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Love in the Form of Music

stephbednar — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:22:37 GMT

It's very rare when an artist comes along and grabs my attention so intensely that I fall deeply and completely in love with them. In fact, the last artist to have that effect on me was Death Cab For Cutie and that head-over-heels infatuation began in 2002. So, you could say, they are few and far between.

My new adoration is with Band of Horses. A good friend of mine told me to download "No One's Gonna Love You" from Cease to Begin. So, I did and it was a great track. I immediately loved it. But I was not "in love" with BOH upon this first listen. About a month or so later, one of my very good friends introduced me to Pandora.com. It's this fabulous site where you get to create your own music station based on artist seeds that you enter. By entering only Death Cab, I found many new-to-me bands, one of them being Band of Horses.

Pandora introduced me to BOH's frist album Everything All the Time. I immediately fell in love with every track I heard from the album and proceeded to hastily purchase it. When it arrived on my doorstep via Amazon I was not disappointed in the slightest. It's certainly one of the most amazing albums I've heard in years. Ben Birdwell's vocals are hauntingly beautiful. The rhythmic guitars and melodic build-ups send chills down my spine throughout the entire album. I can't stop listening to it. I recently also purchased their newer album Cease to Begin. It's great as well, but I don't believe Everything All the Time could possibly be topped. Do yourself a favor and check them out. You will also not be disappointed.

More New Music

stephbednar — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:18:58 GMT

Some might say (& trust me, they do) that I have a bit of a music problem. My fellow Moggers will understand that I just love music!

I consider myself a collector. I cannot & will not purchase music from iTunes unless an album is physically unable to be purchased elsewhere. I need my tangible evidence; liner notes, pictures, CD case, track list, etc. Plus, I think my large wall of 1,500+ CDs is quite beautiful!

New music this week:

Band of Horses - Cease to Begin

Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

New Music

stephbednar — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:59:03 GMT

Well, it's been over a year since I've last Mogged. I figure it's about time to update on some of the CDs I've purchased recently. A few of these have been out for quite some time, but due to the wonder that is Pandora.com, I've just recently discovered how great these artists are. My most recent (from the last week or two) purchases are as follows:

Band of Horses - Everything All the Time

Coldplay - Viva la Vida

The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart

Mute Math - Mute Math

Anberlin - Lost Songs

Kurt Cobain: About a Son OST

More to come.