Month of Music: The End is the Beginning is the End by the Smashing Pumpkins

For my last song collection, I bring you on of the few reasons to watch Batman & Robin.
...Set to footage from Batman Begins.
Because, well... I think you can make your own nipple-suit jokes by now.

And with that, the Month of Music draws to a close.

Was it good for you?

Month of Music: Science Fiction/Double Feature

I don't think anyone needs this explained to them, other than it's awesome.
But then again, you should already know that.

Summer television is still being awful so I'm still watching movies instead.

Month of Music: Marche Funèbre by Chopin

While my favourite piece of classical music will probably always be Grieg's 'Hall of the Mountain King', anything Chopin wrote comes in a close second.
This piece is his 'Funeral March' played by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.

Month of Music: Bela Lugosi's Dead Cover

Another cover!

This is by a band called Nouvelle Vague, who do wonderfully French covers of songs.

Their covers get used a ridiculously large amount of times, so chances are, if you've ever heard a lounge or bossa-nova style cover of an 80's song, it's one of theirs.

Month of Music: Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons

Before we start: Bad word warning.


It's nice to see someone rocking the banjo.
Also, check out the multitasking by the vocalist/guitarist, who's also playing kick drum and tambourine at the same time.

Month of Music: Triple J's Hottest 100

I posted Triple J's Hottest 100 list this day last year, but I must say, this year's list is far better than the last.

I was especially happy with number one, which I had actually chosen for tomorrow's music month post.

#1 Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
#2 Parlez Vous Francais? - Art vs. Science
#3 Chase That Feeling - Hilltop Hoods
#4 Lisztomania - Phoenix
#5 Broken Leg - Bluejuice
#6 Bulletproof - La Roux
#7 Coin Laundry - Lisa Mitchell
#8 Not Fair - Lily Allen
#9 Uprising - Muse
#10 Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine
#11 Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
#12 Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal and Armand van Helden
#13 1901 - Phoenix
#14 Sticks 'n' Stones - Jamie T
#15 Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
#16 Heavy Cross - Gossip
#17 Fire - Kasabian
#18 Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders
#19 Undisclosed Desires - Muse
#20 Sleepyhead - Passion Pit
#21 Fader - The Temper Trap
#22 Cousins - Vampire Weekend
#23 Warp 1.9 - The Bloody Beetroots (ft. Steve Aoki)
#24 Carol Brown - Flight Of The Conchords
#25 Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
#26 Help I'm Alive - Metric
#27 In for the Kill - La Roux
#28 We Won't Run - Sarah Blasko
#29 All I Want - Sarah Blasko
#30 Hurt Feelings - Flight Of The Conchords
#31 The Waitress Song - Seth Sentry
#32 Ramona Was A Waitress - Paul Dempsey
#33 Pursuit of Happiness - Kid Cudi (ft. MGMT & Ratatat)
#34 Brother - Little Birdy
#35 Resistance - Muse
#36 (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer
#37 Still Standing - Hilltop Hoods
#38 Little Secrets - Passion Pit
#39 One Way Road - The John Butler Trio
#40 And the Boys - Angus & Julia Stone
#41 Audacity of Huge - Simian Mobile Disco (ft. Chris Keating)
#42 Vanilla - British India
#43 Awesome - The Bloody Beetroots (ft. The Cool Kids)
#44 Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence and the Machine
#45 Drumming Song - Florence and the Machine
#46 Blood Bank - Bon Iver
#47 Set Fire to the Hive - Karnivool
#48 Science of Fear - The Temper Trap
#49 All of the Dreamers - Powderfinger
#50 Buttons (CSS Remix) - Sia
#51 Where Did All The Love Go? - Kasabian
#52 Horchata - Vampire Weekend
#53 Animal - Mike Snow
#54 Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys
#55 No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
#56 Islands - The xx
#57 The Good News - Philadelphia Grand Jury
#58 Love Lost - The Temper Trap
#59 I'm Not Alone - Calvin Harris
#60 22 - Lily Allen
#61 Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
#62 One More Chance - Bloc Party
#63 All I Know - Karnivool
#64 Blood - The Middle East
#65 Foreign Land - Eskimo Joe
#66 Pictures - Illy
#67 Cement - Washington
#68 Omen - The Prodigy
#69 Meet Me on the Equinox - Death Cab for Cutie
#70 My Girls - Animal Collective
#71 Byrds of Prey - Bertie Blackman
#72 You've Changed - Sia
#73 Heartbreaker - MSTRKRFT (ft. John Legend)
#74 Friend In The Field - Art vs. Science
#75 New Moon Rising - Wolfmother
#76 11th Dimension - Julian Casablancas 

#77 She's a Genius - Jet
#78 Remember Me - Tame Impala
#79 Getting Wise - Yves Klein Blue
#80 Holiday - Dizzee Rascal
#81 The Cave - Mumford & Sons
#82 Sometimes - Miami Horror
#83 Raindrops - Basement Jaxx
#84 United States of Eurasia - Muse
#85 Underdog - Kasabian
#86 Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor) - Flight Of The Conchords
#87 The Darkest Side - The Middle East
#88 Creeping Out Sara - NOFX
#89 D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) - Jay-Z
#90 Kiss With A Fist - Florence and the Machine
#91 I've Got Friends - Manchester Orchestra
#92 Skeleton Boy - Friendly Fires
#93 Thump - Bertie Blackman
#94 Blue Lips - Regina Spektor
#95 Panic Switch - Silversun Pickups
#96 Ghosts N Stuff - Deadmau5
#97 Laughing With - Regina Spektor
#98 New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures
#99 Hell - Tegan and Sara
#100 Wheels - Foo Fighters

(Where the song and artist are highlighted, it leads back to a past post containing a video of that song. If it's just the artist then it's a video of a different song by the artist.)

 

I ended up missing out on listening to the full countdown when my radio broke, only ended up catching the first ten or so. I did, however, realise a few things:

1: I don't listen to the radio enough. If not for the fact my CD player also has a radio function I wouldn't at all.

2: I need to buy more CDs. Well, technically speaking, I don't need more, and I've got no room to put more, but the last time I bought an album was in September.

3: I really don't like Kasabian, no matter how much I try.

Month of Music: Heartbreak Scorsese by Snob Scrilla

From the album 'Day One'