What gives this mess some grace

Breaking news!

Vampire Weekend's song, "Ottoman" for the movie Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, is out! Head over to Stereogum to listen. Being a hXc~*~ V.W. fan, I'd say this song is nothing spesh. It actually sounds like the string line of "M79" mixed with "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" lyrics that reference Peter Gabriel. Nevertheless, it's a new Vampire Weekend song!

Breaking news numero dos. Muxtape is back! Unfortunately, it will not be the Muxtape that we knew & loved. Head over to read what Muxtape's founder had to say. However, if you find yourself lost in the enormousness of the text, Tinymixtapes has a good summary of it if you prefer a CliffsNotes version.

Songs To Mellow You Out

THAT'S RIGHT. THE SUBJECT TITLE IS A MUXTAPE TAPE TITLE. 

Rejoice everywhere! For I have found an alternative (not as good of course) for Muxtape! It's called Mixwit. This week's tape was inspired by my own freaking out about an orchestra audition, college, the SAT, getting sick, & my recent love for Sigur Ros as study music. Hurrrrrr's the tracklisting, enjoyyyyyyyy~

1. Neon Bible- The Arcade Fire

2. House of Cards- Radiohead

3. Marching Bands of Manhattan- Death Cab For Cutie

4. Lua- Bright Eyes

5. Brandy Alexander- Feist

6. Olsen Olsen- Sigur Ros

7. 1979- The Smashing Pumpkins

8. 'Til Kingdom Come- Coldplay

9. Plans- Bloc Party

10. Fake Empire- The National

Here we are at the transmission party

Omg hiiii! So I got the stomach flu on Friday morning (like 2 A.M. morning) & basically I threw up all day yesterday. But now I'm better & after sharing that bit of lovely news with you, here's some actual newsworthy news of musical nature!

The Smashing Pumpkins are set to release their FIRST EVER live concert DVD to mark their 20th anniversary! It'll be out on November 11th and it's going to be a whopping 105 minutes long. Read more at the source.

Kings of Leon have insulted Panic At The Disco & Fall Out Boy. Lol, need I say more? KOL talks about their recent success with their new single "Sex On Fire" & about settling down. Detailz hurrr.

New Kanye West song, "Love Lockdown" is out & you can listen to it here at the source. Personally, I can't say I'm a big fan, especially because Graduation was such a big hit for me.

I've never heard of Magnetic Morning, but apparently it is the side project of Sam Fogarino (Interpol) & Adam Franklin (Swervedriver- who I've never heard of either) but the mention of Interpol was enough to grab my attention so it should be enough to grab yours & I apologize for this poorly constructed run-on sentence. I guess Magnetic Morning have released an EP, but before I butcher anymore of the English language, head on over to Stereogum for the full scoop.

Okay so Fab Moretti (The Strokes' FAB [haha] drummer) has a side project with Devendra Banhart called Little Joy. Listen at their Myspace here & visit the source for info about their new album.

Apparently Jack White loved working with Alicia Keys so much, he may be working on her next album. But, NME, being the ambiguous writers that they are, have not really made it clear if this is going to be forrealz. Try your hand at interpreting the text here. Speaking of Jack White & Alicia Keys, it seems as though the song they wrote for Quantum of Solace, was unknowlingly used for a Coke ad. Jack White, of course, had a fit. Read details.

That was a rather large upchuck (a bad pun in lieu of my stomach virus, haha) of information but I feel rather awful about the lack of updates. Here, I will leave you on an apologetic note, kind of a peace offering. So I was watching TV when I was sick, something I never do, but there was this Kashi commerical & apparently if you go on their website Kashi.com you can enter in your address & shiz & get a free cookie! So go go go & get a free cookie!

Postcards from tiny islands

Hello.

I have time to drop in & say that yes, I am alive. But that's really all I can say because my life is hanging on a thread all because of COLLEGE. 

If the few of you who read my blog are in need of some musical info~*~*, I highly recommend the websites I source often:

Stereogum

Pitchforkmedia

Cokemachineglow

Tinymixtapes

Ohnotheydidnt

I don't even have time to link them, just search for 'em in Google. 

I MISS BLOGGING ABOUT THE STROKES. I MISS MY LIFE. 

-over&out-

Expecting softness can lead to foolishness

I have for you, today, a PLETHORA of new things. Get ready... set.... be excited!

New Andrew Bird song! It's called "The Master Swarm" & he performed it live on August 24th. Watch at Yewtoob. [Source]

Okay so if you don't mind horrible quality, listen to a new Snow Patrol song, "Take Back The City" here. & for that matter, if you don't mind mediocre music. Sorry Snow Patrol, but this one song definitely seems like a downgrade. Source]

Continuing with today's theme of "new" there's a new music video, ft.ing our fav electronica duo. Besides Justice... & MGMT. Or Daft Punk. Give up? HOT CHIP! Watch the vid at Sgum. [Source]

Okay, this part goes out to faithful reader, Elizabeth! Heads up, because there's a new Spoon song! It's called "Writing To You In Reverse" (click to download/listen). Lemme just say, that Britt Daniel can write to me any which way he wants. [Source] 

P.S.

I really miss Muxtape.com :(

So much for dreams we see...

Another week is doneee. That's a week less until graduation!

So the elections are coming up. Do you support Obama?? Even if you don't that's okay, just as long as you support The National! Their song "Fake Empire" is the music to the Obama campaign video which is pretty nifty. Dude, McCain needs to step his game up & get like Girl Talk to do his campagin vid. Clickkk to watch Obama's! [Source]

So it seems like my favorite pretty boy, Patrick Wolf is getting ready for not one, but two albumzzz. That's pretty exciting. He says to think of "smashing pumpkins, kate bush" interestante combo there, Patrick. Read his full blog. [Source]

I feel like I blog too much about Coldplay, so I'm just going to post the link from Stereogum about something new that they're doing. Click if you want, don't click if you don't want.

Okay, now here's the news you should actually really super duper care about. Sufjan Stevens! Yes, I should just be able to type his name & you should jump up for joy! But I'll tell you anyways. Sufjan Stevens wrote the score for some movie Natalie Portman directed. Basically it's all like "quiet, sad, romantic flourishes." Perf, just perfect. [Source]

Alsooooo, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band are touring! I wish he had left it as Bright Eyes because that was a lot to type out. Anyways, check the dates out here at Pfork, & yes, he IS coming to Florida!

Oh & P.S., if you wanna buy Bob Dylan's harmonica, betterrrr hurry it up because there's only seven of 'em. Detailz at source.

... but never care to know.