Doomtree – Beacon (March 5th)

I’m always looking for new music to add to my collection. Recently I discovered a collective known as Doomtree. They are made up of like 6 different artists. I already knew of P.O.S who is a part of the collective, I even made a couple of posts about him. I didn’t know of any of the other artists included however.

Now, just by discovering one collective, I have access to several artists solo work as well. So my collection has gained tons of new music.

Today I have a lot I need to do so I’m keeping this post very short. Tomorrow is Friday, it is also “First Friday” in downtown St. Pete, which means I will more than likely be doing something with some people from the radio station. Hopefully I am able to keep my confidence to a maximum.

Anyways, today’s song is “Beacon” by Doomtree.

This song is awesome, from the beat to the lyrics. I really enjoy the way they make their music together. However I’ll be honest a lot of the songs sound similar. Since they have so many rappers the song formats are usually just bars on bars on bars.

My favorite lyrics from this song are –

“I am my brother, I am my father
I am the sun, I am the water
I am an ion, I am everything
I am the vapor, a cloud of smoke
I am a cheap laugh, but I get the joke
I am a brief flash, the abstract”

This part is performed by “Sims” and he is really good at adding awesome lyrics and going hard as hell.

As a bonus here is an awesome live version of this song so you can see every artist and their parts.

Enjoy and keep checking back for more new music.

 

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Dessa – Sound The Bells (March 2nd)

“Go lift your sails up
For one last swell
Go lift yourselves up
To sound the bells”

 

 

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TV/TV – Get It Get It (February 28th)

“Waiting for more to come because the night had just begun
She says “oh boy you think your ready for it?”
Damn girl hold steady for it
“Oh boy you think your ready for it?”
Damn girl hold steady for it cause here I come”

 

 

 

 

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The Academy Is… – Skeptics and True Believers (February 27th)

Wake up in the morning and make a blog post. Today’s going to be a good day! Well except that I start work at 12:30 and will probably be working until all hours of the night. But, on the bright side I’ve got a cute date tomorrow.

The girl that I am investing most of my time into and I are going to a theme park tomorrow. Like the way I classified her? We aren’t boyfriend and girlfriend. And while I don’t know if we are “exclusively” dating each other, I would assume we are. However, if something were to come up I might be inclined to stray since we haven’t made anything official yet.

Let me tell you one of the coolest things about this girl though.

We like the same music!

This is actually a pretty big deal. All of the girls I’ve ever dated have not listened to the same music as me. One of them eventually warmed up to my music and we went to a bunch of concerts. That was cool. But to have someone just enjoy the same music that you do right off the bat? That’s hard to come by these days. Especially since I listen to a lot of music that no one has ever heard of.

The good thing is she doesn’t necessarily have to know of the bands that I do, I just know that if I play some music shes never heard of she will enjoy it. That’s the coolest thing.

Today’s song is “Skeptics and True Believers” by The Academy Is…

This is another one of those older songs that just sits with me well. This was the song that turned me on to The Academy Is… and rightfully so, as it’s a grade A jam.

my favorite lyrics from this song are probably just the chorus-

“Would you believe me if I said I didn’t need you,
’cause I wouldn’t believe you if you said the same to me.
And near death, last breath, and barely hanging on.
Would you believe me if I said I didn’t need you?”

Keep jamming and have a great day!

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Faber Drive – You’ll Make It (February 25th)

“Say what you wanna say
And be what you wanna be
Don’t let yourself get all confused
‘Cause all ya gotta be is you”

 

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Daphne Loves Derby – Cue The Sun! (February 24th)

Sometimes you just have to slow it down and listen to some calm relaxing music. Today is one of those days. I just woke up from a nap, and I’m jamming out to some slow tunes.

I want to start this post on a high note, I was told by my boss today that I’m going to be going on the cruise for our morning show again this year. It is to the Bahamas, which I’ve never been to. I mean, how many people can say they got paid to go on a cruise?

Not many is the correct answer.

I can only imagine the wildness that may happen on the cruise this year. I went last year, and if you remember, I didn’t know anybody personally. This year everything changes because I now know everyone on the show. I’ve even gone out and had drinks with a few of them on occasion.

What I can’t plan for at this moment is whether or not I will be single come October. It’s 8 months away.

To be honest, I hope that I am single when I go. Because I was in a relationship last year and it kind of held me back. I had fun don’t get me wrong, but I’m could have gotten into a lot more fun had I not had a relationship on the back of my mind. A relationship which ended literally the day I got back mind you.

Anyway, this post has kind of turned into a downer. Let’s get on with the music.

Today’s song is “Cue The Sun!” by Daphne Loves Derby.

This song just makes me feel good. So damn good.

It’s soft, yet catchy. Daphne Loves Derby was a band I discovered when I was eleven years old because my friends hot older sister listened to them. So in my head I figured if I also listened to them we would have something in common and she would eventually fall in love with me.

It didn’t work out, however I did see her come out of the shower naked once so that’s cool I guess?

My favorite lyrics from this song are –

“In the desert sun I watched my nerves come undone.
One by one my strings they tangled into knots.
And ever since that day, deep in Santa Fe.
I’ve learned to hate myself for giving everything away.”

Hope you enjoyed this slower song today, I know I did.

