But, I do enjoy some Pop (like Ben Folds and Dispatch), Baroque, Ska and Big Band as well.
edit: I also love Gunther and Swizz Beatz. I don't know why.
That said, of course, I prefer soothing tapes of Paul Graham's voice.
But, I do enjoy some Pop (like Ben Folds and Dispatch), Baroque, Ska and Big Band as well.
edit: I also love Gunther and Swizz Beatz. I don't know why.
That said, of course, I prefer soothing tapes of Paul Graham's voice.
My faves are: Spoon, Midlake, Fugazi, Death from Above 1979, Voxtrot, Mission of Burma, Cat Power, The Lemonheads.
When I'm working I'm most productive with things that have no lyrics or illegible lyrics, but are familiar. Jesu, The Fucking Champs, and electronica like Booka Shade and Apparat. Embarrassingly, perhaps, I'm totally loving working to old school metal lately--some from before my time, actually, but I like it anyway--Judas Priest, in particular. Also stuff I liked in high school and college: Carcass, Godflesh, Neurosis.
I made a list of my favorite tracks at emusic a while back (need to update it with Arcade Fire and a few other recent faves):
http://www.emusic.com/lists/showlist.html?lid=564452&p=1
You can't beat emusic if you like indie music. It's cheap, non-DRM, and they've got nearly all of the best bands and labels.