Friday, April 17, 2009

Friday Chill Music (April 17, 2009)

Thanks for another great week at Kenny Kellogg. Before we get to the music, it's worth noting that the blog's traffic has spiked in the last month. Spiked is a relative term but Kenny K is consistently doing 80 to 100 page views a day, which is pretty cool. Recently, we've had a healthy dose of 150 view days. I've done some digging around to see what's different and I can't isolate anything. My only conclusion is that more of you, the Readers, are telling your friends about the blog. I really appreciate the audience and I hope more of you who blog, twitter, social network and even work online to create cool stuff, will benefit from a little extra attention in the form of a spotlight from the blog. You probably know this, but about 1/3 of the content is either comes from the readers or is about the readers. It's a really great feeling to get an email with a subject line, "Perfect for Kenny K" or "Have You Seen This?" Thanks for feeding me content, for living cool lives worth highlighting and for the daily attention.


Now to the music. First up is The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 Tunnels, which I found on Molly Mundt's Blip.Fm. I've been playing with Blip.FM and it's really cool. The Arcade Fire infuses such energy into their music, it's irresistible. This song is a perfect example.  
I've just discovered the new  Doves album and that they will be playing at the Fillmore soon. Here is a cut called Jetstream that I liked. Check it out.


I'm on a mad  Yeah Yeah Yeah's kick right now. Dull Life is an awesome song. I can't wait for them to come to San Francisco.


In honor of Pearl Jam headlining the Outside Lands concert in San Francisco, we'll end with an old school video from MTV Unplugged. Oceans is one of my favorite PJ songs. These lyrics always get to me:



Waves roll in my thoughts
Hold tight the ring...
The sea will rise...
Please stand by the shore...
Oh, oh, oh, I will be...
I will be there once more...