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title: Music I've Been into
author: Colton Grainger
revised: 2018-12-15
---

I also have a [hype machine account](https://hypem.com/ColtonGrainger) with a finer grained listening history, but I feel this page gives a more authentic recollection.

(Songs are contemporary unless specified.)

## Fall 2018

+ [Tessa Dixson](https://twitter.com/tessadixson)

    - [Crystal Waters](https://hypem.com/track/2t5fy/Tessa+Dixson+-+Crystal+Waters)

+ [Kllo](https://kllosounds.bandcamp.com/)

    - [Candid](https://hypem.com/track/2t28d/Kllo+-+Candid)

+ [Tourist](http://www.touristmusic.com/)

    - [Apollo](https://hypem.com/track/2sghv/Tourist+-+Apollo)

+ [Stella Donnelly](https://stelladonnelly.bandcamp.com/)

    - [Boys Will Be Boys](https://hypem.com/track/2n4e2/)

+ [Yowler](https://yowler.bandcamp.com/)

    - [Where Is My Light?](https://hypem.com/track/2sh54/Yowler+-+Where+Is+My+Light%3F)
    - [7 Towers](https://hypem.com/track/28zz0/Yowler+-+7+Towers)

+ [House of Feelings](https://houseoffeelings.bandcamp.com/)

    - [Body (feat. Denitia)](https://hypem.com/track/2sawe/)

## Summer 2018

+ [Fishdoll](https://fishdoll.bandcamp.com/album/noonsense)

    - [Panaluya](https://hypem.com/track/2pzj9/Fishdoll+-+Panaluya)
    - [Toehead](https://hypem.com/track/2qde4/Fishdoll+-+Toehead)

+ [Weslee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WESLEE)

    - [Boys Cry](https://hypem.com/track/2rqs7/WESLEE+-+Boys+Cry)
    - [Sweat Dreams](https://hypem.com/track/2r906/weslee+-+Sweat+Dreams)

+ [Chance the Rapper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_the_Rapper)

    - [65th and Ingleside](https://hypem.com/track/2rz6f/Chance+The+Rapper+-+65th+%26+Ingleside)

+ [Exhibitionist](http://exhibitionistmusic.com/)

    - [Sway](https://hypem.com/track/2r76t/Exhibitionist+-+Sway)

+ [oddnesse](https://twitter.com/oddnessemusic)

    - [Trust](https://hypem.com/track/2r936)

+ [Kllo](https://kllosounds.bandcamp.com/)

    - Nylon

## Spring 2018

- [Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Pieterszoon_Sweelinck#Werke) (1562-1621)

    - [Variations on "Mein junges Leben hat ein End," SwWV 324](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaxP91etSiI&t=103s)

- [Amen Dunes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_Dunes)

    - [Blue Rose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A64wcAgpbrM)

    > Well, I was brought up <br>
    > And we were told things <br>
    > Never to tell <br>
    > ... <br>
    > They said that I should move on from here <br>
    > Combed out my hair and started out <br>
    > And my dreams took half a drag <br>
    > Can't tell my poor mind to leave me

- [Wayward](https://soundcloud.com/waywarduk)

    - [Reykjavik](https://hypem.com/track/2qjdq/Wayward+-+Reykjavik+(Silver+Bear))

- [Chrystal](https://soundcloud.com/thisischrystal)

    - [Too Real](https://hypem.com/track/2qjg5/Chrystal+-+2+Real)

- [Simon Joyner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Joyner)

    - [The Rain Asked for a Holiday](https://hypem.com/track/2k7rq)

    > I once saw a child delivered <br>
    > He was the color of outer space <br>
    > And I saw the last expression <br>
    > That was frozen in his face <br>
    > I wasn't meant to be here

## Winter 2018

- Sebastian Mullaert

    - [You're an Orchestra in the Cosmos](https://hypem.com/track/2eea7) (Joris Voorn Remix)

- [Yaeji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaeji)

    - [Raingurl](https://soundcloud.com/godmodemusic/yaeji-raingurl-godmode)

    > And my glasses foggin’ up <br>
    > Oh yeah hey dog hey what’s up

    - [Passionfruit](https://soundcloud.com/godmodemusic/yaeji-passionfruit-drake-rework-godmode) (Drake Rework)

    - [Mountain](https://soundcloud.com/mallgrab/mountain-with-yaeji) (with Mall Grab)

- [Nils Frahm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Frahm)

