Cat Stevens - If You Want To Sing Out

Heard this in the movie "Harold and Maude"

Cat Stevens - If You Want To Sing Out

"Stole Your Heart" by Annie Little and Marcus Ashley

This is a song featured on one of the commercials for Amazon Kindle.

Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside

I found out about this song from Mark's friend's blog: girlmusic.

Anyways, Broken Bells is a fairly new American indie rock band, active since 2009. The band consists of two people, James Mercer and Brian Burton (aka "Danger Mouse"). If you're interested in them, check out their site: www.brokenbells.com

I really like the sound of this band. If you want to listen to their first single, "The High Road," then [expand post]! I really like that song as well.




Broken Bells - The High Road

Aquarian Dream - Phoenix

Aquarian Dream - Phoenix

Ciarra Marie - Call You Mine

My friend Catherine and I were jamming today after I helped her with Accounting homework.

She then introduced me to her friend Ciarra who plays the guitar/ukelele.
She told me how this song was written for her and I thought that was pretty cool and I'd share this with you all.

Ciarra Marie - Call You Mine

Sublime with Rome - What I Got

I've been hearing the new song on the radio, liking the fact that I've been hearing ska on the radio, but not really realizing what's going.

If you didn't realize this like me, basically, two other guys in band wanted to start again, but Brad Nowell's family didn't want them to use the sublime name. In any case, they settled and now they're "sublime with rome" with this guy Rome Ramirez and I can't figure out if he's done anything before.

He's got a decent voice, but he's not Brad Nowell, and I hope he doesn't try to be. I liken it to Catch-22 after Tomas Kalnoky except Kalnoky is still alive and the bitterness was between members and family rather than members and ex-members.

Arisaka Mika - Life Goes On

2nd Ending theme of Gundam SEED Destiny

Arisaka Mika - Life Goes On

Timothy Victor - This is My City

I can't get this song out of my head. I've been bumming and decided to watch all of Series 2 of Skins--I had seen Series 1 a year ago, or so. It's featured at the end of episode 9 which is Cassie's episode. Very strong episode with a great song to end it. It was a huge sensation when it aired in 2008 and NO ONE could find ANY information on the composer/singer/band. I had trouble finding it even now, 2 years later, but found it and here it is. Fantastic mix of Adele-like lyrics and haunting piano/violin synergistic medley. Video after the break...

YUM.



PS Maine, I haven't added to The Wire Box in ages, so feel free to clean up? :D

Adele - Right As Rain

Adele - Right As Rain

Yes Giantess - Tuff N Stuff

Yes Giantess - Tuff N Stuff

I discovered this song while visiting the Tumblr of an acquaintance. Very much Passion Pit. AND, I discovered (on their Myspace) that this group, Yes Giantess, toured with LA ROUX. Now I'm even more intrigued. I will definitely follow these guys.

PLUS, they COVERED La Roux's "I'm Not Your Toy"!! Click this link (from their TUMBLR) to listen: http://www.chasenicholl.com/yesgiantess_imnotyourtoy.mp3.

"Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO

Electric Light Orchestra, good stuff. Just want to take a moment to throw in a mini-promo to 2 new music blogs you should check out: THIS IS CEREAL and GirlMusic, run by myself and my friend JD, respectively. I ain't bailing from WireBox; I just want to have a place to post more underground bands - maybe even help provide exposure to some bands. Enjoy!

Passion Pit - The Reeling

Passion Pit - The Reeling

Glen Hansard - Fallen From the Sky

Glen Hansard - Fallen From the Sky

One of the songs that I adore from the movie Once. Pleeease watch this movie!

Fuck Yeah Mashups!

http://fuckyeahmashups.tumblr.com/

This is the best website I've heard of in a while.

DJ Melodie - Excape

DJ Melodie - Excape

Nujabes - Kumoni

Still can't believe he's gone.

Thank you for the reflections, they are surely eternal.

Thank you for the latitudes, the flowers, the world ending in rhapsodies, the horizons, the eclipses, the hoping and counting stars, the song of the seasons, the kumoni’s, the mystlines, the peacelands, the luv sics, your music from Samurai Champloo, your mixtapes, and every single track that made my day and made my struggles eased.

Thank you for giving me your style, your genre, your originality, your flavor, your soul, and your love.

Rest In Peace and Paradise.

