Music:
lately, these cats:
Music is my emotional currency, and just like all other forms of currency, it's something that makes a lot more sense when it's shared. I know, with all this talk of sharing and social change and whatnot you're probably thinking "hey, this kid is a pinko commie bastard", but I'm actually a pinko anarcho-syndicalist bastard, so next time don't be so hasty to judge, alright? anyway, most of the music I listen to comes from fellow members of the amar collective , which is crazy good stuff. like hyphy good.
Then there's the other stuff, in painstaking alphabetical order. This is not everything I listen to. That would seriously bore the shit out of you. Come to think of it, this will too:
!!!, abdel gadir salim, a bossa eletrica, abstract rude, ade bantu, adam freeland, adult, aeroc, aesop rock, africando, afro cuban all-stars, afrodisiac sound system, afro-mystik, against me!, agent sparks, the aggrovators, air, airto moreira, the aggrovators, akoya afrobeat ensemble, akufen, albert king, the album leaf, al di meola, al green, alice smith, ali farka toure, alison krauss, almer imamovic, all girl summer fun band, aloha, alpha and omega, amadou and mariam, ambali adedeji, the american analog set, amiina, and you will know us by the trail of the dead, andres segovia, andrew hill, andrzej jagodzinski, angelique kidjo, animal collective, the animals, anja garbarek, annie, the anniversary, ann peebles, antibalas, antonio carlos jobim, antony and the johnstons, aphex twin, apparat, the appleseed cast, the apples in stereo, the arcade fire, archer prewitt, architecture in helsinki, area f, aretha franklin, ariel pink, armenian navy band, aroah, arsenal, art ensemble of chicago, art tatum, asobi seksu, astrud gilberto, asymmetrical head, atomic bomb zigoto, at the drive-in, a tribe called quest, autechre, the avalanches, average white band, ayonko asiwa group, baaba maal, badawi, bad dudes, badly drawn boy, the bad plus, badi assad, balla sidibe, balun, the band, bama and the family, banco de gaia, bardo pond, the bar-kays, battles, bb king, the beach boys, beachwood sparks, the beakers, beat happening, the beatles (yeah, that band), the beastie boys (some songs are actually way better than what you might expect based on their singles), the beatnuts, bebel gilberto, bebo valdes, bebo y cigala, beck (even though he's a scientologist), belle and sebastian, bell orchestre, bembeya jazz, ben davis, benevento/russo duo, ben folds, ben harper, ben kweller, ben wa, the bens, beth gibbons, betty davis, beulah, b. fleischmann, bijelo dugme, bikini kill, bill laswell, billie holiday, billy bragg, big brother and the holding company, bjork, black heart procession, the black keys, black moth super rainbow, black star, blackaclicious, blind faith, blitzen trapper, blonde redhead, blondie, the blow, boards of canada, the boban marcovic orkestar, bo diddley, bob dylan, bob marley, bodycode, bonnie prince billy, booker t and the mg's, the books, boom bip, bootsy collins (not the ballads so much), the brand new heavies, brazilian girls, breakbeat era, breakestra, breaks co-op, the breeders, brian eno, the brian jonestown massacre, brian wilson, bright eyes, brigth engelberts, britt daniel, broadcast, brokeback, broken social scene, bruno nicolai, buari, buckwheat boyz (what can I say?), buddy guy, budos band, buffy sainte-marie, bukky leo & black egypt, buena vista social club, bunzu sounds, butch cassidy sound system, cabaret voltaire, cacoy, CAETANO VELOSO, cafe tacuba, cake, cal tjader, calexico, calla, calvin johnson, camille, can, canned heat, cannonball adderley, captain beefheart, the cardigans, cardinal rex jim lawson, caribou, casiotone for the painfully alone, the cassettes, cat power, cat stevens, caural, cave in, celia cruz, cepia, cesaria evora, ceu, cex, chad van gaalen, charles mingus, charlie haden liberation music orchestra, charlie hunter, charlie parker, cheb i sabbah, cheick-tidiane seck, chet baker, chicago