I really wish that Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello had stuck with the early IDM, glitch-pop sound of his first two records. Life is Full of Possibilities and the Seaonsal EP are both works that explore these roots while simultaneously branching out in new and surprisingly complimentary directions. Figurine, while inferior, still crafted some of the best electro twee pop there's ever been. And while I love Postal Service, I feel this musical endeavor, as well as the Tamborello's first follow-up record, the dismal James Figurine record, mark the beginning of an unfortunate change in Tamborello's musical orientation. Everything that was…

If I were an album, a sonic musical landscape, I would be Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children.

If I were an album as other people see me (or as I think they see me, or maybe even as I, at times, want them to see me), I would be múm's Finally We Are No One.

If I were an album with lyrics, or rather, a more traditional lyrical song structure, I would be Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlanticism.

You all make of that what you will. And for the record,…

*FOR SOME REASON THIS MP3 FILE DOESN'T LIKE WINAMP. I SUGGEST RUNNING IT IN ITUNES. I HAVE NOT YET TRIED IT IN WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER*

I Am Remembering You (You Were Sparkling)
Claire Love

1. Boards of Canada - Wildlife Analysis
2. Aphex Twin - Xtal
3. Pass Into Silence - Voices
4. Madonna - Drowned Word/Substitue for Love
5. The Chemical Brothers - Hold Tight London
6. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
7. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights (John Tejada Remix)
8. Junior Boys - In the Morning (Hot Chip Remix)
9.…

so i've listened to the album through three times now, and i tried to give it a fair shot. i have tried to listen to it as if it is by an artist i've never heard before. but it's just not doing it for me. i love, love dance pop. my playlist is full of it. but this is just not good dance pop. good indie dance pop is lcd soundystem or cut copy or css or hot chip or maybe even caribou. leaning toward the more disco side, kylie minogue is an example of a very solid dancey…

Name your top 10 artists played on last.fm:

1. Rilo Kiley
2. Boards of Canada
3. Manual
4. Aphex Twin
5. DNTEL
6. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
7. Death Cab for Cutie
8. Sufjan Stevens
9. Four Tet
10. The Go Find

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
This is a difficult question to answer because I'd heard most of the songs that appear on this album as live, basically solo Jenny songs before the album was released. Of those, I don't remember which one I…

So I’m sure all of us have compiled this list either in our heads, out loud, or on paper at least once in our life. The last time I sat down and decisively ranked the music I was listening to I was probably 17, and I think it should go without saying that in 4 years my taste has changed drastically. For one thing, I listen to electronica now. A lot. It’s pretty much the only thing I listen to. When I was 17, I refused to listen to it because I thought all electronic music sounded like bad house…

this mix took me 11 months to make, and really, i'm still not sure it's done. i'm all not sure of the title. "all for you" would also work. but. this mix details the final end of an "epic" love. the story of the relationship is spelled out through the majority of my previous mixes. but this time when it ended, and i am the one who ended it this time, it ended for good. 11 months ago. when a relationship that intense finally ends, it’s really weird, and that’s the kind of feeling i tried to capture in this…

okay. so, some of you loyal readers may remember a mix that i started making back in JUNE which was intended to narrate my latest and final break-up with my boyfriend of three years. i stalled out that at about four songs, and since have advanced two, the latest of which came today thanks to my discovery of my brightest diamond, via a recommendation by colin meloy in rolling stone. i know, i am THAT cool. anyway, i'm pretty happy with my (6 song) mix so far, but i still need help. previous recommendations definitely yielded some great songs,…

i desperately need your assistance. i need the best of the best of songs that convey one or more of these messages both lyrically and musically:

- i fucking hate you
- i'm leaving you
- i'll never get over you
- i'm fucking over you
- i'm so much happier since you're gone

go!!

okay. so i'm obsessive about the mix cds and the mix cd making process. i like to make them every time i have a particularly persistent mood shift as a way of exploring or navigating my emotions. for me, they almost always have to tell stories from the first track to the last.

i've been stuck on my current project since the beginning of june, and so far i've only successfully selected four tracks. the mood i'm going for is rather complicated.

the backstory to this mix is that in the beginning of june i broke up with my boyfriend…