Young the Giant – “My Body” Official Music Video
Claire | November 7, 2011
Download mp3 (not uploaded by me)
A Thousand Words
Life Is Beautiful
Claire | May 29, 2011
“Cosmic Love,” Florence and the Machine. Sometimes I forget how much I love them (her? collaboration bands are difficult to define). They’re the type of band I would never go see in concert, yet I love them every time I queue them up. Download (not uploaded by me)
Christian Alternative: First Class Hope
Claire | March 23, 2011
First Class Hope is a four-member, unsigned Christian rock band from Oklahoma. They have some pretty solid, well-written rock songs, particularly “Tonight” featured in the video. Their debut album Love and Redemption is out on Amazon now. Listen to them on Myspace, follow them on Twitter or Facebook Check out an interview with the bassist [...]
Play On
Claire | January 9, 2011
The “Play On” round-ups are where I highlight a random assortment of amazing songs I’ve discovered in the past few weeks/months. Rocketeer, Far East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder of One Republic Dog Days Are Over, Florence and the Machine, from their new album “Lungs” Who’d Have Known, Lily Allen- quirky, playful hipster love song Why [...]
Introducing: Lovers and Liars
Claire | August 12, 2010
I was so taken with the song “Holding on to Nothing” when I heard it on the following lovely Asian drama MV that I went off to find more about the band, and having listened to their music I am officially a convert. If you like Secondhand Serenade, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus or any of [...]
Sidewalks are watching me think about you (Introducing: We the Living)
Claire | July 29, 2010
“We wanted to begin a band that sounded gigantic”, We the Living say on their website, but oddly enough, this 3-member indie rock/pop band from Tennessee mostly crafts songs that are beautifully contained and tender, even wistful. Their website is a little too wordy and cerebral (probably an influence of Ayn Rand, from whose book [...]
Quotidian & Song of the Day
Claire | April 17, 2010
Sometime Around Midnight, The Airborne Toxic Event “We decided a long time ago not to take reviews too seriously. For one, they tend to involve a whole lot of projection, generally saying more about the writer than the band. Sort of a musical Rorschach test. And for another, reading them makes you too damned self-conscious, [...]
C&I Top 6 Albums
Claire | April 1, 2010
These are my top six favorite albums of all time – not the best, nor the most brilliant, but simply my personal favorites. And yes, I know that six is an odd number, but I have more than five and less than ten. 1) Hopes and Fears, Keane 1. Somewhere Only We Know 2. Bend [...]
My possibly favorite musician returns…
Claire | March 30, 2010
Listen to a free full sneak of Cary Brother’s new album Under Control here! (note: you have to register first – I know, annoying, but worth it)