underground duo/trio/quartet/quintet/orchestra, chick corea, chief udoh essiet, chief umobuarie and his group, the chiffons, chin up chin up, choklate, christopher o'riley, christopher willits, chuck berry, cibelle, cibo matto, the cinematic orchestra, cinemechanica, clara nunes, the clash, claude debussy, the clientele, clinic, clogs, clube balanca, cocorosie, coldcut, coldplay (pre-arena rock), coleman hawkins, common, compay segundo, compost one hundred, the concretes, the contours, cornelius, cornershop, count basie, cream, creation, creedence clearwater revival, crime in choir, the crystals, css, the cure, currituck co., curtis mayfield, cut chemist, cymande, dabrye, daedelus, daft punk, damien jurado, damien rice, d'angelo, dangerdoom, danger mouse, darkel, the darkness, david bowie, david coulter, david gray, david pajo, davey graham, david ruffin, dead can dance, dead meadow, death cab for cutie (on occasion), death from above 1979, death in vegas, the decemberists, deerhoof, defacto, de la soul, del rey, del shannon, dele sosimi, the delfonics, deltron/del tha funkee homosapien, demis roussos, dengue fever, dennis ferrer, deru, the descendents, desmond dekker, deus, devendra banhart, devo, devotchka, diane cluck, dilated peoples, dillinger escape plan, dillinger four, dinah washington, dinosaur jr, diverse, d.i.y. dub club, dizzy gillespie, dj food, dj format, dj krust, dj logic, dj shadow, dj tonk, djivan gasparyan, dntel, dokaka, don caballero, don matias, donovan, the doors, dorothy ashby, dosh, double j, doves, dr core 911 (korean dancepunk/rap... I don't know if they're still around), dr john, the dramatics, dr. octagon, dr. victor olaiya, dry and heavy (japanese dub!), dub narcotic sound system, dub syndicate, dub trio, dudley perkins, eagles of death metal, earth wind and fire, eastern minstrels, east river pipe, easy star all-stars, eazy e, ebenezer obey, edan, eddie boyd, eddie harris, eddie quansah, edith piaf, eek a mouse, efterklang, eliades ochoa, ella fitzgerald, elders of zion, electric president, elephonic, eletrosamba, elf power, ella fitzgerald, ellen allien, elliott smith, elsie mae, el ten eleven, elton john, eltro, elvis costello, elysian fields, emiliana torrini, emily haines, emmanuel jal, emmylou harris, engine down, ennio morricone, entrance, envelopes, eric von essen, erik b and rakim, erik satie, erland oye, espers, esthero, estradasphere, etubom rex william, explosions in the sky, ezekiel honig, failure, the faint, the fairfield four, fania all stars, faraquet, fatboy slim, faux pas, faze action, feathers, feist, FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI, femi kuti, fennesz, feso trombone, figurine, fila brazilia, final fantasy, fiona apple, fire tongue & chief cook, fischerspooner, the flaming lips, four tet, the frames, francois hardy, franco tamponi, frankoye, frank zappa, free, free moral agents, freestyle fellowship, frou frou, fruit bats, fujiya & miyagi, fugazi, the fugees, fugu, funkadelic, funkmaster flex, fussible, gal costa, gangstarr, garbage, gary davis, gasper lawal, gastr del sol, gecko turner, geoff farina, george benson, george danquah, george harrison, george kahn, ghetto blaster, gianluca petrella, giardini di miro, gilberto gil, gil scott-heron, ginkgo, girma beyene, gladys knight and the pips, gnarls barkley, godspeed you! black emperor, gogogo airhheart, golden, golden boys, goldfrapp, gong, gonzales, gonzalo rubalcaba, goran bregovic, gorillaz, the go! team, grand pianormax, grandaddy, grant green, the greenhornes, greenskeepers, greg davis, greg osby, gregory isaacs, groove armada (older stuff), group home, guided by voices, the guillemots, gustavo santaolalla, gyedu-blay ambolley, gypsy kings, habana all-stars, habib koite, the hairbrain scheme, handsome boy modelling school, happy end (well, just that one lost in translation song), the harbours band, harold budd, harry and the potters, harry mcclintock, harry nilsson, haruna ishola, head like