169 posts tagged “music”
Microsoft, please cease all efforts to compete in the portable music player/online music store space. You're embarassing yourselves.
I remember a time, early on in the iPod's domination, when some bigwig or other at Microsoft slagged off the iTunes Store ecosystem, saying it didn't give customers choice. It didn't take them long to release the Zune and the Zune Marketplace, effectively copying the Apple model wholesale... albeit totally ineffectively.
Oh, and by the way, early on the Zune couldn't play files from Microsoft's partners' stores that used their similar but incompatible PlaysForSure DRM. Oopsies! Needless to say, the devices didn't sell well, but that may be because they were only available in the US, and looked like they were fashioned out of Bakelite.
Then when Apple announced that it was trying to get rid of the DRM the record labels had insisted on, Microsoft were caught on the hop and fumbled a response.
And now their latest bullshit. Now they're trying to put the boot to the iPod by saying their Zune Pass allows you to fill your Zune for less than iTunes allows you to fill your iPod:
http://www.zunepass.net/?WT.mc_id=Display-MMN#/videos
Many, many, many things they neglect to mention here.
1. If you cancel your Zune Pass membership, you do not own that music. You get ten songs free every month, and that's that.
2. They suggest that you can only fill an iPod with music from iTunes. I pay just ten bucks more than their Zune Pass and get 100 DRM-free MP3s from eMusic every month. I also buy CDs, with prices as low as $7 a disc - far less than the $1 per song they quote for the iPod.
3. Not all of the songs in their library are even available with the Zune Pass.
4. Song purchases are slightly cheaper with the Zune Marketplace, but you have to buy fucking point cards in blocks of 400 at a time to shop on their store. You can't use a credit card directly.
I'm not an Apple fanboy. I have many criticisms about their devices and software. However, Microsoft are constantly ragging on them while totally glossing over their own more abundant flaws. The Zune HD looks like an attractive piece of hardware, certainly compared to its siblings, but it is far too little, too late.
Downloads:
- eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/Patrick-Watson-Wooden-Arms-MP3-Download/11443563.html
- iTunes (US): http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=313783404&s=143455
- Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Wooden-Arms/dp/B0028JSDFA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1243605993&sr=8-2
You must buy this album. Patrick Watson (the band, lead by Patrick Watson, the singer) are the point at which Andrew Bird, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, Antony & The Johnsons and Bjork all meet.
These are my favourite songs:
I haven't posted much lately. Here are some more songs I am in love with. All of them are from albums that deserve your money and already got mine.
This time, he had a backing band, but still managed to use his trademark layered looping to excellent effect throughout a set mostly comprised of songs from Noble Beast.
I downloaded this weeks ago, and other than one song coming on random, forgot to listen to it. A DOI. Really fucking good. There are bits that remind me of Andrew Bird and Final Fantasy, bits that remind me of Dntel and The Postal Service, and bits that remind me of Bjork (their programmer, Console, worked on Vespertine).
'One Step Inside Doesn't Mean You Understand'
'Consequence'
'Pilot'
I am stressy, but this music makes me less stressy.
Nice...
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Nice...
Nice...
Nice...
... and I'm done.
Buy Dark Was The Night, it's one of the best compilations in the history of forever.
This is my latest, greatest discovery. Fucking incredible.
And this guy is also pretty great, but more country.
Love.
This.
Band.
I do.
What's your favorite TV commercial?
Submitted by MexicanRobot.
This, because it made me fall in love with The Silver Seas.
This is my second favourite song by them...
The Last.fm software has been a complete dick about scrobbling what I've been listening to while away. I listened to lots of music on my iPod, but it refused to scrobble it.
So, for those of you not on my Facebook friends list, this is everything I listened to from the time I got on the plane to the UK, to the time I got off the plane back.
