find new music

I’ve been listening to a new (new to me that is) band almost non-stop for a couple of days now. This Swedish band plays indie-pop (whatever that is) and the vocalist, Frida Öhrn, has a wonderful voice with a hint of huskiness. They’ve released only one album to date, and their songs seem to be a mixture of melancholy and happiness, there’s certain positivism in some of their songs, whereas others seem perfect for those bouts of gloominess.

And they have probably the best name in the whole universe: Oh Laura.

;)

I have a rather varied music collection, ranging from extremely independent musicians to single songs by artists to more mainstream bands. A few weeks before I moved away for college, my car was broken into & my iPod & CD collection of over 300 discs were stolen. The police found my CD collection a few towns away, but only 99 discs remained, & they are all in terrible condition. I eventually got another iPod.. just to have that one stolen as well. Since then, I’ve been wary of even looking for new music, & all of the old indie songs I could never remember are now lost with my stolen iPods. I want to regain that identity of being the person you go to for music, of having the cool new songs you’ll hear in movies months later, of knowing bands & song titles by someone humming one bar.

I hate 99% of the crap on the radio, so I am always looking for great new music. Sometimes the stuff I like actually makes its way onto the radio so that is why it is only 99%.

I’m glad to see that Kings of Leon are getting noticed, although I don’t think their new album is better than their last one; it would be really hard to put out two amazing albums back to back. I highly recommend Because of the Times, except for the second track…it’s terrible just skip it, trust me.

Stuff I also recommend: (mostly alternative, but also a little eclectic)
- Fiction Plane
- Cloud Cult
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- The Cinematic Orchestra
- Silver Sun Pickups
- Flobots
- Cat Power
- Brett Dennen
- Datarock
- Hot Chip
- Does It Offend You Yeah
- The Virgins
- The Raconteurs
- Puscifer
- AA Bondy
- Donnie Bravo – Run Away is amazing
- Retard-O-Bot
- Screaming Mechanical Brain
- Foxy Shazam

that I started to listen to… [Seems like this summer, there’s gonna be a musical revolution in my life :D]

• Nouvelle Vague

• 4 Non Blondes

• Blonde Redhead

• Nick Drake

I just started to listen to Last.fm and it seems like it’s really gonna help me about finding new music!

I’m so happy that I’m gonna discover even more Icelandic and Scandinavian bands and all those oldies, chill out, rock or jazz stuff I may like :)

Here are the last wonderful bands or people I’ve just discovered and have been listening gladly! :

• Some Icelandic bands especially like Sigur Ros and Mum.

• Cat Power

• Goldfrapp

• Pink Martini

Mum and Pink Martini are my current faves <3

1. Year Of Confession
2. Flashlight Arcade
3. A Day To Remember
4. Amanda Rogers
5. Freezepop
6. Six And Violence
7. Katy Perry
8. Tripface
9. House Of Blow
10. Sky Eats Airplane

because I feel I’ve started to pay attention to unfamiliar artist more than before, I’m also more open to new music and actively try out different genres and so on. :) I’ve also already found new bands and artists that I now love very much (to name a few, Soma, Porcupine Tree and my newest finding, Disco Ensemble), so I feel like I’ve completed this goal. Naturally I will continue getting to know more artists and broaden my music knowledge, I still have much to learn. :)

I’ve found some new music again. :)

I discovered Róisín Murphy a couple of weeks ago, she was listed as a similar artist to Sophie Ellis-Bextor (who I very much adore, by the way) at Last.fm so naturally I had to sample her. Well, I was rather impressed so after some pondering I ordered her Overpowered album from Amazon. :D I love it, she has an interesting voice and well, the songs are cool. I think I’d like to try out Goldfrapp now as well, it seems there has been a lot of hype around them lately, or have I just imagined everything?

Just a moment ago I also ordered two albums from a finnish indie pop/rock band called Soma and I’m smitten. This much melancholy won’t probably do much good to me in the long run but damn, if this isn’t just my kind of music then I don’t know what is. Yeah, I’m a depressed and grumpy Finn who listens to music that only makes her even more depressed. :P But omg really, can’t wait to get those CDs. ♥

okay this is a bit weird…lol… my psychologist…. told me their band lol so i found new music and their pretty cool =] (brilliant fanzine) and found some “old” yet new to me music that i like =]