Whether it’s listening to music on the mountain or in the car before you hit the slopes, music in snowboarding can get your heartbeat pumped up for what’s to come that day. It can distract us from our thoughts as we hit a rail to dial in that trick or it can keep us from being lonely on a day of riding alone. Music shouldn’t completely zone you out since every rider should be aware of their surroundings and be prepared for listening to outside sounds when you need them, but music can spice up a day of riding just when you need it.
This year I upgraded to an IPOD nano 8GB after mine magically disappeared at Mt Hood, it was a bummer to see it go but I should have kept an eye on it better. For headphones, I am trying out siege ear cannons this year and I also have skullcandy headphones to listen to music with. For me I prefer to wear music when I’m riding alone especially in the halfpipe because it mellows me out or pumps me up. Generally when I’m with friends I try not to wear headphones so I can talk while riding and stay in communication without worrying about missing a joke or the next spot to meet.
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I’ve just started to acquire songs from this years snowboard films and will continue to add more in the next couple weeks. I really appreciate websites like Rider Tunes that show what music is in the latest films and which are on itunes.
Here’s my current snowboarding playlist:
- Alice in Videoland – Going Down
- Architecture in Helsinki – Frenchy I’m Faking
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Let it Ride
- Ladytron – Seventeen
- MGMT – Kids
- Heart of Palm – Stand Back Up
- T.I. – Whatever you like
- TeddyBears – Punkrocker
- Scott Sulivan – Calling for the dissolution
- Miike Snow – Animal
- MGMT – Time to Pretend
- Weezer – Troublemaker
- Kid Cudi – Day n’ nite
- Busta Rhymes – I love my Bitch
- CSS – Off the Hook
- Felix Da Housecat – Ready 2 wear
- The Doobie Brothers – Listen to the music
- MGMT – Electric Feel
- Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule
- TV on the Radio – Wolf like me
- Le Tigre – Deceptacon
- Silversun Pickups – Rusted Wheel
- Spoon – Turn my camera on
- The Grass Roots – Lets Live for Today
- The Faint – Agenda Suicide
- Caesars – Jerk it Out
- Teddybears Stockholm – Yours to keep
- Teddybears – Punkrocker
- The Verve – Lucky Man
- M83 – We Own the Sky
- Tokyo Police Club – Nature of the Experiment
- Beck – Volcano
- The Raveonettes – Love in a Trashcan
- Spoon – The Underdog
- Dinosaur Jr – Budge
- The Knife – Heartbeats
- Primal Scream – Can’t Go Back
Each season I look for music to add to my current ipod collection and most come from a mix of snowboard films and purchased off itunes but I want to know what your “riding to” music collection is?
What songs are in your head when you are riding or even songs that get you pumped up for riding? Let’s use this post and comments to find out what other shredders are listening to and see if we can add them to our own personal shredding tunes collection.
Christine
October 19, 2009 at 7:00 amsweet playlist!! Aside from many of the musicians you’ve listed, here are some additional bands/ artists I have prepped for the ride, both on and off the mountain.
The Prodigy
The Raveonettes
Passion Pit
Jay-z
Avalanches
Phoenix
Steve
October 19, 2009 at 7:16 amNice playlist! I listen to music every time I go boarding, I usually just leave a headphone out and the volume fairly low so I can hear whats going on around me.
Closure in Moscow – “Sweet#hart”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi08y-A39S0&feature=related
Atmosphere – “Can’t Break”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5toa4tpicA
Justice – “D.A.N.C.E. (Feat. Mos Def and Spank Rock) (Benny Blanco Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVYvaRS-MI4
laz167
October 19, 2009 at 7:23 amNo Misfits? Definately an Ipod must have. Black Sabbath,Bad Brains old school hip hop..but no country.lol
Ali
October 19, 2009 at 7:39 amThat is a nice collection I have a lot of those song on my IPOD as well. One band that I really like is ‘The Ark’ they had the first song in MDPs ‘Picture This’ called ‘One of us is gonna die young.’ They have a lot of other great songs that will pump you up for the next run.
Girl Gets Board
October 19, 2009 at 8:05 amYeah, I agree with Ali–good list, and now I have some new music to check out! I love MGMT and The Knife. I’d add Beastie Boys, Girl Talk and Simian Mobile Disco. You have to be listening to good music on the drive, otherwise it can be so blah.
sevendays
October 19, 2009 at 8:15 amWatch out this colab playlist!!!
http://open.spotify.com/user/rmorandeira/playlist/3XgYShuzI8Z1lXvmH0iXpk
Everyone is free to add songs!
Devy
October 19, 2009 at 8:53 amNew music to add, thanks! One suggestion – any music from Ronald Jenkees. His album, “Disoriented Fun” will be my go-to list of songs to snowboard with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRnZtn1a9bM
lee durfee
October 19, 2009 at 9:14 amim not gonna lie about this and act all indie or that i listen to the new band no one has heard of yet. and im not saying that everyone else does but the songs that i like most in the pipe or out with friends are pop songs. uggghh there i said it. things like brittney and justin, even some beyonce. hell neil diamond is even in there cause nothing is harder than diamond baby!!
gonna add some stevie wonder after hearing it at karaoke on sat night.by the way, burtner and mccarthy kill it when laying down the jams at karaoke. lol
JT
October 19, 2009 at 9:33 amI’m all over the place with my tunes. I am currently spending a lot of time listening to:
Criteria : Any Album
Tokio Hotel: Humanoid
Anberlin: All albums
AFI: Crash Love
Time Tells All: Time Tells All
and a whole bunch more….
