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Country: France
Metro: Paris
Birthday: 1/25/1987
Gender: Male
Interests: Je joue des batteries dans une groupe de rock. Ma groupe favorite est le "Tokyo Police Club". Ils sont excellents.
Expertise: Okay so the French stuff is great, but I thought I'd add some English stuff in here, too:My life pretty much revolves around music, whether it's playing music, listening to music, or listening to other people play music.
Occupation: Artist
Industry: Art
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AIM:  frenchpunk25
Member Since:
10/23/2004
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| It's a little late, but I'm finally posting the last playlist for the month of July. Hope you enjoy it.
1. Our Swords
by Band of Horses
2. Always Love
by Nada Surf
3. With You
by Stars of Track and Field
4. Here Comes Everybody
by Autolux
5. Untitled
by All-Time Quarterback
6. July! July!
by The Decemberists
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| The songs I put together this week are mainly from pretty popular bands (Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, Kings of Leon) or, in the case of the other two, bands that are popular locally. Usually I'm not a huge fan of things that are loved by everyone else, but occasionally the majority is right, and great bands deserve the praise.
1. Wet & Rusting
by Menomena
I heard this on the radio about three years ago and it was stuck in my head until I finally found their cd (which has the coolest cover art imaginable) and then saw their show at the Crystal Ballroom. Freaking amazing keyboardist. Actually, all three of them were amazing. I recommend listening to their album just to hear the baritone sax solos throughout.
2. Starlight
by Muse
If this is the first time you've heard of Muse I would be very, very surprised. If you've never heard of Muse but you have heard of Miley Cyrus, I would be very, very disappointed in you. Muse is amazing. End of story.
3. Making Friends
by Crosstide
This song came out on an EP when I was in high school and I thought it was an unreleased Coldplay single, or maybe something by U2. Crosstide has put out an album since then with a few good songs on it, but nothing great. Hopefully someday they'll make it, but for now I just like this song.
4. Taper Jean Girl
by Kings of Leon
I was really conflicted about which Kings of Leon song I should put up this week, but I settled on this one mainly because it's the only one under 4 minutes that doesn't have explicit lyrics. Now you can play it in your car or your house even when there are children present. I hope you're happy.
5. Blacking Out The Friction
by Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab has changed a lot recently compared to some of their older albums (Transatlantacism, The Photo Album, You Can Play These Songs With Chords, Something About Airplanes, etc.) and I'm not sure I like the direction they're going. This is the best song off of The Photo Album, which is still the best themed album I've listened to. They pretty much went through a photo album and wrote a different song for every page of photos. The best part about it is none of the songs sound the same. They're all different, but still adhere to one central theme. Ben Gibbard is a genius.
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| Hey, I'm finally able to post another playlist for the month of July. These songs were stuck in my head this week, so if you're looking for a theme between playlists, there you go.
1. Burning
by The Whitest Boy Alive
This band really impresses me by having such a soft sound but such a quick tempo. I don't know what they're like live, but I'm willing to bet they're significantly louder than this song.
by Elbow
When I found "Elbow" I wasn't sure what kind of music I was going to be listening to. Personally I think when you name your band after any body part you've pretty much restricted yourself weird music.
3. Red and Purple
by The
Dodo's
I don't know if anyone reads
music critics online other than me, but if you do, then you would have
heard of the Dodo's already. I hate "re-gifting" recommendations, but
for a band this good I'll make an exception.
4. Hardcore Days & Softcore
Nights
by Aqueduct
If you've
watched television in the past five years, you'll probably recognize
this song.
5. Olympic Airways
by
Foals
These guys have a really freaky
CD cover, so I thought I was going to hear some kind of
screamo-electronica stuff. I was very, very wrong. This band is like
the culmination of so many great things regarding indie music I don't
even know where to start. There will be more of their songs on later
playlists.
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| Hey everybody, I'm back now with another playlist for the month of July. Hopefully I'll be able to update every week like I did in the past, but we'll see how that goes.
This week the songs are pretty diverse in style, but I think they fit together by sounding distant and seeming to float along.
1. Wolves
by Phosphorescent
This is a really slow song to start a playlist with I realize, but it sounds like intro music to something awesome to me. The strumming is so gentle and the singers voice is so close to cracking throughout the entire song that I'm not even disappointed that it takes so long for the dynamic to change.
2. Over the Edge
by The Go Find
I was really surprised when I heard this song. I didn't know a band could blend electronic and indie rock and still make something that sounds absolutely nothing like Radiohead.
3. 7/4 (Shoreline)
by Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene is awesome, period.
4. Carry the Zero
by Built to Spill
If you haven't heard of Built to Spill before, you should definitely check them out. They're essentially what Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, and countless other amazing bands came close to accomplishing musically at some point during their careers, but have never quite achieved. This song has consistently been my favorite song of all time for the past three years since I first heard it. I hope it makes you feel hopeful and yet extremely reflective at the same time like it did for me.
Thanks for reading and listening, I'll post more next week.
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