Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
For my journey to work. I like this album a lot more than I expected, appreciating its dramatic sweep without descending into pastiche or being too over the top.
A few tracks on my mp3 player on shuffle
To fill up the remainder of my journey. I do like that my journey to and from work is usually about the length of an album.
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
While doing some work. I think this was actually a bad choice as it proved to be a bit distracting, or maybe that was just down to the work in question.
Adele - Someone Like You
On my way out of the office to get some lunch this was blasting out of someone's car at full volume, sounding distorted and a little unpleasant. The song itself as colossus bestriding British pop remains baffling.
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
On my mp3 player on my way home. Made a mental note to myself to play it to my girlfriend again at some point as we are going to her gig at Shepherds Bush Empire next week.
British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
Once I got home. This choice was partly dictated by having one hour to fill and nothing else recent that was long enough (as you may have noticed, I spent most of my time this week listening to quite new music, which is typical). I listened while reading/playing Don't Take it Personally Babe, it Just Ain't Your Story. I spend a fair bit of time listening to music while playing video games and usually it's the music which takes priority - I think I get some of my more concentrated listening done while playing stuff like FIFA and Street Fighter IV, and if anything having my mind mostly elsewhere actually helps me to win more at them asthey become more instinctive without concious thought getting in the way. In this case though, playing something very text and narrative heavy, combined with listening to something which I'm already very familair with, meant that there was a point where I realised that I was barely taking in the album at all.
MTV Hits - various top 40 songs
I had MTV Hits on the TV for about an hour while washing up, browsing the internet and sorting various things out. Much of the channel's schedule is now taken up by runs through of videos for the top 40 in order, which is the best thing to have ever happened to it - the democratic old Top of the Pops / chart show format has long been my preferred way of taking in chart music. You get to hear more different songs and if there's something unlikeable it feels better to blame the public at large rather than some unknown playlist selector's taste. It would be better still if the chart wasn't so slow moving these days though, and I do have to turn off when it gets to Jessie J because there is no way I'm listening to "Price Tag" again.
Xposure on xfm
For about an hour and a half. Nothing which really stood out as great in that time which I didn't already know, but there was a rather lovely live version of Elbow's "Some Riot".
For my journey to work. I like this album a lot more than I expected, appreciating its dramatic sweep without descending into pastiche or being too over the top.
A few tracks on my mp3 player on shuffle
To fill up the remainder of my journey. I do like that my journey to and from work is usually about the length of an album.
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
While doing some work. I think this was actually a bad choice as it proved to be a bit distracting, or maybe that was just down to the work in question.
Adele - Someone Like You
On my way out of the office to get some lunch this was blasting out of someone's car at full volume, sounding distorted and a little unpleasant. The song itself as colossus bestriding British pop remains baffling.
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
On my mp3 player on my way home. Made a mental note to myself to play it to my girlfriend again at some point as we are going to her gig at Shepherds Bush Empire next week.
British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
Once I got home. This choice was partly dictated by having one hour to fill and nothing else recent that was long enough (as you may have noticed, I spent most of my time this week listening to quite new music, which is typical). I listened while reading/playing Don't Take it Personally Babe, it Just Ain't Your Story. I spend a fair bit of time listening to music while playing video games and usually it's the music which takes priority - I think I get some of my more concentrated listening done while playing stuff like FIFA and Street Fighter IV, and if anything having my mind mostly elsewhere actually helps me to win more at them asthey become more instinctive without concious thought getting in the way. In this case though, playing something very text and narrative heavy, combined with listening to something which I'm already very familair with, meant that there was a point where I realised that I was barely taking in the album at all.
MTV Hits - various top 40 songs
I had MTV Hits on the TV for about an hour while washing up, browsing the internet and sorting various things out. Much of the channel's schedule is now taken up by runs through of videos for the top 40 in order, which is the best thing to have ever happened to it - the democratic old Top of the Pops / chart show format has long been my preferred way of taking in chart music. You get to hear more different songs and if there's something unlikeable it feels better to blame the public at large rather than some unknown playlist selector's taste. It would be better still if the chart wasn't so slow moving these days though, and I do have to turn off when it gets to Jessie J because there is no way I'm listening to "Price Tag" again.
Xposure on xfm
For about an hour and a half. Nothing which really stood out as great in that time which I didn't already know, but there was a rather lovely live version of Elbow's "Some Riot".
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