Category Archives: music

Zoë Keating – Into the Trees

Ever since I’d stumbled upon her live performance of Escape Artist for Wired, I’ve been looking forward to be able to actually buy the song. Now the album it’s on, called “Into the Trees”, is out. =) It’s full of … Continue reading

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Regina Spektor – Far (+misc)

Piano-pop music (a bit similar to Ben Folds). Really like the album, but the incessant repetition of some of the lyrics goes on my nerves, as do the Hallelujahs. Stand-outs: Dance Anthem of the 80′s, Eet, The Calculation. Other music … Continue reading

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Music for 2007

While coding during the last month I’ve been listening to a lot of music via Pandora (a music recommendation service / internet radio station). I’m listing some of the stand-out tracks / artists I’ve enjoyed here Röyksopp – The Understanding … Continue reading

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Pandora (and other music)

I’ve accidentally stumbled onto Pandora, a twisted combination of a subscription-paid custom-playlist radio station and music discovery service. You enter an artist or song name and it starts playing “similar” music; you can have several of these stations to which … Continue reading

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What’s new…

A bit of product placement: The new Ben Folds album “Songs for Silverman” is out (in the iTunes Music Store as well — I honestly cannot remember the last time I bought a physical CD), the same goes for Trackmania … Continue reading

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Long due Update

Hooverphonic — Out of Sight Johnny Cash — The Man Comes Around Ben Folds — Ben Folds Live Lambchop — Aw C’mon / No You C’mon

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TaQ – Electro Tuned

Over the past few days I’ve taken a liking to TaQ – Electro Tuned in Dancing Stage Unleashed (on Easy ). It’s a song I had positively hated before, but now that I “get” squeaky bits (3 notes / steps … Continue reading

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iTunes Music Store

I had an extended romp through the newly opened (in England, France and Germany that is — not really an “European” launch) iTunes music store. It is now obvious to me why there is quite a bit of buzz about … Continue reading

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Tonspion

Team Blender — Sterne sowie Oxygen Her Space Holiday — The Young Machines Wir sind Helden — Du erkennst mich nicht wieder Rachel’s — Last Things Last

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Pop

Yoko Kanno — Be Human (Stand Alone Complex 2nd OST) Nitin Sawhney — Human Nelly Furtado — Powerless Seal — Love’s Divine

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He’ll be my Hero

Nintendo / Sega ought to get their asses in gear and publish an F-Zero GX soundtrack, the music is awesome! Until that happens, you can get some very nice game-rips here. FilePlanet needed a bit of convincing to give me … Continue reading

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Sometimes Radio pays off.

Elton John — Levon Natalie Merchant — Thick as Thieves Yoko Kanno — Stand Alone Complex OST (Ghost in the Shell TV)

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