What Are You Listening To II: Whole Lotta Music

[Avaitor]

Deafhaven- "Vertigo"

I'm finally listening to Sunbather. This is an album that's been getting a lot of love from outside of the black metal community, even obtaining praise from hipster-prone sites like Pitchfork and AV Club's Music section. I certainly know of some people who dig it but you'd never catch at a Gorgoroth show. And... it ain't bad. I wouldn't say that this is the best black metal has to offer, but this is a fine entry-level release and nothing sounds off. I'm glad it exists, even if it probably won't make my personal list.

[Nel_Annette]

AV Club's Music section.

[Kiddington]

Autograph - "Turn Up the Radio"

[Commode]

The Cars - "Dangerous Type".

[Avaitor]

AV Club's Music section.

hmm?

[Kiddington]

Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy"

[Spark Of Spirit]

Robert Randolph & The Family Band - If I Had My Way

[Avaitor]

Electric Wizard- "Mind Transferral"

[No-Personality]

Going over that impossibly challenging 999 list again. It is taking so long, so much work is required comparing each track to one another to make them fit to position into a list like this. Now that I keep going through each set of 500, 600, 700- I wonder how I ever mixed them up in the first place. Somehow they all scattered in generally the right place I thought they belonged. Then I go through them deciding one Busta Rhymes is an 800 rather than a 600, one La Bouche needs to be booted altogether and replaced by Sarah McLachlan, Dismemberment Plan is good enough for the 200 rather than somewhere between the two Black Sheep's. So much relistening involved. And 999 songs? When I SELECT+ALL the tracks, the program tells me the total time of the songs together is: "3.0 Days." Days- that is a bit crazy. Just a tad. But... I swear I feel like I'm getting close. 700-999 is pretty much set. I'm just figuring out the 500-699 right now.

Anyway, Ace of Base just morphed into Aphex Twin... a rather dramatic mood shifter. And when I was thinking about what song to replace "Sweet Dreams" with, I was considering Shampoo's "Girl Power." I freaking love that song- I know it's awful, but I love it to death. Bask in its guilty pleasure...ness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_S5aMe9atw

[Kiddington]

The Velvet Underground - "Femme Fatale"

[No-Personality]

Lush.

How did I discover them only this year??

[Avaitor]

RHCP- "Snow (Hey Oh)"

I find it funny that the album's two hits are what start it of. But tbh, I've always hated this song.

[Foggle]

I really like that song and album.

[Avaitor]

I think this is the first time I've tried listening to it all the way through, and it's better than I was expecting. Certainly funkier than their previous two.

[Nel_Annette]

Yeah, a lot of the deeper cuts on Stadium Arcadium are great. 21st Century ftw.