Playlists Have Taken Over

Playlists Own Your Player

Or does one?

Ever since the advent of tape recorders, playlists have been taking over increasingly more space on the audiophile's shelf and brainwidth, or mindshare.

Well, here's one you might enjoy:

only indie playlist you will ever need from lindsaystyles on 8tracks Radio.

And now that you've hopefully enjoyed that music playlist, here's something you might like to know about playlists. Music Magn8 had nothing to do with 8tracks compiling or publishing that list. We just thought it was deserving of your ears for a moment, to listen and judge for yourselves.

So what's on your playlist?

Do share. We love hearing what you hear and knowing more about it.

Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait

Mumford & Sons: I Will Wait

The Most Interesting Man's Make on Mumford & Sons

The hipster band's mega hit that has fans listening around the world.

Hating Mumford & Sons Is Futile

Sure, it's easy to pick on Mumford & Sons and their legions of new fans. They're hipsters. The songs are sometimes so catchy, you feel like they're just an irresistible strain of the latest virus going around. If at all possible, you'd like to avoid them like the plague.

But you can't. And here's why. Not only have we just exposed you to one of the greatest songwriting bands of this generation (if you didn't already know them before), but now that you've hopefully listened to the band performing "I Will Wait" in their live music video, you know you want to know more about this group.

And don't tell me that before you knew who was in the band, you never thought the lead singer's voice sounds almost exactly like singer David Gray, of Babylon fame. Don't think so?

OK. Go ahead. Watch this clip, and let us know how crazy that comparison really is (or isn't).

Now here's an interesting story, or rather, stories, about Mumford & Sons in documentary form.

Now, if that hasn't inspired you or given you some insight into the story behind the people who are Mumfor & Sons, and their crew and fans, well, so be it.

On the other hand, if you've taken a liking to them, you might enjoy these two commercial plugs that we don't get anything to promote:

Hipster Clothes - where you can buy clothes that look like spent money on daddy's credit cart, so that you can look almost like you didn't buy them, but rather recycled them instead, in an ironic exclamation of privileged fake poverty and immaterialism.

Mumford & Sons online shop - where you can buy all the official stuff that the band sells to people who are too cool for school.

The Genius Behind So Many Amazing Hit Songs

Brilliance In Songwriting

I Am, Unfortunately, Randy Newman

Why Everyone Should Appreciate Mr. Newman's Genius

Channel 4's The Art Show Just 200,000 people worldwide buy Randy Newman records. Sometimes it's just 80,000. So why does this guy keep writing songs? Well, he has had a string of moderate hits, that later went on to become cultural classics. Icons of Americana and a wordsmith of ironic American / un-American lyrics. Was he a struggling lad? No. Did he grow up poor in a ghetto? No. Did he have a life of relative privilege and comfort in the world's wealthiest country? Yes. Did he have an in with the mainstream Hollywood culture of movies, music and the performing arts, thanks to his family connections? Yes. And for all that, he has crafted songs that speak to people who enjoy the sarcasm and cynical side of comedy songs. He has dared to cross the line of popularity songwriting and stray into the darker and more sinister side of songs that highlight the great juxtaposition of jovial tunes with bitter, sardonic words. If you have about 25 minutes ... watch the video, and you'll appreciate Randy Newman in a whole new light. Guaranteed. If not, you're probably one of those short people he wrote about in the biggest hit of his career, who never appreciated 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' until Tom Jones and Joe Cocker sang it in a higher register.

New York, New York : Music Magn8 Take 1

Go Big Or Go Home.

This being the first item published on Music Magnet, a site about music, the publishers figured it's best to put up something by one of the smooth crooner legends, Frank Sinatra, whose anthem "New York, New York" is as grand and American as it is glorious and brassy. You gotta hand it to ol' blue eyes. He knew how to belt out the right notes, and sing great hits that will forever remain a part of the culture of the times he lived in ... and long after as well.