Listening to music for me has always been about exploration and discovering historical resonance in "new music". It's akin to Bach's Goldberg Variations; each variation contributes its own identity in an entirely unique way. I find that I gravitate to music with this quality; music that unabashedly is influence by the music of my youth.
Unfortunately, traditional means of discovery have been increasingly tainted by commercialism. Thankfully, the Net is a big place with lots of great alternatives. One podcast that I'd like to recommend is NPR's All Songs Considered with Bob Boilen. I can't say I agree with all of his choices, but a few have been bang on. As a tribute to this new find, I'm finally updating my current listening list:
- Asobe Seksu - Transparence
- Alistar Blaik Bundale - The Day
- The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
- Mesmer - Teenage Dreams
- White Lies - Taxidermy
- Gooseflesh - Still Wild
- Bad Lieutenant - Sink or Swim
- 5 Cent Theatre - Shifting Sands
- Mumm-Ra - She's Got You High
- Chambers - Sea Mistress
- Kurt Vile - Overnite Religion
- The Coast - Nueva York
- Kanute - Not Sleeping
- The Love X Nowhere - Northern Time
- Phantogram - Mouthful of Diamonds
- Beat Radio - Memoir of Lightening
- Land of Talk - May You Never
- The Exploding Boy - London
- New Found Land - Leave It Behind
- Goyte - learnalilgivinanlovin
- Brite Lite Brite - I Just Want U 2 Myself
- Miracle Fortress - Hold Your Secrets to Your Heart
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher than the Stars
- Bye Bye Bicycle - Haby Baby
- Evan Voytas - Getting Higher
- Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance the Way I Feel
- Red Wire Black Wire - Compass
- Downtown Union - Bright Idea
- Wild Beasts - Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants
- The XX - Blood Red Moon
- The Ties and the Lies - August is for City Lovers
- Choir of Young Believers - Action Reaction
- Gossip - Music for Men
- The Swell Season - Strict Joy
- Oliver Schroer - Camino
Added to my regular rotation of Muse and Kings of Leon, these tracks ensure that I don't suffer from listening fatigue.
