This year I’ve been working out every other day at this gym called the Young Men’s Christian Association. Really, it’s quite great. Except that I’m the only one there under the age of 35 before 8:00 am.

That brings me to a question for my readers: What music do you workout to? Reply with your favorite band or album. Here’s my current playlist on what I call my Truffle Shuffle:

Switchfoot, Hello Hurricane
Arcade Fire, Funeral
Smashing Pumpkins, Zeitgeist
Broken Bells, self-titled
Passion Pit, Manners
The Sailor Sequence, self-titled
William Fitzsimmons, Derivatives
MuteMath, Armistice
David Crowder Band, Remedy
Vedera, Weight of an Empty Room

“Young Giant” from Queens Club

“Young Giant” from Queens Club
fresh stuff / released on March 23.
Tooth&Nail Records

Electronica rock pop awesome. Go buy it on iTunes & support Kansas City music! If you are familiar with MGMT, Passion Pit or Arcade Fire, I would classify Queens Club in the same genre.

For those who rave about Last.fm and Pandora, Grooveshark is better.

Last.fm and Pandora are the two heavily-used online streaming music libraries, but these sites merely deliver music suggestions based on the listener’s favorite artists and genres. These services were around well before the release of iTunes Genius mixes, but the suggestion algorithms are similar in principal: “You tell us what you prefer and we’ll play things like it.”

And that’s where Grooveshark is different. And better. Grooveshark plays any song you want on-demand. Unlimited plays. No membership required. For free. Rhapsody and Napster offer the same service for a monthly fee. I’ve been using this free online streaming music player for roughly two months now as a compliment to my iTunes library. I recall trying the too-good-to-be-true service for about a week before tweeting it into the lives of my friends and followers.

Streaming music at work or home? Use Grooveshark.