Figured it'd be a nice place to advertise some of your favourite music. Think people should only really put another video on if they actually watch the one that was posted before them.
This is Sonic Youth's cover of the Beatles song Within You, Without You
Ok this failed completely as a YouTube thread so instead I'll make it my recommendation thread. First of all was Sonic Youth and I know some of you are all ready aware of them, brilliant cover though.
Next is a singer that I've loved for a couple of years now and I don't even know why. I think it might just be his pleasant sounding voice, very relaxing I think. This is a song called All My Days which came out a while ago on an album that had a lot of music heavily featured on some TV shows, especially Scrubs, House and The OC.
I like Sonic Youth. A lot.
Hell to the yes. SY have been one of my top listened to artists for a couple of years now because I think there's so much diversity between their older stuff and it changed right up until Rather Ripped, which is actually second I feel to Daydream Nation. Obviously their new album goes back to the beginning but this time as grown up's...
Next artist I'd like to recommend is another experimental band. They're called Slowdive and they're sorta a heavy dream/pop band. Really relaxing music. I love to listen to this music because it's really something very different to conventional music genre's which seem to dominate people's life's, really.
Also, I don't know how frequently I'll post to this, whenever I feel like you people need to share with me the geniuses that make the music I love.
Another noise band... Deerhoof. Enjoy. I've always enjoyed them thoroughly. Pretty much like Deerhunter, Pavement and Low.
OMG, can we be best friends?
I do enjoy some Deerhoof, though more for the guitar work, the vocals are slightly irritating to me. The first track on "offend maggie" is my favorite, it has such a great riff to it. Song's called "The Tears and Music of Love."
If you dig this stuff KC, check out All the Saints. Not..."All Saints."
That was great! I thoroughly enjoyed it from the very beginning!
The Local Natives.
Unfortunately for them they came in after Fleet Foxes, but I think they're just as good. Obviously they sound very similar. Spotify have been ranting on about them for ages now...
I think this song is fantastic though.
These guys are still relatively new, but they've gotten me hooked. Three vocalists (yes, you read that right) each with their own distinctive style meshed into a package of pure melodic power.
Say hello to Amaranthe.
^ first of all, that music is nothing like what is in this thread. If you're going to make suggestions, try to make them at least similar to what KC's going for. That's what the point of the thread is.
Quote from: Kill Crazy on January 02, 2010, 02:41:54 PM
The Local Natives.
Unfortunately for them they came in after Fleet Foxes, but I think they're just as good. Obviously they sound very similar. Spotify have been ranting on about them for ages now...
I think this song is fantastic though.
Now....Local Natives....Old NEWS! Downloaded this baby about a month ago and love it. Sun Hands is great. They have a Fleet Foxes meet Arcade Fire feel to them, and I'll be reviewing the whole album once its released officially in the US.
I don't mind music being recommended in my thread but its really not the kind of music I like. Sounds heavy metal on fast forward though. If you wanna recommend music to me I'm into indie, alternative rock, pop, hip hop and other sub-genres of those genres (there's too many to list). I've basically put up everything that's different to one another that I like...
KC, you like Liars?
new album leaked, its called "Sisterworld." Saw them open for Radiohead in 2008.
Never replied to this. But I do like Liars, I've given them a couple of plays recently. Definitely a band I could like based on the fact I love indie music, (I consider Indie music to be a style of music that is individual to that artist/band)
Next recommendation is Counting Crows. Not their newer stuff. In fact, I hate everything that isn't on their debut album August and Everything After. That album is easily in my top 10 ever, so emotive.
This is probably the best song off the album. Round Here. It's always a favourite of their live performances and they never play it the same way twice. Truly awe-inspiring how much emotion goes into it. This performance is off the Howard Stern Show and he even said himself that it's one of the best performances he's ever seen. I highly recommend the version from MTV's 10-Spot.
Big recommendation for 2010. I think this young girl is going to EXPLODE onto the scene any day now. I first heard Obsessions a long while ago, around the same time I found Florence + The Machine - Kiss With A Fist. I absolutely adore this song.
Broken Records - A Promise.
Very different band from Scotland.
Looks like I was right about Marina and the Diamonds. Her debut album The Family Jewels has entered the UK albums chart at Number 5 and the Irish Albums chart at no 9. Most reviews are fairly positive. Shamefully, NME gave it 9/10 and I feel sick to my stomach that I'm agreeing with them. The Independent, who are exactly as the title says are independent, as their views are often really different on music, gave her 1* out of 5. I still think she's going to explode if Obsessions or I'm Not A Robot get released. She got pretty great attention by NME's awards by singing with Biffy Clyro (bleurgh).
