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Music for a starving girl

If you’re reading this, it means you know something about me. You might not know me well, but you’re still on my blog (or facebook page, since this will feed there as well). You know enough to maybe have an opinion on what kind of music you listen to that I might like. After all, something about me made you interested enough to read this.

That is all I need for you to know right now. I want your music recommendations.

I won’t tell you anything about what I like or not. I won’t tell you what kind of mood I’m looking for (I use twitter for that anyways). I just want the music you think I should listen to. You can give me a whole album or just one or two songs. You can give me youtube links, wimp links or simply add music to this spotify list. Or you can just comment with your recommendation.

If I get any particularly good music out of this, I’ll make sure to share it here.

The Bondage Fairies

photo credit: hiperkarma

For people who’ve had a peak in my music library, it might not come as a surprise that I’m fascinated by weird band and song names. The latter as evidenced in my last post featuring the Lonely Island song Jizz In My Pants. While I could write an entirely new post on songs I love by the Lonely Island, I think I’ll stay away from them this time, and rather talk about a band I discovered while living in England:

The Bondage Fairies.

They are weird, they are Swedish, and I’ve heard them described as Nintendo Death Punk, and they are weird. Did I mention that they’re weird?

They share name with a Hentai, but they have strangely few songs touching on the subject of sex. They do have a song about He-Man, though.

Their new album is a bit more serious than the previous one, but it’s still got that fun nintendo-ish tune that makes me happy. And, hey, it’s got song titles like I Eat Children. Who wouldn’t want to check it out?

Bondage Fairies on MySpace

Bondage Fairies on Spotify

a spotify realisation

I’ve had Spotify for a bit now. After a while of «trendy shit for wannabe’s»-whining, curiosity came over me and I got myself an invite.

I love it.

I enjoy buying the music I actually listen to, and with just about enough money for food and housing, this doesn’t allow for much music. This results in me being more critical before buying stuff. I always try on clothes before buying them in the store, and I always listen to the CD before I buy it. And I don’t trust samples. Unless they’re food samples, that is.

This is where Spotify comes in. I can actually listen to a whole album of an artist I just heard about without leaving my home! And with the compatibility most record stores now has to my taste in music, this is awesome! I knew Puscifer were going somewhere when they streamed V is for Vagina on their website before the release. Thanks to the streaming, I bought the CD as soon as it was available. This will probably happen again and again and again. And again.

Spotify has opened my access to music by far. And for students having parties, this is even better. Have you ever woken up with your harddrive full of crap tunes you don’t even want? And no will to remove it all? See where I’m going?

Now, this is all turning into a huge ad for Spotify, which it shouldn’t be. But thruth is, I’m a happy customer. When money comes in for anything that’s not food or rent, I’ll probably upgrade to premium. Not to save myself from the ads I hear every now and then, but rather to show my support to an idea I enjoy. Well, if I throw a party and want my guests to listen to virtually whatever they want without making me a pirate, i could just by the day pass. NOK 9 for 24hrs of music without ads? I can surely afford that.

Music should be brought back to the fans. We want to be willing to throw money at you. We want to wish to go to your concerts. We want freedom to realise how loveable you are.

This post was written under the influence of I am X after having realised how awesome the music is through Spotify.