4/8 - I'd rather be a comma than a full stop

A week ago the British band Coldplay launched their new album, Mylo Xyloto. It was much anticipated by fans all over due to the promising summer teaser release of the album's first single "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall".

I personally didn't at first like this song too much since I prefer Coldplay's older, pre-synth, work. However, the video is really fun and colourful, and Swedish House Mafia's amazing remix of the song eventually got me hooked on it. The only other song I've listened to off Mylo Xyloto is Paradise and, once again, I am enjoying a remixed version much more than the original. Though this may be partly due to my renewed house music phase (depressing weather calls for happy, insouciant music, no?), Coldplay's overuse of synths do make their songs much more suited as club remixes. All in all, as always, a very promising album that will surely do well on the airwaves and on music charts worldwide.

Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix)

3/8 - And I was told once, things will change

Drake has been making headlines (heh) recently with his latest musical offerings and I was personally quite pleasantly surprised. Take Care (which was set to be released today, on his birthday) promises a lot of maturity and growth, and, though many of the songs are very similar in terms of beats/vibe, the lyrics do somewhat make up for it. Drake weaves storylines into his songs: tales of loss, heartbreak, homesickness. Here are some of my favorites:

Marvin's Room

Club Paradise

The Real Her (ft. Lil Wayne)

2/8 - It's just verbosity to me

There is probably irony to be found in the fact that the band of Montreal is not actually of Montreal but rather from the city of Athens (not the capital of Greece), Georgia (not the Eastern European country).

Regardless, this indie rock band has been around for more than a decade now and, hipsters will be saddened to know, the group is finally getting some recognition on a more mainstream level. I first discovered them through their cover of one of my favorite MIA songs, "Jimmy" and immediately fell in love with their other songs. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what their musical style is but a Beatles influence can definitely be discerned. Do give them a listen and judge for yourselves:

Jimmy cover


A Sentence Of Sorts in Kongsvinger


Don't forget to check out my Twitter! :)

1/8 - It's kinda dangerous to be an emcee

A friend of mine recently found out that we both like Mos Def a lot and recommended that I check out his collab work with Talib Kweli. I had high expectations about any joint work from these two hip-hop legends and I definitely was not disappointed. Here are two of my favorite:

Definition

Thieves In The Night

 

Also, do check out my Twitter with which I will be tweeting about every inane and insignificant event in my life! (Not to sound cynical but though this assignment is very unusual and quite interesting, I don't think it's that great to encourage more people from this generation to master ways to be even more self-obsessed)