- Calm from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- Tearing Up The Oxygen from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- People, The Vehicles from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- Parade Of Punk Rock T-Shirts from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- We Don't Think, We Know from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- No One Will Remember You Tonight from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- Young Alumni from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- Don't Say You Don't from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- German Engineering from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- Twins from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- Protein And Poison from We, The Vehicles by Maritime
- So Why So Sad [Sean Penn Mix - Avalanches] from So Why So Sad by Manic Street Preachers
- Indian Summer from Maplewood by Maplewood
- Legacy from Six by Mansun
- The Mule from The Magic Numbers by The Magic Numbers
- Unsolved Child Murder from After Murder Park by The Auteurs
- Robot Rock from Pearl Necklace by Colour Of Fire
- Apples & Oranges from Please Describe Yourself by Dogs Die In Hot Cars
- She Makes My Nose Bleed from Attack Of The Grey Lantern by Mansun
- Yemaya from Taxidermy by Queen Adreena
- A Name from SorryThankYou by Unbelievable Truth
- On And On from Civilian by Boy Kill Boy
- The Year Of Purification from Know Your Enemy by Manic Street Preachers
- Love Is Stronger Than Death from Dusk by The The
- Seal Jubilee from Fur And Gold by Bat For Lashes
- Everything In Its Right Place from Kid A by Radiohead
- Dark Star from A Natural History by I Am Kloot
- Discos And Casinos from One Of Us by Hell Is For Heroes
- Paranoid Android from OK Computer by Radiohead
- Atoms For Peace [Fourtet Remix] from Atoms For Peace/Black Swan Remixes by Thom Yorke
- Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken from Let's Get Out Of This Country by Camera Obscura
- Just Like Heaven from Galore - The Singles 1987-1997 by The Cure
- The Trick Is To Keep Breathing from Version 2.0 by Garbage
- Micro Cuts from Origin Of Symmetry by Muse
- Catherine from Is This Desire? by PJ Harvey
- Fascination Street from Galore - The Singles 1987-1997 by The Cure
- Madraykin from Taxidermy by Queen Adreena
- Secret Pint from Rock Action by Mogwai
- Impossible from Us And Us Only by The Charlatans
- Dirty Dancehall from Who Killed... by The Zutons
- Trojan Horse from Intimacy by Bloc Party
- Morning Bell/Amnesiac from Amnesiac by Radiohead
- The Present from Help: A Day In The Life by Bloc Party
- Don't Go To Pieces from The Lost Riots by Hope Of The States
- Why Can't I Be You? [Acoustic] from Acoustic Hits by The Cure
- Out On 24s from Apollo Control Demo by Assembly Now
- Special/Blown It (Delete As Appropriate) from Six by Mansun
- Coles Corner from Coles Corner by Richard Hawley
- On My Own from Civilian by Boy Kill Boy
- Hidden Place from Vespertine by Björk
- Cocoon from Vespertine by Björk
- It's Not Up To You from Vespertine by Björk
- Undo from Vespertine by Björk
- Pagan Poetry from Vespertine by Björk
- Frosti from Vespertine by Björk
- Aurora from Vespertine by Björk
- An Echo, A Stain from Vespertine by Björk
- Sun In My Mouth from Vespertine by Björk
- Crabcraft from Vespertine by Björk
- Harm Of Will from Vespertine by Björk
- Unison from Vespertine by Björk
- (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Alison from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Watching The Detectives from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Pump It Up from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Radio, Radio from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Accidents Will Happen from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Oliver's Army from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- High Fidelity from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Clubland from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- New Lace Sleeves from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Good Year For The Roses from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Beyond Belief from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Man Out Of Time from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Almost Blue from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Everyday I Write The Book from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Shipbuilding from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Brilliant Mistake from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Indoor Fireworks from The Best Of - The First 10 Years by Elvis Costello
- Let Go from Details by Frou Frou
- Breathe In from Details by Frou Frou
- It's Good To Be In Love from Details by Frou Frou
- Must Be Dreaming from Details by Frou Frou
- Psychobabble from Details by Frou Frou
- Only Got One from Details by Frou Frou
- Shh from Details by Frou Frou
- Hear Me Out from Details by Frou Frou
- Maddening Shroud from Details by Frou Frou
- Flicks from Details by Frou Frou
- The Dumbing Down Of Love from Details by Frou Frou
- Old Piano from Details by Frou Frou
- Disengaged from Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill by Grouper
- Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping from Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill by Grouper
- Who Am I from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Jolene from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Turn The Pages from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Friend from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Hello from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Believer from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Sweet Devil from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Baby from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Time from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Distance Blues And Theory from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Go from List Of Lights And Buoys by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
- Isi from NEU! 75 by NEU!