a kite, the heavy blinkers, heavy joker, the helio sequence, hella, helter skelter, henry mancini, the herbaliser, her space holiday, herbie hancock, herbie mann, hidden in buildings, the high llamas, hive, the hold steady, holly golightly, hometaping, hope sandoval, howlin' wolf, hugh masekala, hylozoists, ibrahim ferrer, ice, ice t, idaho, iggy pop, igor stravinsky, ikenga super stars of africa, ikhwani safaa musical club, ikwunga, il_ya, i love you but i've chosen darkness, ima robot, immortal technique, imogen heap, the impossible five, incubus (despite the fact that they made a plug for wal-mart on their website and their music borders on ubercheeseball), ingram marshall, inlantic, innerzone orchestra, the international noise conspiracy, interpol, intuit, iron and wine, isaac hayes (scientologist?!?), isabelle antenna, isis, isotope 217, jack johnson (on occasion), the jackson five, jaga jazzist, the jahlights, jah warrior, jah wobble, the jai alai savant, james booker, james brown, james coit, jamie lidell, jamiroquai (older stuff), jason anderson, javali afrika, javi p3z orquesta, jawbox, jazzanova, jazzinho, j boogie's dubtronic science, j dilla, jean knight, jeff buckley, jello biafra, jem, jenny lewis with the watson twins (on occasion), the jesus and mary chain, jets to brazil, jim o'rourke, jimi hendrix, jimmy and mama estella yancey, jimmy cliff, jimmy mcgriff, jimmy ruffin, jimmy smith, j live, joan baez, joanna newsom, joao gilberto, john cale, john cage, john coltrane, john frusciante, john lee hooker, john lennon, johny hartman, jon brion, jon hassell, joni mitchell, jorge ben, jorge ben jor, jose feliciano, jose gonzalez, josephine foster, joy division, jr walker and the all stars, juana molina, the juan maclean, juca chaves, jucifer, julian bream, julian priester pepo mtoto, julia sarr, julieta venegas, june of 44, junior boys, junior senior, junya nakano, justice, kadet kunhe, kahimi karie, kala ramnath, kaleta, kanda bongo man, kanye west (ridiculously arrogant, but at least mildly socially conscious), kaos, karate, katia b, kayode olajide, keb mo, kelp!, kenji eno, kenji ninuma, kenny burrell, kevin shields, kid 606, kid loco, kieren hebden and steve reid collaborations, kiln, king jammy, king sunny ade, king tubby, kings of convenience, the kinks, kinky, kirinji, the knife, knuf, kol oud tof trio, kollington ayinla, kongas, kool and the gang, k-os, kotoja, kraftwerk, kronos quartet, KRS-one, kruder and dorfmeister, kt tunstall, kurious, l'altra, ladysmith black mambazo, ladytron (though I don't think I will ever be able to listen to witching hour again in my life after working at tower), laika, lali puna, landing, land shark, larry harlow, larry williams, lateduster, laurence revey, lauryn hill, lcd soundsystem, led zeppelin, lee "scratch" perry, lee ranaldo, leftover crack, lekan babaloa, lekaun animshaun, le magicien, leo kottke, leon russel, leonard cohen, leonel almeida, les gammas, les georges leningrad, les sans culottes, le tigre (I still hold bikini kill closer to my heart), the libertines, lightning bolt, lightnin hopkins, the lijadu sisters, lisa papineau, little barrie, little milton, little richard, little wings, the living legends, llyods all stars, lois, lonnie johnson, lootpack, lord kitchener, lord sear, los amigos invisibles, los aterciopelados, los fabulosos cadillacs, loscil, lou reed, louis armstrong, love, low, the low frequency in stereo, luciano, luis enrique bacalov, luiz bonfa, lusine, lyrics born, m ward, madita, madkap, madness, mad professor, madlib, madvillain, maestro echoplex, the magnetic fields, mahavishnu orchestra, mahjongg, make-up, mandalay, man man, mano negra, manouk, manu chao, manu dibango, manuel galban, manuel "puntillita" licea, mapenda seck, maps and atlases, marcelinho da lua, marcelo d2, marconi union, marc thomas, marisa monte, mark mothersbaugh, mark ronson, the mars volta (especially tremulant era), martha and the vandellas, martha wainwright, the