http://www.theworldforgot.com I don't listen to bad music, neither should you. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:45:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Strange things happen when you're a music blogger with a passionate stance on what constitutes "good music" and you're seeking to reconcile those views with what is "wedding appropriate."  You'll find yourself watching endless youtube clips and scouring the web for anything that remotely meshes your personal taste with something ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/03/08/vitamin-string-quartet-cover-sigur-ros/ What would you get if you blended together the compositional sounds of Sufjan Stevens with modern day sing song pop folk and then poured that topping over a cake made out of Final Fantasy?  (And I guess I should clarify here; this Final Fantasy cake is the live version of ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/03/04/anders-ponders-album-nodes-of-overtones/ The debut album by Mumford and Sons, Sigh No More, is quite simply one of the most brilliant albums I have ever heard.  Other than that very serious statement (one which I have pondered over for the past) I cannot figure out what else accurately captures the mood of this ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/02/26/mumford-and-sons-album-sigh-no-more/ If you've been hanging around these parts for any length of time you've probably come to accept the fact that I am quite the rabid supporter of all things Cloud Cult.  Recently I've been digging through old mp3 discs that are stuffed in my car (I drive an '05 Scion ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/02/25/cloud-cult-track-your-8th-birthday/ I realize that this review is a full six months late.  And if you're going by the date the album was first leaked it's probably close to nine to twelve months behind.  But I care not.  And neither will you after you listen to this little EP that could. For most ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/02/16/modest-mouse-ep-no-ones-first-and-youre-next/ If you've watched TV in the states over the past year or so there's a good to great chance that you've become familiar with this track on a Lincoln MKV commercial.  I personally don't watch live TV (basically I don't watch commercials anymore) so it took me longer than most ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/02/11/shiny-toy-guns-track-major-tom-welcome-home/ I will freely admit that when I heard a single track from Freelance Whales I audibly groaned "oh no, not another derivative, sappy, knock off no talent hack like Owl City."  Thankfully I was wrong in assuming that this band was going to become as simple pop attention whore with ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/02/09/freelance-whales-album-weathervanes/ Another weekend fast approaches (and for those of you in the UK and east you're already there) and who better than Cudi to ease you into your Friday night.  This song falls under the "it's been stuck in my head for more than a day so I thought I should ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/01/22/kid-cudi-track-cudi-zone/ Normally I don't watch music videos.  They just don't do it for me (and I can't watch music videos while I work or play games).  For some reason I actually clicked through to watch the latest video for I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers the other day ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/01/18/the-avett-brothers-track-i-and-love-and-you/ The previous two years were filled with amazing albums by amazing bands.  Picking the ten best of2007 was hard.  Picking the top albums of 2008 was almost impossible.  In contrast, 2009 was rather easy.  There just weren't that many brilliant albums this year.  In fact there weren't even that many ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/01/13/the-best-albums-of-2009/ I was listening through my TWF archives the other day (I've posted about 1000 tracks now) and one song kept playing through my head and I realized that I simply didn't have a copy on any of my drives.  Thankfully the internet still exists and I was able to find ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/01/11/radiohead-track-fog/ I'm so done caring about this band that I don't even care that you don't care either.  At all.  I do however find this fresh remix by Miike Snow to be perfection.  I would care if their next album was going to sound more like this and less like them. mp3 ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2010/01/07/vampire-weekend-remixed-by-miike-snow/ This is what happens when you get Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz, and Julian Casablancas all on one stage at the same time.  Really.  Click over and watch the video.  If this doesn't make your heart ready for Christmas I don't know what will. And apparently Jules has gone one better and ... http://www.theworldforgot.com/2009/12/22/julian-casablancas-covers-an-snl-classic/