strong like music

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

Leave a comment

Take this, don’t look without seeing me…

June 28, 2012 by MD

Kyla La Grange was my favorite musical discovery of 2011. Hands down. I have been putting off writing about her in hopes of doing her justice, but I can’t wait any longer. She writes the kind of music that gives me strength to get through whatever the day brings. I’ve been watching her evolve for some 18 months now, checking in frequently since I first heard that incredible voice. Since then, each new song and its accompanying video has only […]

Categories: Heart Kickstart, Music • Tags: Beautiful, brilliant, heartfelt, Kyla La Grange, moving, powerful, Uplifting, visceral

Leave a comment

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

Leave a comment

wild eyed, you’re still flying…

June 9, 2012 by MD

Just came across Went Away- a warm, uplifting song from the Maccabees’ latest album, Given to the Wild. They are playing Webster Hall (NYC) on June 13th. I can’t wait. They make me feel better about life. The video for Went Away is kind of bland, but check out the short film above, it’s quite powerful. The video for Can You Give It is quirky and endearing, while Wall of Arms and Empty Vessels are both pretty heavy. I vaguely remember a […]

Categories: Heart Kickstart • Tags: Beautiful, heartfelt, Maccabees, Uplifting

Leave a comment

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

Leave a comment

these are hard times for dreamers…

June 9, 2012 by MD

Awesome new video and track Hurricane from sneak attack favorites MS MR. Everyone I have played it for is like “who IS this?” in a way that I don’t even have to ask if they like what they hear. While the new track is pretty amazing, for me it still hasn’t surpassed Bones, which remains one of my absolute favorite songs. Their cover of Patrick Wolf’s Time Of My Life is also very impressive. Something tells me they are like […]

Categories: Heart Kickstart, Music, So Rockstar • Tags: amazing, cover, MS MR, Patrick Wolf, powerful

Leave a comment

Zeitgeist – June 2012

June 8, 2012 by MD

I know I’m all over the place with the format of these posts, but fuck it. This is my show. These are songs I’m living right now. Emma Louise – Boy Elite Gymnastics – Here, In Heaven (lyrics) Cold Specks – Blank Maps (live) New Order – Ceremony Fiona Apple – Werewolf

Categories: Music • Tags: dark, powerful

Leave a comment

i do love you, but it’s alright…

June 5, 2012 by MD

After that last heartbroken note I feel compelled to give you something to get you moving again. Check out Kill Paris. I Do Love You has this build up that sort of coaxes you out of the fetal position, and then the beat drops and before you know it you’re all bobbing your head, shaking your shoulders, and bouncing whatever booty you got saying “You know what? Fuckit. It IS alright.” Kill Paris – I Do Love You

Categories: Dance Party, Music • Tags: dance party, feelgood, Kill Paris, love, Uplifting

Leave a comment

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

Leave a comment

← Older posts

Newer posts →