marvelettes, marvin gaye, mary love, mary wells, massak, massive attack, masters at work, matata, matisyahu (despite some weird zionist vibes I get from him and the fact that he will most likely be one of those things our culture will look back at and think is lame), matmos, massak, maw, mazzy star, mc5, medeski martin and wood, medoune diallo, mellow, melodians, the melvins, menomena, the meters, metric, mf doom (king geedorah, viktor vaughn, etc.), michael jackson (the black years), mice parade, the microphones, microstoria, migala, miguel "anga" diaz, mike ejeagha, the mighty imperials, miles davis, minus 8, minus story, minus the bear, mirah, miroslav vitous, mississsippi john hurt/fred mcdowell/any other delta guy with mississippi in his name, mitchell akiyama, modern groove assembly, modern jazz quartet, modest mouse, mogwai, mongo santamaria, montag, morcheeba, morgan packard, mory kante, mos def, mosquitos, moussa doumbia, mstrkrft, muddy waters, mujuru and mariaira (mbira duo), mulatu astatke, mum, the murder city devils, murs, muslimgauze, my bloody valentine, nafro, nancy sinatra, nat king cole, nathaniel merriweather, nautilus, ndiouga deng, n8e, nelly furtado (even back when it wasn't cool to like her... not that it's particularly cool to like her now), neu!, neutral milk hotel, the new pornographers, the new year, nick drake, nico, nicola samale, nigerian army rhythm group, nightmares on wax, nils petter molvaer, NINA SIMONE, the 1900's, nino moschella, nirvana, nitin sawnhey, no 1 de no 1, no one is innocent, nobody, nobukazu takemura, nortec collective, the north valley subconscious orchestra, the notwist, nouvelle vague, novi singers, nubuo uetmatsu, nwa, nyamamusango, nyoto ndogo, the observers, ocote soul sounds, odisea, ofo the black company, the ohio players, ohmega watts, old time relijun, oliveira, oliver mukudzi, olivia lufkin, the olivia tremor control, omara portuondo, oneness of juju, open foraina, oranger, the orb, orchestra baobab, orchestre poly-rythmo de cotonou dahomey, orchestre regional de kayes, ornette coleman, orquestra america romantica, orlando julius, os mutantes, otis redding, otis rush, otto, oum kalthoum, out hud, outkast, ozomatli, p funk all stars, paco de lucia, pajo/papa m/aerial m, paloma, pan.american, panico, parliament, parts & labor, party boys (jimbo duck!), patrice larose, pavement, peaches, the peddlers, pedro the lion, penguin cafe orchestra (psych years), people under the stairs, percy mayfield, per mission, peru negro, peter king, the pharcyde, pharoah sanders, phillip glass, phil ochs, phoenix, phil ochs, piero umiliani, the pillows, pinback, pine*am, pink floyd (general trend: earlier the better), pink martini, the pinkertones, the pillows, pizzicato five, pj harvey, the places, plant life, plastilina mosh, +/-, the poets of rhythm, the police, polysics, poncho sanchez, portishead, praxis, prefuse 73, preston school of industry, the pretenders, prince, propellerheads, the prodigy, project e.l.f., psapp, public enemy, puffy amiyumi, pyramid, qua, quantic/quantic soul orchestra, quasimoto, queen, queen ida and her zydeco band, rachels, radiohead, rage against the machine, the rakes, ramsey lewis, the rapture, ratatat, ravi shankar, ray barretto, ray charles, the rebirth, the red hot chili peppers, reflection eternal, the refugee all stars, refused, regina spektor, rehash, the replacements, return to forever, richard devine, rjd2, robert johnson, roberto fonseca, robinella, rob mazurek, the rolling stones, roommate, the roots, roots manuva, roots radics, rosa chance well, rosalia de souza, ros sereysothea, ruben garcia, ruben gonzalez, rudolphe gomis, run chico run, rush (music by lame canadians for lame canadians... in your face robin), the rwenzoris, ry cooder, ryco jazz, ryuichi sakamoto, the rza, saban bajramovic, sabu, sade, sagbeni aragbada, sage francis, salif keita, salt n' pepa, sambaholics, sam cooke, sam hui, sam prekop, samuel barber, sandy bull, santana (first 3 albums), sarah vaughan, saul williams, savath & savalas, scientist, scotty, the sea and cake, sebastien tellier, seksu roba, seo taiji and boys (sooo tight), serg gainsbourg, seu jorge, sharks and seals, shakira (la tortura mothafucka), sharon jones and the dap kings, shina williams and his african percussions, the shins, the shipping news, shooby taylor, sia, sidestepper, sigur ros, silversun pickups, the silvertones, simian, simon and garfunkel, sinc collective, siri, sir patrick idahosa and his melody makers, sir shina adewale and his super stars international, sir victor uwaifo, six organs of admittance, 65 days of static, sizzla, ska cubano, the skatalites, skee lo, skeletons and the girl-faced boys, skip james, skip spence, slaraffenland, slick rick, the slickers, slint, slowdive, sly and the family stone, sly and the revolutionaries, the smashing pumpkins, smog, smokey robinson, snoop dogg, snowboy, snoweffect, soft machine, solex, soli i sambra, solo andata, solomon jabby, soma sonic, som tres, sondre lerche, son ambulance, son house, sonic youth, sonny rollins, sook yin lee, the soothsayers, sorry bamba, the sorts, soul decision (canada's premier pseudo-funk boy band), soweto gospel choir, spacer, sparklehorse, sparta (atdi fan so I gotta represent), the specials, the spinners, spoon, sporto kantes, squarepusher, ss cardiacs, stan getz, stanley clarke, the staple singers, starlight mints, stefon harris, stephen malkmus and the jicks, stereolab, steve albini in various projects, steven amechi and his rhythm skies, steve reich, stevie wonder (innervisions, talking book), stina nordenstam, the stooges, storsveit nix noltes, the stray cats, the strokes, styles of beyond, styrofoam, suba, sublime, subtle, sufjan stevens (when the mood is right... sometimes he gives me anxiety for some reason), the sugarcubes, sugar hill gang, the sugarman three, sun ra, sunshine, super eagles, super negro bantous, super som ta, supersystem, the supremes (fuck yeah), sven libaek, sweet trip, the swords project, sybarite, syclops, sylvester, sync synthetic, syreeta, szymansky, tabu ley rochereau, taj mahal, talib kweli, talking heads, tape, tapes n' tapes, tarantel, t bone walker, techung, ted leo, tegan & sara, telefon tel aviv, the temptations, the tennors, terence blanchard, thai elephant orchestra, thalia zedek, thelonious monk, thes one, themselves, the thermals, they might be giants, thievery corporation, third eye foundation, 13 and god, thomas fehlmann, thomas mapfuno, thompsons all stars, thom yorke, thursten moore, tiga, tiken jah fakoli, tim fite, tim hecker, tito mocoto, tito puente, toadies, tokyo ska paradise orchestra, tomoyasu hotei, tom waits, tom ze, tonino carotone, tony allen, tool, toots and the maytals, tortoise, tosca, toumani diabate, tower of power, travelers lodge atomic 8, the treacherous three, t rex, tricky, triosk, troll, troubleman, trs-80, tsunami bomb, tsuneo imahori, ttc, tunji oyelana and the benders, the turtles, tuze de abreu, twine, uchu, udora, ugly cassanova, um, underground resistance, the undisputed truth, the unicorns, union 13, unwound, uprite dub orchestra, the upsetters, urna, ursula rucker, vakoka, van morrison, vashti bunyan, vecchio, the velvet underground, the verbrilli sound, very be careful, victor gama, vieux farka toure, vince guaraldi, violent femmes, vip, vis-a-vis, vocal baobab, volante, waldeck, the walkmen, walter wanderley, the waskals, wax poetic, wax tailor, wayne shorter, wes montgomery, west indian girl, wganda kenya, white magic, the white stripes, the who, why?, wilco, william onyeabor, willie bobo, willie dixon, willie nelson, willy mason, windsor for the derby, wire, wisdom, wolf parade, workers brigade band, wynton marsalis, xavier cugat, xiu xiu, yacht, yann tiersen, the yardbirds, yasunori mitsuda, yes, yesterday's new quintet, yo la tengo, yohimbe brothers, youssou n'dour, z-trip, zabranjeno pu,,enje, zap mama, zara percussion, zero 7, zola, the zombies...
