Spotify and other jittery thoughts... (and music)

What are you listening to, right now?
Everything.

Ease of access! Ease of access! We won't know what to do with ourselves... My mind is already huffing from having spent the day doing laps, uncertain about what to pay attention-to-next...

Welcome to Computer World, everyone. Netflix has offered a streaming-only service. Google+ wants you to have a duplicated Facebook experience (only better?), not to mention that "the most popular web site on earth" also wants you to upload all your personal music into its cavernous digital innards so that you can listen on your iPhone...

Now, we have the alluring beast known as Spotify. It just recently "landed" on our shores from Europe and it's quickly buddied up with Facebook. This is already a supplanting of the service that was initially coaxing you to listen to music off your computer(-device), (i.e. Pandora).

The Swedish music service start-up seems to be covering all its bases as it lurches its revolutionizing utilities upon our shores, having secured a contract with Virgin so you can get to your spotify through your cable television and telephone lines --should you so need--

Having all this music so readily available through legit services like Spotify and big labels like Virgin, could, potentially, cut down on music piracy.

Surf's up...

Superchunk - Learned to Surf from Merge Records on Vimeo.

Hangin ten on the future wave.

(Oh, and that's right - Superchunk put up a new video^ on the internet. An old favorite of mine (the band that is, -this is still quite a new song^). Seeing them jump around with such energy and sound so vigorous is inspiring. I'd highly recommend this memoir ~ Our Noise: the Story of Merge Records)


So anyway... What am I listening to?

This Nashville band that's putting out songs like the world's about to end...
Useless Eaters just put out "Zulu" on Detroit's own GOLD tapes...

Useless Eaters - Telepathic by Gold Tapes

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Whilst cruising Mr. Lzr's blog (where you can shimmy over to a review of the new Human Eye album), he also reminded me of a band that recently scrolled past ye ol' Satellite radio that hooked my ear...
Shannon and the Clams~

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Meanwhile - Toro Y Moi (the recently band-ified/formerly-solo-project of Chazwick Bundick) - will be coming to town (Majestic) in mid September. But, until then, you can listen to new song (albeit a cover) "Saturday Love" (via the all powerful Pitchfork). The Freakin Out EP comes out a week before their Detroit show... remain plugged in...