January ´13 Music Box

As I was scrolling through songs that I liked, all I can say is that January was busy! I noticed that there were many songs that I already had forgotten, not in a bad way though- new ones just kept coming in! Anyways here are the tunes, which deserve attention.

1. Pinback - Proceed To Memory

Make sure to watch the video, it's mint.




2. Santigold - Girls

It's quite funny that Finnish band PMMP has a song called Tytöt (=Girls) and a similar video concept. Click here to see it.




3. Telekinesis - Ghosts And Creatures




4. Widowspeak - Thick As Thieves




5. Widowspeak - Locusts




6. Kali Ma - Great Lake (Demo)




7. Baroness - March To The Sea

Tour footage before the bus accident.




8. Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone

Finally a video for this song.




9. French Films - When People Like You Filled The Heavens




10. The Strokes - One Way Trigger




11. fun. - Sight Of The Sun

Probably the band's best song.




12. Crystal Castles - Sad Eyes




13. Shelf Nunny Ft. Briana Kranich - Cause I Had The Time

My favorite of the month, featuring his fiancé. Check out the cool video too.






What were your favorite songs of January? Leave a comment below or on Facebook or tweet to me @InJallusWords

Top 10 Albums of 2012

I knew it wouldn't be easy to find full albums for you to stream. Legal ones so to speak. But thanks to Bandcamp and musicians' better awareness of music streaming, I'm glad to be able to let you hear these great albums. Though, there are a couple, which you need to stream from fan-made playlists. That's not bad. Bad is when a band uploads all the songs, but don't put them in order.

For me a best album is something, which works as an entity. Not all songs have to be out of this world, but they're linked to each other to comprise a masterpiece. The albums chosen below do just that.


10. Chairlift - Something




9. Crystal Castles - III




8. fun. - Some Nights




7. Team Me - To The Treetops!




6. Reptar - Body Faucet




5. Oberhofer - Time Capsules II

Click here to listen.


4. Grimes - Visions




3. Polica - Give You The Ghost




2. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil





1. Baroness - Yellow & Green




What were your favorite albums of 2012?

Friday Feature: Baroness

I'm not a huge fan of "heavier" music, but there are some exceptions that truly deserve your attention. One of these gems is Savannah, Georgia- based Baroness. My first taste of the band came a few years ago with their sophomore album Blue's track The Sweetest Curse. I had it on repeat several times, but as often before I never delved into the rest of the album.

Now with their third full-length Yellow & Green (yes, they do like to name their albums after colors and EPs after numbers), released this July, I've become completely hooked with their music. This is how their record label Relapse Records promote it:

The long-awaited album from one of the new millennium's most revered band is a rock n' roll record of the highest order. With Yellow & Green, Baroness have achieved true rock greatness!

This is one of the rare industry people messages, which isn't bull. 

The album works perfectly as a whole, and is full of irresistibly amazing melodic hooks and lyrics, which give a timeless atmosphere. In all good ways, Baroness is a radio-friendly band in the ears of an indie fan. 

Ending with some unfortunate news; the bus, in which the band and support team were crashed in England last month. Nine were injured (two seriously), and frontman John Baizley, who actually creates Baroness' album artwork suffered a broken arm and leg. A quick recovery for everyone!