5 Songs Meme
Jul. 10th, 2010 18:06I got "W" from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
yhlee. Post 5 songs (or more) that start with the letter you're given. Let me know if you'd like a letter.
Clinic, "Walking With Thee"
I learned about this band thanks to Wired magazine. They are from Liverpool and play a sort of post-punk that is determinedly idiosyncratic. This is from their third album, Winchester Cathedral, and their next album will be released this fall, yay.
The Flaming Lips, "What A Wonderful World"
This was one of my mom's favorite songs; in point of fact we played it at her memorial service and of course all cried. I didn't even realize I had this Flaming Lips cover until I started paging through my W songs, but I do and it's pretty good (off the bonus tracks for In A Priest-Driven Ambulance, in point of fact). If you haven't heard the Lips, you don't know bizarre rock, and you should.
Low, "Walk Into The Sea"
This is one of the best tracks of Low's album The Great Destroyer, which...okay, in some ways for me Low is the essence of Minnesota and the Great Plains. They are called "slowcore," and some of their songs are pretty down-tempo, but they are anything but soft, and despite band members changing over the years they are always awesome, and surprisingly considered, too.
Cocorosie, "Werewolf"
Cocorosie are a French band made up of two sisters with a determinedly odd sound; they fall somewhere between Joanna Newsom and Björk, I think, but with acoustic guitars, and on this particular track they actually sing a little like Björk. They are pretty cool; their music manages to be both personal and metaphorical, which I like.
Dirty Projectors + Bjork, "When The World Comes To An End"
This is one of the tracks off these two artists' new collaboration Mount Wittenberg Orca, which you can download legally for as little as $7 (all proceeds to environmental charities), and which is just as awesome as you imagine. I wasn't overcome by the amazingness of Dirty Projectors like some people last year, but they are unquestionably pretty great, and Björk is a deserved legend. I saw her play Osaka in 2008 and she was incredible.
Bonus! The Popular Unpopular music playlist is still available to download.
yhlee. Post 5 songs (or more) that start with the letter you're given. Let me know if you'd like a letter.Clinic, "Walking With Thee"
I learned about this band thanks to Wired magazine. They are from Liverpool and play a sort of post-punk that is determinedly idiosyncratic. This is from their third album, Winchester Cathedral, and their next album will be released this fall, yay.
The Flaming Lips, "What A Wonderful World"
This was one of my mom's favorite songs; in point of fact we played it at her memorial service and of course all cried. I didn't even realize I had this Flaming Lips cover until I started paging through my W songs, but I do and it's pretty good (off the bonus tracks for In A Priest-Driven Ambulance, in point of fact). If you haven't heard the Lips, you don't know bizarre rock, and you should.
Low, "Walk Into The Sea"
This is one of the best tracks of Low's album The Great Destroyer, which...okay, in some ways for me Low is the essence of Minnesota and the Great Plains. They are called "slowcore," and some of their songs are pretty down-tempo, but they are anything but soft, and despite band members changing over the years they are always awesome, and surprisingly considered, too.
Cocorosie, "Werewolf"
Cocorosie are a French band made up of two sisters with a determinedly odd sound; they fall somewhere between Joanna Newsom and Björk, I think, but with acoustic guitars, and on this particular track they actually sing a little like Björk. They are pretty cool; their music manages to be both personal and metaphorical, which I like.
Dirty Projectors + Bjork, "When The World Comes To An End"
This is one of the tracks off these two artists' new collaboration Mount Wittenberg Orca, which you can download legally for as little as $7 (all proceeds to environmental charities), and which is just as awesome as you imagine. I wasn't overcome by the amazingness of Dirty Projectors like some people last year, but they are unquestionably pretty great, and Björk is a deserved legend. I saw her play Osaka in 2008 and she was incredible.
Bonus! The Popular Unpopular music playlist is still available to download.