Friday, May 24, 2013

Indicud

Indicud is Kid Cudi's new album, which came out a couple months ago. All of Kid Cudi's albums are good, except for one, and this one definitely meets its standards. I really like Kid Cudi's voice, it definitely stands out compared to other artists. My favorite songs on the album are "King Wizard", "Immortal", and "Red Eye". Another thing that is interesting about this album is that he dedicated it to Ben Breedlove who was a kid who went to Westlake and died last year.  Kid Cudi has really good beats in his songs which makes them fun to drive to (plus you look cool).

The Strokes

I'd only heard the song "Last Night" by The Strokes because they play it quite a bit on the radio.
Their song "Is This It" is absolutely AMAZING. I loved the beginning of the song, it really got me hooked and is one of the reasons I like it so much. (I already bought it on iTunes even though we listened to it today). Probably one of the main reasons I liked them was because I listen to Indie music and I can definitely see the influence they had in some bands.  Another song I really like by them is "Someday". "Is This It" has such a different sound to it compared to the other songs on the album.  I love the way the vocalist makes his voice sound in it.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Alt-J

Alt-J is a techo/ alternative/ weird band and I honestly am not quite sure what genre they fit in. Some of their songs have more of a techno sound to them but then there's others that sound more rockish. The guy who sings has a really unique voice and in a few of their songs you can't really understand what he's saying but the lyrics are really freaky good. I've never known what he was saying, or if he was saying real words at all, in a few of his songs but the lyrics are amazing, and i'm not that big of a lyric person. Here's some lyrics from their song "Tessallate":
Chunks of you will sink down to seals
Blubber rich in the mourning, they'll nosh you up
Yes, they'll nosh your love away but it's fair to say
You will still haunt me

Radiohead

Thom Yorke has an absolute gorgeous voice. Like all of Radiohead's songs have so much emotion in them which is why I enjoyed them so much. I've only heard a couple of their songs before, and Creep wasn't one of them (surprisingly). I can understand why people didn't like their album, The Bends, that came out after Creep but I loved it. I liked how much variety they had with their songs yet Yorke's voice was still as passionate as ever. My favorite songs on the album were "Planet Telex", "High and Dry", "Fake Plastic Trees", and "Street Spirit (Fade Out)". Their next album, Ok Computer, I liked basically every song.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Guards

My friend told me about this band called Guards, who I had never heard of before. She told me that they were pretty good, but when I listened to them, I didn't only think they were pretty good, I thought they were REALLY GOOD. On their album, "In Guards We Trust", each song has a different sound to it. The album is really well balanced with slow songs and faster songs, which is how the album is so easy to listen to. I really like the drums in their songs, I know drums normally sound the same except when there's a drum solo but drums are probably my favorite instrument in bands. My favorite songs by them are "Silver Lining" and "Coming True". But overall the album is a fantastic alternative rock album.

Fugees

The Fugees were a lot different from the other hip hop groups at the time, I think, because of the female singer/rapper also. All the other groups were only males but the female gave the Fugees a more pop yet still hip hop sound. I really liked them and I've heard some of their songs before as well as samples from some of their songs. They have a really modern-day sound even though they were a group 20 years ago. I've heard samples from their song "Ready or Not", just the girl's part, and I'm pretty sure there's a song that just recently came out that plays her part. The Fugees weren't as angry sounding as the other rap groups which is why I enjoyed them, they stood out from the other groups at the time.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event is a band that has more of a harder alternative rock sound to them. There's a lot of pauses in their songs were there's just instruments playing. The band has heavy drums and guitar in them, and I like them because of this. My favorite songs by them are "Changing", "Sometime Around Midnight", and "All At Once". Each of their songs are different from one another. In "Sometime Around Midnight" it starts off with a violin then as it gets deeper into the song the instruments build up until it's all one sound.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

I've only listened to a couple of the RHCP songs before "Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik" and that album was not how I thought it was going to sound. I always thought they were a more of a rock band but that album had some hip hop in there as well. I've heard "Suck My Kiss" before and I've always really enjoyed that song because I really like Kiedis' voice. The first song on the album, "The Power of Equality" was nothing like I thought it was going to sound. The RHCP are a very diverse band and they definitely have influences from a lot of earlier bands before them. I can't wait to listen to more of their albums in class and listen to how much diversity is there.