    - *[Spaces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Frahm)*, 2013
    - [Says](https://nilsfrahm.bandcamp.com/album/spaces)

+ [Grandbrothers](https://www.grandbrothersmusic.com/)

    - [Bloodflow](https://grandbrothers.bandcamp.com/track/bloodflow)
    - [Ezra Was Right](https://hypem.com/track/1zh98/grandbrothers+-+Ezra+was+Right)

- [Fishmans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishmans)

    - *[Long Season](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EKEwMXmXY&t=33s)*, 1996

## Fall 2017

- [Penguin Cafe Orchestra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Cafe_Orchestra)

    - *[Union Cafe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Cafe_Orchestra#Studio_albums)*, 1993
    - [Nothing Really Blue](https://hypem.com/track/2pqw3/Penguin+Cafe+Orchestra+-+Nothing+Really+Blue#)

+ [Kllo](https://kllosounds.bandcamp.com/)

    - [Dissolve](https://hypem.com/track/2peba/Kllo+-+Dissolve)

        > Dark in your eyes, couldn't make what you're saying <br>
        > You were caught on your mouth, &hellip; <br>
        > Easy come, heating up, temptation

+ [Snail Mail](https://snailmailbaltimore.bandcamp.com/)

    - [Thinning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRHo7jDgyA)

        > I wanna spend the entire year <br>
        > Just face down &hellip; <br>
        > And spend the rest of it asking myself <br>
        > "Is this who you are?" &hellip; <br> 
        > I don't think there's anything wrong 

- [Charlie Parr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parr)

    - *[Keep Your Hands on the Plow](http://houseofmercyrecordings.com/albums/keepyourhandsontheplow.html)*, 2011
    - [Who Will Deliver Poor Me?](http://coverlaydown.com/tunes/2014/whowill.mp3)

        > Paul and Silas left in jail, all night long <br>
        > Who shall deliver poor me? 

- [Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Sakamoto)

    - [Andata](https://hypem.com/track/2nr3b/) ([Oneohtrix Point Never](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never) remix)

+ [Happy Meals](https://twitter.com/yourhappymeals)

    - *[Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony (Vol. IV--VI)](https://solow.bandcamp.com/album/full-ashram-devotional-ceremony-volumes-iv-vi)*, 2017

        > While the album is comprised of individual tracks segueing into each
        > other, for full salvation it is recommended to be listened to as one
        > continuous session.

## Summer 2017

+ [Great Grandpa](https://twitter.com/greatgrampsband)

    - *[Plastic Cough](https://hypem.com/premiere/great+grandpa)*, 2017 
    - [Faithful](https://greatgrandpa.bandcamp.com/track/faithful)

        > Get it out of my head <br>
        > her hands on your body

    - [Grounded](https://greatgrandpa.bandcamp.com/track/grounded)

        > lying in the grass <br>
        > and just watching hornets passing

- [Anna of the North](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_of_the_North)

    - [Had a Love](https://hypem.com/track/2jrbj/) (with [Vessels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vessels_(band)))
    - [The Dreamer](https://hypem.com/track/2dgkg/)

- [Christine and the Queens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_and_the_Queens)

    - [Saint Claude (Dim Sum Remix)](https://hypem.com/track/26ye8)

        > But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

+ [Litany](https://itslitany.bandcamp.com/releases)

    - [Bedroom](https://hypem.com/track/2n8ap)

        > If you wanna come to my place then <br>
        > We can talk about the weather

+ [Bernice](https://bernice.bandcamp.com/music)

    - [Don't Wanna Be European](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7OeYbZI2Gg)

        > Why take me out of this dream? <br>
        > I don't want to be anywhere else

- [Japanese Breakfast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Breakfast) (aka [Michelle Zauner](https://twitter.com/Jbrekkie))

    - [Jane Cum](https://hypem.com/track/2keqf)

        > Soulless animal keep feeding on my meat <br>
        > All my tiny bones between your teeth 

## Spring 2017

- [Hako Yamasaki](https://www.google.com/search?&q=Hako+Yamasaki)

    - *[Tobimasu](https://g.co/kgs/dpgGqz)*, 1975

+ [Cende](https://cende.bandcamp.com) 

    - [What I Want](https://hypem.com/track/2mp1c) 

        > I'm invisible <br>
        > As if you care at all

- [Simon Joyner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Joyner)

    - [You Got Under My Skin](https://hypem.com/track/29026), *Grass, Branch & Bone*, 2015

        > I know part of me is wicked <br>
        > Although some of me is brave

- [Lorde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorde)

    - [Green Light (Hotel Garuda Remix)](https://hypem.com/track/2mw94/)

        > Those great whites, they have big teeth

+ [Hoop](https://hoop.bandcamp.com/) feat [Briana Marela](http://www.brianamarela.com/)

    - [Baseboards](https://hypem.com/track/2mp4e)

        > Lean my bare back on the baseboards. <br>
        > Feeling gullible and vulnerable.

