Apparently, all of the music I’ve been missing all of my life has suddenly decided to find me. It began with the discovery of Great Northern through iTunes and continues with my newfound love for Third Eye Blind, who kicked off their new US tour at my school this past week. Before attending the concert, I was already familiar with their more popular songs such as “Jumper,” “Semi-Charmed Life,” “How’s It Going to Be,” and “Never Let You Go.” I had never given much thought to looking into the rest of their older stuff, though, or even to the fact that they were still around, which meant that I was totally floored by many of their great old songs and some brand new ones that they played at the concert. They were fantastic performers and I immediately downloaded a couple of their CD’s upon getting back to my apartment.
Let me just start off by apologizing for the major lack of reviews as of late. There is content coming--just bear with us. Due to the final months of college and work, we find ourselves torn between keeping up with work and multiple different school projects; until we manage to keep a solid flow of content you can see what we’re up to by checking out our twitters!
For now, Sevendust keeps my attention. While doing some theory-crafting for a uhh..hobby of mine, I stumbled over one of my all time favorite songs, “Angel’s Son.” Sevendust is a nu-metal band that originated from Atlanta. I have been a major fan ever since the release of their single, “Praise,” in 2001. I know, I know, that means I have only been a fan for about 8 years but still, I have been a loyal fan ever since. From Aerosmith to Eminem, I have been hooked on a ton of stuff and found my home in punk/metal when I fell in love with Linkin’ Park’s album Hybrid Theory. After becoming bored with Linkin’ Park’s sound, I began exploring different types of music including Korn, Tool, and some awesome 90s grunge (i.e. Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana). Then one morning while clicking through the channels I landed on MTV2 just in time to hear Praise. Hope you all enjoy this selection--my music tends to be a bit rougher around the edges than LittleSpoon’s.
Posted by: LittleSpoon / Category: Little Spoon / 28
Mar, 2009
LittleSpoon
I’ve been trying to re-vamp my music collection over the past few months and came across a song by a band called Great Northern in my iTunes Genius recommended music. I was intrigued by the originally recommended song and proceeded to download a few of their tracks. Today, when one of these songs was playing in iTunes, I noticed (again in Genius) that they had recently released a new single, “Houses.” The single is excellent and it inspired me to download the remaining songs from their 2007 debut album, Trading Twilight for Daylight. If you are into alternative music with strong melodies and catchy choruses, it is definitely for you.
The male vocalist is Solon Bixler from the band 30 Seconds to Mars and the female vocalist is Rachel Dolte from Whirlpool. Each of them are featured individually in some songs, but they also sing together in others. The music is fantastic no matter who is singing. Essential downloads include “Houses” (from their upcoming CD Remind Me Where the Light Is releasing on April 28) and “Home”, “Into the Sun”, ”The Middle”, and “Low is a Height” from their debut.
I haven’t been this excited about a band for quite a while and I hope everyone checks them out!
