Straying from the Top 40

So while normally I am your pretty typical music listener who likes all the catchy stuff I hear on radio stations that play the same 40 songs on repeat all day long, I have recently tried to branch out a little bit. This is mainly due to the fact that I just put the Pandora application on my iPhone.

During my drive to Midland, I left Pandora on and I have to say I was pleasently surprised. I thought I'd share some of my new discoveries.

1. The Blow--I have only heard a few songs but I have liked them all. Particularly Hey Boy and True Affection.

2. Miniature Tigers--Tell it to the Volcano is the name of the CD that pops up and the name of one of their songs I like. I can't remember the others but I liked them all.

3. Jem--I'm not sure if this is the same Jem from the 80s cartoon but some of her songs do sound familiar.

4. Leona Naess --or something like that.

I was driving so I didn't always remember to reach down and actually look at what the songs were called. Occasionally I would also like songs by Metric and Submarines though they were more hit and miss then the others.

Also, just as a little FYI, my Pandora station that I was using was sent to Chairlift who sings the Bruises song from one of the Apple commercials. They have some other enjoyable songs as well.

On another musical note, feel free to check out Brett Mitchell band. He's a local from the tri-city area and can be heard on Pandora. I actually went to go see him twice when I still lived in Midland and even got my picture taken with him! He's a pretty good looking guy...and he sounds good too!