- [Kendrick Lamar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar)

    - [The Heart Part IV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbYIUnV8u7E)

        > How many leaders gon' tell you the truth after me?

- [Lusine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusine)

    - *[Sensorimotor](http://ghostly.com/releases/sensorimotor)*, 2017

        - [Just a Cloud](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10Jg_25ytU0)

+ [Hunny](http://www.hunnytheband.co/)

    - [Colder Parts](https://hypem.com/track/2hqmy)

        > You wanna set my dirty hair on fire <br>
        > You’re gonna stop my hurting

- [Marie Davidson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Davidson)

    - [Naive to the Bone](https://hypem.com/track/2jdze/)

        > But, remember what Terence[^terence] said: <br>
        > the last dance, we dance alone. 

- [Pinegrove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinegrove_(band))

    - [Size of the Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Hy56h4_TA)

        > What if we could wake up in five years and things'd be feeling alright? <br>
        > I wanna visit the future and dance in a field of light

[^terence]: [Terence McKenna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna), the "Timothy Leary of the '90s".

## Winter 2017

- [Monica Czuasz](https://www.monicaczausz.com)
    - [J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in D major, BMV 532](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YC4oV-lamk)
    - [Widor: "Choral" from Symphonie Romane, Op. 73](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIWbGTEody4)
+ [Julia Lucille](https://julialucille.bandcamp.com/)
    - [Eternally](https://hypem.com/track/2m0h7/)
    > Call but I don't answer <br>
    I long to be eternally free
- [Kami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami_(rapper))
    - [Scene Girl](https://hypem.com/track/2kp6k) (prod. [Knox Fortune](https://www.knoxfortune.com/))
    > you was lookin' too good <br>
    &hellip; started acting ugly
- [Why?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why%3F_(American_band))
    - [This Ole King](https://hypem.com/track/2k9y5/)
    > Untethered layers <br>
    So thin as paper <br>
    Let them all, like vapor <br>
    Dissipate, integrate <br>
    When they hit air
- [Car Seat Headrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Seat_Headrest)
    - [Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales](https://hypem.com/track/2g080)
    > There are notes in your handwriting <br>
    But you can't make it out
- [Jay Som](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Som)
    - [White Flag](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQRf9Ul58Ig) (cover of [Dido](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_(singer)))
    > All that was there <br>
    Will be there still <br>
    I'll let it pass
- [Vitalic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalic) 
    - *[Flashmob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashmob_(album))*, 2009 (e.g., [Second Lives](https://hypem.com/track/w2k2/Vitalic+-+Second+Lives))
    - *[OK Cowboy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Cowboy)*, 2005
    > *What can your alterego "Dario" do that you haven't been able to do?* 
    > 
    > When he finally has a crash, because he drives like a brainless kid, he dies. But it is not real because it is just a song. It has no impact. As far as I am concerned, I try to make my own excesses, which are real, not leading to a sad end. 
- [Amen Dunes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_Dunes)
    - [Lonely Richard](https://hypem.com/track/22ksd/), *Love*, 2014
    > Street preacher you know yourself <br>
    You’ve known yourself for all time
- [Colter Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colter_Wall)
    - [The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie](https://hypem.com/track/2k1zc)
    > Don't you know the devil wears a suit and tie <br>
    Saw him driving down the 61' in early July <br>
    White as a cotton field and sharp as a knife 

## Fall 2016

+ [Mazde](https://www.google.com/search?&q=mazde)
    - [Wicked Winds](https://hypem.com/track/2k0gq/)
+ [Fenne Lilly](https://www.google.com/search?q=fenne+lily)
    - [Toe to Toe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToT27qMKVp0)
    > So I'm changing all my days to make your night <br>
    It's just not right <br>
    And you tell me I'm a child
+ [Slumbers](https://slumbers.bandcamp.com)
    - [Battle](https://hypem.com/track/2jscn/Slumbers+-+Battle)
    > Maybe I am satisfied and that's the problem <br>
    Maybe I have too high expectations 
- [Kaki King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaki_King)
    - *[Junior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_(Kaki_King_album))*, 2010
    - e.g., [Spit It Back in My Mouth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9YHERMEQc)
    > You love me with all of your sweetness <br>
    Sometimes I want to feel it hard <br>
    I'll stay with you if you believe this <br>
    Or else I've got to go
    - *[Dreaming of Revenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreaming_of_Revenge)*, 2008

