New Auditory Discoveries

I like the fact that you can find good music in the strangest places these days, not just the radio or Much Music. It makes life interesting.

I've heard a whole bunch of nice songs thanks to hearing people play Tap Tap Revenge 3 on their iPhone. Thankfully, Tap Tap Revenge 3 tells you exactly what song your fingers are tapping along to. I've discovered awesomeness such as:

• Louder Than Boom by Tiesto (trance)
• Laguna by Tom Cloud (trance)
• 54321 by Kid Sister (pop)
• Keep Up by Hyper Crush (pop)

Last.FM has done their annual round-up of the most played scrobbled songs of the year, which led me to discover lovely gems such as:

• Happy Up Here by Röyksopp (dance)
• Sleepyhead by Passion Pit (pop)
• Crystalised by The xx (pop-rock)

Finally, on Boxing Day I was in Jacob with my sister and we heard an awesome song playing on the speakers. So she busted out her iPhone, queued up Shazam (that app that identifies music for you) and voila! The phone told us the song name and artist. Resulting sweetness:

• Silvia by Miike Snow (synth-pop)

But even with all the different places I've discovered new music, my favourite song right now (below) is still a song I heard on the radio. Alas, some things never change. ;)