Hello to all my wrist is still in a cast so too bad no lengthy quirky opening for you.
Because I’m incapable of: playing guitar, typing for long periods of time, riding my bike, enjoying life or scaling cliffs, I’ve fallen back to music. For the last day or so I’ve been in a flurry of music-listening. Because I can’t PLAY music, I had to find some other way to satisfy my musical needs, and therefore, today I have a list for you. This list is a top ten of the best bands in the entire circumference of the universe as I see it. It goes by pure awesomneness, and therefore at the top of the list is…
1. Arcade Fire
who are the most talented group of musical weirdoes you will ever, ever see.
2. MewithoutYou
who, contrary to first listen, are fantastic. Be not swayed by the screaming.
3. Of Monsters and Men
who are a band of Icelandic freaks.
4 . Fleet Foxes
who may look like they belong in the seventies but are all the more awesome for it.
5. The Shins
who are so good it’s scary. Seriously, look at the music video for The Rifle’s Spiral. Scary.
6. The Black Keys
who rock.
7. Florence and the Machine
who isn’t a band, but is so good she had to be on my list.
8. Death Cab For Cutie
who have the awesomest name ever.
9. The Head and the Heart
whose lead singer has a fedora that looks exactly like mine.
10. The Sepia Trees
who you may not have heard of. I certainly have no connection with this band.
Who didn’t quite make the list# They are: Modest Mouse, Mumford & Sons, Tokyo Police Club, and Hey Rosetta!.
There you have it. Now, because I’m so bored and hobbled by my injuries, and would otherwise have nothing to do, I’ll add my top five favorite albums of all time:
1. Funeral — Arcade Fire
2. Ten Stories — MewithoutYou
3. Ceremonials — Florence and the Machine
4. My Head Is An Animal — Of Monsters and Men
5. The Head and the Heart
There you have it. Now your existence is complete.
If you’re interested in checking out any of these bands, I recommend Wake Up by Arcade Fire, or Neighbourhood #2– The Cave by Mumford & Sons, Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men, Rivers and Roads by The Head and the Heart, and The Fox, the Crow, and the Cookie by MewithoutYou. I urge you to offer your opinions or agreements or disagreements in a comment, because I’m so, so bored today with my crippled arm and leg, and you don’t want me to sit around feeling sorry for myself, do you##
Yours ever so insincerely, ~Onceacrippledbasementdog
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