How about this shaky footage of the Halo Benders playing "Freedom Riders" last week in Boise?
"Rippin off jocks, flippin off cops ..."
Chill-out music..
Red Hash - Gary Higgins
Getz/Gilberto
and Simon & Garfunkel/Bookends always calm me down. Then Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme comes on and makes me stressed again, because its for the most part terrible.
animal collective and panda bear!
Would you laugh if I suggested the Sundays? Because I haven't listened to them in a while, but I think they would be perfect for this. Maybe I'll put 'em on when I get home, actually!
That newish Karl Blau record is pretty great, too.
Strangely, watching Calvin dance does seem to have a calming effect on me...
Yeah, I was thinking: I love the Halo Benders but Calvin looks a bit "special" onstage.
Also can't help but wonder, where the hell was this band during the last 2 elections? Politically charged pop songs? Hell, who doesn't need that?
Anything by Vangelis.
Anything by the Au Pairs.
I think this just might be your ticket. Sadly there are no samples on the link. But I tell you Eric...you won't believe it's not butter.
Michael Jackson's Off The Wall or Petula Clark's I Know A Place.
Alpha's "Come From Heaven" or "Stargazing."
tristeza, dream signals in full circles.
right on billy. ac and panda bear are personal favorites.
akron/family's self-titled is very calming.
DEAD MACHINES.
Sigur Ros, the Album Leaf, DJ Shadow or any other trip hop..
Lee hazlewood . Cowboy In Sweden.
Crowded House - Together Alone. With the opening notes of "Kare Kare" I can feel my shoulders relaxing and my breathing slowing... the fuck... down.
Come on people. You disappoint.
Two words:
Enya.
Slowdive - Pygmalion
i'll bring it in if you can't find a copy.
Casino Versus Japan, "Whole Numbers Play the Basics"
listen to broadcast and dirty three...
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