Yes, It's Electronic

I'm not sure exactly what I want to say in this first post, so I will just start out with expressing my excitement for the creation of this blog. I think it is a great way for all of us to stay connected just the way we started out - with music. And me, personally, I love the idea of communal blogs. And, just as Larkin says, I had always thought my musical taste was superior to everyone else's. So I love talking about my music, and sharing my music with people. This blog is a great, non-imposing way to do that. I can post the music I like here, and whoever reads it can decide whether or not they like it, without having to deal with the moment's pressure. Which everyone, included the pressurer, absolutely hates. Because really I don't want to impose my music. I would actually not like you if you expressed extreme excitement and euphoria upon hearing a piece of new music I presented.

I was in a musical slump for over a year. I'm still kind of in it, and it feels like I'm getting stuck in the music I listened to a few years ago, unable to have the same level of love and appreciation for new artists and sounds. I moved all of my old hipster music onto this external hard drive about a year ago, hoping that a long enough period of time would pass before I could fall in love with it again (Bloc Party, The Faint, The Unicorns, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab, etc.). And I revisited them a few months ago, and my appreciation is still there. I still love their sound. But I still needed more. I wanted an increased music collection. I already knew them well enough: I simply want to get to know more music.

With the shutdown of Oink, it is harder for me to find new music to listen to. Additionally, the art of sitting in front of my computer clicking through Amazon, iTunes music store, or last.fm to find artists I might like is just too time-consuming and not supremely satisfying like it once was. I'm lazy. I depend on my friends. And so, a wonderful thing happened. My friend, Yang, from Boston, came to the bay area for a visit and gave me a whole bunch of lesser-known electronic music. I know, I know, what a buzzkill. But it was a great day for me. And I have discovered a lovely collection of electronic music. So I have been listening to electronic music.

So I will list a few recommendations from my new collection of music. I still don't know them all super super well, so I'll put down iTunes's more popular picks, and add last.fm sample links wherever possible.

Fischerspooner - Emerge
Fischerspooner - Never Win
Kim Hiorthoy - I Thought We Could Eat Friends
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Way Out

And, just to be less electronically focused, if you haven't heard Elliott Smith's posthumously released album, New Moon, it's quite amazing. More amazing than any of his previous albums. That is to say, if you didn't appreciate him before, your best window of opportunity is with this album. Some recommendations to start with: New Monkey, Thirteen

And just for the sake of keeping humor alive in music: Fanny Pack - Cameltoe

-Lynn (b/c I've had a blogger for a little while now)