en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal The Last.fm journal for jaxxa. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2009/01/01/2d8gye_you%27re_meant_to_turn_away_from_the_light... Thu, 1 Jan 2009 02:27:28 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2009/01/01/2d8gye_you%27re_meant_to_turn_away_from_the_light... Mix for November/December

1. Shearwater - Rooks
2. The Dears - Lights Off
3. Jim Noir - Happy Day Today
4. Madrugada - Honey Bee
5. Black Mountain - Queens Will Play
6. Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
7. Earlimart - Time For Yourself
8. Elbow - The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
9. Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl)

Check my blog for more info and link to playlist.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2009/01/01/2d8d7v_best_albums_of_2008 Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:48:57 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2009/01/01/2d8d7v_best_albums_of_2008 1. Shearwater - Rook
2. The Dears - Missiles
3. Jim Noir - Jim Noir
4. Madrugada - Madrugada
5. Black Mountain - In The Future
6. Sigur Rós - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
7. Earlimart - Hymn And Her
8. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
11. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
12. The Broken West - Now or Heaven
13. The Black Keys - Attack and Release
14. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
15. Beck - Modern Guilt
16. The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
17. Get Well Soon - Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon
18. Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
19. Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
20. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
21. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
22. El Perro del Mar - From the Valley to the Stars
23. the Awkward Stage - Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights
24. The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
25. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Go to my blog for more in-depth info.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/11/10/29rkj8_the_wind_sounds_angry%2C_but_my_coat%27s_so_kind Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:40:55 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/11/10/29rkj8_the_wind_sounds_angry%2C_but_my_coat%27s_so_kind Mix for September/October

1. The Dears - Dream Job
2. Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster - Leap Year
3. Stars - Undertow
4. Rachael Yamagata - What If I Leave
5. Jukes - Stupidest Things
6. Jenny Lewis - Next Messiah
7. Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall
8. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Fix It
9. The Broken West - Got It Bad
10. Nina Kinert - I Shot My Man

Check my blog for more info and link to playlist.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/08/25/24q77r_i_brought_all_i_can_bring Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:50:55 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/08/25/24q77r_i_brought_all_i_can_bring Mix for May/June/July/August

1. Shearwater - The Snow Leopard
2. Islands - Creeper
3. Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
4. Earlimart - For The Birds
5. The Disciplines - Best Mistake
6. Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires
7. Sam Roberts - Sundance
8. Ben Sollee - A Change Is Gonna Come
9. Beck - Gamma Ray
10. Wolf Parade - Fine Young Cannibals
11. Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains - Ways To Come Home
12. Wallis Bird - Counting to Sleep
13. The Stills - Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard


Check my blog for more info and link to playlist.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/05/11/xi9_tape_ain%27t_gonna_fix_it_honey Sun, 11 May 2008 22:33:36 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/05/11/xi9_tape_ain%27t_gonna_fix_it_honey Mix for March/April

1. Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
2. Guillemots - Last Kiss
3. Jim Noir - Don't You Worry
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hold On To Yourself
5. Girls in Hawaii - This Farm Will End up in Fire
6. The Kills - Tape Song


Check my blog for more info and link to playlist.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/03/21/xi8_revisited_4 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:48:26 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/03/21/xi8_revisited_4 Subject: Grandaddy - He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot (The Sophtware Slump, 2000)

"The Sophtware Slump" as an album will always be a classic. I was thinking to myself where it would be without this one song? Still a classic, but further down on the list of classics perhaps?

This song reminds me of long bus drives, not only is it perfect for it, but I've had my share of those with this exact song streaming through my ears. While the song builds up I get closer to my arrival, and the scenery buzzing before my eyes fits perfectly with the shifts in tone, speed, and atmosphere.

It's epic, not only because of it's length (close to 9 minutes), but in the way it all happens throughout the song. From the simple strumming in the beginning where you can hear a gentle bird in the background, to the part where it speeds up, to come down to the slow pace where it stays until the end.

There's something grandiose about it all. Like the world is coming to an end, and this is the last song. Or - the world is coming to an end, and we don't know yet if this will be the last song. Layer upon layer, it builds up to something you know will arrive, but you're not quite sure when (even if you've heard it a thousand times before).

As an album opener it sets the theme, which in this case is some sort of future prophecy. "The Sophtware Slump" was by some labeled as the American "OK Computer". Grandaddy however took the spacy route. For me it's not so much about the meaning in this one, it's more about how it's all carried out.

Taken from my blog.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/03/02/xi7_shock_me_like_an_electric_eel Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:52:00 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/03/02/xi7_shock_me_like_an_electric_eel Mix for January/February

1. Uh Huh Her - Mystery Lights
2. Madrugada - What's On Your Mind?
3. Love Like Fire - From a tower
4. Vampire Weekend - Walcott
5. MGMT - Electric Feel
6. Black Mountain - Angels
7. Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl
8. Jason Collett - Charlyn, Angel of Kensington
9. Sons and Daughters - Split Lips
10. Radiohead - Nude


Check my blog for more info and link to playlist.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/02/07/xi6_revisited_3 Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:01:50 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/02/07/xi6_revisited_3 With OK Computer my first band obsession began. Considered to be one of the best albums ever, making an appearance here is unavoidable. One of the first albums that had any real influence on how my taste in music progressed, or was it music awareness?

The subject is my favorite album of all times: OK Computer by Radiohead.

Visit my blog for the entire revisited review (or something...)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/01/16/xi5_revisited_2 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:22:44 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/01/16/xi5_revisited_2 It happens - you hear a song, it moves you like no other, and you are positive the artist behind it will become one of your favorites within days. My introduction to Elliott Smith was "Between the Bars", and it remains my favorite song of his, just as Elliott Smith did become one of my favorite artists within days.

The subject is - like you've probably figured out - Between the Bars by Elliott Smith.

Visit my blog for the entire revisited review (or something...)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/01/06/xi4_revisited_1 Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:14:41 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jaxxa/journal/2008/01/06/xi4_revisited_1 I've been having this feeling for some time. The feeling that I keep neglecting the old and lovely in favor of the new and fresh. A lot of time is put into listening to new releases, always on the lookout for something that can't be overlooked. In the process there's not nearly enough time to listen to the albums, EPs, and tracks that I've always loved, but too seldom revisit. So here it is... Each week or month (or when the time is right) I plan on putting one specific album, EP, or track in the spotlight. Just to tell the world just how much and why it's dear to me.

The subject for the first installment is Madrugada's debut album "Industrial Silence", released in 1999.

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// Madrugada - Industrial Silence]]>