This landscape

You know, I like music. I'm very picky about it, I don't like the whole genre (just for generalization here, indie rock)...I need a certain aspect of it.

I need it to be dynamic and atmospheric, I want sounds, I want instruments, I want intricacies, I want different, I want to be able to close my eyes and imagine a landscape of different sounds colliding and combining. I don't know why, but this is what I like, and now, this is what I want. The more atmospheric, the more I don't know or understand how it was made, the more i'm pulled in. I enjoy all sorts of rock, but I can't say I love the pop sound as much as I used too.

Recently, I've just nose dived into the sound of Animal Collective, Minus Story, and Built to Spill. The first two, helping me with that sound that I just love. Animal Collective is this strange sung band where you lose yourself in the distorted pop beats that are cleverly hidden between clashing sounds and instruments. Minus Story on the other hand, is just a very well put together band, hailing from Kentucky, the band brings a very unique sound of cacophony that manages to more or less be more than enticing to the ears. It's melodic, and distorted, it's loud, but it's quiet, and most importantly, it's good.

Built To Spill on the other hand...

Is more traditional guitar than anything else, but there's something about listening to Goin' Against Your Mind(their new single of course!) at 28 going 100 down the 405 freeway. It almost sends me away to a completely different place....

The orginal band list looked something like:

1. Modest Mouse
2. Radiohead
3. Pavement
4. Interpol
5. Built To Spill
6. Rage Against The Machine
7. The Pixies

and a lot of other stuff....but without further ado.........a brand new list for you!

1. Built To Spill
2. Minus Story
3. Animal Collective
4. Modest Mouse
5. The Unicorns
6. Stephen Malkamus(anything he's involved with, i absolutely love)
7. The New Pornographers
8. Cornelius
9 Wolf Parade
10. The Walkmen

-rod



Gotta crush high
Thought I crushed all I could
Crushed all I can then I touched your hand
Crush high
Dont want it to stop
Cause stories of your brother make my crush high pop
And you couldnt really know cause its in my toes
And sometimes i wonder whered that crush high go
Crush high then i go and take some pills
Cause i cant do all of my dos and still feel ill
You get that whooooooo
-Animal Collective: The Purple Bottle