October 2007 Music Diary

That time of the month again, where I report what iTunes tells me that I'm listening to most this month.

Bleed It Out - Linkin Park
Thrash Unreal - Against Me!
The World to Me - David Gray
Timebomb - Beck
Misery Business - Paramore
Stronger - Kanye West
House of Cards - Radiohead
Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead
Journey From A To B - Badly Drawn Boy
Stay (Faraway, So Close) - Craig Armstrong, featuring Bono
Talk On - Ocean Colour Scene
Shake It - Metro Station
Pictures of You - The Last Goodnight

Bleed It Out has been the top song this month. I've actually been working on something that required me to think scary and angry - this track always did the trick.

Thrash Unreal is getting a lot of play on KROQ - catchy tune. David Gray gets no play on American radio, which is too bad, since his stuff is always great.

Beck, Paramore, and Kanye West got more radio play last month than this month - but this month is when I actually got around to buying the tracks and playing the heck out of them.

For those who're interested, I paid $6 for the new Radiohead album. It felt like the price that I'd pay where I'd be happy even if I didn't like the album. No such worry - the album is terrific.

Found the Badly Drawn Boy track in the iTunes music store - came out last year, but never heard it til now because they're selling a new "acoustic" version of the song.

Craig Armstrong is one of the best unheard of composers on the planet. He did the fantastic orchestral score for the Love Actually soundtrack. Apparently he also did this fun orchestral version of U2's Stay (Faraway, So Close) with Bono.

This is is the time of the month where I rave about Pandora. It found me this great old track by Ocean Colour Scene.

This is where I rave about the free iTunes song of the week. Both Shake It and Pictures of You were free - and they're both terrific.