I NEED SLEEP! ... what's your favorite album to listen to while sleeping?

For the past week I was volunteering as a counselor at American Legion's Jersey Boys State. For those of you who know of the program, it goes without saying that you get no sleep there. I am literally dead to the world and so I ask you the reader, what is your favorite album to listen to before/while sleeping. The album I have chosen is a new one, Julianna Barwick's The Magic Place. This is not to say that it is a boring album, but rather to say that the music on this record is so beautiful that it leads to easy dreaming. What do you listen to before sleeping?

Julianna Barwick -- "Bob In Your Gait"

-- Greg

Foster the People -- "Pumped Up Kicks"

I was a little late getting to this song, but I remember that the first day I heard it I also noticed that it was being played everywhere I went. This is a song that seems to follow you around literally and figuratively (in that it will be constantly stuck in your head and it's really catching on with pop culture). Song of the summer? Possibly...

-- Greg

YOUTUBE: FreddeGredde -- "Killer Queen" (Queen Cover)

 This guy is super talented. Great concept... great song... well done.

MIX: we won't know the actual if we never take the chance: Best of 2011… thus far

1. Telekinesis -- “You Turn Clear In The Sun”
2. Cults -- “Go Outside”
3. Destroyer -- “Downtown” 
4. Childish Gambino -- “Freaks and Geeks” 
5. TV On The Radio -- “Will Do” 
6. Death Cab For Cutie -- “You Are a Tourist”
7. The Weeknd -- “What You Need” 
8. James Blake -- “The Wilhelm Scream” 
9. The Antlers -- “Rolled Together” 
10. Panda Bear -- “Last Night At The Jetty” 
11. The Dø -- “Bohemian Dances” 
12.  tUnE-YarDs -- “You Yes You”
13. Yuck -- “The Wall”
14. Fleet Foxes -- “Grown Ocean” 
15. Nat Baldwin -- “A Little Lost”
16. Julianna Barwick -- “Vow” 
17. Radiohead -- “Seperator”                 

an hour long reflection of my favorite music released this year.

-- Greg 

Liturgy -- "High Gold"

I am not normally prone to this "type" of music, but when done artfully and in a nature that isn't just meant to be only in your face, it is often a nice change of pace from the norm. Liturgy is a Brooklyn black metal trio who absolutely slay. Their second album, Aesthethica, not just makes your ears bleed, it kicks the crap out of you and will leave your body sore after every listen. I mean this in the best way possible though. This is intense music, which I love, because it's full-blooded and not fake in the slightest. Often bands create a faux intensity (cough* Sleigh Bells cough*) that just sounds obnoxious, but this a record that just makes me feel so alive. Below is the opening track that will certainly take you on a ride... to hell. Enjoy!

Liturgy -- "High Gold"

-- Greg