Erlantz
October 19, 2009 at 9:48 amElvis Presley: Burning love
The Jacksons Five: I want you back
The Who: Baba O Riley
Dead Kennedys: Moon over Marin
Deciblast
October 19, 2009 at 11:09 amIll-Esha – Tar Paper Landscapes
Ill-Esha – Whoompcast
edIT – Crying Over Pros for No Reason
Of Porcelain – A Southern Summer’s Breeze
Jay-Z – Blueprint III
Ratatat – Ratatat
PANTYRAiD – Mixtape v5
Frankmusik – Complete Me
Fake Blood – Essential Mix
Teenage Love Graffiti Soundtrack
Paris
October 19, 2009 at 11:22 amThe Rome Thompson jacket has the best ipod control by far- I used it all last season and it is so easy to use- just a small toggle switch on the forearm that you can press down to pause when you hit the lift line and simple up and down for volume and left and right for next song. It is so great!
PatMill and SoGnar have a good FREE mixtape for some new music to shred to.
http://www.so-gnar.com/so-gnar-supersquad-guest-mixtape
Steven Ness
October 19, 2009 at 12:29 pmAfghan Wigs – Rebirth of The Cool
Beck- Que Honde Guero (What’s Up White Boy)
Broken Social Scene – 7/4 (Shoreline)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
Camper Van Beethoven – Take The Skinheads Bowling
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up to Dry
Cold War Kids – Something Is Not Right With Me
The Cribs – Our Bovine Public
The Dodos – The Season
Imperial Teen – Ivanka
Kings of Leone – Genius
The Minutemen – This Ain’t No Picnic
The Minutemen – Little Man With A Gun In His Hand
Okerville River – Unless It Kicks
Television – See No Evil
The Walkmen – The Rat
Wolf Parade – Shine A Light
The Roots – Sacrifice
Wu Tang Clan – Ghost Dog
Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
schmeiske
October 19, 2009 at 2:48 pmI have an huge playlist for shredding and tons of varieties of music in them, but here are some great bands for gettin down that haven’t already been mentioned.
Matt & Kim, Au Revoir Simone, The Rural Alberta Advantage, MSTRKRFT, Soulwax, Animal Collective, Junior Boys, Flying Lotus, No Age, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, Friendly Fires, Iron Maiden (yeah, I said it), and k-os.
There are a lot more where that came from, but I decided to keep it limited. Oh, and good call on Miike Snow, that album is gooood (but the interweb remixes of a lot of those songs are better).
steven
October 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm@erlantz
teenage love graffiti soundtrack is a must
Brek Leines
October 19, 2009 at 11:44 pmon resort mobbin around and having fun its all about the beats:
Method man and redman blackout 1 and 2
ludacris
lil wayne
biggie
rick ross
the knux
rhymfest
nas
busta rhymes
and more…
For pow and in the trees goodness:
mgmt
redhot chile peppers
offspring
queens of the stoneage
colliebudz
and a few more that ive blanked out on
Always rock the ipod shuffle 2 gb
Small and durable and easly workable with gloves on…or mits
Carl Hungus
October 20, 2009 at 3:23 amRiding tunes are not the same as car tunes, or serious listening tunes for me. Not everything is on itunes, sadly, some is out of print. Most of it is either big beats or just uplifting in a pretty kind of way.
Leftfield-Swords, Africa Shox
(works for surfing too)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j–Gs6gLRk
Prodigy-Diesel Power, and most of Fat of the Land
Bowery Electric-Empty Words, Freedom Fighter, Shook Ones
Chemical Brothers: Block Rockin Beats, Let Forever Be
Crystal Method-Trip Like I do, Busy Child, High Roller, Keep Hope Alive
Massive Attack-I Against I (w Mos Def), Future Proof
Bomb the Bass-Black River (w Mark Lanegan)
Mark Lanegan w SoulSavers- Revival
The Cult-She Sells Sanctuary
Dalek-Ever Somber
Outkast-Hey Ya
Teddybears-Punkrocker
MGMT-Kids
M83-Teen Angst, We Own the Sky, Moonchild, Run into Flowers
Billy Idol-Dancing with Myself
Aphex Twin-The Waxen Pith
Arcwelder-And then Again
Main-Spectra Decay
The Melvins-Safety Third
My Bloody Valentine-Soon
Music for a Found Harmonium-Penguin Cafe Orchestra (end of Napoleon Dynamite)
Plastikman-Konception, Outbak
Police-Everything She does is Magic, De Do Do Do
Primal Scream-Higher than the Sun
Project Pale-Driving these Icy Roads
Prong-Snap your Fingers
Public Enemy-Lost at Birth, Bring Tha Noize, She Watch Channel Zero
Slayer-Angel of Death
Rhythm of Snow-Getting closer to an Unknown Goal
Ride-Leave Them All Behind
Spiritualized-Run
Swans- Blood Section
Guess that’s it for now
Kyla
October 20, 2009 at 6:09 amYou HAVE to check this site out. The Hype machine. All the newest craziest mixes that are awesome for shredding. The Lykke Li remix for Kings of Leon “Knocked up” is insane. Same with The scanners- Low Life, LA riots remix, and Uffie- Pop the glock. Regular mix.
tooscoops
October 20, 2009 at 11:07 amI still have yet to set up a riding specific playlist. and my library could be called eclectic at best. but i do have to say a song will pop on that i normally wouldn’t think to put on a riding playlist, but i just goes so smoothly.
i never would have thought classical would go well, but riding backcountry, just make sit seem that much more epic… crooners on the flats… love it, belting out bobby darin so all the skiers hear me and can clear a path so i don’t get stuck… dragonforce for when you need that puch to try dropping somewhere you normally wouldn’t.
music is key, but my problem is losing it. if i lost my music, i don’t know what i’d do… and i’m prone to lose things.
Chronic
October 27, 2009 at 7:01 amA good source which lists all the tracks used in most of the Snowboard movies out there is: http://whitelines.com/music
Check it out.