Hope For Haiti Now

For those of you who are looking for some solid music and willing to support a good cause, I'd like to recommend the Hope For Haiti Now album, which is available on iTunes for the very low price of $7.99. It's worth supporting a good cause and will net you twenty songs by various artists. Though there's a mix of artists, the song content is focused exactly on what Haiti needs and what we should be about: hope. "The emergency situation in Haiti brought together international superstars of music for one of the biggest events in broadcast history. Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief took place on Friday, January 22".

But the best part is that 100 percent of the proceeds is going straight to supporting Haiti relief efforts. Not half, but all of it goes directly to those in need.

You can also go to their website and donate directly:
https://hopeforhaitinow.org/Default.asp

Massive Attack : Heligoland

This new release (February 8th, 2010) is, the previously on hiatus, Massive Attack's fifth recorded album. Anticipated greatly by fans, and followers of the trip-hop sound, the album is said to be a throw-back to their earliest sound. Massive Attack, along with Portishead, is known for pioneering the trip-hop sound in the mid-1990's. Trip-hop itself is a sound particular for it rhythmic bass beats and hypnotic vocals, bridging the gap between Hip-hop and Electronica.

Last week we received this album in our campus radio station mailbox. I've listened to it quite a bit since than, and its everything a trip-hop/Massive Attack fan would be looking for. The only single from the album, "Splitting the Atom," follows their 1997 "Mezzanine" sound flawlessly. They brought back the vocalist's Grant Marshall and Robert Del Naja to emulate this earlier sound, following in particular patterns utilizing hypnotic beats, drugged out instrumental and vocals, and slow rap lyrics. This style is exactly what fans, like myself, were searching for since their hiatus back in 2004. I would highly recommend this album for those that are dedicated fans, but for those that do not know the band/trip-hop sound listen to the album, "Mezzanine," first.

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Current top song on iTunes- Imma Be

Folks, it's a surprise to see an 8-month old song rise back to the top-selling single on iTunes. I guess this attests to the fact that the Black Eyed Peas are bringing in new fans every day. Props to them.

Tik Tok : An Unfortunate Example of Modern "Music"

This song has been the most popular song on campus for the past few weeks. Its basic premise is to look good, party, drink, dance, party more... oh did i say look good too? There is seemingly no other point in life besides doing the latter stated activities. For "Tik Tok" goes the clock on the amount of time we have to do these things in one day, than do them all over again. Family, relationships and love mean nothing in this idealized lifestyle for they are insignificant in meaning to a fun life. Its frustrating as a musician that a song like this, with a catchy beat and nonsense lyrics, can be popular because it obviously has no significant meaning (partying thus not being meaningful). It is an unfortunate example of that which is popular modern music.

The music video relates what i said above. Check it out.

Top song on iTunes is... country?

So I was browsing through iTunes the other day, and was surprised to see that the current #1 song is country. It's called "Need You Now" and is performed by a band called Lady Antebellum. Now I'm not really a big fan of country, and don't really enjoy this song that much, but it goes to show how the South comprises such a larger part of the American demographic, even though Seattle is a wee bit different.

My favorite line? "It's a quarter after one/ I'm a little drunk and I need you now."

Check it out below:



-Josiah