#123 This town needs guns

I would describe the process of collecting stock exchange listing information for about 400 companies as everything but fun. Unfortunately (for me) that is how I spend my summer days so far, even though summer in the Netherlands is quite an abstract term.

Anyhow, the point of the short introduction was to lead to the essence of today's post. In order to keep myself NOT bored to death I've been listening an album from This Town Needs Guns (you gotta love the name of those fellas) - Animals. If I'm correct there you might be able to find their name somewhere in the blog, but my first encounter with that album was just a week ago and I'm totally digging it!

Personally, I love the artwork and the concept of naming all the songs after the animals you see in the picture (some of which I heard for first time, yeah didn't do my homework back in the days). Ok, I talked enough so let's just cut to the chase. Basically, my personal opinion of the album is quite positiveso if you have some time to waste - just dive in! My favourite "animals" are - the Pig, the Lemur, the Rabbit, the Crocodile and the Badger.

Enjoy!

#121 Let's throw in some songs for the sake of throwing in things

And it's late night's out-of-nowhere-urge to share a few links. However, my tiredness prevails over my brain so I'll be quick and make your life easier - enjoy the three, kind of different songs, I've been playing the last few days. Hopefully, someone would like ..something.

Pinback - Barnes

Ben Howard - Call me maybe (ps. I find the original impossible to listen...)

Sysyphe - Sinking

#120 Lucidity

I've been waiting for the release of the album I'm about to quickly present you for a long, long time...meaning years. Frankly said, I will be quite biased in my comment because it is the second album of one of my closest friends. His name is Daniel - a great friend, multi-instrumentalist, producer and a musical inspiration (to me)... and  on top of that he is quite young given his musical maturity.  The guy plays ....God knows how many instruments and sings quite well (which you will hear in the album). Heptagram - a one-man project is his and it totally kicks ass.

Basically, the album Lucidity is recorder by him with the assistance of a few other musicians - you can hear very interesting combinations between the usual rock instruments and saxophone/kaval (a traditional Bulgarian instrument). You can find out more about it at his bandcamp site! Also, you can download the whole album for free or decide how much are you willing to pay for it - it is up to you. As far as I know from my personal conversations with him, he just wants to spread the music out there and... its for whoever you like it.

Regarding the album, I had the opportunity to listen to it 3-4 times and now I'm focusing on abusing the replay button of specific songs, but of course it is up to you whether you are going to like it. My only piece of advice and personal recommendation is to listen to it once from the beginning to the end - you won't miss out. Even if it is not your cup of tea, the album is pretty diverse in my opinion - there are various musical genre influences which you can find through the songs.

ps. my personal favourites so far are Boundless, Ten Foot Samurai, Heritage and Lucidity... just for the record ;)

#116 Sun will rise

Finally, a time and inspiration for a new post... life has been a carousel of exciting events and experiences lately which I guess changed me a tiny bit...in a better direction. There are some of the songs I found recently, so feel more than free to abuse the replay button.

Of Monsters and Men - Little talks

Pinback - Good to sea

Bonobo feat. Speech Debelle - Sun will rise

#114 The library music

Scrolling through the last posts it is quite obvious I haven't been very active in posting for a while. It's not because there is not good music to be shared... I guess I really felt quite idea-less (wtf, is there such word?). Anyhow, a friend of mine just put some good words about it so I kind of felt the call for hitting the CTRL+V a couple of times tonight. So, thank you mi amigo =)

Despite of being extremely awful live, Angels and Airwaves still have kick-ass song ..such as Start the Machine.

Let's throw in the post some good library music - Ratatat - Gettyburg and The Banana Sessions - Bananas (well thats very creative..)

#113 No use for a title

I feel the overwhelming urge to say...nah, say is way too dull.. to shout, scream ..oh well, just pass the following message - music is and has always been one of the greatest creation of our kind. It's fucking mental and mind-blowing. It's like... anyway - you know, I bet! Also, I love Incubus. Probably one of the few bands from my childhood I never got tired listening to. And despite the fact I have posted about them many times, it needs to be done again, sick sad little world!