## Summer 2016

- *[Akira OST](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB6Ch_VAfIk&list=PLfzW_wEeYxk7IbUshBz-23-NHQ_KYB5vE)*, 1988
- [Massive Attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Attack)
    - *[Mezzanine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzanine_(album))*, 1998
    - *[Heligoland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland_(album))*, 2010
    - *[Ritual Spirit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_Spirit)*, 2016
- [Klaus Schulze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schulze)
    - *[X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(Klaus_Schulze_album))*, 1978
- [Ninja Tune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Tune)
    - *[Zen CD: a retrospective](https://www.discogs.com/Various-ZEN-CD-A-Retrospective/release/224520)*, 2004
    - *[Ninja Tune XX Vol 1](https://ninjatune.net/release/various-artists/ninja-tune-xx-volume-1)*, 2010
- [Osuma Kitajima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Kitajima)
    - *[Benzaiten](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c87ARHzyO4k)*, 1974
- [Moondog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog)
    - *[Moondog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog_(album))*, 1969
    - *[Moondog 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog_2)*, 1971
+ [Zeds Dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeds_Dead), [Diplo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplo), [Elliphant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliphant)
    - [Blame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwhdHAbuiz4)
    
## Spring 2016

- [Clap! Clap!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clap!_Clap!)
    - *[Simple EP](https://clapclap.bandcamp.com/album/simple-ep)*, 2015
    - *[Tayi Bebba](https://clapclap.bandcamp.com/album/tayi-bebba)*, 2014
- [Gorillaz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillaz)
    - *[Plastic Beach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Beach)*, 2010
- [Zero 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_7)
    - *[Another Late Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Late_Night:_Zero_7)*, 2002
    - e.g., [93 'til infinity](https://hypem.com/track/rgjc/Souls+of+Mischief+-+93+'til+Infinity) by [Souls of Mischief](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souls_of_Mischief)

## Winter 2016

- [Gustav Mahler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler)
    - *[Symphony No. 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Mahler))*, 1904
- [Deafheaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafheaven)
    - *[Sunbather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbather_(album))*, 2013
- [Ravi Shankar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar) with [Philip Glass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass)
    - *[Passages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passages_(Ravi_Shankar_and_Philip_Glass_album))*, 1990
    - e.g., [Ragas in a Minor Scale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60HvrFmkyFA) 
- [Arvo Pärt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt)
    - *[Te Deum](https://youtu.be/ZtdKBOebO5E?t=27s)*, 1985

## Fall 2015

- [Paul Simon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simon)
    - *[Graceland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland_(album))*, 1986
    - e.g., [Homeless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeless_(Paul_Simon_and_Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo_song))
- [Sylvan Esso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvan_Esso)
    - *[Syvlan Esso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvan_Esso)*, 2014
    - e.g., [Uncatena](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBgdiSsTY8)
        > I'm washing with all my friends in the kitchen <br>
        > Drying dishes turning twisting until we can run out go swimming <br>
- [Alvvays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvvays)
- [Death Grips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Grips)

## Summer 2015

- Outkast
    - Stankonia
    - Aquemini
- [Fabolous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabolous)
- [Major Lazor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lazer)
    - *[Peace is the Mission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lazer#2015%E2%80%9316:_Peace_is_the_Mission_and_Extended)*
- [Jungle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_(band))
    - [Busy Earning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsfftwLUf0)

## Spring 2015

- recycled EDM, trip-hop
- Flying Lotus
- Galatica

## Winter 2015

- Arvo Pärt
- Charlie Parr

## Summer 2014

- [Le Tigre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Tigre)
    - *[Le Tigre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Tigre_(album))*, 1999
    - e.g., [Deceptacon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ThBZgZI7yA)
- [Foxygen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxygen)
    - [Cosmic Vibrations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yTsz90FvU)
    - [How Can You Really?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqW7EfA3VWE)
- Kayne West
    - *Yeesus*
- [Sufjan Stevens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufjan_Stevens)
    - *[Seven Swans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Swans)*, 2004