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Vinyl Theatre – If You Say So (February 23rd)

One of the perks of working for a radio station is the constant stream of music you hear throughout the office. There are so many different personalities, so the music you hear can range from tons of different genres.

Today I overheard some music that was causing me to tap my feet to the tune. I yelled out “Hey who are we listening to right now?” but I received no response. I then had a new task at hand. I started really listening intently to try and pick up on some lyrics.

I typed up a couple of sentences on Google, and discovered Vinyl Theatre.

I am glad that I did, because I’ve listened to a good handful of their music now and I gotta say it is very solid. I’ve enjoyed every song I’ve heard so far, which doesn’t always happen.

In honor of discovering new bands, today’s song is “If You Say So” by Vinyl Theatre, a band I discovered today.

I love it when I find a new song from a band I’ve never heard that I enjoy. Because then I can get a hold of their album/s and add them to my music library. It’s unfortunate but after hearing the same songs everyday they start to get stale. Adding something new to the ears is such a relief. It usually works out perfectly to where once I start to get bored of the new music I’m once again longing to listen to the old stuff I had gotten tired of before. It’s a healthy cycle of new to old music and back again.

I hope you, like me, enjoy some music from a band you may not have heard of before.

 

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Yellow Ostrich – Whale (February 22nd)

I have no confidence. I figured this out late last night, around 2am, while I was in the middle of a pretty intense make out session with a chick.

You see, it came to me while I was tongue deep in this chicks mouth that I didn’t know if she was interested in me.

Like that though actually ran through my mind. I mean seriously it did. Why? I have no clue. Obviously she is interested in me or we wouldn’t be making out on her couch multiple times. Cause I can understand one time, she might just be curious. But multiple times, there’s no question right? Apparently there is to me.

Then everything kind of made sense. Why I hadn’t made any progress with any of the girls I had been talking to recently. I literally just have no confidence. I’m so sure that a girl is not interested in me that I’m not willing to even take the chance.

I guess I would also say I am scared of rejection. But I am starting to think I would rather try and be rejected than to just never have tried anything at all. I’m taking last nights lessons and turning them into tools to use on the girls I’ve left stranded on friend zone island.

By the way, today’s song is “Whale” by Yellow Ostrich.

Yellow Ostrich is another one of those bands that I found in one day and knew that I enjoyed their music. In fact I found them earlier today. They were given to me as a suggestion from a Youtube video I was already watching.

Thanks Youtube, this song is a jam.

My favorite lyrics from the song are –

“I’ve been swimming for a thousand years and I’ve
Seen more than you can realize
But I accept that you will never understand
So I will gladly take your hand”

Hope you enjoy this song!

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Cari Clara – Safe (February 11th)

I hung out with an old friend today. We shared a lot of stories, and even more laughs. It’s really kind of sad that we don’t see each other more often. But we’ve both become busier as time goes on.

In fact as I look back on my history I see that I always make really great friends, but manage to distance myself from them slowly. It’s something I don’t really know how to fix, it just always seems to happen. It’s not even like we get into some kind of fight or anything. We just grow apart.

And so it goes…

Another thing, I was talking to my friend about girls. I’ve recently been hanging out with one in particular. And she is flirty as hell. We go out and I usually end up staying the night at her place (nothing has happened). I just don’t really know what she wants out of this. We flirt, and we act like a couple would act, but as far as she claims, we are just friends.

I’ve sort of lost hope with her though recently and have moved on to someone new. We’ll see how it goes in the long run.

Today’s song is “Safe” by Cari Clara.

This is one of the most unknown bands I’ve ever posted. This video literally has 6 views. But I really enjoy the song.

I’ve listened to some of their other music, and I’ll be honest, I’m just not that into it. What I do like however, is that all of their songs have very soft verses and very strong choruses. It’s a very nice build up of music if I do say so.

Check out this song, I would say it sums up how I feel about losing friends, and mysterious girls.

Until next time, which will be tomorrow!

 

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The Mowgli’s – Say It, Just Say It (December 11th)

Don’t you hate when it’s 3 in the afternoon and you’re watching some TV, then you fall asleep and next thing you know its 8PM and you’ve missed half of the day? That just happened to me.

You know what the worst part is? I feel like normally I would wake up and have no notifications on my phone. Not because I have no friends, but nothing important ever seems to happen when I take a nap. However, today I wake up with a ton of missed texts/Facebook messages/calls from friends wanting to hang out earlier. Welp I guess I missed it.

Daily progress update on my ab workouts:

Ab workouts completed – 0

Tacos eaten – seventyfivebillion

So, this girl I met online like two or three years ago is coming down to Florida from Wisconsin in like 3 weeks. She is a super awesome chick and we’re “married” on Facebook. We’ve never met in person though. Wouldn’t it be crazy if we met and instantly fell head over heals in love with each other?

I might just be a hopeless romantic.

Today’s song is “Say It, Just Say It” by The Mowgli’s.

Sometimes I hear a band for the first time and just know that I’m going to like them. The Mowgli’s did just that. This song was the first song I heard by them and it’s been on repeat for a while. They kind of have a Mumford and Sons kind of feel, but to be honest I’m not really a big Mumford fan, however The Mowgli’s has something about them that I can’t stop coming back for more.

I dedicate this song to my Facebook wife.

 

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