"Die and succeed, I say it out loud but you just don't care."

RECENT DISCOVERIES

1. Girlfriend - Phoenix

Critically acclaimed band, Grammy award for best rock album. Enough said. Plus, not the usual and awesome lyrics.

2. I Can Barely Breathe - Manchester Orchestra

and then I saw your face
you're turning skin into a dirty secret
I watched the beauties, watched the fire
and the fire burn the beauty in their eyes

I always like songs that have a loud sound and the lyrics are like a little baby crying. Like the artist is just yelling to make himself bigger, but really, he's just small.

3. The Greatest - Cat Power

Once I wanted to be the greatest

No wind or waterfall could stall me

And then came the rush of the flood

The stars at night turned deep to dust

Please watch this film, I discovered this song while watching it. I was mesmerized. The storyline, the colors, the MUSIC, the words... It is just... wow.

4. Kiss With a Fist - Florence + the Machine

you hit me once
I hit you back
you gave a kick
I gave a slap
you smashed a plate
over my head
then I set fire to our bed

...

a kiss with a fist is better than none

This was on the Jennifer's Body trailer. Very cool song, crappy movie. Which was too bad, since I practically idolized Diablo Cody since Juno. Anyway, if I ever felt like killing someone I hated, this song would inspire me to do so.

"What's normal now, anyway?"

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Man, porcupine tree.

I love porcupine tree.

I won't shiver in the cold.
I won't let the shadows take their toll.
I won't cover my head in the dark.
And I won't forget you when we part.

Collapse the light into earth.

Isn't this enough to make you die and go to heaven!? Well, not yet. You haven't listened to it.

No words to describe it? No words.

Porcupine Tree is the kind of band that explores all genres, all crazy stuff, doesn't care for the commercial part of the music business, and might just make depress you after listening too long (in a good way). So I save Porcupine Tree for the once-in-a-while listens. It is too amazing to waste listening too much. You just can't let it burn out. In fact, according to wikipedia Porcupine Tree is:

a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorize, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven Wilson and Richard Barbieri's liking for the Kosmische Musik scene of the early '70s, led by bands such as Tangerine Dream, Neu! and Can.

Thank you, wikipedia. Nobody could have said it better.

Please, please, listen to them. I'm even putting up the really easy and pretty looking Amazon widgets now.