The “Let’s see if I can stop listening to Nine Inch Nails and Aqualung long enough to do this” edition.

- Darkane • A Wisdoms Breed
- Vast • I Don’t Have Anything
- Alamaailman Vasarat • Lakeus
- Landberk • 1st of May
- Tonic • If You Could Only See
- Radiohead • 2+2=5
- Gardenian • Selfproclaimed Messiah
- Doves • Your Shadow Lay Across My Life
- Empyrium • Heidestimmung: A Capella
- Dark Suns • Virtuous Dilemma
Favorite track: “2+2=5″ by Radiohead. Let’s be honest, Hail to the Thief is just a freaking great album.
Most impossible to pronounce band name: Alamaailman Vasarat
Most radio friendly track:: “If You Could Only See”
Most Germanic: Empyrium, almost laughably so. Warbling Teutonics, they are Though Dark Suns comes close.
[Feministe | Smedley Log | Funky, Duck]
[...] I wasn’t going to deviate from the usual random routine, but I was listening and realized that some of this week’s selections have really quotable lines. So now I’m stealing from Bob and pairing each song with a quote that occurs in the lyrics. Everybody spin now. (like Heliologue) 1. De do do do, de da da da - The Police (Every Breath You Take - the Singles) “Words are hard to find. They’re only cheques I’ve left unsigned from the banks of chaos in my mind.” [...]
Friday Random Ten - 09.30.05
Time for Friday Random Ten, where you hit shuffle on your favorite digital music player (for me my Windows MediaPlayer at work) and report on the first ten songs that it spits out. Becky over at Good Grief! doesn’t just