the melting pot of new music

Ahhh... music. what a wonderful thing. so i think i've listened to my ipod for more time straight in the past two days than i have in a while. and trust me, my ears are feelin' it.... those little headfones that stick into your ears aren't exactly the most comfortable thing to wear over a long period of time. thank God i have some new music to listen too, otherwise they'd probably be hurting even worse. but, i digress. new music. thats an even better thing than just music in general.

first, let me start off by saying that my musical taste is a bit... odd? lets take a look at my ipod. its a 30 gig, and about oh.... maybe 11 of them are filled? mostly my own music, stuff i've downloaded or uploaded onto my computer, but theres all kinds of crap on there. everything from jimmy eat world, to nsync, to third day, to rascal flatts, to the sound of music. but hey, im just well rounded (without hip hop), right? well, i kinda got tired of listening to the same ol' stuff, and the same songs kept coming up on the playlists so i decided i was going to find some new music. i started by asking my friends. i got into some new bands, copeland, augustana, deathcab for cutie, to name a few (yes, yes, i know i should have been into some of them before... but hey, give me a break). so i started to expand my lists of artists i could name and love.

well, it progressed and i got on purevolume.com and it was pretty much amazing. all kinds of good stuff on there that i'd never heard of. two bands though stuck out like a sore thumb (in a good way, if thats possible), Northern Room and My Favorite Highway. both pretty good. now don't get me wrong, these may not be the best bands musically or talent-wise or whatever, but they are pleasing to the ear, so much so that i found Northern Room on iTunes and downloaded it for like $6. unfortunately, My Favorite Highway doesn't have an album for sale right now, otherwise i'da downloaded theirs too. so basically, check 'em out, both very good. MFH is a little like the All American Rejects with a piano, and Northern Room is kinda.... hmm, i'm not sure, just check 'em out.

so yeah, there's my little bit on music. let me know what you think, and if you've got good rock bands with pianos, melodies, and good lyrics. let me know who they are. i'll check 'em out.

my new cds:
Derek Webb - Mockingbird
FM Static - Critically Ashamed
Tremolo - Love is the Greatest Revenge
Augustana - All the Stars and Boulevards
Soular - Tomorrow Never Comes
Northern Room - Last Embrace EP
Copeland - Beneath Medicine Tree
Deathcab for Cutie - Transatlanticism