
My name's Jake Bourey, and I've dedicated a significant portion of my life to music and deciphering the science behind its beauty. As you can guess from my blog's title, I'm especially passionate about hip-hop. I post and review the best songs hip-hop has to offer, old and new. Most are in the “underground” genre, considering that’s where the vast majority of hip-hop's true art resides these days.
I also listen to a ton of indie music in addition to everything hip-hop. I love all good music in general. Here are some of my all time favorites that I’ve already posted. True classics.
LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
Lana Del Rey – Pawn Shop Blues
Bon Iver – Skinny Love (Das Kapital Remix)
Modest Mouse – The World At Large
The Wooden Sky – Child of the Valley
The Submarines – Sub Symphonika
I do a lot of searching, and even more listening. For close to a year I used to make it a point to listen to at least 2 new hip-hop albums a day, but as you can imagine that’s some what hard to keep up indefinitely.
I have ton of friends who recommend new artists all the time, and fortunately most of my friends are pretty music savvy. About a fourth of all the music I listen to is indie rock, but I don’t really ever check indie rock blogs. I have friends who only listen to indie rock, and they check those kinds of indie blogs almost daily. One of my friends in particular has great taste in indie rock and always tells me about someone new he’s discovered that’s worth looking into.
I’ve posted some of my favorite indie songs already.
Lana Del Rey – Pawn Shop Blues
Bon Iver – Skinny Love (Das Kapital Remix)
Modest Mouse – The World At Large
The Wooden Sky – Child of the Valley
LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
The Submarines – Sub Symphonika
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
jj – Things Will Never Be The Same Again
Coconut Records – It’s Not You It’s Me
If you want to check it out, I also posted my list of My 11 Favorite Indie Rock Songs of 2011
If you didn’t know, I also listen to a ton of indie music in addition to everything hip-hop. I love all good music in general. I’m going to start posting a little bit more of my favorite indie songs, since I haven’t been doing that for a while. Here are some of my all time favorites that I’ve already posted and you might have missed. True classics.
Lana Del Rey – Pawn Shop Blues
Bon Iver – Skinny Love (Das Kapital Remix)
Modest Mouse – The World At Large
The Wooden Sky – Child of the Valley
LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
The Submarines – Sub Symphonika
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
I decided to post another non-hip-hop song that I deem a perfect work. I saw this song performed live two years ago. It was quite the experience. This is my favorite song from LCD Soundsystem. A true piece of audio art.
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My Song Rating: 10 out of 10
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