I basically just download random albums from here:
http://www.sordomusic.com/db/ (http://www.sordomusic.com/db/)
...and most of the time they're good. I'd definitely recommend checking the above out.
Quote from: The Canadian Repo on March 25, 2010, 05:23:30 AM
I basically just download random albums from here:
http://www.sordomusic.com/db/ (http://www.sordomusic.com/db/)
...and most of the time they're good. I'd definitely recommend checking the above out.
I do the same thing. This is actually one of my main sources for music.
Sweet, this looks great. Thanks.
Ages since my last recommendation. Havent really been listening to new music. Would be stupid for me to recommend Fleetwood Mac or Nick Drake.
This is a band I have instantly fallen in love with, though. Their album, Just Do It, is probably my favourite this year so far. It's perfectly put together and there's not a song on the album that sounds wrong or out of place.
The band is called Elias and the Wizzkids and they're from Sweden. Their sound is just a bubbly pop rock sort of sound. Intriguing though.
Almost a month since I recommended anything,
Here is My Bloody Valentine with a live version of To Here Knows Why. Beware, they are shoegaze, you may not like them. I happen to love them, especially after a few herbal cigarettes... Very therapeutic and one of the bands I associate with my music taste maturing in the last 5 years.
You may wanna check out Male Bonding, KC. Really good lofi kinda shoegazing punk. digging it.
Can't get enough of this song. I didn't care for Wavves last year when I first heard them, but this song is fucking tits.
I do like the Waves song a lot. Not too sure about Male Bonding, but maybe they need a few listens before they grow on me.
Another recommendation, coming quickly now.
Honestly, I thought I had mentioned Tunng all ready in this. But I see their album ...And Then We Saw Land as one of the best this year. Such an interesting and wonderfully melodic folk band, really catchy music and the kind of lyrics you really need from folk bands. No silly shit like the Hold Steady. Just very intelligent music, with really pleasant guitar playing, which has become somewhat a lost cause in a lot of the generic folk music lately.
Honestly, check them out, if you've got an ear for catchy music, you'll love Tunng.
New Japandroids song FUCKING OWNS
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11913-younger-us/ (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11913-younger-us/)
Really good I think actually! Surprisingly too, cause I thought I'd hate Japandroids when I first read about them
Actually digging Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes at the moment. The riff's pretty interesting, loving it.
Telling ya, Japandroids are the fucking shit dude. Younger Us is creeping into my top songs of the year rapidly.
Wavves are impressing me too.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11912-post-acid/ (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11912-post-acid/)
Love the distortion on the drums. Really catchy punk song. Cheers Tim.
Wow,
Dinosaur Jr! Haven't really listened to them in ages. I love coming back to music like this, especially with guitar riff's like Dinosaur Jr. J. Mascis is actually a genius and this music was another one of the bands that got me through a tough period. Fortunately now I can listen to this music and look back fondly. It may sound like garbage with peculiar placement of instruments and pretty shocking vocals, but trust me it grows on you. DinoJr are one of the forefront bands of the experimental rock era.
Pavement, bitches. Kings of Indie.
Five reasons Pavement rules
1. Gold Soundz
2. Elevate Me later
3. Stereo
4. Cut Your Hair
5. Range Life
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain = amazing
I'm seeing them on September 11th.
You're an extremely lucky little bitch :P
Wowee Zowee is my most listened to album at the moment, it's indie rock at it's absolute best. If anyone gets the chance to go and see Pavement live, do it. It will be the experience of a lifetime.
Comedian Boothby Graffoe. Great music, pretty good guitarist, funniest lyrics I've heard in my life.
It's been a long time since I've updated this... But here are a few videos I've been loving lately.
Some Tim would have spoken about before, others that I've just been listening to.
Two new songs and a classic.
I'd HIGHLY recommend Broken Social Scene's new album, I rate it as the best of the year so far.
Quote from: Rob on September 13, 2010, 07:34:22 PM
I'd HIGHLY recommend Broken Social Scene's new album, I rate it as the best of the year so far.
so would I. of course, I have yet to hear the new Deerhunter.
I've yet to listen to No Age or Deerhunter or Arcade Fire, but so far Broken Social Scene are far away my favourite album of the year, could be up there for the decade too despite it being the first year!
New Sufjan album - pretty good!
And The Strokes, of course...
Gotta love Imogen Heap!
