Help! I need new tunes!

aeckels616 · March 2011

I've spent the last year in Small Town, Alaska, which is completely devoid of a radio station that plays anything new. As a result, I'm pretty out of touch with the modern music scene and everything on my Jogging play list is at least a year old.

The ice is finally starting to melt off the jogging trail, so I'd like to start again - but I need some new tunes to really get me through my run.

What songs do you love to run or work out to that have come out in the last year or so? I like rock, alternative, pop, and a little bit of country. I dislike songs where the vocalist starts screaming instead of singing.

An example of some songs from my current playlist include:

Airplanes (B.o.B.)
Poker Face (Lady Gaga)
Say Hey (Michael Franti)
Stuck Like Glue (Sugarland)
TiK ToK (Ke$ha) ...ok, SO tired of this song but it has a good beat for jogging.

New suggestions, please!!!

MizzDoc · March 2011

Here is a cool website that might help:

http://www.jogtunes.com/

ssawchenko · March 2011

I know what gets me moving is electronic music (mostly drum and bass music)... the fast beats per minute gets my heart pounding even sitting still! I'm not sure if it will suit your tastes, but you can always give it a try!

I've ran 10km runs to the group Pendulum and my current fav to listen to is Netsky. There are also many free podcasts that feature different DJs. The "Hospital Podcast" is always on my iPod at work.

Robin1117 · March 2011

Hi--I am not sure we have the same taste but the ones I keep going back to over and over lately ( I guess they would be considered indie/alternative) are:

the new Decemberist's album--The King is Dead. 1st few songs are fantastic, whole album too.

Frightened Rabbit--the Midnight Organ Fight--I always put this one on if I'm feeling slack and need to get pumped up.

Son Volt --any of the albums works well for me too although a little more low key, alterna-country-ish

Delta Spirit too--History from Below.

Mumford and Sons, Sign no More.

Do you have an ipod? If so you should download the NPR Music App--they have tons of streams where you can listen to/discover new bands, hear concerts, etc. May give you a little inspiration. Also KEXP out of Seattle has a few podcasts/steams for discovering music too. You can stream all these from your computer too if no ipod.....

Good luck!