the hills are bumpin' with with some dope-ass beats

[whynot]

Midnight Masses. I heard them for the first time when they opened for ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Midnight Masses got the same epic vision as Trail of Dead, but they're not as noise-thrashy and also contain more Abrahamic references. They are amazing live, and most of the recordings of them floating around the internet are crap. THIS SADDENS ME, and is exactly why they should produce an official full-length already.

If we're tossing "Walk On Water" on a fanmix, it would be a reprise of "Carry On Wayward Son", but whereas Kansas tells us that there'll be peace when we are done and that Heaven waits for us, Midnight Masses's reprise is a heavier, clear-eyed acknowledgment of cost and losses. They tell us to carry on, not for our peace, but for love. "Preacher's Son" / "Desperate Man" is about Dean. You should also listen to "There Goes Our Man" on the myspace music player, for the daddy issues. I've transcribed lyrics to "Walk On Water", "Preacher's Son", "Desperate Man", and "Heaven" here.

The following is not Midnight Masses, but is in fact "After Hours" by The Bluetones. HEY KIDS, DO YOU LIKE JOY? Watch this music video:

SECOND AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO: "The Ghost of Stephen Foster" by Squirrel Nut Zippers

Honorable mentions: 'Out of Tune' by Hooverphonic / 'Shegye Shegitu (Blue Nile Mix)' by Dub Colossus / 'Story Of My Life' by Astronautalis feat. P.O.S.

[originally posted at http://whynot.dreamwidth.org/21024.html | comments]

Comments

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, A+ for effort, bb!

[lexhibition.livejournal.com]

JOY! I reeeeallly like these Midnight Masses, thanks!


Also, this is my favourite Dean song, even if it doesn't have a nifty video:

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

!!!!

That is SUCH A DEAN(/Cas) SONG I CANNOT EVENNNNN! omg so appropriate, wow. *adds to youtube playlist* Thank YOU! yay fannish music swaps

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Dean would probably murder me for even suggesting this, and Cas would be all *head tilt WTF you crazy mortals I cannot believe you spend time thinking about this shit,* but for some reason, my ultra-secret Cas song is Madonna's "Isaac." Which I cannot find a decent YouTube of, so have a download (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CMSUTTWF)!

I LOVE that video for After Hours...the little wink at the end! *melts* Music, how awesome you are.

Also, have you listened to Ha Ha Tonka? You might like them; they're all about the south, that strange mixture of long history and deep poverty and lore and religion. Here's one of my favorites, partly because of the cracked-out video:

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

I am always a-glee at more SPN-related songs! I am downloading this right now.

ISN'T THAT VIDEO JUST THE PRECIOUSEST?? oh gosh. Whoever that kid is, I hope he is doing great things!

I have not previously heard Ha Ha Tonka, but I am liking what I am hearing!

Thanks for these!