Top 5 21st Century Protest Songs
With people declaring that they are mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore at Occupy events all around the country, I thought it fitting to give you a rundown of my top five 21st century protest songs. Whether speaking out against war, greed or oppression, these songs are all a rallying cry for...
Top 5 Cover Songs That Outdo the Original
It's obvious that we have an affinity for cover songs at Synconation. And sometimes . . . it's rare, but sometimes, a cover will outshine the original. That can be a true stroke of genius, to take something that exists already, is celebrated and known, and redo it to the point that it's actually a...
Top 5 Terrible Pop Songs That Get Stuck In Your Head
It happens when you least expect it. You’re minding your own business, strolling through the bread aisle or watching a TV show or driving down the highway. And then the familiar notes of some horrible song reach your ears. You try to tune it out or grit your teeth and take it or simply switch...
Top 5 Mope Fest Songs
It's simply the ebb and flow of life. Some days you're up, some, you're down, and others, you're humming away somewhere in that vapid middle ground. That's right, I say bring on the extremes!
Top 5 Covers Projects
There’s something about a good cover song. Experiencing the familiar and unfamiliar simultaneously can be jarring, but when it’s done right it can be downright magical. But today’s top 5 isn’t about a band doing someone else’s song well. Oh no, that would be too easy. Instead I’ll be focusing on artists who have put...
Top 5 Speeding Ticket Inducers
Sometimes it's simply unavoidable. That driving beat, that incredibly heavy riff, those angst-ridden lyrics . . . these are those elements found in certain songs that seem to unexplainably make a journey that starts at the auditory canal and twists and winds through our anatomy ending up at your feet. From there, these songs are...
Top 5 Fake Bands/Songs
Is this about fake songs or bands? Sometimes both, one or the other, neither (pronounced nythur), I can’t tell. They are all special to me for some reason. Just like real music some of these songs get stuck in my head. Besides I thought it would be a cool top 5, maybe not. Kindly...
Top Five Songs About Space Not Written By David Bowie
When pressed to talk about music with outer space themes, its hard not to think of Ziggy Stardust and Major Tom. Few musicians have captured the wonder and strangeness of space like David Bowie.
Top 5 Radiohead Songs
Radiohead has pushed the boundaries of rock music with album after album. They are able to walk that line between full-out experimentation and general accessibility probably better than anyone. But blah, blah, blah, you already know all the reasons why you love Radiohead, so let's get down to brass tax.
The Top 5 Songs About Offing Your Significant Other
First and foremost, I’d like to shrug my shoulders. It’s a disclaimer of sorts, but really…there’s no rhyme or reason for writing this other than the fact that I was taken aback when I realized how many people were singing about this subject in such a candid manner.
My Top 5 Sleeper Albums
Here are a few albums that I think you should either give a listen to for the first time, or give another chance. Really, what do you have to to lose? You weren't doing anything all that great with these ten minutes anyway.
The Top 5 Songs My Cat Can’t Stand
We all have that friend in our lives with whom we can’t see eye to eye with—or hear ear to ear with, I guess would be more appropriate—on music. We play them one of are all-time favorite bands, whose posters and magazine cutouts bedecked our bedroom walls back in high school and…no reaction.