## Spring 2014 

- [The Knife](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knife)
    - *[Shaking the Habitual](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaking_the_Habitual)*, 2013
    - e.g., [A Tooth for an Eye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W10F0ezCTIQ)
        > "Who are the people we trust as our leaders and why?"
    - *[Deep Cuts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Cuts_(The_Knife_album))*, 2003
    - e.g., [You Make Me Like Charity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX2EiBKqITs)
        > You try to feel but you can't wake up <br>
        > You try to touch but you can't wake up
- [Simon & Garfunkel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel)
    - *[Sounds of Silence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Silence)*, 1971
    - *[Bridge Over Troubled Water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water)*, 1970
    - *[Bookends](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookends_(album))*, 1968
    - e.g., [Save the Life of My Child](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diNi6F4usCM)
    > The woman from the supermarket <br>
    Ran to call the cops. <br>
    "He must be high on something," someone said.

## Winter 2014

- [Major Lazer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lazer)
    - *[Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_Don%27t_Kill_People..._Lazers_Do)*, 2009
    - *[Free the Universe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_the_Universe)*, 2013
    - e.g., [Get Free (ft. Amber of the Dirty Projectors)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytIfSuy_mOA)

## 2013

- [Liars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liars_(band))
    - *[WIXIW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIXIW)*, 2012
- [mewithoutYou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MewithoutYou)
    - pretty much everything
- [9th Wonder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Wonder)
    - *[Spirit of '94: Version
        9.0](https://www.google.com/search?&q=spirit+of+94+version+9.0)*, 2005
    - e.g., [Soul Dojo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wor56QREv0) ft. [Kaze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaze_(rapper)) (and [Essence of Life Remix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9b51ic68aM))
    > Turning water into wine <br> 
    Making dollars out of fifteen cents
    - *[The Dream Merchant Vol. 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Merchant_Vol._1)*, 2005
    - *[The Dream Merchant Vol. 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Merchant_Vol._2)*, 2007
- [First Aid Kit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Aid_Kit_(band))
    - [When I Grow Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNaZW7VDdHA)
    > I put my soul in what I do <br>
    > Last night I drew a funny man <br>
    > With dark eyes and a hanging tongue

- Angel Olsen
- Tyler the Creator
- Arvo Pärt
- Conner Oberst 

## 2012

- [James Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blake_(musician))
    - *[James Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blake_(album))*, 2011
- [Four Tet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Tet)
- Flying Lotus
- Portishead
- [Joanna Newsom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Newsom)
- [Coco Rosie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CocoRosie)
- [BADBADNOTGOOD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadBadNotGood)
- [Animal Collective][ac]
    - *[Campfire Songs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campfire_Songs_(album))*, 2003
    - *[Animal Crack Box](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Crack_Box)*, 2000--2003
    - *[Keep (EP)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_%2B_Animal_Collective)*, 2011

## 2011

- Giraffes? Giraffes!
- Bright Eyes
    *[Take it Easy (Love Nothing)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_It_Easy_(Love_Nothing))*, 2006
        > Now I do as I please and lie through my teeth <br>
        > Someone might get hurt, but it won't be me
- Amen Dunes
    - *[Through the Donkey Jaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe9hF7AOKIE)*
    - e.g., [Christopher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vIXvP7s48g)
        > I took the fall <br>
        > When Christopher said <br>
        > That he thought he had died <br>
        > From something I gave him
- [Warpaint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warpaint_(band))
    - *[Exquisite Corpse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_Corpse_(EP))*, 2008
    - e.g., [Burgundy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EWiY9xXrug)
    - *[The Fool](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_(Warpaint_album))*, 2010
    - e.g., [Undertow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3orS1TSc_A)
        > Why you wanna blame me for your troubles? <br>
        > ... you better learn your lesson yourself. <br>
        > Nobody ever has to find out <br>
        > what's in my mind tonight. 
- [Animal Collective][ac]
    - *[Prospect Hummer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_Hummer)*, 2005
    - *[Water Curses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Curses)*, 2008
    - *[Fall Be Kind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Be_Kind)*, 2009
- [Sufjan Stevens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufjan_Stevens)
    - *[The Age of Adz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Adz)*, 2010

## 2010

- Baths
    - *Cerulean*
- Crystal Castles
- Ratatat
- Gorillaz
- The National 
    - *High Violet*
- [Animal Collective][ac]
    - *[Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_They%27re_Gone,_Spirit_They%27ve_Vanished)*, 1999

