31 Days of Music Discovery| Day 18

Artist : Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles are an electronic music band. I was listening to them on soundcloud, which happens to be crowded with remixed tracks of their original songs and I did not like the remixed songs at all. I then visited their website and listened to their album there.I don't usually listen to electronic music, it's a personal choice. Crystal Castles was beyond my music comfort zone and I did not enjoy it as much as I would enjoy other music. It was an okay listen. That's just my opinion though! :)

Here: https://soundcloud.com/crystal-castles

31 Days of Music Discovery| Day 16

June, Day 17
Artist : Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke is the stage name of Pip Brown from New Zealand. I listened to the self-titled album, Ladyhawke. Considering I found the album on a YouTube account named "Stuck in the 90s", it does feel like I've been transported to when I was just born. Good times! I can literally imagine a bushy haired girl with an oversized denim jacket and roundmetal-rimmed glasses with trippy video effects singing. Much fun!
If you want to revisit the 90s through music from 2008, this album is the answer. Thank you!

31 Days of Music Discovery| Days 11-15

When i started this off i did not consider factors such as family functions, then falling sick after these functions and my general state of mind for not being able to "discover" music. The past four days I haven't even touched my computer as I've been enjoying living the lives of fictional characters from books I've been reading and just needed an escape from reality. But I did however find new artists.
So in five days I've discovered two artists.

Panda Bear

I was under the impression that Panda Bear was a band. Obviously drawn to it because of the name. But it actually consists of this cool guy in the picture and Panda Bear is "experimental", electronic music. He does have a band though, named "Animal Collective". I listened to the album Tom Boy. It's pretty good and quite I enjoyed it. It was the type of electronic music that i found i could enjoy and so I give it a thumbs up.

Jeremy Loops

I found Jeremy Loops on JacksGap's channel on YouTube through their series 'Shed Sessions".
Jeremy Loops is from Cape Town and makes really catchy, folk-type, happy-sounding tunes that made me rock my head from side to side and clap my hands and tap my feet to the beats (all at the same time of course). His music is perfect on a gloomy monday evening with tea and a spirit that is in need of  lifting. He is definetly an artist i will keep returning to listen to!

31 Days of Music Discovery| Day 10

June, Day 10
Artist: BROODS

So, I found ONE MORE duo. There's something about two people making music and me finding them. I do not do this intentionally. I do not google "Music Duo". I need you to believe me!
Anyway......BROODS is a brother-sister duo from New Zealand. I listened to their self titled EP-BROODS. When it started off they sounded a lot like "Oh Wonder". But that was it. They do sound like a lot of other artists i listen to but still have their own identity. They'e mainly female vocals and occasional male vocals and that sounds pretty good to my ears.  I will most likely listen to their album "Evergreen" tomorrow. My prediction is, I'll (probably) like it! :)

31 Days of Music Discovery| Day 9

June, Day 9
Artist: Warpaint
I think I may have found a gem today! Warpaint, a four-piece, indie, all girl band. I cannot believe i had not heard of them before. But now that I have, I couldn't be happier.

Look at that picture! They look like they know they're about to take over my life! That's right. Firstly, I listened to their self-titled album, "Warpaint". Yes, you guessed it! I loved it! I'm no expert genre-ist so i googled it found that they are indie, psychedelic rock, art rock and dream pop. That i the most accurate genre description because that's exactly what they sound like. I get a calm, dreamy, trance like feel from their songs. 

                                     

Since they have two studio albums, I listened to both of the albums.

"The Fool"

This album is more upbeat. At times it even reminded me of the band "Daughter". It has a very 60's or 70's feel to it. I think I like it better than their self-titled album. I will certainly keep coming back to them a lot!

Good music excites me so much! :D

31 Days of Music Discovery| Day 8

I have successfully crossed the one week mark with one missed update. Now that i feel more than better, I shall update punctually!
So, today I finally got around to listening to Anirudh Ravichander's eighth cinema music score for the movie "Maari". Not a lot of people know I am a huge fan of Anirudh Ravichander music and thoroughly enjoy a lot of his songs. His songs are in a way typical tamil songs but also aren't(?). It has the blend of thapang and hip-hop, for example and i find that it's a genius combination. Anyway, the album is really catchy and my personal favourite is " Oru Vidha Aasai" which sounds very new-age, jazzy and too damn catchy. 

(And no, i am not Tamilian, but i do have tamil influences in my family. You don't have to be the speaker of a particular language to enjoy the music right? Right!)

Now, I chose to listen to the band "Ra Ra Riot". This indie band has a cello player and a violinist. They go from sounding like musicians from the Victorian era at times, to 90's teen movie theme songs and so obviously i loved listening to them. I listened to their album "The Orchard". I enjoyed it! 

     

                                         

31 Days of Music Discovery | Day 7

Today has been, what seems like to me, a very short day. Why? Because firstly, I woke up at 12 in the noon. That's half a day spent in sleep. Secondly, today was a very good bollywood movie day. i watched the brilliant "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" (again) and it was the best therapy I could've asked for. Naturally, one of the reasons it has that effect is because of it's music. You guessed it, I went back and listened to the movie soundtrack:

Later today I also happened to watch "Haider". What an intense movie. 

Before bed, to unwind I clicked on a random suggested album by youtube:  

                                    

                                        Department of Eagles - The Cold Nose
I'm still listening to it. I feel like it is a perfect album to unwind to after a lazy day. (lolz)
I could say I like it. *thumbs up*