Though we may be too young

Ben Howard- Depth over Distance

Okay I had an amazing post made for this but my laptop crashed and lost it all. Anyway I saw Ben Howard at Scala on Wednesday and he is one of the best acts I've seen live, not for theatrics or stage presence but for the sheer amount of joy he bought to the faces and lives of the audience watching. He seemed to be having an awful amount of fun on stage (which was infectious) he did what he was there to do, give the audience one memorable performance. He has such a beautifully haunting quality about his voice, you can hear it reoccurring on you through out the night, not in a bad curry like way.

The fact he loves surfing and Bon Iver and that he is from Devon would make me love him but his dashing features, gentle approach and love for what he does makes me warm to him even more. Nature and love are two key themes in his lyrics and suggests he has a lot of love for everyone and everything, especially the sea; we have one thing in common already...I may be in with a chance. And yes I do imagine he is directly addressing me in his songs, doesn't everyone...? His band are pretty sweet as well, India and Chris, there's a real sense of mutual respect and friendship between them which is wonderful to see.

I am a little bit starstruck as I got eye contact at least twice. Pathetic, I know.

Anyway artist of the year? I think so, him or James Vincent McMorrow. It's been a good year for singer songwriters, finally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaEdMj8PpaQ

I do want to ask him who built the water slide in his Keep your head up video, it's glorious and I WILL employ them to build me one for my 18th http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADP65wbBUpc&ob=av2e

Watching all our friends fall

Lovin for Kasabian

I love how they've chosen something totally not them to cover, could have easily chosen something a little similar to their own music, they haven't ruined this either they've changed it and given it a slightly different feeling

I like Radio ones live lounge an awful lot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1b1en2D_M

Yeah yeah and it's okay

Foster the People-Helena Beat

This video reminds me of Lord of the Flies.

Also they were amazing at Reading, filled that little tent right up. Never been beaten up/pushed around at 1pm in my life, crazy. These guys are incredibly interesting, I'd love to meet them and try and understand what they're trying to say with their music and videos. Obviously that we live in a very messed up world but I think there's more to it than that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzh6hTYpb8&ob=av2n

Do you really think she'll pull through?

The Smiths- Girlfriend in a coma

I know this is most certainly not new! But it's incredible and I love it. Such haunting voice kind of soft whilst singing these meaningful, heavy lyrics. I don't need to explain this choice, people know if they like The Smiths or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgtitHA22i0&feature=related

You are not my competition

The Five One-Mandatory

I like the sound of this, it's an interesting blend of electric beats with 60's sounding music. It sounds like a load of different musicians just coming together and have a bit of a session and recording it at the end. The blend is smooth and fluid rather than jagged and jaunty. Tis a little bit wonderful.

Reminds me a little of K'naan-Waving Flags...towards the middle.

I've picked up my music finding past time again now, making up for summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTEAWsjonfk

They say the world was built for two

Lana Del Rey-Video Games

I hated this song to begin with but it's grown on me even if it is a little over played, it just doesn't make me get chills and relax like some but it's still nice

Yes I was slow to get on the band wagon for this one but hey ho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu9V3Phfsf8&ob=av2n

Secondly

San Cisco-Golden Revolver

This is a fun song, very summery and it's woken me up to do my biology wonderfully! I like the muted sound to his voice like his singing through a kind of gauze...I think they will do very very well, they have the happy feel people want, particularly in summer. He sounds a little like King Charles in parts when there's quick speaking/rap attempts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=PcDFe73ezLs

I said it would be alright, but I just don't know

Oliver Tank- Last Night I Heard everything in slow motion

I love music that literally makes you stop everything you're doing and simply listen. This music made me stop completely. I just shut my eyes and breathed deeply and relaxed for 4 minutes. As Eoghan Mc Dermott said "If you want your heart to be broken and put back together in 4 minutes listen to this" It's like a more chilled, slow James Blake. Good driving music I think. It's a beautiful blend of classical sounds with electronic over tones, I can't even put into words how much I love it, it's simply blissful.

I do believe it should have more views than 9000 but still it deserves all the ones it has. I must now go and listen again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZnqxoGNoHo

"Hey, check out this plasma I got"

Beans on Toast-Free Night of Riots

Pretty cool that someone has put a song about the riots out there, they were terrifying times and I was all the way down in peaceful old Cornwall! But I don't like how everyone has suggested that it's all young people. Yes they were probably all young people who were there but I wasn't and the vast majority of young people weren't there being idiots. We do get dreadfully categorised and stereotyped, especially by the media. There were also younger children there around 11 who must have learnt the behaviour from someone they knew. I love Beans on Toast, have done since he toured with Frank Turner a few years ago, he speaks the truth and has an interesting whining voice, I like it.

The world is full of those tonight

Shay Bard-Torch Song

Such simple lyrics make this song wonderful for me. Here's the simple task

Save me...

And who are those he refers to? The melody and electronic worldy sound make this a keeper. The high pitched singing is also charming mixed with the low steady verse singing voice.

Best enjoyed on a warm midday in October, like today get outside and enjoy the weather (I am going now actually)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5Nm7ELUMg

Hold on, hold on

Everybody Hurts-REM

Seriously un-me song today (don't get me wrong though I love REM), like ridiculously so but you know when you just need a bit of crying and need music to do it? This is my moping, selfish song that I can listen to. It does not make me cry, I'm not that soft but it's just calming and almost grounding. It just makes me think people have bigger problems than me. Yeah I'm just regurgitating what intelligent people say but how else can I put it...?

I just like the simplicity of this song and the way it just makes me calm down. I also like the length, it's perfectly long to make you realise it's playing and think. The way it almost rises to a positive ending to the song, the tune get's optimistic but it then cuts to the ambiguous ending. Both the lyrics, tune and screenplay are wonderful and marry very well together.

The real fighters honestly are the ones who go on living. Putting up with the shit day after day, living for the few and far between good experiences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc&ob=av2e

I love life, I really do I just get my self into ruts of misery born of my own bad moods which I can't get out of for a long time. Music helps.

And I doubt that you ever had a soul now

Mayer Hawthorne-The Walk

This guy has been around for a while with his soulful, jazzy, high pitched songs. If I haven't posted his stuff before check out his earlier stuff it's a little more "obscure." This is very easy background music but the lyrics are pretty intriguing, they're very blunt partnered with very ambiguous sounding music, almost so relaxed it has no gusto to it...very odd mix but I love it, makes for a different listen.

Enjoy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmfcYli6vV4&feature=player_embedded#!

All very musical

White Wishes-Hold your hand

Gone a bit out there and gone for some world music sounding stuff with this one but I like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4VksyfMRKw&feature=related

Not a lot to say though so make your own opinions.