My iPod, As of Late

For the majority of people, their favorite song changes from day to day, but I feel like I have a solid list of songs that consider to be my favorite songs. This is going to be an odd list of some of my favorite songs, as well as songs that I have been listening to lately.

The first is Nursery Rhyme by Unkle, which has been on my Art Barn playlist since freshman year when I first heard it while sitting in John's studio class. Recently I was driving around the Town Center with Jenn, and this song came on my iPod and she asked if we could change it. I replied that it was one of my favorite songs and I wanted to listen to it at least a bit, and she said, "no it's not!" I still laugh at that, since for the most part I don't share my favorite songs with people. Some on this list are obvious since I go on and on about then, yet some, like this song by Unkle, I keep to myself for the most part.



Second on this list is Black Panther by Crystal Castles, which is one of the more obvious ones. This is one of those songs that is perfect to drive to late at night, preferably going very fast over a bridge, with the volume all the way up and the windows down. It makes the whole experience very surreal. One night over Thanksgiving break Rob and I were driving while listening to this song. He opened his sun roof, turned it up all the way, and I reclined my seat and watched the moon as he drove. As I said: surreal. Amazing song by an amazing band.



Next comes The Police and the Private by Metric. Metric has been receving a lot of attention recently for the latest album, Fantasies, although this is song is from an older album, Live it Out. If you know me, you are well aware that I have serious issues with learning the lyrics to songs. I think it is the same mental block that keeps me from understanding multi-color relief printmaking, which is a story for another post. Although somehow I know this entire song, which I think is just a testament to the amount that I listen to it.



Whenever I describe by love for the song the only thing I can say is that when I listen to it, all is right in the world. M&Ms by Blink-182 just makes me happy. There is no other way to put it.



Now for the songs I have been listening to a lot lately. Modern Science by Joseph Birdsong was just released, and it is actually really good. I bought his first EP just to support him because I have watched his videos and been a DK1/5AG fan for a long time. The EP is good, but in the short time between the Phase 3 EP and Modern Science he obviously learned a lot about creating music, and the reult is really good. I am anxious to hear the rest of the new songs, one of which he will be releasing every month this year. (2:30 in this video cracks me up. A true Joe moment emerging.)



(My Firefox just crashed while loading this next video and I had a mini freak out, thinking that everything I just typed was lost. But all is well.) So Bored by WaVVes has been appearing on a lot of playlists I have been making lately. It makes me want to go to the beach so badly, and in this unusually cold Florida weather it makes me feel like it is summer. I was listening to this in the car with Emily the other day and she asked, "is it supposed to sound like this?!" "Erm..... Yes."



Ready for the Floor by Hot Chip is next on this list, although I am in love with the cover by Lissy Trullie. The Hot Chip version cannot be embedded, but you can watch the Matthew Barney-esque video here. The Lissy Trullie version is so catchy. I love it. You may have to sit through an advertisement at the beginning of this video, though...



This next one is not very Kate-like at all, but I cannot stop listening to it. It is oh so very catchy. Quiet Dog by Mos Def.



The Afterlife by YACHT is last on this list, although one of my favorites. Last night I was listening to this with my younger brother and his friend in my car, and listening to their commentary was hilarious. "It sounds like... not a song." "Yeah its like mind voodoo." "They are trying to control you!" "Oh no don't listen!!"



I lied. That was not the last one. Aye Julian by Meriwether is another song that I am constantly listening to. Jenn and I met this band at Warped Tour in 2006 or 2005 or something. We bought all their CDs for $5 and to be honest I have never listened to them, except this one song. For some reason only this song made its way into my iTunes library, the rest were lost and forgotten. This is also not very Kate-like, but it is always appearing on playlists. Side note: when I listened to this version in all the videos I found, I was shocked. It is a newer, rerecorded version and it is ten times better than the older version I keep listening to... I am shocked.