- Bridges And Balloons from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- Sprout And The Bean from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- The Book Of Right-On from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- Sadie from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- Inflammatory Writ from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- This Side Of The Blue from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- "En Gallop" from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- Cassiopeia from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- Peach, Plum, Pear from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- Swansea from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- Three Little Babes from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie from The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
- About Face from About Face by The Working Title
- Nothing Less Radiant from About Face by The Working Title
- PS from About Face by The Working Title
- Glorious from About Face by The Working Title
- Under The Ground from About Face by The Working Title
- The Crash from About Face by The Working Title
- Something She Said from About Face by The Working Title
- Weigh Me Down from About Face by The Working Title
- Never Run Again from About Face by The Working Title
- Enslaved from About Face by The Working Title
- Turbulence from About Face by The Working Title
- Your Cloud from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- Pancake from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- I Can't See New York from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- Mrs Jesus from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- Taxi Ride from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- Another Girl's Paradise from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- Scarlet's Walk from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- Virginia from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- Gold Dust from Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
- Centennial from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- In A Cave from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- Graves from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- Juno from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- Tessellate from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- Sixties Remake from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- The Harrowing Adventures Of... from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- Nursery, Academy from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- Your English Is Good from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- Listen To The Math from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- The Baskervilles from Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club
- Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And
Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The
Inconvenience But You're Going To Have To Leave Now, Or... from Come On
Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- Come On! Feel The Illinoise! from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- John Wayne Gacy, Jr. from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- Jacksonville from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother! from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- One Last "Whoo-hoo!" For The Pullman from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- Chicago from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- Casimir Pulaski Day from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea
Concerning Your Predicament from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan
Stevens
- The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- Prairie Fire That Wanders About from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens
Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze from Come On Feel
The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back
From The Dead!! Ahhhh! from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan
Stevens
- Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard
It All The Way Out In Bushnell from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by
Sufjan Stevens
- In This Temple, As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- The Seer's Tower from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines,
Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King of Swing, To Name A Few from
Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
- Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt
From My Sandals As I Run from Come On Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan
Stevens
- Can't Go Back Now from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Orbiting from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Hideaway from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Wish I Could Forget from Hideaway by The Weepies
- All Good Things from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Little Bird from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Antarctica from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Not Dead Yet from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Old Coyote from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Just Blue from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Lighting Candles from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Takes So Long from Hideaway by The Weepies
- To Be Young from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- My Winding Wheel from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Amy from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Oh My Sweet Carolina from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Bartering Lines from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Call Me On Your Way Back Home from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains) from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Come Pick Me Up from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- To Be The One from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Why Do They Leave? from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Shakedown On 9th Street from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Don't Ask For The Water from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- In My Time Of Need from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st) from Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- How You Survived the War from Hideaway by The Weepies
- Find A Way from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- I Would Go from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Free To Stay from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Rock Song from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Waiting For Something from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Clap On from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Glider from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Gold from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Organ Talk from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- She's Right from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- This Is Not What We've Become from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Slower Than Gold from Free To Stay by Smoosh
- Florida from Starf**ker by Starf**ker
- German Love from Starf**ker by Starf**ker
- Myke Ptyson from Starf**ker by Starf**ker
- Sound Of The Underground from Sound Of The Underground by Girls Aloud
- Kick In Your Heart from Kick In Your Heart EP by Gliss
- Cherry Tulips from Some Racing, Some Stopping by Headlights
- I'll Bring The Sun from Idols Of Exile by Jason Collett
- Love Affair from Fever by Kylie Minogue
- Kids from Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
- Hysteria from Absolution by Muse
- Wings For Marie (Part 1) from 10,000 Days by Tool
- 10,000 Days (Wings Part 2) from 10,000 Days by Tool
