"Recently Added"

Since I am an insatiably ravenous tune consumer as of late (more so than usual), let's review some of my new acquisitions.  Here are the 15 tracks on my "Recently Added" playlist. .. plus a smattering of inept commentary.  As much as I LOOOOVE la musica, I am utter crap at writing about it.  I can dissect a song up to a point, say what  bits of it I particularly like, but when it comes to saying why I like what I like, well, that is where I founder. That's very esoteric isn't it...the why of our likes.  It's esoteric to me, anyway.
Well, sans further preamble. . . .

Recently Added

1.  The Cave [ Mumford & Sons ]-- I'm a smidge behind the times in getting this one.  I think it was their 1st hit,  but I really latched onto "Little Lion Man", snatched that up and listened to the hell out of it (as I still do...LOVE that song) Then, belatedly, I gave this song a repeated listen and decided "Oh hey. This one is also good". Had it on my iTunes wish list for a bit and finally bought it on my latest spree.



Also belatedly realizing that Marcus Mumford is pretty dishy.  Yes, he for real IS named Mumford (I, too,  had 1/2 suspected it was just arbitrarily picked out for the band name ).  I wonder if he is on the hunt for a g.f.  I wonder if I got to be that g.f. if I would get over the compulsion to call him "Amazing Mumford" all the time. A LA PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES!!!

2 Play the Guitar [ B.o.B. feat. Andre 3000]-- I mostly dig this song because I love Andre 3000 and I missed him!! He needs to cool it with the razor commercials and make more music.  It's kinda bullshit how he gets the "featuring" 2nd billing when he really does 98% of the song here.  I particularly like his trippy-ass  playing-guitar-on-top-of-fast-food-restaurants imagery. Also like that little spoken word bit at the 2:37 mark..


3. Don't Slow Down [Matt & Kim]-- the sound here is as coked-up as the title suggests.  Maybe it'd make for good cleaning music.  I used to clean to the Ramones. I haven't listened to the Ramones in some time.  This is why my apartment looks a friggin' fright.
4. What's a Girl to Do? [Bat for Lashes]--I heard of Bat for Lashes before, but hadn't previously checked out their music.  Natasha Khan has a really neat voice (I do believe I forewarned you vis a vis  my ineptitude)

I do prefer the other Bat for Lashes song I bought, but there was no question I had to embed this one.  Did you watch that?? If no, watch it RIGHT NOW. It's fantastic and weird.
5. Daniel [Bat for Lashes]-- A real breathy, ethereal sound here. Me mucho gusto.  Additionally, I am hoping in time that this song will take the place of Elton John's Daniel as the track that plays in my head whenever I hear the name "Daniel".  I find that so many Daniels go by "Dan" so  a "Daniel" really stands out.  Even "Danny" seems more prevalent.  Anyways, the name usually makes "Daniel" play in my head ...the Elton John one...which I don't really like.  Although occasionally it makes me flash on Daniel Striped Tiger, which is ok by me.  I always welcome a sojourn to the 'Hood of Make-Believe.

6. Levels [Avicii]-- I've not much of anything to say about this song (other than that I like it).  The video is remarkable though. . .it is exactly how I want the zombie apocalypse to go down..

 7. Hang Me Up to Dry [Cold War Kids]-- I love the aggressive guitar in this.  And who doesn't like to belt it out along with an angry chorus??
8.  We are Young [fun.]-- this is all over the tube in some Chevy commercial .  I had to hunt it down because I loved the little snippet in the commercial.  That commercial is probably doing more for fun. than it is for Chevy...whatever Chevy model is in that commercial. I'm *pretty* sure it's Chevy...
9. Some Nights [fun.]-- the title track of their latest.  I like fun's sound, but in retrospect, I should just bought that one song ("We are Young")  This is pretty good, but not a MUST HAVE. Hence the lack of link.
10. At Least I'm Not as Sad as I Used to be [fun.]-- when checking out fun's back catalog, I was won over by this quirky-dramatic song title and the cover art. Behold--

It sure is fun! It's like Lily Pulitzer, Ludwig Hohlwein, Peter Max, and Vera Bradley got together for an orgy....and after realizing there was no sexual chemistry in the room, opted to collaborate on an album cover.  Don'tcha think?? I enjoy it.  The song is beginning to bore me a bit though.
11.  212 [Azealia Banks] -- Be forewarned, before clicking play...these are some pretty graphic lyrics.  Crude stuff....particularly if you have an aversion to the C U Next Tuesday word.  That's one of the few words of English that actually *does* offend me, but I think this song is so slammin' that I can overlook it.  I freakin' love this one...

12. We Found Love [Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris]-- I always did like Rihanna, but for the past coupla years, I kinda got over her.But this song, I really dig.  I suspect it's the influence of Harris that cinched it for me.  After all, I also bought...
13. Bounce [Calvin Harris]-- A little bit of electro-melodrama that I REALLY enjoy..

Occasionally songs delight me because of the goofy accompanying dances I can see in my head.  With this one...well my mental .gif I'm seeing is me doing the running man and playing along with that riff on a key-tar. LOVE.
14.  F*cking Boyfriend [The Bird & The Bee]-- just discovered this duo.  They have a cool sound and she (the bird, I'm presuming) has a really cool voice.  But I found a lot of covers, notsomuch w/ the original material. I do think this song is an original of theirs and I LOOOOVE it.
15. Airport Surroundings [Loney Dear]--This is the song I am ADDICTED to presently. I love the Micromachines-guy style vocals.  And the dance-along in my mind's eye is quite funny...it's something akin to the minimalist moves of Tracy Morgan in the SNL performance of  I Wish It was Christmas Today.