Okkervil River are a hugely underrated indie band for quite some time now. I think anyone that likes the likes of Pavement, Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene should check these out
Very strange that I'm going to add this song considering I posted The Strokes only a few months ago, but their new single came out last week and I can't get enough of it. It's really brilliant, and I'm seriously looking forward to their new album with this;
And this one's more specifically for JDM, but for anyone thats loving Mumford and Sons or Laura Marling the last year or so, you have to check out Johnny Flynn. He's a wonderful writer, and his music is pretty catchy.
Almost forgot how much I loved Ben Folds Five, but they were pretty awesome! Posted this on my 30 day song challenge as day 25's song that makes you laugh. And with a chorus of "Give me my money back, you bitch" you can't go wrong.
Tap footing acoustic music at it's finest.
It was either going to be that or Belle and Sebastian who are another band that I just love and don't listen to enough. Some of their songs are really touching with really witty lyrics. Sometimes pretty hard to understand but if you can hear the lyrics to The State I Am In, you will be laughing. The guy kicks the crutch away from his crippled friend. That's funny.. Especially in serious music.
Eight days between updates! What the fuck!?!?!?!?
Two of my favourite all time Britpop songs, first is Ocean Colour Scene with The Day We Caught The Train. Instantly recognisable and a HUGE 90s CHOON. And if you can spot on the old piano, Mr. Modfather, Paul Weller is there
And you can't talk about Paul Weller without mentioning his solo work. I do love what he's done since The Jam, pretty much everything, all the different genre's he's crossed, but Studio 150 is a wonderful album and I suggest you all go and listen to it. Great cover album. This song was released the same year as the previous and a host of other Britpop wonder-tunes. So go check out 1995.
This thread is full of win! Want to force some music on ya's that I've been listening to all week since I went dancing last weekend :)
Thanks Ant, glad to see someone other than Tim reads this ;)
You posted some top tunes there. I don't know why I always over-look Caribou whenever I update this
I wish Ant was still around because she seemingly shares a lot of my tastes!
Anyways, here's another Dinosaur Jr song. This is EPIC. If you love indie and heartfelt music with a dash of blues, this song is for you.
Apparently I can't post any youtube videos in this anymore? And I've not recommended anything for 8 months!
Got a few here now;
This is tUnE-yArDs a indie, psychedelic pop solo artist, really catchy, awesome stuff. Catch her latest album out, it's like cocaine or something.
Not really a recommendation as it is a reminder for people to go and listen to Bon Iver's latest album. If you liked Bon Iver's first album then prepare to LOVE this one and if you didn't, well... you'll still fucking love it. Total poetry and absolutely beautiful music.
Those are my two favourite albums from the last year or so, but I do recommend people go and check out Drake's latest album, Schoolboy Q (rapper), Fucked Up (punk) and Real Estate (indie), some really good, interesting music in the last year.
I've listened to this one several hundred times over the last few years (not because PS. I Love You, Stewart Lee or the Magners advert...) It's just an awesome song that makes me feel good. Such a favourite in fact at one of my local haunts the landlord ALWAYS queues it up for me, and it's amazing because the whole pub always end up dancing. Sometimes I get him to play it 2 or 3 times, but he does argue back now...
Anyways, Sharon Shannon and Steve Earle,
Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle Galway Girl Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7-PM_4aeE4#)
Fun.: We Are Young ft. Janelle Monáe [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv6dMFF_yts#ws)
EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS - 40 DAY DREAM LIVE @ THE REGENT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0RQnGhxZzg#ws)
Two new posts in one day with 3 different videos? I know, crazy!
This is what I've been listening to all day and pretty much the most emotional music I've ever heard. It's a bit like Rufus Wainwright but a million times better
Perfume Genius - Hood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A46Yh2wlQ0#)
What? Am I making a habit of posting in here! Does anyone even read this anymore!? I don't care, here's some more addictive music for you to listen to.
M83 'Midnight City' Official video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3k_QDnzHE#ws)
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) - official video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY#ws)
I know this one isn't exactly a recommendation with 98 million YouTube views but I love it anyways
Kimbra - "Settle Down" [Official Music Video] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHV04eSGzAA#ws)
Kimbra from the Gotye song
Flaunt the Aussie Artists Rob :)
Not liking the New Zealand native up there?
I could put Crowded House up if you want ;)
Quote from: Rob on March 06, 2012, 10:26:04 AM
Not liking the New Zealand native up there?
I could put Crowded House up if you want ;)
+1 for making me shiver at the thought of listening to Crowded House.
Hey now Don't Dream It's Over is a classic song!
I've been posting too much new music lately! More old Britpop I think, and not Blur or Oasis because if you're reading this, you probably don't need to hear them more.
