Holy Dirty Paws

Tweet So...That was a long hiatus. Long time, no see and all that jazz.

Straight back to it. I've been desperate to be inspired by music lately because I gotta be honest, I feel a little let down by the amount of stuff that hits the charts these days, not that I regularly listen to that stuff but I've been at a loss to find some good stuff elsewhere.

Like I've said in previous posts, the majority of my favourite songs and rare finds come from TV shows and movies. All my TV shows start back up again in September. Boo. Insert sad face. So beside movies, which have been lacking in truly brilliant under-the-radar tunes from underground, unknown artists, I've been stuck with whatever I can get my ears on.

I'm actually on a classical hit recently. So I'll give you some tunes, including one of my favourite classical songs. Enjoy. 

I really liked this track from Of Monsters and Men but it was just bought to my attention again in the trailer for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig and some other cool people. Looks like an interesting movie but I just really love the song choice, it fits the trailer perfectly. (If I could post the trailer I would but it's pretty much blocked everywhere at the moment but you can try here) 
Of Monsters and Men - Dirty Paws 


After just listening to this, it's been driving me mad that it completely reminds me of another track, after searching my brain for a few minutes I remembered a certain car advert that's been played on TV very recently. So below I have 'Home' by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Heroes.

Although pretty catchy, I don't think I could listen to this track over and over again. I basically wanted to post it so you could see the similarities in the two tracks. Also, it's a far longer track than it needs to be. Needs to be said. 

This next track I heard from the movie The Disappearance of Alice Creed, not a film I would normally take time out to watch but it was on TV so I decided to give it a shot. I actually thought it was pretty good and this song ends the film on a pretty awesome note. Such a chill, eerie track. Her voice reminds me of someone else but I'll have to get back to you on that one.
Cathy Davey - Holy Moly


Now this one I heard during an interview I think, looking at the comments on youtube it's obviously been featured on ASOS so I probably heard it there most likely. Hell if I remember, plus Shazam has lost all my hits :( Had to reset my phone, you'd think that Shazam would keep the tracks that you've searched out!
Anyway, haven't heard of this chick before but I love her voice and the songs got a good summer beat to it.
YADi - The Blow


I was going to end this post here with my classical piece but then youtube auto-play started this other track which I LOVE LOVE LOVE. It's so brilliant. I heard this on the last season of the Vampire Diaries (it's also played in the new Romeo & Juliet trailer). I thought it played during a particularly heartbreaking moment in the series but I don't think it was, at least not compared to the other truly heartbreaking moments from that series. Damn that show and my tears!! Anyway, I listened to some of her other stuff but it's not as great as this one, but you should definitely give her album Conatus a listen.
Zola Jesus - Skin


And finally, a bit of classical culture shock to the system before I drop off to sleep.
This has to be my favourite classical piece ever, I think. Love it.
Camille Saint-saëns - Danse Macabre 


That should keep you occupied while I take another 3 month hiatus... I swear it won't be so long next time. 
Enjoy. 

~HL
P.S. Feel free to give me some music suggestions cause I haven't got many at the moment. The good news is, only 5 days until The Civil Wars new album is released. YAY!

P.P.S. You should all watch Pacific Rim and witness the fineness that is Charlie Hunnam. YUM. 

The randomness of it all...

Tweet Well, hello again!

Thanks for coming back. I appreciate it when people take a look, and perhaps a listen, to some of the music I've posted. I really hope someone out there has maybe found a song that they now love after discovering it here!

Anyway, back to it.

Found this song playing on the Film4 advert showcasing the upcoming films over the next season. (There are some goooooood films coming up.) Loved the track and managed to get a little bit of it into my phone to see what it was.
It's an artist I've never heard of but I'll definitely be checking him out now!
Caribou - 'Hello Hammerheads'

Next up is a song I think all us Brit's will have probably heard by now but I do think it's a great song. It's Of Monsters and Men and I first heard them when I saw their performance on TV that they did at Reading this past weekend. I was actually about to fast forward but stopped to take a listen and loved it and since then, pretty much every time I've been in the car it's been on the radio, right before I usually stick my CD in. And a LOT of people have been plugging it on twitter so I might as well jump in.

Plus, I don't know if any one across the pond have caught these guys yet, but here they are with 'Little Talks'.

Yeah, sorry I couldn't find a video that Sony haven't restricted, so click the link and you'll be taken to youtube in another tab :)

Right, next we need to talk about Weeds. Amazing show, you're watching it, yes?! I LOVE it. Seriously, I don't know what I'm going to do without it when it ends. I also love the tracks they play during the end credits of every episode. They're so amazingly awesome. Entourage was always the same, GREAT end credit songs. I'll have to go back through the series and give you some.

I am going to do a full blog post about Weeds and it's music, so prepare yourself but just to give you a taste, I'll give you this gem from the music producer Rjd2 from his album Deadringer.
Rjd2 - 'Ghostwriter'

This is a full on sync song, no doubt, so perfect for TV/Film. 
There is so many I could give you right now just from this programme but like I said, I'll do a separate blog post with my favourites. 

This was going to be all the songs I was going to give you but Andrew McMahon (from Jack's Mannequin) has just bought my attention to this sweet new track from Metric via a tweet, so I shall pass on the goodness. 



Bye for now. Peace and all that jazz! 

~HL