## 2009 

- Regina Spektor
- [Animal Collective][ac]
    - *[Feels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feels_(album))*, 2005
    - *[Strawberry Jam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Jam)*, 2007
    - *[Merriweather Post Pavilion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriweather_Post_Pavilion_(album))*, 2009
- Fleet Foxes
- Grizzly Bear
- The XX
- [Atmosphere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_(music_group))
    - *[When Life When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOiluphTRqs)*, 2008
    - *[Sad Clown Bad Summer 9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Clown_Bad_Summer_9)*, 2007
    - e.g., [Sunshine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AckhnLpwceM)
        > Ridin my bike around these lakes man <br>
        > Feelin like I finally figured out my escape plan <br>
        > Take it all and the day started off all wrong <br>
        > Somehow now that hangover is all gone <br>
- [Hilltop Hoods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilltop_Hoods)
    - [The Nosebleed Section](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqCyTM1bF6Q)
    > take a plane to Japan, and drink sake with mafia <br>
    > Fly to Libya for some Bacardi with Qaddafi <br>
    > [or] a dinner date, followed by a funk show <br>
    > we'll rip off our tops and jump around in the front row

## 2008    

- [Snow Patrol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Patrol)

    - [Chasing Cars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaKr98ktoxU)

- [Radiohead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead)

    - [Nude (Remix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow4qA5rY-sY)

- [M.I.A.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper))

    - *[Kala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kala_(album))*
    - e.g., [Boyz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcN1i6Qcjxg)

        > How many no money boyz are rowdy <br>
        > How many start a war <br>
        > ... oooo gosh it's the new warlord 

- [MGMT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGMT)

    - *[Oracular Spectacular](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracular_Spectacular)*
    - e.g., [Electric Feel (Justice Remix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWigCggVv2Y)

        > All along the western front, <br>
        > people line up to receive <br>
        > She got the power in her hand <br> 
        > to shock you like you won't believe

## 2007

- [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake)

    - *[FutureSex/LoveSounds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FutureSex/LoveSounds)*, 2006

- [Death Cab for Cutie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Cab_for_Cutie)

    - *[Transatlanticism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlanticism_(album))*, 2003
    - e.g., [Tiny Vessels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyLCq1yaCTw)

        > Tiny vessels oozed into your neck <br>
        > And formed the bruises, <br>
        > That you said you didn't want to fade ...

    - *[Plans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plans_(album))*, 2005
    - e.g., [What Sarah Said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqfrlPmLJlI)

        > I stared at my shoes <br>
        > In the ICU <br>
        > That reeked of piss and 409 ...


## 2005 and earlier 

- [Linkin Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park) 
- [Green Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Day)
- the Beatles
- Coldplay

[ac]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Collective

## Meta

Why keep this record?

- For motivation. I see musicians as

    - disciplined ([practicing scales](https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/64250/do-advanced-musicians-still-practice-scales-every-day/64257#64257), for example)
    - collaborative
    - capable of prolific output

- I wanted to "chew on" a small chunk of data.

- For recreation. I used to DJ and burned out.    

- It's also a personal [liturgy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy)---a songbook for seasons and occasions.


Could this page incorporate other media? Illustrations, for example? (Nope, see my [art log](/art-log).)

Lastly, isn't keeping track "hand rolled" sort of tedious? Well, in this way I'm encouraging myself to *pay attention* to the music/art I surround myself with, as historically I've had really wild psychic entropy listening to both EDM music and visual art. 

Doing it by hand for now is fine; it will be harder to get lost in Diplo/Galatica for 6 months.

> *Erkennen wir in der Tragödie einen durchgreifenden Stilgegensatz: 
> Sprache, Farbe, Beweglichkeit, Dynamik der Rede treten 
> in der dionysischen Lyrik des Chors und andrerseits in 
> der apollinischen Traumwelt der Scene als völlig 
> gesonderte Spren des Ausdrucks aus einander.*[^tragodie]

> We find in tragedy an unmanagable contrast of style: 
> speech, color, flexibility, the power of telling manifest 
> in the dionysian lyric of the chorus and, on the other hand, 
> in the apollonian dreamworld of the scene, 
> as totally separate spheres of expression.

[^tragodie]: Nietzsche, [Die Geburt der Tragödie](https://archive.org/stream/diegeburtdertrag00niet/diegeburtdertrag00niet_djvu.txt), 1886