Music Buying Spree....

So bored with my music, I recently added the following music to my MP3 Player, with an itunes credit that I got for Xmas and hadn't gotten around to using yet:

1. ( St Vincent - Stars in My Alignment )

St. Vincent reminds me a great deal of Amanda Palmer, except I think she might be a better vocalist. More lyrical. Think Sinead O'Connor meets Amanda Palmer.

2. ( Pink - Greatest Hits - Don't Let Me Get Me )

This is an amazing song. Really nails it. Sorry, it just is. I adore Pink.

3. ( The Handsome Family - True Detective Theme Song from their album Singing Stones )

These are country western folk singers who sing very dark twisted songs, that are sort of the musical equivalent of a horror short story. Reminds me of a twisted Johnny Cash meets The Kingston Trio.

4. ( The Jezebels singing The Brink from their new album The Brink )

Reminds me a lot of Arcadia and The Cranberries...angsty alternative, with haunting lyrical melodies.

5. ( David Bowie singing Stars from his new album The Next Day )

David Bowie has never more haunting or iconic.

6. ( The Kings of Leon singing Family Tree )

Another new favorite...sort of a mix of country folk and Americana...although my ipod puts in some other genre entirely.

7. ( Haunting Spainish version of White Rabbit from American Hustle soundtrack )

American Hustle had one of the best music soundtracks that I've heard in a movie in a while.
Soundtracks really do affect movies and television series - the better ones use them effectively. I adore the compilation from The Hunger Games - but oddly, none of the songs were in the movie or on the movie track.

For examples of soundtracks used effectively in televisions series see:

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (bought the sound track)
* MASH
* True Detective (bought the theme song)
* True Blood (bought the soundtrack)
* The Wire (I've bought it)
* Supernatural (bought portions of it...particularly the theme song by Kansas)

Soundtracks that aren't used effectively or hurt the show:
* Grey's Anatomy (dear sound editor, do not ever lay a music track over voice over narration and dialogue.)
* Vampire Diaries (barely noticeable and often sappy)