Ok, I'll try to post something not THAT well-known so that paltry post might be useful to the few who read it =)

RUFUS - We left very promising young Australian band..their scene is almost never disappointing!

the next band actually makes me very, very proud! Quite the pleasant surprise from Bulgaria..- Southwick - Pink Skies

#108 Good weather for an airstrike

It's been a roller coaster of events lately so I just didn't have the physical opportunity to post anything. Anyhow, In the few lines I get to share here, I feel like just stating how important friendship is and I am glad there are some really amazing people around me. Regarding the music, the reason for the post is Toe - Good bye. A brilliant composition, I must say, especially if you enjoy some of the benefits of the place where I live. Total relaxation and some japanese (I believe) vocals. For the rest I will be completely random... lets see..

He is we - Happily ever after

Kid Sam - We're made of water

#107 The appleseed cast /indie, post-rock/

Some time ago I wrote about the debut album of Moving Mountains. Anyway, I've seen the name of the Appleseed Cast many times ago throughout the years but never paid much attention to their music, until recently, cause they were pointed as influential for MovMou.

Long story short, I had to check out their stuff and now it's hard to say which band I prefer more. So yeah, the Appleseed Cast. Some describe them as indie post rock. I think, they are good for  Sunday evening.

The Appleseed Cast - Fight Song

The Appleseed Cast - As the little things go

The Appleseed Cast - Innocent vigilant ordinary

If you liked what you heard, I reckon to check their music more thoroughly, which frankly said I should do as well.

#106 There is always hope

This is the story of Chris. Chris cannot see with his eyes. He sees with his heart. Chris cannot walk. Chris though has an imagination, so he can travel everywhere. And he stars speaking. He is well-mannered, relaxed and knowledgeable young man. He is noble. He speaks slowly and properly. There is no sympathy for him, there is just respect. There might be tears, but they are not tears of sadness. So I keep watching his story. He says he is happy. Why? Because he knows he makes people happy. And he does - he makes me happy. And he is happy as well - he feeds on other people's happiness and that's the most noble thing that can exist in our world.

 Fuck, I wish there were subtitles to the video I am watching now, so all can just grasp a tiny piece of this incredible Bulgarian boy. Chris is one of those miracles that stands there..above everything and ...just inspires with his actions and words. It might sound stupid to some people, but this is the way I experience this and I want to share it...that boy is one of the reasons I keep having hope and I do believe that watching this interview, in a way, made me a better person. It is cliche, but why do we complain? Especially for the minor everyday problems. Such a fragile (in first sight) physically boy is so strong on the inside. And that's possible for all of us. We face troubles, problems, pain but...

...one of the guests in the show said - "I want his will to live, his perspective about life, the power of his soul, his energy..."

Chris wrote a book and he sings. He sings very well. You don't need subtitles for that. THIS is the video. In case you don't know Bulgarian go to 4:00 and tell me I'm wrong.

Chris, I know you will never read this, but you are priceless. I can keep writing till the morning and it won't be enough. Thank you for being who you are.

You just inspired hope.

Regards.

There is only one song today, and its enough Grow on, grow up, grow out.

#99 You gotta love the nineties

I got 99 problems and..naaah too cheesy. Uh, I kind of didn't wanna hit the 100 posts, for God knows what reason but it is gonna be a fact soon. Maybe. I have been thinking these days about the music from the 1990s and well it is the 99th post so I kind of decided to related them in a way which through my prism seems..logical.

I came acros couple of songs from the early or mid 1990s and I just could not help notice a slight..specific sound which is missing from the music nowadays. Don't get me wrong, we got amazing bands and I kind of stick to modern music, but some sometimes I miss the last decade or whatever I can remember of it. You might feel it listening to some of the recordings and watching the videos... or maybe it is just me.

