May 2007 Music Diary

Here's what iTunes says I'm listening to this month-

Closer - Travis
3 Times and You Lose - Travis
Selfish Jean - Travis
Sleepless - Until June
What I've Done - Until June
You Do - Until June
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
First Time - Lifehouse
I Tried - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Wasted Little DJ's - The View
Earth Intruders (Extended Mark "Spike" Stent Mix) - Bjork
All Is Full of Love - Bjork
Magnolia Soul - Ozomatli
We All Want the Same Thing - Kevin Michael
Sister Rosetta (Capture the Spirit) - Noisettes
The Weakest Shade of Blue - The Pernice Brothers

Two new albums I've been listening to. Travis is a great band, and their new album might be their best.

The other is Until June, which I discovered because I was laughing at their album cover in the iTunes music store. Seriously - it's a TERRIBLE album cover. It looks like Eric Cartman's "Faith Plus One" album cover, with three guys standing on the beach looking too cool to be on an album cover. Despite the terrible cover, I listened to the songs and got hooked.

Maroon 5 is always good for one catchy-until-its-burned-into-your-soul song per album. Ditto with Lifehouse. These might be those tunes.

I'm happy to see Bone Thugs back. Their new song isn't one of their best, but it's still good. Found the View on iTunes by accident - fun track.

I've always liked Bjork, but I've never been a huge Bjork guy. On first listen, I thought her new Earth Intruders track was the most bizarre thing I'd ever heard. Then again, I think that of EVERY Bjork track I ever hear.

And seeing her on SNL reminded me of my second favorite Bjork video ever - the Chris Cunningham directed video for All is Full of Love.

This is the time of the month when I rave about the iTunes free download. Ozomatli, Kevin Michael, and the Noisettes - all great stuff.

This is the time of the month when I rave about Pandora.com. This month, they introduced me to the Pernice Brothers.