Lightning Seeds - Sugar Coated Iceberg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acd8h2eB0rs#)
James - Sit Down (2001 final live performance ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WId0WS48JgM#)
The Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qdM8WdTfH4#)
Fucking awesome song, seriously love this!
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (Live At The Warfield SF) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNCQWkVtiZ0#ws)
Guilty pleasure but still, bloody good song
Emo corner.
Piebald - Grace Kelly With Wings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AOX5UoNn5w#)
It's been another six months since I updated this. I'm gonna put up a collection of my most memorable moments of Bestival, some are live performances, others weren't recorded, but you get the jist,
The xx - Angels - Bestival 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tmx2ZfU-sU#ws)
Ben Howard - The Wolves - Bestival 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kVQxn5fr4g#ws)
Michael Kiwanuka - Bones - Bestival 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tADnQLrJ6T4#ws)
Warpaint - Undertow (Later Live... with Jools Holland 13/05/11) 720p (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN5Ym8kiRHM#ws)
Sigur Rós - HoppÃpolla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_DQKCDgeM#)
Django Django - Default (Official Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjpOrlfh0Y#ws)
Listen, don't listen, I don't mind, but it's some great music. Some see me as a bit of a hipster but honestly, any one can like this sort of stuff, there's something for everyone (the great thing about Bestival)
I was ranting and raving about Kendrick Lamar and Metz recently and completely forgot about the awesome Tame Impala! Another contender for album of the year!
Tame Impala - Elephant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0jqPvpn3sY#ws)
Will Young - Leave Right Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbrSLLv0AlA#ws)
As per guilty pleasures, I am a massive Will Young fan
Some more recent music
The Lumineers - Ho Hey (Official Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCBSSwgtg4#ws)
And best song of the year so far,
Burial - Truant (Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDXuou-6dvg#ws)
3 update in 5 days! Wow, I must be listening to some great music, right?!
Everything Everything - Feet For Hands (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot1dHHNto0k#ws)
A$ap Rocky - 1 Train (LongLiveA$Ap) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR0XNlNnHyg#)
New My Bloody Valentine! After many, many years Kevin Shields has finally got round to that thing he does for a living...
in another way - m b v - my bloody valentine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXJus1ajIU#ws)
And some more mellow, pop music. Some of the artists I'm looking forward to at Bestival,
Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMJkddvJ4L4#ws)
Rudimental - "Feel The Love" ft. John Newman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oABEGc8Dus0#ws)
Disclosure - Latch feat. Sam Smith (Official Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ASUImTedo#ws)
Tom Odell - Another Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwpMEbgC7DA#ws)
More classics to come next time like Flaming Lips, Belle and Sebastian, etc
Lets go back 50 years and listen to some obscure British 60s music! Lots of Mersy-Beat, YAY!
Cupids Inspiration - Yesterday has gone 1968 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6-oafWvbI#)
Everlasting Love - Love Affair (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Le8bH3Y8U#)
The Rockin' Berries - He's In Town (1965)_HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHSKSynZM9w#ws)
The Love Affair - A Day Without Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDh6Uu2DGc#ws)
The Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E#)
I don't post nearly enough music snobbery on this. People call me a hipster. WELL FUCK YOU SO WHAT IF I AM!
Iceage - Ecstasy video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtIbGik0Sys#ws)
Foxygen - San Francisco (Official Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtdWGGpvY1s#ws)
YOUNG GALAXY - Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCtYSHhGWqU#)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege (Audio) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dw3TZNIGE#ws)
There's too much Libertines to pick one great song that represents how great that band is, so here's a 1 hour set after their reunion!
The Libertines - (HD)(Live At Reading Festival 2010)(Full Concert)(PRO-SHOT)720P (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xG7-YWgpk4#ws)
Ellie Goulding - Explosions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOEmyjpLkU#ws)
Mozart's House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd0cT7Dnpt8#ws)
London Grammar - Metal & Dust (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJWpILwvAdE#ws)
Rhye - The Fall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJS5ywEIsA4#ws)
Beautiful song and album.
I'm supporting Rhye and Clean Bandit pretty massively at the moment, very happy to champion them on here and Twitter. They will be big, I can feel it in my hipster
Clean Bandit - A&E (Random Acts) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VvILRC6QAk#ws)
Rhye - Open (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sng_CdAAw8M#ws)
Rob! Get back on the recommendation wagon! JDM needs more music!!! :P
Ultimate summer tune!
Daft Punk ft. Panda Bear - Doin' It Right with lyrics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA5PRj7KPkE#ws)
Daft Punk of course!
If you've heard any new music I've put on that plug.dj thing lately, I'm listening to quite a bit of new dance music at the moment.
