Wanting to re-watch the latest Depeche Mode music for Wrong on their official site – because I only recently discovered the HD button on youtube – I see their new album Sounds of the Universe is available now to be bought and loved. Or torrented and loved. I didn’t torrent it. I swear. But I didn’t iTunes or Amazon it either so I guess they lose anyway.
I’m gonna skip the poetry and flat out say I don’t like buying stuff from iTunes mainly because I like my music files to be compatible without conversion with my Cowon player. What iTunes does right is its Just For You. I’d say a good 70% of the music I currently have on my player came from Apple’s recommendations. And today I just added another band to my set list.
I:Scintilla makes the kind of music I love; the kind of music I want blasting from my headphones after watching an action movie in a theatre. The instruments are bang loud without being obnoxious like a Rob Zombie movie and never overpower Brittany Bindrim’s clear and aggressive vocals, which never reach chalkboard-scratching screams like some other female singers. Their bio on the official site says they have similar sounds to Garbage, Curve, and The Birthday Massacre; I’m not familiar with Curve, but the other two have kept me entertained during commutes.
There is nothing in the way of music videos – just Live shows, but the audio is still decent.
