June 21, 2016 Blog
If anyone was wondering "why a weekly'ish music list"? It's really not to educate my sisters about what's out there today. It's just another adventure in the joy of music. Music which has always been by my side through life.
If anyone was wondering "why a weekly'ish music list"? It's really not to educate my sisters about what's out there today. It's just another adventure in the joy of music. Music which has always been by my side through life.
Last week, there was no music list sent out because there was little joy in Central Florida. Keep in your hearts and support the victims of the tragedies which recently hit Orlando.
On Saturday, the 11th of June, I started a blog to go along with the week's music list. This week, I decided to send it out to all.
June 11, 2016 Blog
So excited! Lots of
stuff to cover. So much, a blog is in
order!
Warning: I was
inspired by Saturday night’s concert to make a playlist, my sisters will not
like! If you haven’t journeyed into
experimental or post-hardcore music scene, you too will not venture far with me
this week.
Since my sister won’t
get through the first song on the “Ready for This” playlist, I decided to add a
“if you can’t handle it” playlist. It’s
a mixture of several artist, starting with MÆ.
Next is ZZ Ward. She’s been known to jump around in music, bluesy
rock to rap doing collaborations with guys like Kendrick Lamar and Childish
Gambino. Btw… both great rappers, but we
won’t venture into that music, yet!
“Head and The Heart”
released a single this past week. And
it’s a damn good one! I’m sure most of
you are fans and I’m sure their new stuff won’t disappoint. For some reason, following up with “Monsters
and Men” just seems like the right thing to do.
Finishing up the
playlist with some Lykke Li.
Interesting… She kind of grows on you.
Music Mix if you can’t handle the other:
So, back to this week’s real playlist! Saturday night, Peyton and I went to see one of our favorite
bands. We saw them three years ago on
their last tour before breaking up.
Turns out the band re-united and released a new album two weeks ago. Thrice
is considered an experimental rock band.
They first caught Harrison’s attention with the Alchemy Index
albums. Two albums, with a theme… Fire,
Water, Air, & Earth. Cool concept
with a few songs each about the four classical Greek elements. Thrice has changed so much over the years, if
you like the newer music, you may not like the older stuff. If you like any on the playlist, check out
the Beggars album.
Another “Experimental” band is The Deer Hunter. Talk about theme albums. The band was formed and named “The Deer
Hunter” to tell a story about the life and death of a boy named “The Deer
Hunter”. If you run across any of the
“Acts I through IV” albums, you know it’s part of the story. But wait, they took a break a few years back
to release 9 Eps, each a single “color” of music. The Color Spectrum set was a total departure
from the Acts. Several songs
representing 9 different colors. It’s
not hard to imagine, so let’s play a little word game. I type a color and then will put down the
first word that comes to mind…
Black – Dark; Red – Hard; Green – Earthy; Yellow – Smooth
You get the idea!
Keeping with the theme bands, Coheed and Cambria has got to take top honors! The band was formed in order to put the lead
singer’s (Claudio Sanchez) science fiction story to music. The Armory Wars has been made into a comic book
series as well as a novel. Pretty
interesting story line, but I’m not going to bore you with it here. If you can handle the music, start your
Coheed & Cambria journey with “Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV Volume One:
From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness”.
Yes, that is an album name!
Enjoy the Music!
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