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soul-sick, so sick, soulseek
August 26, 2008, 11:15 pm
Filed under: folk, personal picks

i just checked my personal info on soulseek. it was last updated on mar 26, 2008 o.0

i had been offline on slsk for complete 5 months! whao! i can’t hardly recognize my favourite listed people. now that today it is august 26!

let’s get to the presence. here is what i want to share. in case you haven’t heard of, do not hesitate to give it a try.

:::: album list i’ve enjoyed so far ::::

- Andrew Bird – Soldier On-2008 — (Indie, Folk, Whistling songs) Myspace

- Doug Burr – On Promenade — (Indie, Folk) Myspace

- Bored Man Overboard – Why Birds Return North — (Indie, Folk) (Download) Myspace

- Muse – Acoustic — (Britpop, Alternative, Rock, Acoustic) Myspace

- Nina Simone – High Priestess Of Soul (2003) — (Vocal Jazz, Blues) Myspace

- Nina Simone – Tell It Like It Is (2008) — (Vocal Jazz, Blues) Myspace

- Surrounded – The Nautilus Years (2008) — (Indie, Melancholy) Myspace

- The Middle East – The Recordings Of The Middle East (2008) — (Folk, Indie, Ambient, Space Rock/Post Rock, Calm, Spectacular, Unique!) Myspace | Last.fm

- The Spinto Band – Moonwink (2008) — (Indie Rock, Fun, Great Comeback!) Myspace

- Jason Mraz – We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things (2008) — (Folk, Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter, Catchy) Myspace

- Duffy – Warwick Avenue (CD Single) — (Jazz/Acoustic/Soul) Myspace

- Melody Gardot – Worrisome Heart — (Acoustic Jazz, Jazzy Pop, Chilled out like Norah Jones) Myspace

- Adele – 19 – (Acoustic, Soul, Pop) Myspace

- Lucite Tokki – Twinkle Twinkle (2007) — (Acoustic, Folk, Korean Indie, Pastel Music Label) Thanks to Ayulyn blog! : ) Last.fm

- OST- Coffee Prince – (Acoustic, Folk, Sad, Chilled-Out, Cute, Songs for Coffee Shops) Myspace

- The Melody – Self Titled – (Indie Pop, Folk Pop, Beautiful, Korean Indie) Last.fm

- Gemma Hayes – The Hollow Of Morning (2008) — (Folk, Pop, Acoustic, My Idol! She’s way too underrated!) Myspace

- Joanna Wang – Start From Here – (Folk, Sweet, Acoustic, Jazzy. At first “Bada Bada” song made me go crazy about Joanna Wang) Myspace | Last.fm

- Jewel – Perfectly Clear (2008) — (Welcome back to Folk music!) Myspace

now you can see that what i listen to mostly include jazz and folk or something chilled out. i need something to calm me down..  for what just happened to me, it has put a great deep impact on me, emotionally. sounds pretty much cliched eh? sad but true. maybe it’s my karma? :(

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And here goes some mainstream update

  • James Blunt – All the lost souls [myspace]

am i sold out? probably..

James Blunt is okay, listenable. i used to dislike his voice alot, you can prove this by asking my friends (jane and som) while these two admire him, i’d always say something different.

last month i found myself crazily googling for both album releases by him after listening to that single titled “carry you home” on Met 107fm radio. and after listening to this 2nd album: all the lost souls, i’m satisfied and have changed attitude towards him.

well frankly, i have to warn you, the voice of james blunt can make you cranky if you listen to the album all the way through. it’s like all songs start to sound the same. i kind of love and hate his voice. i like to listen to some certain songs.

my point here is that i want to suggest you these 3 beautiful songs i love off this album: they are “carry you home“, “1973” and “shine on“. open your heart and try listening to his songs.


am i sold out? probably.. that five-month period of soulseek absence explains. hahaha!

i have always had in mind to recommend MET radio to my blog readers but never get to do it for real. so this time, it has got to be listed here! and NOOO i do not get paid for writing this! i like it personally! hell yeah!

MET is my no.1 thailand’s radio station that plays international songs. i always tune to this channel if i ever switch the radio on. champ, my hip friend @fujitsu is the one who introduced me into this channel ^.^  thanks to him. he didn’t really introduce it to me literally, but he played this radio station while he drove and i was amazed to hear many songs i know of (in indie sense) at that time i had no interest in local radio stations, so it kinda inspired me to be more open-minded about radio.

i call it “a channel of diverse music types”. get prepared to hear hip-hop, indie rock, brit pop, folk, mainstream r&b and even some emo punk!

my comment: at times non-stop r&b irritates me, some deejays play heaps of ‘em in one session


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moonwink = amazing

Comment by carson

i don’t like blunt’s voice… but a few of his songs are kinda okay, listenable.
joanna wang, duffy, adele, muse, nina simone… those are good.
jason mraz’s new album is quite fine espcially “i’m yours” and “lucky” however i just do like his early albums before he entered the big label, much more.

Comment by wät

wat, your comment resembles the case of death cab for cutie to me. i feel the same with dcfc. to be more accurate, i’m disappointed with dcfc atlantic releases. barsuk is ace <3

but for mraz, i enjoy this album. i’m okay with him changing label. somehow this new work can’t beat “waiting for my rocket to come” though : )

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