benrasmusen.com » Music http://benrasmusen.com a web professional committed to creating value Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:44:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Harvey Danger http://benrasmusen.com/music/harvey-danger/ http://benrasmusen.com/music/harvey-danger/#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 16:45:02 +0000 Ben Rasmusen http://benrasmusen.com/2007/05/01/harvey-danger/ Wow is all I had to say when I saw the distribution model Harvey Danger is currently trying with their new record “Little by Little”.  This new album is currently available for download free in it’s entirety here.  And if you want to see their sensible, logical and well explained reasons for doing so check it out here.  And download and enjoy the great new album.

I thought a $12.00 ‘contribution’ would be worth it to support this method of distributing music, with the added benefit of the great music.  We need more bands following this example.  If after enjoying the album you decide you’d like to give back, directly to the band, click here to contribute.

Note: the music is available for free and no contribution is necessary to download and enjoy the album.

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Top Artists:

  1. Athlete
  2. Bloc Party
  3. Gnarls Barkley
  4. Sugarcult
  5. Snow Patrol

Top Albums:

  1. Athlete – Vehicles & Animals
  2. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
  3. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
  4. Sugarcult – Lights Out
  5. Athlete – Tourist

Top Songs:

  1. Bloc Party – Positive Tension
  2. Sugarcult – Lights Out
  3. Sugarcult – Dead Living
  4. Athlete – Le Casio
  5. Athlete – Dungeness

Some honorable mentions that have not received as many plays (yet, but are quickly climbing) would be:

  • AFI – decemberunderground
  • My Chemical Romance – Black Parade
  • Angels & Airwaves – Angels & Airwaives
  • Hellogoodbye – ZOMBIES! ALIENS! VAMPIRES! DINOSAURS!
  • Imogen Heap – Speak For Yourself
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead – Stay Human
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In no particular order:

  1. Athlete
  2. Snow Patrol
  3. Bloc Party

Also, if you’re interested in my listening habits you can check out my last.fm profile here.

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The fever, the focus.
The reasons that I had to believe you weren’t too hard to sell.
Die young and save yourself.
The tickle. The taste of.
It used to be the reason I breathed, but now its choking me up.
Die young and save yourself.

-Brand New

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