iTunes most played song

This track top my most played songs on iTunes. Fucking awesome I must say.

That's how I wanted She Wants Revenge to sound.

I've been stuck with this track for a few days now, guess it deserve a quick post.

The Black Keys timeline

The Black Keys first made their apparition in my life trough the 8th Punk-o-Rama compilation (surprisingly). It all started with Thickfreakness.


This made me "Wow, this is not punk rock. What's that sound and why don't I have any in my collection?" I strongly suggest you to listen it in your car with the windows rolled down, you'll get that "Dammit I'm so cool!" feeling without the people around thinking "Cool down you wanna be gangsta".

Then came Rubber Factory, pretty much perpetuating what's been done on Thickfreakness. You get that authentic Lo-Fi sound with overdubbed guitar and voice. The drum blend perfectly with the rest, and does a pretty good job, considering we have only two musicians here (there is much more instruments used in their recent albums, but this stuff is really old school).



In their 4th album (yeah, I skipped one, The Big Come Up, which was the first), Magic Potion, The Black Keys explored a quieter sound, with a slower tempo. Maybe a little more accessible to the public, they conserved their original Lo-Fi sound (without which The Black Keys wouldn't be The Black Keys). They managed to keep some loud chorus and breakdowns although.



Attack & Release deceived me a bit. The Black Keys changed significantly on this one. I think the album sounds too much popular, and it made me unhook from The Black Keys (I stayed with the old albums). I didn't even listen to the whole album. Then came Brothers. The album that propel them where they are now.    This pretty good album made me go back to Attack & Release to dig it a little deeper. I found a little treasure in there: Psychotic Girl. Although this is far from the original sound, I was surprised how this track hooked me.



Although Brothers brought back The Black Keys in my mind, I must say the best songs are the one with little or no added instrumentals. I don't know how it worked for them, but it's like they can't stay "real" with too much instrumentals added. Fortunately, they did this on only half the album, which leaves a few great songs that reminds me the good old stuff, but with an upgraded touch, they experience I guess.



I did not really explored their latest stuff, on El Camino, but it deserve a listening.



Ha that music video is nice, but the idea is not new, and I must grant credit to Les Trois Accords for using a black guy in their music video.

Burn it All

Finals are coming and they're keeping me busy... Along with a weekend of partying (you can't escape a birthday, I already tried with disastrous consequences). Here's a quick pick, which I declare "My Favorite Song of the Year". Follow me on Twitter @enjoyordie and Facebook for more frequent updates.

While I'm there, Youtube came up with an interesting suggestion after listening The Dean's list. I guarantee you'll like it.

Enjoy!

Decentralized Dance Party

All right! Don't have much to write, except THAT is an awesome idea!

I Think I'm in Love

So if you surf music blogs a bit (I strongly suggest trying Shuffler.fm), you'll notice one of the most rising artist these days is Lana Del Rey, and with reason. She simply sounds great. There is something I particularly like from female singers; not only are they sexy, but there is something in their voice we, as men, can barely capture. I guess it's a mix of physical characteristics and a better expression of their emotions or something attached to this. Enjoy!



Bonus: a great hip-hop cover. Not as good as the original I must say, but hip-hop covers make an awesome job on sooo many tracks these days.

Let's Explode into an Infinite Cloud of Confetti!

Digging through my forgotten discoveries today brought me to Sleigh Bells. I have a playlist called "Euphoria :D" on my iPod, and this band is definitely going in it. Their sound is characterized by loud drums and ear-splitting guitar, and dammit it makes ma want to go set fire to a mountain of fireworks and run all around it like a crazy animal.

We'll call it a Comeback!

Unfortunately, the MP3 player I used for my blog seems to be shut down... So as a result, all my posted tracks aren't available anymore :(

I must admit I have been discouraged by this event, and did not insist to keep the blog going (I was pretty busy too), but again, music gained the upper hand. For now, I'll stick to those good old YouTube videos (just noticed Google Chrome auto-correct YouTube with a capital Y and T ;). You can also follow me on Twitter and Facebook if you like my musical tastes.

So I've prepared for you a playlist of my favorites tracks of Danzig, an awesome Dark-Rock-Southern Blues  influenced band with a Metal touch. FYI, Glen Danzig, the founder and singer of the band was the former Misfits singer. Although I prefer the actual Misfits singer, Danzig makes an awesome job in it's new band.

Thanks to "The Hangover" for the discovery.

Black Hell

How the God Kills

Long Way Back From Hell

Going Down to Die