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Happy Friday 13th everyone!

I'm a big fan of pretending to be superstitious and would love to be in a dark smoky club (avec some evil décor) but sadly i'm just chilling home tonight

Here are a random assortment of songs which I felt like uploading for the occasion.

I've just been waiting for a convenient excuse to share some of the darker tunes that I love (including some of my fav artists like Massive Attack & My Bloody Valentine)

I guess some of them aren't an obvious choice to capture the essence of the day but hopefully they will send shivers down your spine or something

Doves- Darker (Zshare)

Bloc Party – Skeleton (Zshare)
(from silent alarm remixed)

Crystal Castles - Alice Practice (Zshare)


Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Health Cover) (Zshare)


Cut Copy- So Haunted (Zshare)


Ladytron- Destroy Everything You Touch (Zshare)


Massive Attack- Angel (Zshare)


Massive Attack- Dissolved Girl (Zshare)

Massive Attack- Black Milk (Zshare)


Danger - 7h46 (Zshare)

Tricky- Hell Is Around The Corner (Zshare)

Radiohead- Talk Show Host (Zshare)

Tricky- Overcome (Zshare)

Spoon- The Ghost Of You Lingers (Zshare)


DJ Shadow- Lonely Soul (Zshare)

My Bloody Valentine- Lose My Breath (Zshare)

Also I just have to say that I never thought to go beyond the Lost In Translation soundtrack with my dormant My Bloody Valentine curiosity. I'm not sure what exactly incited a sudden interest but after spontaneously deciding to acquire an album I became extremely taken with the band. It took a while to grown on me (when I first heard them I thought my stereo was broken).

Yes, the music is ghostly/haunting/ethereal but my favourite aspect is the use of instrumentation.
Its rare that a band places the instruments as the central character in place of the vocals, which are relatively soft and essentially used to merely compliment.

Labels: bloc party, crystal castles, cut copy, doves, health, massive attack, my bloody valentine, spoon, tricky

3 Comments:

I listen to My Bloody Valentine and Joy Division back to back on rainy day moods. It does take awhile for that band to grow on you.

By  Jake Spade, at Saturday, June 14, 2008 12:58:00 AM EST  

ahh definitely!

By  Elle., at Saturday, June 14, 2008 11:49:00 AM EST  

i have to agree with the crystal castles choice...there album is really good....i don't think it has got the credit it deserved....its up there with 'the cross' and 'oi oi oi'...in my opinion

By  Anonymous, at Saturday, June 14, 2008 3:53:00 PM EST  

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