Check out the albums Modal Soul, Metaphorical Music, Mellow Beats, Friends & Lovers, any of the Hydeout Productions, and mixtapes.




Nujabes - Kumoni

A Letter to Elise

Original by the Cure



A cover by blink-182


One by Sense Field which inspired this post

3582 - I Would Change

3582 - I Would Change

"Ring the Bell" by YACHT

I was watching this show on Independent Film Channel called Dinner with the Band, and YACHT was one of the bands on the show.

Big Star - Thirteen

Just found out Alex Chilton died before he could play at SXSW. Sad. Probably should do one of these for Nujabes too, huh?

Five Deez - Hey Young World

Five Deez - Hey Young World

Leona Lewis - My Hands

This is the theme song for the NA and EUR version of Final Fantasy XIII. Is anyone else confused or just me?

Regardless, I like the battle system for the most part, but it's otherwise a fairly lackluster game. I'm guessing square wanted to make a pretty looking game that's fun to play, but not really engaging otherwise. Also, the only character remotely likable is Sazh. He's a BAMF.

DJ Deckstream - Life's A Bitch

DJ Deckstream - Life's A Bitch

Yusef Lateef - Love Theme from The Robe

Yusef Lateef - Love Theme from The Robe

Moonpools and Caterpillars - Hear

Moonpools and Caterpillars - Hear

The Album Leaf - The Outer Banks

The Album Leaf - The Outer Banks

Streetlight Manifesto - Such Great Heights

I loathed the Iron & Wine cover of this song. This is a bit more interesting and entertaining.

Streetlight's 99 Songs of the Revolution comes out today featuring a number of covers including this one. A ska band cover album, another one? I don't know what it is with punk music and covers, but hey, this is still pretty interesting.

Nomak - Emanation

Nomak - Emanation

Explosions in the Sky - Time Stops

Explosions in the Sky - Time Stops

Bat For Lashes - Daniel

Bat For Lashes - Daniel

Dustin Kim - It's the Weekend

Dustin Kim - It's the Weekend

Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack - Lightning's Theme

Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack - Lightning's Theme

Paul Wright - From Sunrise to Sunset

Paul Wright - From Sunrise to Sunset

Fang Island - Daisy

Today, I received the following text:

Pick up Yarn Island's ST at some point. Band describes it as "high fiving everyone at once" and it's a pretty good description.

*Fang Island

Sounds about right to me

Legaci, Cathy Nguyen, and Traphik - Baby (Justin Bieber Cover)

Simply amazing.

Legaci, Cathy Nguyen, and Traphik - Baby (Justin Bieber Cover)

Pmac feat. JVoQalZ - Nothing On Me

Pmac feat. JVoQalZ - Nothing On Me

Clara Chung - Winner of Kollaboration 10

Top three were clearly her, Bhangra Empire and Jason Yang. I honestly wasn't sure in which order to rank them though. I've got to admit, playing a song no one there had ever heard was pretty gutsy on her part.

Armin van Buuren & Sharon den Adel - In And Out Of Love

Armin van Buuren & Sharon den Adel - In And Out Of Love

Charice ft. Iyaz - "Pyramid"

The song is pretty standard, I'm just kind of surprised that she collabed with Iyaz 0.o

Speaking of collabs, my girlfriend won tickets to Kollaboration through Disgrasian. So yes, you should all be freaking jealous.

DJ RX-78 - Gundam Wing Mix

Wow, they made a break dancing break beat from Gundam Wing...

DJ RX-78 - Gundam Wing Mix

Jimmy Eat World - Half Right

Their cover of the Heatmiser song, which they reference in their song "Kill." They give it a fuller sound than the old recordings of Heatmiser or the acoustic version that ended up on the Elliott Smith "New Moon" album. It also gives it a bit more poppier radio friendly sound in that sense.

But it's still, in my opinion, one of the prettiest songs ever written.

Origa - Inner Universe

From the anime "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex".
The song is sung in three different languages: Latin, Russian and English.

Origa - Inner Universe

Protest Music! Matt Embree - Overcome

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass

Jana Verdes - Bright Eyes (original)

Jana Verdes - Bright Eyes (Original)

"Would've Been the One" by Solange

I can't explain why I like this song. It's so strange.

Ketsumeishi - Sakura

Ketsumeishi - Sakura

The Strokes - Someday

The Strokes - Someday