Five For Friday: "Life Is Pain, Highness."

"Anyone who says differently is selling something."

Life isn't always smooth sailing, but that doesn't mean that it isn't good. You find out who you are when you're abruptly reconnected with the earth; when it scrapes your hands and knees... when you bleed. These songs are for those times. Not songs of despair, but of hope in the hard places.

Embrace life. Celebrate that you have survived the fall. Pick yourself up and have a good weekend.

Discover: Roger Sellers

My first encounter with Roger Sellers was a video of him with a banjo, and between his nose and his upper lip sat a little mustache... I will go ahead and say that if you're a young guy with a mustache and I don't know you, I'm going to instantly judge your musical credibility (you can blame the hipsters for that). Yet as I continued to watch and listen, I was pleasantly surprised. Depending on when you catch him, he may be a one-man band armed with loops and keyboards and computers and such, or you may find him simply playing a piano... or, as stated before, playing a banjo with a full band. I'm not quite sure who Roger Sellers is yet, but I'm looking forward to discovering his music.

Learn more about Roger Sellers here.

Five For Friday: Black Friday (special edition)

While last week's playlist was all about wonderful, beautiful colors, this week's playlist is all about one color: black. Black Friday is here and you're probably going to have a pretty long day, so I've doubled up on the songs today. Have a wonderful day and I do hope you haven't already forgotten to be thankful for the friends and family and things that you do have (just in  case you missed out on buying whatever it is you stayed up all night to buy).

Rediscover: Alt-J

It's been a while since I've listened to these guys and I was reminded of them the other day when I came across their latest album at Barnes & Noble. It's a pretty good one albeit kind of slow and sleepy.

Learn more about Alt-J here.

Discover: Ásgeir

What is it about Iceland that makes such good musicians? I don't know, but whatever it is, I'm glad. I'm looking forward to hearing more from Asgeir soon... Oh look; he just so happens to be having a 3 disc deluxe edition album coming out today (depending on where you live).
Learn more about Asgeir here.

Five For Friday: Fall Colors

Fall has finally made it's way down to Savannah and we're starting to see the leaves turn all sorts of lovely colors. So in celebration, this week's playlist is all about Fall colors! Now get out there and enjoy a lovely weekend!

Rediscover: David Bazan

Years and years ago, I used to listen to Pedro The Lion. Then for some reason I stopped and kind of forgot about them... Then a few years ago I came across a video of David Bazan playing for Chase Jarvis' "Songs For Eating And Drinking" and once again forgot about him after a while... Then today I was at Graveface Records and came across a few of his albums. So I guess this is a re-rediscovery today. Anyway, I'm glad I came across him again.

Learn more about David Bazan here.