Disclosure - White Noise ft. AlunaGeorge (Official Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkk2H3Ztrfk#ws)
Rudimental - Waiting All Night feat. Ella Eyre (Official Video) - OUT NOW (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M97vR2V4vTs#ws)
These are two of my favourites of the year so far
Chris Malinchak | So Good To Me (Music Video Edit) [HD] [1080p] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Pragoy6V0#ws)
Otto Knows - Million Voices (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8jhXmfdRFY#ws)
More great dance music
The 1975 - Chocolate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfBKqaVk2Co#ws)
New Order's Bestival 2012 setlist (the gig I was at) is now available on Spotify.
Pinkunoizu - My Vacant Home (Live Session) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZIMbWp5KGs#ws)
FUNKY
Great song
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU#ws)
Barenakes Ladies - When I Fall [Bathroom Sesssions] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ttA65VMeA#)
This truly oozes class and sensitivity.
London Grammar - Strong (Official Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6drfp_3823I#ws)
Saw them at Bestival, it was an amazing experience
I don't think anyone really listens to the music I post. Oh well, I love this song! This is how Ben Folds should be listened to
Ben Folds and WASO - Smoke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs3oRcBZYNE#)
Jag would like this
Foals - Inhaler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_PMvjmC6M#ws)
My cousin's in a band. I think they're pretty damn rad. But they only have one song on here
https://soundcloud.com/h-i-g-h
I'm so addicted to this song at the moment. It's on an advert for beer, so that probably explains why I like it so much
Avicii - Hey Brother (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cp6mKbRTQY#ws)
Really can't get enough of Coldplay's newest songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp7NtW_hKJI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp7NtW_hKJI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtb11P1FWnc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtb11P1FWnc)
Listening to an artist called Blood Orange a lot at the moment. Think it's just another name for Lightspeed Champion, but not really looked into it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5I-7WICmQ8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5I-7WICmQ8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzzom1Tg_TM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzzom1Tg_TM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2GVlQkn4Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2GVlQkn4Q)
I've gone weeks of listening to basically no music at all.... It has to change.
I fully expect to be called a hipster fuck with these songs.
The Glitch Mob ft. Sister Crayon - Beauty of the Unhidden Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nORTtFMKdqU#ws)
The Cinematic Orchestra - A New Home (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB0ordd2nOI#)
Electric Youth and College - A Real Hero (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSVDcw6iW8#)
The Electric Youth track is a great one. Have you seen the movie Drive, starring Ryan Gosling? If not, you should. It has tunes galore in it. One of my favourite sound tracks.
Quote from: Dorling on August 30, 2014, 03:56:40 PM
The Electric Youth track is a great one. Have you seen the movie Drive, starring Ryan Gosling? If not, you should. It has tunes galore in it. One of my favourite sound tracks.
Yeah I saw it a while ago by mistake on Netflix and loved it. Then I was staying in a Premier Inn and they played that song every night at dinner and I couldn't work out how I knew it... Had to Shazam it
Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPxFBtYu-w#t=25)
SO happy to finally have new Damien Rice music... 8 years since his last album. Hard to believe I went to see him live but couldn't legally drink and EFK was just a pipe-dream for Sam and Ian. Really delighted to finally have Damien Rice music in my 20s
I'm seriously recommending Michael Kiwanuka's latest album Love & Hate.
It's a wonderful blend of soul, rhythm and blues and acoustic pop music that is really damn addictive. It's the kind of wonderful album that is worth me posting in this thread for the first time in nearly 2 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TYlcVNI2AM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TYlcVNI2AM)
I'm going to try catching up on this thread from the beginning. I wasn't really trying much new stuff a few years ago, nor even listening to the radio. I wasn't paying much attention to music in general.
Scrolling back, the songs I actually recognize in this thread are ones that I like, so it's reasonable to assume I'll like more.
Lately I've gotten very much into the music of Michael Franti and Spearhead. I'm not really good at genres but I guess it's a reggae/hip-hop/pop fusion. Most importantly it's so upbeat, the lyrics and the music that it seldom fails to actually make me smile and lighten my mood. He genuinely comes across as a really great person behind the artist.
But anyway, yeah, that Kiwanuka song is really catchy. Would require me to be in a certain mood to deliberately seek it out, but if it came on Pandora or whatever, I would definitely let it play.
Actually while I was typing that, the song finished and another one (One More Night) came on, and I see what you mean... it's actually starting to really grow on me now haha!
Only just noticed your replies DQ, I'm glad you've taken the time to listen and appreciate my tunes! I'll try and update this more frequently from here out