September Indie Rock Playlist

September Indie Rock Playlist

These are my favorite 35 songs right now.  So good!  I'm putting all of my playlists on my Spotify account so all you have to do is follow me and you can listen to all of my lists.  I think my Spotify account is under my name.

2. Amanda Merdzan - Afraid

3. Autoheart - Agoraphobia - Love, love, love this song!  Their album Punch is good also.

4. Amason - Algen
11. Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
13. Little May - Boardwalks
14. Fur Trade - Can You Dig It? (Yes I Can) - Different in the good way.  Reminds me a little of the Strokes in parts.
15. Frightened Rabbits - Candlelit- I'm a big fan of the Hutchinson boys and crew!
17. Two Door Cinema Club - Changing of the Seasons
18. Cage the Elephant - Come a Little Closer
20. Wild Child - Crazy Bird - Just downloaded this album.  The whole thing is very good
22.  Typhoon - Dreams Of Cannibalism - Just downloaded this album too.  I love these guys!  Their numbers keep growing and so does their sound.
26. Franz Ferdinand - Evil Eye
30. The Love Language - For Izzy
33. Folly and the Hunter - Ghost
37. American Authors - Hit It - They remind me of Imagine Dragons
43. Asgeir - King & Cross - I'm looking forward to his new album
45. Hey Geronimo - Lazer Gun Show
53. Bronze Radio Return - Mister, Mister - I need to check out their library closer.
55. Me Like Bees - Naked Trees
58. The Royal Concept - On Our Way - They have a heavy Phoenix sound.
59. Dead Owls - Only Child - Good drum beat, lyrics could use some work.
63. Andrew Belle - Pieces - Love him!  He sounds like Chris Martin from Coldplay but a lot of his songs remind me of Brett Dennen.
65. Rue Royale - Pull Me Like a String
67. Man Man - Pyramids
69. Lorde - Royals
71. Raglans - Sand in My Pocket
73. The Fratellis - Seven Nights Seven Days
75. The Jungle Giants - Skin to Bone - So much fun!
76. Broken Fences - Song for You
77. San Fermin - Sonsick
78. Boy & Bear - Southern Sun
81. Arctic Monkeys - Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You
83. The Coopers - Summer's Child
88. Agnes Obel - The Curse
93. Kyle Andrews - The Way to Wonder

October Blalock List

October Blalock List

28. Retrograde - Going up - It doesn't bode well for this list that I didn't find a song I liked until number 28.
34. Kent Odessa - Honeymoon
36. Best Coast -  I Don't Know How - They repeat the song title too much but it's ok.
40.  Temples - Keep in the Dark
43.  Lost in the Trees - Lady in White - Not their best song but I love anything Ari Picker does.
57.  Buried Beds - Oh Lonely Fortress - It's just ok.  Wait....the more I listen, the more I don't like it.  Nevermind.  I listened to it all the way through and don't like it at all.
71. Arcade Fire  - Reflektor
76. The Jungle Giants - Skin To Bone
79. Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out of It
81. Allman Brown w/Liz Lawrence - Sons & Daughters. Gorgeous song! I looked up both artist.  This is Allman Brown's best song by far.  The real find here is Liz Lawrence!  Her album Bedroom Hero is amazing! 
84. Joy Kills Sorrow - Such Great Heights - Nice cover, the mandolin solo is a bit much.
88. The Kite String Tangle - Tennis Court (Lordes cover).  I like this better than the original.

Blalock Best of 2012

Blalock's Best of 2012

3.  The Airplanes - A Summer Daydream Part I - Short and fun.
8. Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love
20. Dana Buoy - Call To Be
31. Yellow Ostrich - Daughter* - I love them!
35. The Colurs - Easy to Love
36. Diamond Doves - Eat Your Heart Out
45. Tame Impala - Feels Like I Only go Backwards*
52. Paul Stewart - Glass Skull*
58. Miner - Hey Love* - They remind of the Lumineers and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
61. Bryan John Appleby - Honey Jars*
66. Bahamas - I Got You Babe
74. Chairs - Indestructible Machine
75. Ink - Ink Goes On*
76. Alcoholic Faith Mission - Into Pieces - I don't recommend this one but I liked it.  Reminds me of tUnE-yArDs.
77. Kishi Bashi - It all Began With a Burst*
83. Beach House - Lazuli
86. So Many Wizards - Lose Your Mind*
104. Fanfarlo - Shiny Things
118. Santah - Teeth
121. Geographer - The Myth of Youth
130.  Electric Guest - Waves

*Out of 134 songs there were only 21 that I would listen to again and out of those 21 there are only 8 that I would recommend checking out.

September Blalock List

Blalock Indie Rock Playlist - September 2013

2.  Laura Veirs - America
6. American Authors - Believer - DO NOT LISTEN TO THE BLALOCK REMIX - Their sound is very similar to Imagine Dragons.
7.  RY X - Berlin - Short and sweet
11. Satellite Stories - Campfire - Just ok.  Nope, I take that back, they lost me at the end of the song.  Kind of a Phoenix sound up until 2min 30secs.
13. Two Door Cinema Club - Changing of the Seasons - Electro-pop
14. Caravan Palace - Clash - Definitely a club song but a jazzy, Great Gatsbyish feel.  Just a little too long.
17. The Jungle Giants - Come and be Alone with Me - Pretty simple beat line, but there's something to be said for a well placed hand clap.
20. Wild Child - Crazy Bird - I really like this song.  Male and female harmony, good.  String instruments, good.  A well placed whistle section, really good!  Coming to the Frequency on Halloween. New album drops in October.
21. Vaults - Cry No More - Just ok.  Reminds me of Florence and the Machine

***** Public Service Announcement *****
You must watch Billy on the Street.  It's a half hour "game show" (not really) on Funny or Die.  The "host" Billy Eichner is hilarious!  Watch it!

51.  London Grammer - Interlude
52.  The Dismemberment Plan - Invisible - Different but I like it.  Kind of catchy.  I looked up the band bio and they are an old band that's making a come back  We'll see.

***** Another Public Service Announcement *****
Check out the band a A Great Big World.  Their video for This is the New Year is a lot of fun and they sound like Fun.  They're touring with 2Cellos and will be in Milwaukee at the Pabst on Oct. 22.

53. We are Twin - Keep on Lovin you - very Fitz and the Tantrums-y
77. Kishi Bashi - I love Kishi Bashi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
78. Me Like Bees - Pneumonia - This song is over 8 minutes long which is way too long and usually means that they're a jam band it's going to be awful.  However this was something else, I liked it, all 8 minutes of it.
80. Rue Royale - Pull me Like a String - OK, maybe not!  I liked it until 1:50 and the female vocal starts doing something really really annoying.  I might skip this one if I were you.
85. Gap Dream - Shine Your Love - I like this song but I listened to their other stuff and it's no good.
88. The Paper Kites - St. Clarity - I'm a sucker for a banjo!
94. Dustin Tebbutt - The Breach - Sounds a lot like Bon Iver.
97. Geographer - This is How We Walk on the Moon
99. Atlas Genius - Trojans


Not the best month's list but I was happy to see Kishi Bashi on their and really happy to have been introduced to Wild Child.