Songs To Listen To While Stalking & Lurking & Being A General Creep

1. Spy On You- Deerhoof

2. Every Breath You Take- The Police

3. Creep- Radiohead

4. Close To Me- The Cure

5. Crash- Dave Matthews Band

6. Run For Your Life- The Beatles

7. Can't Get you Out of My Head- Kylie Minogue

8. One Way Or Another- Blondie

9. Emily Kane- Art Brut

& just for kicks & giggles...

10. Invisible- Clay Aiken!

The song titles will bring you to the lyrics so you can wonder who the object of Thom Yorke's or Clay Aiken's "love" was.

Crosses & crushes, crashes & hassles

You know that 10 page paper I mentioned yesterday on music piracy? Well it just so happens the two main bands I used to prove my point were Radiohead & Nine Inch Nails & coincidentally, a visit to ONTD, had an article about those exact bands! It's basically about which is the trail blazer that has traveled the furthest in the music industry where record labels are obsolete. Read it here & vote; who do you think is the winner? (I personally voted for them each 5 times). 

Oh & also while you're on Wired, check out this article on beating up emos that'll be sure to bring the lolz!

Cruelty makes its holes

The Consolers Of The Lonely, the new Raconteur's album was released yesterday. What do you think? Oh & remember Jack White's huge fit with Icky Thump where a radio DJ aired the whole album before its release. Read the DJ's summary of what happened & how Jack was all OMGWTFBBQ!? & demanded apologies. Besides,  it's been a known fact of his dislike for piracy. But whatevs Jack.  It's no surprise that you & the rest of the Raconteurs didn't even want to announce the release of your new album. Read about it on NME & have a listen at the new album on their Myspizzace.

Oh & if you couldn't tell I am completely for the availability of free downloadable music. I wrote a 10 page research paper on it. Talk to me some time about it.

Songs That Fuel My Fetish for Iceland

1. Hyperballad- Bjork

2. I Swim I Sing- Seabear

3. Sæglópur- Sigur Ros

4. Earth Intruders- Bjork

5. Hoppipolla- Sigur Ros

6. Arms- Seabear

7. Cat Piano- Seabear

8. Birthday- The Sugarcubes

9. I Know You Can Smile- Slowblow

10. Staralfur- Sigur Ros

Fall in love all over again

For her 17th birthday I think it was, my friend Meg (who is my soulmate by the way) & I  saw Weezer & Foo Fighters. It was basically like a religious experience for us, mainly & more so for her. So much so, that even while I was a hardcore Blue Album & Pinkerton fan, as the quality of Weezer albums downgraded, Meg still stayed firm in her belief of Rivers Cuomo. So this post is for her!

Lover In The Snow

I am not getting my hopes up for another Pinkerton, but hopefully his solo album will be better than Make Believe?

For the kid with the will to funk

ATTN: Radiohead has announced a video-making contest! They're asking for an animated video of anyone of their songs off of In Rainbows & you don't even need to be video-tech savvy. But apparently they're not the only ones; Nine Inch Nails has also declared a similar, fan-based project. Get more info for Radiohead at Wired & Aniboom & visit NIN.com for the d/l on their video. 

Also, speaking of NIN, they recently released a four disc set of just instrumentalist songs. I always enjoy the softer & soothing side of Trent Reznor, so Ghosts was a big thumbs up from me. The cover art for each of the 36 songs was pretty sweet too. 

Okay so what is up with American Idol having the contestants do Beatles' covers TWO weeks in a row?????? I don't even watch the show except for last night when my mom screamed from the other room that she had found me a boyfriend & I ran to see David Archuleta. But yeah, once is more than enough, & twice is unforgivable. If the judges are going to be tough on the contestants, they shouldn't choose The Beatles to cover, because you can't imitate or improve on GENIUS. That was kind of like my issue with Across the Universe. Maybe nice in theory & Jim Sturgess is nice to look at, but the movie didn't cut it with me at all. It seemed like the producer/director tried to base the movie & each scene of a song, making for a very choppy plot line. But I'm getting off topic. While it was nice to hear Jason Castro sing in French, even Simon admitted that it was kind of a bad idea to do The Beatles for a second time. I agree, Simon, I agree. 

Spoon, 11/9/07

             

I know this was a while ago, but I thought it'd be worthwhile to post. This was probably the second most favorite concert i've ever attended (i've only been to about 8 concerts, Franz Ferdinand was my absolute favvvv!). Seeing Spoon was such a great experience. Britt Daniel has this quiet stage presence that's like created by his intense connection with the music, which in turn, surrounds him with an air of command that holds such a control over the crowd. I remember this concert so vividly because I remember thinking of how Britt Daniel looked like the definition of music. I mean like the way he moved & sounded & everything about him exuded "music." Also because my boyfriend of over a year had just broken up with me online (all kinds of classy) two days prior. 

I remember thinking that boys really sucked & I was truly heartbroken. But I seriously forgot everything while hearing Britt Daniel sing... I mean I forrealz forgot my name & everything. After the show, my brother & I met him & I was absolutely speechless. Because the group I was with in the crowd was up front & danced & clapped rather enthusiastically, he signed my poster "Claps! Thanks! Britt Daniel." I am happy to say he single-handedly restored my faith and love for the male gender. This is the poster that currently resides above my bed. 

Come on skinny love

If you too, wish you were in Austin, Texas enjoying SXSW, you can pretend to be a part of it at Stereogum (not really diggin' the new layout to be quite honest) & Pitchfork. They have lurvelyyy updates about everything that those who are less fortunate, are missing out on. 

Discovery of the day!

My AP US history teacher from last year likes good music! Why is this such a discovery? Well because he isn't the type you'd really pin down as indie lover & also because you don't meet many people down where I live that likes something other than mindless provocative rap, Dragonforce, or country shiz. So to find out my former teacher is a big fan of The Shins?? I guess I was blinded by the workload he assigned. But now that I don't have him anymore, I can burn him those Cure albums he wanted without any bitterness.

Wasted days you've come to pass

Current obsessions: James McAvoy & Vampire Weekend!

I love James McAvoy's Scottish accent and I love Vampire Weekend's integration of strings into their songs; being a violin playuhh, it's nice to see strings being associated with something other than stuffy old Mozart or d00ds in wigs. Just sayin'. Anyways, no dissss to Mozart, but Vampire Weekend is the freshest shiz i've heard in a while. Check out this article about them by Andy Greenwald (whom I also admire)! Plus, yesterday I skipped school & took some time to learn the beginning of M79! I can honestly say I haven't felt this way about a band since The Strokes became my favorite band with Is This It or captivated me so much.

Postscript: Heads Up!~

May 5 & 6 (if i'm lucky)- RADIOHEAD

June 7- Vampire Weekend

June 11- The Cure

Just Drums

If you can't read what it says, it says 739 NOTE STREAK. True story. 

Songs That Prove That Classical String Instruments Can Be Cool

1. M79- Vampire Weekend

2. The Opposite of Hallelujah- Jens Lekman 

3. Fake Palindromes- Andrew Bird

4. Eleanor Rigby- The Beatles

5. Four Winds- Bright Eyes

6. We Both Go Down Together- The Decemberists

7. The Magic Position- Patrick Wolf

8. Pull Shapes- The Pipettes

9. On The Radio- Regina Spektor

10. Hummingbird- Wilco