today. Listen to get there too.

"Lost Coastlines" by Okkervil River

They're playing Hardly Strictly tomorrow. I am SOOOOO there. Amazing.

Zeigeist

I am OBSESSED with this group right now. I think we all know that Swedish-electro artsy weirdness is seriously my weakness when it comes to music but they are SO good. ENJOY.

call me on your way back home-sophia

the best ryan adams cover i've ever heard.

Jesus Fuck

Nick Cave's voice makes me want to molest people.

The Cat Piano from PRA on Vimeo.

Fantastic.

Tom Waits - Never Let Go

God I fucking love this song. I just heard it in an AdCouncil commercial about how 1 in 8 people are starving or some shit. What the two have to do with each other I have no idea but it made me smile all huge and happy all the same. Thanks AdCouncil! Thanks starving Americans!

Propagandhi - Rock For Sustainable Capitalism live

So I've been having a Propagandhi listening party in my room tonight. I was just talking the other day about how much I love Potemkin City Limits. And this is such a great song from that album.

And I just now read that Katy Perry is performing at Warped Tour. There's no way I could not post this.

Miles Fisher - This Must Be The Place (Cover)

Best Christian Bale doing Patrick Bateman impression I've ever seen. Completely nails the facial expressions. Hilarious.

Dead Man's Bones

This is Ryan Gosling's band. I've given up fighting it. I'm seriously obsessed. I want to live in his voice.

Name in Stone:


In the Room Where You Sleep, Live:

I saw Iron & Wine for free!

In fact it was the second time I've seen him for free (last year's Hardly Strictly being the other) but this was so much better because it was a very small secret show at a tiny record store and my friends and I were in the very front sitting at his feet. So amazing. Plus it happened the day after my birthday.
Here is a little video I took of Naked as We Came with my shitty digital camera:


There are pictures here.

Heartbeats & Covers

So this is possibly my favorite song by The Knife:

If you don't know, The Knife are this crazy electronic, Bjork-esque brother-sister music group from Sweden and I ♥ them a lot.

I was watching crappy TV in the morning as I often do on my days off, and I heard this cover of Heartbeats by Jose Gonzalez on that "Bones" show:

It definitely fits into that whole mellow/folksy/acoustic thing I love.

In searching on YouTube for that video, I also found this one. It's a cover by a Belgian girls choir called Scala & Kolacny Brothers:

Since I grew up singing in choirs I think I might have a special love for them, but also it's pretty awesome anyway.

I will always be a wolf among wolves

This song is my newest obsession.

She loves a soul,
That I've never been
A dog among dogs,
A man among men
And every day,
When I come home to her
She holds a phantom,
She kisses and she hugs him
And I am not
Averse to how she loves him
Why must I live and walk,
Unloved as what I am

Why can't I be loved as what I am
A wolf among wolves, and not as a man
Among men

She craves a home
That she can go in
A sheltered cave,
That I have never seen
Not in my life,
And not even in my dreams

Why can't I be loved as what I am
A wolf among wolves, and not as a man
Among men

Oh baby, tonight we sleep in separate ditches...

Everybody needs a little Birthday Party in their life. This song is exactly where my head is. It's going to be an interesting year I'm sure.

Love is for fools, and all fools are lovers.
It's raining on my house and none of the others.
Love is for fools, and god knows I'm still one.
The sidewalks are full of loves lonely children.
The sidewalks are full of loves ugly children.
The sidewalk regrets that we had to kill them.

So, I've renewed my decision that I'm travelling to Sweden.

And that's that.

More Jens for your listening and viewing pleasure.

You Are The Light.
I love this video. Jens as a knight and some horns. The End.


A Little Lost.
Perfect.


Pocketful of Money.
I saved the best for last. This is my favorite Jens song, and it's a video of him singing it in a parking lot. He gets the crowd to sing the part that in the original is the sample of Calvin Johnson singing "I'll come running with a heart on fire." I died, its so fucking good.

For everything there is a word.

For everything but this.

♥

It may not be possible for me to explain all the things I ♥ about this.

Moenia y Morbo

So a few years ago I listened to the local Rock en Español/Alternative music station almost exclusively, until they traded it for hip-hop. It got me really into a lot of good Spanish-language music, and Mexican synthpop in particular. And in my pit of despair yesterday I broke out some albums I hadn't listened to in a few years. Morbo by Morbo, and Televisor by Moenia. Good shit.
The two bands are kind of connected. Juan Carlos used to be the vocalist for Moenia back when they were much more techno/dancey and when he left to form Morbo, Alfonso joined Moenia as the vocalist, but I'm pretty sure he was one of the founding members but left before they ever released anything. Anyway, I like Moenia much more with Alfonso singing cause he has that awesome, Dave Gahan-esque voice. And I think Juan Carlos is much better at making his own stuff cause Morbo is awesome and it's all him.

So here's my favorite Morbo song, "Hoy". The video is awesome too.


This is one of my favorite Moenia songs, "Lado Animal", which is from the Amores Perros soundtrack.


And finally, the super-emo song that got me into Moenia in the first place, "En que Momento".

To make up for the dramarama of the last post

here is something awesome. My favorite Bonnie Prince Billy song.

Valerie was at this show. I am jealous.
This goes out to me. Cause I am far too rad.

Holy Hell Ryan Adams...

Why aren't you in San Francisco sweeping me off my feet with your crazy hair and nerdy glasses and beautiful voice and dorky-ass southern charm?
It's a fucking mystery.

Oh Freddie

So 17 years ago Freddie Mercury died. Queen is one of my favorite bands ever, and I think Freddie Mercury had the most amazing voice any human has ever had, ever, hands down, forever. Ha. Seriously. Fucking incredible.

So I've been listening to a lot of Queen this night. Here are my favorite Queen songs ever:
I Want to Break Free - This song changed my life by virtue of making me want to change it. And then helping me through that change. No shit. (Also the video is kind of insanely fantastic.)


Fat Bottomed Girls - Nothing will make me jump up and sing way too loudly at a bar than this song being played.


You're My Best Friend - Just awesomely sweet and rad.