Random Songs I've Shazam'd

Here is a list of random songs that I've Shazam'd recently. They all peaked my interest in one way or another.  That's it. It doesn't get much deeper than that. I've noticed a trend where I Shazam a lot of weird dance music, think it's good at the time, and then it's not as good when I get home. Anyway, here's the list. This post is mostly to ease myself back into writing about music.

1. My Rights Versus Yours - The New Pornographers
   This song was my JAM when I first started driving. My friend made me a mix CD to listen to me in my new car, and this was on there. So many good memories associated with this song and I completely forgot about it until I heard it on the radio again a couple days ago.
2. Lite Spots - Kaytranada
   Everything about this song makes me want to dance. Such a well produced song from a great album.
3. Casualty - Pional
   Honestly now that I listen to this song again, it's not that great. I'm not sure why this sparked my interest at all. Ignore this.
4. We Gone - Paper Diamond Feat. Shoffy
   Classic lounge-like deep house-ish track. Sounds pretty much like a lot of stuff out there. Gets sort of interesting in the middle but then goes back to being generic. I don't know. It's fine to listen to if you really want to.
5. Critical Mistakes - 888
   After hearing this song it was honestly stuck in my head for hours. VERY catchy. Not sure if I'd want to listen to it for ages, but it's good for now. A good combination of pop-punk and electro synth.
6. Feel Good - Syn Cole
   Wow is this repetitive but wow is it catchy. I've got your summer upbeat dance music right here.

SHAZAM!

A couple months ago I finally got an iPhone. Praise the Lawwwwd. Honestly, one of my main objectives when getting my iPhone was so I could try out Shazam. The amount of times in my life where I have been like WHAT IS THAT SONG is absolutely ridiculous. Also, remember the thing where you Google random blerbs of lyrics that you sort of remember?..never worked.
WELL no more, my friends. This app has honestly changed my life. I'm now officially that psycho person holding their phone up in the Gap trying to figure out what the hell is playing. Or, while driving, which is always a super safe idea.

Whatever. I've found some pretty awesome things. Sharing time!

MaLLy & The Sundance Kid - Good One (feat. K.Raydio)

Holy shit. Within the first two seconds of hearing this I wanted to know what it was. I'm not sure if this guy has just snuck under the Minneapolis radar for a while or what's going on but I sure as hell have never heard of him. Amazing. Really amazing. This song needs radio play NOW. The rest of his album is equally as great from the little bit I've heard but this track is definitely my favorite so far. Hopefully we'll be hearing his name around a little more in the future.

James Blake - Retrograde

This is another song that hooked me in the first two seconds. Is he a producer or what's going on here? I can't really figure it out but I did end up listening to basically his whole catalog on Spotify and I'm hooked. That special part of my heart that is reserved for electronic-y jazz-y music is happy. His name has popped up in some of the music that I've listened to before but I can't find anything of his that sounds familiar? So maybe I'm hallucinating or mistaking him with James Blunt (I'm definitely not). Anyway, this is good. Listen.

Update: Figured it out. I've heard "The Wilhelm Scream" before but I think I just assumed it was Aaron Neville in outer space. Classic.

St. Vincent and David Byrne - Who

When I first heard about this collaboration I thought it was a joke. I mean, it kind of is. This is weird shit. St. Vincent's voice is the creepiest most awesome thing ever and coupled with David Byrne's... whatever...it's just...I have no idea. This will never get out of my head though. That's what makes it successful, right? Example: It's A Small World

So I'm not really sure what direction this post went in, or what the point of it was originally? Oh yeah, Shazam. Cool. Get that app. It's free. Isn't it? I hope I'm not paying for this or I'm back to Googling lyric blerbs.