Filter - Picture 

 ..could you take my pictureeeee, cause I won't remember

Sunny Day Real Estate - Circle

one of the earliest band of Nate Mendel, the bass player from Foo Fighters...and of course the bass line is mind crushing! The band itself is actually quite influential, they started the...emo movement although eventually it evolved in a makeup fashion trend related to bad music =/

....and something else similar to SDRE ..Texas is the Reason - Blue Boy

The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 ...pure fucking classic!

#89 Typical /alternative rock/

Recently I close friend of mine..a friend I have for a quite some time sent me a picture of a burnt piece of paper with some text on it. I read it and I realized it sounds familiar. It was something I wrote 5 or 6 years ago on that very same piece of paper which later i burned on the edges and gave it to that very same friend of mine. I did change it a bit cuz..i wanted to write tonight, but I hope you like the main idea behind it and the songs which you can just scroll down to. Enjoy your Sunday evening. Don't be typical! :)

We live our busy, dynamic, fast-forward lives. And even though you might think that it is not always like that, time in fact passes incredibly fast. But on rare occasions we try to peak back in the past, back to the beginning. What infuenced our lives, who were we and what were our dreams. Why did we choose this particular path which lead us to where we currently are. Well, for me is always hard to answer those questions. Time blurred my mind. Irreversibly. On the other hand, there are a few moments.. yeah I bet you know what I talk about. The most precious time span of our lives - the time with our friends and family. And I don't mean every single second. I mean the moments when you look at them and you realize that at this very same moments you are not just a bunch of people. You share one body and soul, dedicated to an idea, a dream, a purpose. A moments of true happiness. Those memories will not vanish with the movement of the clock's arrow. They are engraved in your mind forever.

Mutemath - Typical

Dead Letter Circus - Lines

Karnivool - All I know

#84 Moving Mountains /alternative, post-rock/

There are just a few occasions I devote a lot of time on the complete album of a band... although I am totally in love with music I never seem to have enough time to check out properly all songs in an album. Unless, the album kicks ass, which is the case with the next band I would like to present briefly to you.

So yeah, the band is called Moving Mountains and I might have posted some of their stuff before but I will focus on their last album - "Waves". Personally I can describe their music as a...weird combination between alternative rock with a slight post-rock flavour, the lyrics just blew my mind and the music in general is quite..serious/sad, I would say synchronized to my current mood. 

Always only for me

My life is like a chase dream

The Cascade

Where two bodies lie

..you can check the whole album in the following playlist, those four are just my current favourites.

Fear no more my son, because someday the trees will sing
And I know that someday will come,
Where the trees are growing roots among the place we used to
Sit and breathe the air.

#81 Going to California /acoustic/

I can't sleep.. or I don't want to. Not quite sure which of both. Anyhow, I do feel like writing down something, you know - go back to the main purpose of the blogging. It's not like I have anything significant to tell you..whoever you are, it's more like I just want to talk. About.. about... about how writers feel when they sit behind the empty sheet, about all moments that make us laugh, sad, thrilled, scared...feel, about people saying "bye" or about people saying "hi", about the weird feeling I have - feeling weird and not exactly comfortable and in the same time enjoy a quiet nice with nice music. About shitloads things.

Led Zeppelin - Going to California

Oasis - Wonderwall

 Goo Goo Dolls - Slide

So yeah, I was watching Entourage, the final episode and I actually felt a bit sad, weird right? About a fuckin' TV series. I am really smiling right now, cuz..its funny, but its the truth so why not just embrace it ;) Too bad I cannot write down all the streams of thoughts I got in my head, but who needs that. Enjoy your night or day or...whatever you call it.

#80 Diamonds on the inside /acoustic/

I hate being sick, especially when you reach the point where you feel like crap and you can't do shit. Thank God its Sunday. So yeah, I guess some acoustic music would be suitable for these days.

City and Colour - Love don't live here anymore

Ben Harper - Diamonds on the inside

Nothink - My Broken Lady (amazing song by a spanish band in someones car, somewhere in Spain, one of the warm summer days)

#78 You're a God /alternative rock/

Life back in the Netherlands is quite busy, which I guess in a way is good cuz... well time goes faster and you don't really feel bored, right? Anyway, I'm selecting what to suggest for the radio tonight so I guess I might just post some of the songs here as well.. so enjoy those random songs!

