I hated the new cloud players…HATED them. Not the normal hatred but the kind where you actually want to set them on fire. The reason? No scrobbling and poor tag handling. I will fight to the death for the tracks I've scrobbled. I've found more new music based on my listening habits in these past 6 years (in Feb 2012) I've been a member than I could ever hope to find on Spotify or Pandora. I had a brief flirtation with both of those services and quickly came back to last.fm. Not only is it the most affordable way…

One of my favorite bands currently is Viola. I found them while looking for similar bands to Mew…and I instantly loved the use of more electronic sounds. Today, I checked my email and found a message from the Viola mailing list. It said:

Hello!

Big news : From now on all Viola music will be FREE!
The decision has been a long time coming but now it's reality - we have a new site dedicated to our music at http://www.violamusicclub.com where you can listen and download all our records - for free! Plus starting from April we will…

Honestly, I think Neutral Milk Hotel's album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is probably one of the greatest albums ever made. It was 1998 when it was released…almost 10 years ago. The songs on that album were so far ahead of their time…they stand alone as masterpieces.

My favorite songs are Ghost, Oh Comely, In an Aeroplane Over the Sea, and The Fool.

These songs are poetic masterpieces in my honest opinion. Sometimes when I listen to them, I reminded how feeble life is and how powerful verse and music can be.

I hope…

Not sure if any of you realized…but Mew rocks :)

The show at the Black Cat in DC was amazing even if the sound system was teh suck. These guys are great live and all of their CD's sound great. If you haven't started listening to them yet, start.

If they're not your cup of tea, go back to Taking Back Sunday with My Chemical Romance in Good Charlotte and make sure there's a hearty splash of Evanescence to make the Fall Out Boy sink into Linkin Park. Honestly, how do you listen to that stuff?