Playlist.com

For a while I tried to get into Last.FM, but I never really stuck with it. I use Hype Machine for some songs, but the main way I stream music that I don't own is off of Playlist.com. The site might be covered in ads, but it works really well and the playlist creation and management tools are pretty good. Hype Machine has the better interface, but it's better used for finding new music or listening to a single artist's new stuff.

I've used Playlist.com for a couple years now, off and on, and I just started putting together playlists again. You can find my profile here, and listen to a few of them. The "New Wave" and "Party Time" lists are my favorites - also the newest, so that makes sense.

The Three Songs I Just Bought...

...are all pretty awesome, but I'm not exactly the first one to say it. Still, it was a good use of the four dollars of credit I didn't know I had on iTunes.

Rill Rill - Sleighbells
We Own the Sky - M83
Statue of Liberty - XTC

The first two are electronic-ish, the first being upbeat and the second a lot slower, and the third is good old-fashioned indie rock.

Since I haven't gotten any other new music lately, so this is all I've got. More whenever I can!

New (and old) Blitzen Trapper

"The Man Who Would Speak True" and "Black River Killer" are the same story, told from different perspectives. At least, that's what I'm going to try and prove by writing them into a single song. Either way, you should listen to them both, because they are awesome.

That is all.

United State of Electronica

U.S.E. has been around for quite a while, and I've seen them in concert a few times - mostly by accident - but I'm still on a plodding path when it comes to actually getting their music. It's not that I don't like them or that it takes a while to get into them, because neither of those things are true. They're really upbeat, all of their songs and remixes that I've heard are great, and I would love to grab an album or two. However, I can say that about so many bands right now that it loses its meaning, so all I can do is add them to some playlists on Hype Machine and Playlist.com, and write about them here. Emerald City and It's On are the best songs I've heard from them, but that's no indication, so go listen to them yourself!