Favorites - Week of April 18, 2011

This week all my things were packed up to move and I've only been listening to my shuffle which hasn't been updated with my new music.  So these are some old favorites of mine, all of these could be any other song from the band/artist.  They're all dynamite and occupy a large portion of my iPod.

5. "From the Ritz to the Rubble" by Arctic Monkeys
One of my personal favourites off the first Arctic Monkeys album.

4. "Pornostartrek" by Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
All the songs from the first EP from USS is all onederful.  This song is even better when played live using Human Kebab as a mic stand.

3. "Scar Tissue" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
An excellent song by my favourite line-up of the Chili Peppers.

2. "Change (In The House Of Flies)" by Deftones
Probably the best Deftones' song of all time and just an excellent rock song in general.

1. "I am the Highway" by Audioslave
This is my favourite soft Audioslave song and a contender for my top Audioslave song ever.  The standard Audioslave excellence.

Super Group

This is my lineup for the ultimate rock band.  Trent Reznor on the various instruments he plays, mostly synthesizer and keyboard, and doing some composing.  Jack White on guitar, key board and vocals.  Chris Cornell on vocals and guitar.  Flea on bass and trumpet, and Dave Grohl on drums.  To produce their album, I would have Danger Mouse join the team.  They'd be an amazing band and they could all switch parts around for different songs because most of them can sing and play guitar.

Favorites - Week of April 11, 2011

A couple new tracks made it onto my list this week.  Here are my latest favorites.

5. "Make Some Noise" by The Beastie Boys
The latest single from the long awaited Hot Sauce Committee album from the Beastie Boys brings up some great reminders of old school Beastie Boys.

4. "Rolling In The Deep" by Adele
Beautiful, soulful vocals and a dark blues-rock beat make for one excellent track.

3. "Two Against One" Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, and Jack White
The White Stripes are gone, but Jack White is still here.  Together with producer-extraordinaire Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, and Norah Jones, he is creating an album called ROME.  This is one of my favorites from their project.

2. "White Limo" by Foo Fighters
Back again this week is the extra heavy Foo Fighters with "White Limo".  If for some reason you haven't already bought their album, do it now!

1. "N/A OK" by Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

A lot of amazing albums are scheduled for release May 3, but USS' EP Approved is the one I'm most amped for.  "N/A OK" is an awesome song, and I'm sure only a taste of things to come from Approved.

Tiësto - Deadmau5 Collab

My awesome music senses are tingling! Deadmau5 suggested doing a track with Tiësto, and he agreed. We'll have to wait and see what comes out of this, but I'm sure it will be amazing.

Source: Tiësto's Status

UPDATE: If you are following @deadmau5 and @tiesto (which you should be), it seems like they've kicked this collab off and they'll "rap this up by friday :)".  Make sure you follow them on twitter to get more details as it comes together.

Another Jack White Project

While the musical project entitled ROME is actually headed by producer Danger Mouse, Jack White was recruited in late 2010. Danger Mouse and composer Daniele Luppi are working on the ROME album with White and Norah Jones. ROME will be available May 16, 2011. If that's too long to wait, they recently released a song titled "Two Against One". It is a great as you would expect it should be, check it out.

Hit up their official site for more details on ROME.

Favorites - Week of April 4, 2011

Plenty of great music came out this week and there were some battles for my top 5 spots.

5. "Make It Stop (September's Children)" by Rise Against

New music released this past week forced this from my top spot, but it is still an amazing song. See more on Endgame in my review.

4. "Rescue Me" by You Me At Six & Chiddy

I stumbled upon this collaboration from Chiddy of Chiddy Bang with You Me At Six earlier this week. I thought is was an excellent cross between alt rock and Chiddy's hip hop style.

3. [Tie] "F**K Him (He's a DJ)" by Ke$ha
and "Fall (Remix)" by M83 vs. Big Black Delta

This week I have a tie between my two favorite songs off the two remix albums I reviewed. The only original song off Ke$ha's remix album and "Fall" off Tron Legacy: R3C0NF1GUR3D. Both of these tracks just make you want to dance.

2. "N/A OK" by Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

Back again this week, can't wait for their May 3rd release. I hope I can get into their release show, if not I'll see them May 11 at Club Wax in Kitchener.

1. "White Limo" by Foo Fighters

It's not officially released until April 12, 2011 but ever since it began streaming I've loved how heavy the Foo Fighters' new album is. The album is streaming a few posts below!

Strange Music Videos

Recently it has become some sort of a trend to have really weird and odd music videos. Isn't all that new for Lady Gaga, but now Ke$ha and Katy Perry are making similarly strange videos. There has been many videos that were really odd in a way, such as Black Hole Sun or Closer (the latter I won't post due to strong language and brief nudity). But only recently has this trend achieved a new level of weird and most of the older odd videos are for rock songs. So a lot of the time the weird and dark imagery in the videos is justified. For pop videos it's just, well... weird. Here are some videos for your consideration.

Born This Way by Lady Gaga

Really almost any video from Gaga is pretty strange, but here's her [?] most recent effort of weirdness.

E.T. by Katy Perry featuring Kanye West

Perhaps this video is fitting to the song lyrics, but nevertheless it is still super weird and out of the ordinary for Katy Perry.

Blow by Ke$ha

Half unicorns, pantless bears, lasers, rainbow blood, cheese, James Van Der Beek and man-bras. I think the director was on blow when he came up with this idea.

Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden

I have no idea what was up with these people.

Parabola by Tool

Tool videos are just as frequently strange as Lady Gaga's, except it usually fits their songs. Too bad Tool is together anymore, a Tool and Lady Gaga collaboration could make for a ridiculous video.

These are only a handful of videos, there are plenty more out there. And as long as Lady Gaga is making music, I expect many more.

Listen to the Foo Fighters' Wasting Light

Together with Soundcloud, the Foo Fighters are streaming their full album online. Enjoy.

Wasting Light will be released April 12, 2011. But if that's not enough Foos for you, they will also be releasing Medium Rare on vinyl for Record Store Day, April 16. Medium Rare features the Foo Fighters performing covers of songs from greats such as Pink Floyd and Paul McCartney. More info on Medium Rare here and here's a complete list of Record Store Day releases.

Favorites - Week of March 28, 2011

Here are fives songs I can't get enough of this past week.

5. "The Prayer" by Kid Cudi

Not a new song, but definitely a great one. I guess like the song says, I recognize real, so I play it back from the top.

4. "Machu Picchu" by The Strokes

A great song off Angles. Discussed in my album review.

3. "I Just Had Sex" by The Lonely Island (ft. Akon)

Absolutely hilarious song and even better with the video. It's amazing how they get these huge musicians to sing the most ridiculous songs.

2. "N/A OK" by Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

Amazing song like all USS tracks and a great appetizer for their upcoming album.

1. "Make It Stop (September's Children)" by Rise Against

I could have easily chosen any five tracks off Endgame for this weeks favorites, but I've started listening to a handful of them a lot more, especially this one. See more on Endgame in my review.