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I’ve got the heart of a hustler… I play a dangerous game

January 8, 2013 by MD

It’s rare that I hear a song for the first time and somehow know that it’s destined to be one of my favorites for years to come, but immediately upon discovering Josef Salvat‘s track Hustler, it seems likely to change my life. It resonates so perfectly that it leaves my heart shattered in a ‘holyshit I needed that” sort of way. Lyrically, it hits the nail on the head so perfectly that any attempt I’ve made to articulate the sentiment […]

Categories: Audio Benzo, Heart Kickstart • Tags: brilliant, heartbreaking, Josef Salvat

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The earth is shaking and I see a light…

January 3, 2013 by MD

Have you heard of Cillo? The versatile Dublin-based producer creates both original songs and remixes that are cinematic yet soothing; a subtle melancholy is often infused with a quiet strength. Yellow Light (Cillo Remix) by Of Monsters and Men got a ton of well-deserved hype for taking all of the hokey shit out of the original and leaving us with what turns out to be a brilliant song. His remix of Luke Leighfield & Jose Vanders’ version of Blindsided doesn’t have the gravity […]

Categories: Audio Benzo • Tags: Cillo, soothing

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I don’t need tender mercy… just someone by my side

December 30, 2012 by MD

Au Palais make ethereal yet subtly powerful songs that transport me to a very different place. Which is something I can really use at this particular moment in time. Have a listen, maybe they’ll wind up in your musical medicine cabinet too. Au Palais – Tender Mercy Au Palais – Pathos Au Palais – Because the Night TBYTZUYP6Q44

Categories: Audio Benzo • Tags: Au Palais, dark, powerful

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I can be elusive (if you want me to….)

July 12, 2012 by MD

Ellie Goulding’s new song Hanging On (featuring Tinie Tempah) came out yesterday… it’s a pretty cool cover, but not quite changing my life. Ellie Goulding – Hanging On ft. Tinie Tempah (Active Child cover) It’s growing on me, though. Her recent take on the weekend’s High For This definitely got better the third or fourth time around. Ellie Goulding – High For This (the Weeknd cover) I quite like the new(ish… ok I missed it) video for Lights. Click through above***- […]

Categories: Audio Benzo, Heart Kickstart, Run for Cover • Tags: Beautiful, cover, Ellie Goulding

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if I believe in nothing, then nothing is going to get me…

June 9, 2012 by MD

Check out Deptford Goth. Let’s work our way up. Real Love Fantasy is very pleasant, with a clever use of Mimi‘s lyrics.  Youth II is also worth a listen, but I don’t find it overwhelmingly moving. The video is interesting, but I don’t think it enhanced the experience of the song, although I’m not sure I fully wrapped my head around it. (My pre-med side and my creative/poetic side often wind up in direct opposition, so I found it strangely uncomfortable, […]

Categories: Audio Benzo, Heart Kickstart • Tags: chill, Deptford Goth, moving, powerful

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we’re working and we’re so much better for it…

June 9, 2012 by MD

Godwolf just might change your life. I don’t remember how I stumbled across “Another Me,” but I instantly fell in love. And then it only got better. Their music strikes this sublime balance between tenderness and rage that is nothing short of earthshattering. “We like the idea of blending the ethereal with the vicious: the ambient with the aggressive: the God with the Wolf.” I can guarantee that these five will knock your socks off. Absolutely. Brilliant. Godwolf – Another […]

Categories: Audio Benzo, Heart Kickstart, Music, Run for Cover • Tags: amazing, Beautiful, cover, Godwolf, Jose Gonzalez, moving, powerful, remix, Urbantramper

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Something my soul needs…

June 5, 2012 by MD

I consider myself a reasonably articulate person, but sometimes I find myself unable to put a certain feeling into words, until I hear a song that finds the perfect way to express it and I get that epiphany blast of pleasure.  It’s like an EXPLOSION… but a good one. (Off the record, I would love to hear this sung by a female vocalist. Any girls you’d like to hear cover it? Leave a comment.) Keaton Henson – Flesh And Bone

Categories: Audio Benzo, Music • Tags: Beautiful, heartbreaking, Keaton Henson, soft

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Baby it’ s a sweet life, sing it like a song…

May 23, 2012 by MD

I can’t seem to take this off repeat. Just believe, come on. Lana Del Rey – Never Let Me Go

Categories: Audio Benzo, Flash in a Pan • Tags: Beautiful, Lana Del Rey, love

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may the God of me protect my soul…

March 28, 2012 by MD

I had all but given up on this blog after a brutal round of finals and a winter break full of hospital visits, but after watching these videos I am sufficiently inspired to give it another go. iamamiwhoami is the best thing I’ve seen in years. Take the Knife, Bjork, and Roisin Murphy, and give them all a whopping dose of the hallucinogenic mandrake root, and this is what they might come up with. The videos are totally mesmerizing. Even calling them […]

Categories: Audio Benzo, Dance Party, Heart Kickstart • Tags: brilliant, dance party, iamamiwhoami, moving

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