NOSTALGIA!!!!

The guy I carpool with has XM, and most mornings we're listening to Lithium or Liquid Metal. The other day on the drive home, Lithium started playing this infectious little tune:


I fully expect to be sick of this song within a week... such is the case with mid-90s one-hit-wonders. They're really catchy, and you find yourself humming along... only to overplay them and thus become sick of them. Then you forget about them for a decade only to rediscover them when you least expect it.

I've been listening to a lot of early post-grunge lately. Here's some stuff I keep coming back to:

Sister - The Nixons


Casual Affair - Tonic


Lame - Seven Mary Three


Punch in Punch out - Seven Mary Three

Street Dogs

Here's yet another band that crept into a pandora channel of mine. Their song "Free" connected with me, so I downloaded an album and have been listening to it in the car for the past few days as well as learning how to play a few of the songs.

here's a sampling from their "State of Grace" album.

Free:


Elizabeth:

The Yoshida Brothers

My uncle linked them on facebook and I thought it was cool. Always fun seeing old instruments being used in newer music. You get tired of the same guitar, bass, drums and keyboards all of the time.

GoRemy

Yeah, I'm slacking. I warned you about this in the inaugural post. I've been shifting through music styles almost daily, so nothing has really kept my attention long enough to warrant a post.

Anyway, GoRemy (comedic rapper based in northern VA) released a new song a little while back. Here is some of his stuff. A lot of his stuff is either local references or him making fun of his middle-eastern heritage.

Saudis in Audis


Metro Song


Arlington


Hey There Khalilah

Abney Park

Abney Park is a band that crept into one of my pandora channels. They're sort of industrial, sort of tribal, sort of electronic, sort of classical. They blend in the steam-punk aesthetic to their image and music.

Have a listen. The third tune reminds me of another band I was introduced to via a different pandora channel called "Alestorm" (pirate metal?).

Airship Pirate:


Virus


Æther Shanty

Ulterior Motives

So, here's a post with an ulterior motive... check out
"The Last Monarchs".
I've known the violin player for ~10 years so I can't deny that I may be biased, but that doesn't change the fact that they're a fun band. check them out and leave a comment here to tell me what you think.

Doctor Steel

Dr. Phineas Waldolf Steel is a mad scientist/toy designer/musician who is bent on world domination. I'll leave the description at that.

vids 1-3 show the man, vids 3-4 show the tunes

I like the song in video 4 best.