I know playlists are so 2002, but hell, what do I care? Here’s the playlist that lulled me to sleep for a few hours before I awoke to my fast-paced Manhattanite lifestyle.
| Overture |
Selmasongs |
Björk |
| Postcards From Far Away |
Prospekt’s March EP |
Coldplay |
| Take Off Your Cool (feat. Norah Jones) |
Speakerboxx/The Love Below |
OutKast |
| John Wayne Gacy, Jr. |
Illinois |
Sufjan Stevens |
| Sodom, South Georgia |
Our Endless Numbered Days |
Iron & Wine |
| La Plage |
Les Retrouvailles |
Yann Tiersen |
| Yesterday |
Help! [UK] |
The Beatles |
| The Scientist [Live] |
Lost In Space Special Edition (Disc 2) |
Aimee Mann |
| Canceled Check |
Mutations [IMPORT] |
Beck |
| All Of My Life |
But Seriously |
Phil Collins |
While I don’t usually veer off from reviewing films or books, I figured this new album would be worth my two pence since, after all, Coldplay makes some reliably cinematic music.
I remember 2000’s “Parachutes†album from the soon-to-be pop stars Coldplay. In one fell swoop those Brits invaded our shores and frontman Chris Martin stole many of our girlfriends with his ruggedized nerdy white boy swagger. Damn them, I said as a high school sophomore; they’re music is too girly. I’ll just sit over here and jam out to Lit or Blink 182 because I’m so cool. As quickly as the group became chic it became even more-so to hate on them.
But the truth is they’re amazing, that album in particular. Read on…