Vertical Horizon - You're a God (I guess some sort of one-hit wonder band, but I rly dig the song!)

Gob - I've been up these steps

Mew - Special

ps. Freddie, happy bday!

#67 Como Tu No Hay 2 /music from the trip/

Sagres, Portugal. Amazing place.

 Yeah, I think I will skip the narration of the trip, the previous post says enough.. but on the other hand I wanted to post some of the songs I found during my trip or the ones accompanied me. Umm.. yeah.


Beatriz Luengo - Como Tu No Hay 2

Nothink - In a row (amazing spanish band!)

Fito y Fitipaldis - Me equivocaria otra vez

#66 The beginning of the end /various/

Okay, so I am at the final stop of my summer trip and after ..dont know how many days I sit in front of a computer and since my friend from Madrid is sleeping I decided to drop some information here. After tents, cars, beaches and festivals I will fancy a bed and shower, but I will kind of miss the adventures you will read later on. I saw some of the most amazing sunsets, beaches, mountains, waterfalls..which I jumped from! in the world...

Although its not rly a blog I plan to post a long post with pictures of the weird adventures I´ve been through and the places I ended up..some of them quite unexpected. I was supposed to visit Spain only, but I ended up waking up in a beach in portugal just at the most western point of the continent. But stay tuned for more. Besides Portugal, technically I entered UK ..the picture u see is from Gibraltar and we were at the top of that awesome small mountain or whatever it is, admirnig the sunset. I recorded many cool spanish songs but I need to find them on youtube... so when I get back home.

The first band I post Rufus T. Firefly ..well I met their drummer, an really positive and nice girl called Julia and i got their 2 cds and ..well they rock. I think I might dedicate a whol post on t heir music..later on. The other 3 songs..they are just accompanying me during my tour of this part of the world. Enjoy.

Rufus T. Firefly - ?

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

The killers - when you were young

Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun

#64 Incubus - If not now, when? /alternative rock/

So this time I decided to write a little about a certain band - Incubus. More precisely - about their latest album "If not now, when" which came out ..well sometime this year I suppose. 

Before writing anything I must say I am a huge Incubus fan since their first albums and like many people out there I think they are going to leave a trace in the music industry. Needless to say, just like the comments after their previous album, there are many disappointed people in terms of the musical direction of the album, but I guess it is quite normal to develop and change musically with the years. I find the album calm, pleasant, relaxing and well quite easy to listen. I do dig most of the songs, will not give any names - i believe everything is worth listening to..

Despite the singles "Promises, promises" and "Adolescents" which are gaining popularity... I think attention must be paid to "Isadore", "Thieves" and "The original". On the other hand, I strongly disliked "If not now, when". Anyway - check out the songs, hope you liked them.

These are all the tracks, in case you want to check them out:

1. If not now, when?

2. Promises, promises

3. Friends and lovers

4. Thieves

5. Isadore

6. The original

7. Defiance

8. In the company of wolves

9. Switchblade

10. Adolescents

11. Tomorrow's food

10 days later...So they finally uploaded everything on youtube and I finished the post. I think my mp3 player got tired of the album, but not me.... and I must say - I totally fell in love with the album! Enjoy and feel every song your own way!

#50 Hunger strike /grunge/

Some things live forever.

Stone Temple Pilots - Creep

Temple of the Dog - Hunger strike

Pearl Jam - Black

#46 She is /alternative rock/

Hey, I don't think I have anything significant to say which I can fit in a couple of sentences so I guess it would be better to keep it short. Frankly said, lately it seems hard to group the songs in posts but I hope will be able to resolve that problem. I came across the first song I would like to present, while watching "Scrubs" and it is The Fray - She is.

Another song, which is more or less in the same direction..which I also found cause of Scrubs - Dashboard Confessional - Stolen. Some might label it as cheesy, but I love it.

So.. Anberlin - Paperthin hymn. Good night.