Blog: A Certain Romance

01. Circlesquare - "Fight Sounds, Part 1" . Aptly dubbed a "Pre-Earthquake Anthem", this song sinisterly foreshadows something massive. I wish I could hear this cranked in a goth club at 2 AM while the ghouls danced about. Be sure to check out the video to fully appreciate this one. If only Depeche Mode were still this good. ( Website ) 02. Doctor & Davinche - "Gotta Man" . The poppier side of the UK Grime scene here. Catchy song with great give-and-take lyrics. File with the recent likes of Lily Allen. ( [...]

Burn it & crank it... 01. The Guillemots - "Trains To Brazil" . Way back in the 80s there was an anthemic Irish band named (no, not U2) The Waterboys and they had one massive hit called "The Whole Of The Moon" . "Trains To Brazil" sounds like The Arcade Fire doing a vague cover of The Waterboys. But better. Much much much better. I've recently had this on repeat for almost an hour. "And to those of you [...]

Here is volume 1 of future "mix CDs" that I plan to post here. Simply 13 tunes that I'm into at the time of posting. This one is quite mellow. 01. Tom Waits - "I'm Still Here" . I'm not a huge Waits fan, but the occasional tune really grabs me. This one is great. From 2002's "Alice" . ( Website / HypeMachine / Purchase ). 02. M Ward - "Fuel For Fire" . From 2005's "Transistor Radio" . [...]