I went to sleep really early tonight, and of course, I’m awake at 2 a.m. the only reason I woke up was that I was thirsty…and then of course I had to check the UPS site to see where my smartphone was and then there was an e-mail from an old friend that I was moved to reply to… and of course a whole bunch of downloads had finished. I’ve been talking with Adrian’s cousin this week and he has such impeccable taste in music (so does Adrian). He turned me onto a few bands that I’m in love with. Here are some of the new bands I’ve been listening to:

I just downloaded Beams by The Presets, which Adrian’s cousin recommended, and it’s so great!

The Knife (discovered mostly through other people on last.fm with similar tastes) - very, very odd synthpop

Shiny Toy Guns (discovered, oddly enough, through Katie) - very anthem-like songs, and of course the wonderfully danceable “Le Disko”

The Postal Service ( Adrian.) - jury is still out, I haven’t listened to the whole album yet

Lady Sovereign (my friend Mark) - She is so adorable! I’m hooked on her single “Love Me or Hate Me,” even though it’s rap (which I rarely listen to).

I Am X (the singer from the last Sneaker Pimps album’s solo thing…discovered from user kissandswallow on last.fm) - this album is an acquired taste and has a few good songs… it was like Splinter, the last Sneaker Pimps album, which was bad except for the first few songs.

CSS [Cansei De Ser Sexy] (last.fm and they played with Ladytron at the concert) - really addictive, simple songs with catchy lyrics.

Death From Above 1979 (from the CSS song ” Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above”) - hard, metallic guitar songs with great lyrics

Röyksopp - (from last.fm users with similar tastes to mine) - slow, syrupy sweet synth-pop with oddly intelligent lyrics