Music as soul food.

Often I tend to take in music like soul food. And I think most people do it without even knowing. I personally don't just eat music when I'm sad or lonely, I use it to feed the moment and emboss a feeling. In some instances certain songs won't always work (of course), but there are some songs that work for everything. They are neutral, and emotional, and fill up all the gaps in the air around you.
You must be careful with "soul music". It is easy to become obese and to lose sight of your feet, thus causing you to tumble over. Once on the ground you'll grab for more music and eat until you pass out. You'll wake up and start blabbing about all this great music to everyone, and they turn their heads in disgust while you vomit your soul food and force it back down with a smile. (I know, this sounds gruesome, but I do want you to be careful. So I must warn you of the full repercussions. You could become... A music slob. Most people say snob. But slob it is, nevertheless.)

Here is some food for you to taste slowly and enjoy. Swallow carefully!

Our first course takes some warming up to. It's a good taste though, once you accept it. Trust me.

The waiter was careless with your second course, we'll have to just skip to dessert! What fun!
You'll really enjoy this one:

Now let that sit carefully, have a smoke or a glass of water and think about what you just ate and how great it was.
There's no use in trying to eat more now, you'll need a couple hours to fully digest all of that great music! Only two songs, I know, but they were filling weren't they?
Try not to snack before your next meal, you'll spoil it!

Hear Them Roar: An Ode to Strong Women

Madonna
This woman is 50 years old. Enough said.



M.I.A.
This video is a tribute to decades past; but still fresh to death.



Lauryn Hill
Earth Mama, digging deep.

Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat

A throwback to the greats! I've found myself listening to a lot of classic jazz records lately; call it the end-of-summertime blues. I think there's something so rich and so pure about the way Ray Charles sings this song and it's really a beautiful thing. I guess they call it soul music for a reason.

Jovial!

Delta Spirit's 'Ode to Sunshine' recently came into my hands. I was able to see them live in St. Petersburg in June and I remember this song being pretty powerful. Their live show was excellent, a lot of energy for sure.



They played with Matt Costa the night that I saw them. Costa's 'Unfamiliar Faces' is an upbeat listen, and who doesn't like a nice harmonica solo these days? I would also like to say that New Noise Management has some darn nice guys working for them, and Matt can draw one heck of a hyena!

Such a myriad to choose from

Alright, so this band has been around since 2006 and have played with the likes of Peter Bjorn and John and Hot Chip, but I just recently got the chance to listen to some tracks off of their album Red, Yellow and Blue. Basically, Vampire Weekend minus the whole ivy league thing. Here's a video of the first song on the album, also called 'Red, Yellow and Blue' followed by 'Hedonistic Me' :



They also covered 'Knife' by Grizzly Bear in '06. I just purchased Yellow House on vinyl, which was recorded for the most part in Ed Droste's mother's house right outside of Boston, and it's certainly a good listen that I would recommend checking out.

"Talk to someone when your day goes wrong." -Donnie Love

Well I suppose the torch has been passed in a sense- Isaac, a good friend of mine, offered to let me in on this little blogging operation he has going on. I'm very pleased and can't wait to start sharing. I'll start out by bringing you all the sultry sounds of Chan Marshall of Cat Power on Later with Jools Holland. Enjoy!

Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust , By Sigur Ros.

They are back after the teaser album, Heima, with a completely different project for us to soak our ears in. The album is nearly an hour long, and requires your undivided attention on a first listen (not that this is any different with their other albums).
The beginning of the album is solid. First two tracks are phenomenal. The album moves smoothly and climaxes in the middle with the song "Ára bátur". One of the greatest on the album. From there on out the album is pretty low key, but beautiful none-the-less.
All of the songs were written in 2008, no more than a month before they recorded the album, which I like.

Here you are:
http://www.mediafire.com/?cw2y3mmfbmm