Levamentum menti, Latin for "comfort for the mind", that's what music is for me. This blog will be an ongoing record of interesting music that I come across. Check it out, maybe something will suit your tastes!
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This is the third song in a row that I heard from the CBC. I didn't realize they had such an impact on me. I guess it's an inevitability given how much I actually listen to them. I sure hope they provide fair and balanced news coverage.
Well, I did hear stuff from The Mynabirds before the CBC but I didn't like their Generals album very much at all. This album, however, I seem to gravitate towards much more. The pace of this one is a bit slower, giving time for that nice bass thing (and the emotions) to creep through the empty wasteland that is the remnant of my consciousness.
"Hanged Man" by The Mynabirds from their 2015 album Lovers Know
Shad: rapper, former Q-host, 90's revivalist in the form of Your Boy Tony Braxton. Heard his song from CBC Radio 1's As It Happens soon after it was released, glad they played it. While they played Kick, I feel like Nightmare ended up being my favourite song from that album. I've never actually listened to Shad's rap stuff. Maybe I'll check that out, eventually.
"Nightmare" by Shad Your Boy Tony Braxton from his 2016 album Adult Contempt
Why do I like this synth thing so much? Iunno, but I'm glad this 80's retro thing has been going on for the past bit (the music, mind you, not the leopard print). I wonder if they'll revive grunge next. I think I'd rather have more shoegaze.
"Strange Attraction" by DIANA from their 2013 album Perpetual Surrender
No, I didn't listen to 10cc in the heyday of my youth. I listened to it because people who did listen to it in the heyday of their youths began directing movies and arranging soundtracks and decided to include them in their works (ahem Guardians of the Galaxy).
On a related note, I thought the "big boys don't cry" interlude was an insert from the movie itself. I guess I was wrong, again, as usual, I don't even know what I was expecting, tell you the truth.
"I'm Not In Love" by 10cc from their 1975 album The Original Soundtrack
I'm not 100% sure but I feel like I'd give any song with a pulsing 80's-esque synth beat a chance. The muffled piano helps to add a comfortable layer too. She only has 3 singles out so far and already half a million views. Veh nise.
Watching people have fun is quite entertaining. I think I prefer living vicariously over living actually myself. Also, cool song yo.
The root of Groenland (i.e. Greenland) is "ground", it is "ground land" because the friggin' Vikings that colonized that place found friggin' ground in the middle of nowhere. Though accounts do note there was probably vegetation there initially that later disappeared as the ice sheet moved down. Or something like that.
"Distractions" by Groenland from their 2016 album A Wider Space
I once asked someone whose two word Chinese middle name started with Yung if she had ever heard of Yung Lean. She did not. It was yet another ineffectual reference, another drop in the sea of multitudinous failed attempts.
Anyway, I'm surprised I haven't linked any Yung Lean songs on here. I think, initially anyway, I liked Yung Lean more conceptually than I did musically. I didn't follow him right from the beginning but I think his appeal was more novelty at first (awkward-looking 16 year old Swedish rapping with his friends). But he's certainly become a name with some recognition nowadays. I think appreciated the fact he would pursue something like this. I'm not too sure about what Sweden's like but I think I can reasonably say that rap does not have a long history there. Certainly took some guts to go out and pursue something like that, commendable.
I rocked out to Hoover a lot when I was in Vancouver. I even got my girlfriend into it to some degree.
