Hell yeah 65 degree weather in NJ in March. I didnt enjoy it too much aside from some playing with the dogs, but i've been listening to pop/punk with my windows down all day so its been a good Saturday. Specifically the new New Found Glory album which is a really good pop/punk album that makes up for the last two "mature" albums hah.
Also in music, the new Prodigy album is surprisingly fun to listen to. Its like if you mix "Fat of the Land" with like 90s Bad Religion or Billy Talent or something...its essentially a rocker, but has the Prodigy bass/drum headbanging Neo/Matrix etc etc feel to it.
I also really dig the new Lamb of God album and I HATE that band. Theyre channeling 80s Tallica and even Pantera a bit now and it really works for them.
Also, yes I realize I just gave reccomendations to a New Found Glory, Prodigy and Lamb of God album and might as well reccomend the new Kelly Clarkson album while im genre hopping....thats not gonna happen though.
I just spent $125 on a No Doubt ticket the other day and I dont care.
My Shop Rite bullshit job has hit a new low and the days are really numbered for me there til I just quit. Thats a heavy front runner for worst job of all time at the moment right next to my sint as a table cleaner at a restaurant...i forget what the title is for that....water boy? bell boy? something that sounds as shitty as the job is.
Seeing Watchmen tonight, I have a feeling Im not gonna like it. We'll see. If its worthy, i'll post about it.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1.21.09 Yes I Can....Do Nothing
2 days off during the week in a row has been really interesting...and fucking boring. Does that mean I am ambitious? Or that I have no job and friends.....
Self-loathing aside, this was a really cool release week for music.
-Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion came out. This band is pretty incredible and they sound like they are finally ready to put their musical genius towards a full album that a large audience can really enjoy and appreciate. Rolling Stone really did a good job at describing much of this album as recalling Brian Wilson on shrooms...anyone who has heard the staple Pet Sounds knows what that means. I predict a huge year for them with this album.
-Andrew Bird-Noble Beast is also a great fucking album. This dude gets it and is really gonna stand out from all the bullshit "indie-folk-lo-fi-shut the hell up" bands and singers that will put out shit this year and that put out shit last year. He knows how his music should sound and paints a great picture of what it looks like through his album art, which I am a sucker for since I actually still buy CDs and vinyl for the whole package.
-Antony and the Johnsons-The Crying Light is one of the most haunting pieces of music I have heard in a long time. The dude has the softest voice ever and its layered with strings and piano accompanyments that are just as dark and soft and really set a mood that reminds me of scary black and white movies(the cover art also reminds me of that). Its well worth the listen if you can find yourself in the right mood for it(I found that snowy and alone worked great).
-Titus Andronicus-Airing of Greviences finally came out and this band is from Jersey so I have been hearing great things of this band for some time now. This band can really kick your ass while providing song arrangements that recall Elvis Costello or Bruce Springsteen (circa 1970s for both). Thats not to say they don't sound like The Stooges or The Pogues though as this is a punk rock band for sure.
-Fiction Family-S/T. This last one sort of falls in the guilty pleasures as it is the brainchild of the singer of Switchfoot Jon Foreman and one of the vocalists in Nickel Creek Sean Watkins (SeanJon 2? Lets not get carried away). Anyway, these guys really made a cool folky pop-rock album that I really only picked up because I am a huge sucker for Nickel Creek and am still bummed i discovered them a few months before they broke up. Not much else to say about this album, but if you dig singer/songwriters and some cool mellow pop music, this is for you.
AC Newman of the New Pornographers also put out a new album, but I havent heard it so it doesnt get a blurb any bigger than.......this.
Confession: I wrote these mini reviews to keep up my typing chops for my new job, but I actually enjoyed it so I will most likely do it more often as long as the mood strikes to do it because I fucking love music and have no one to talk about it with..thank you neverending internet!
Cheers
PS LOST TONIGHT NERDS UNITE!
PPS I realize I killed any credibility to talk about an Animal Collective album by admitting I watch lost still.
Self-loathing aside, this was a really cool release week for music.
-Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion came out. This band is pretty incredible and they sound like they are finally ready to put their musical genius towards a full album that a large audience can really enjoy and appreciate. Rolling Stone really did a good job at describing much of this album as recalling Brian Wilson on shrooms...anyone who has heard the staple Pet Sounds knows what that means. I predict a huge year for them with this album.
-Andrew Bird-Noble Beast is also a great fucking album. This dude gets it and is really gonna stand out from all the bullshit "indie-folk-lo-fi-shut the hell up" bands and singers that will put out shit this year and that put out shit last year. He knows how his music should sound and paints a great picture of what it looks like through his album art, which I am a sucker for since I actually still buy CDs and vinyl for the whole package.
-Antony and the Johnsons-The Crying Light is one of the most haunting pieces of music I have heard in a long time. The dude has the softest voice ever and its layered with strings and piano accompanyments that are just as dark and soft and really set a mood that reminds me of scary black and white movies(the cover art also reminds me of that). Its well worth the listen if you can find yourself in the right mood for it(I found that snowy and alone worked great).
-Titus Andronicus-Airing of Greviences finally came out and this band is from Jersey so I have been hearing great things of this band for some time now. This band can really kick your ass while providing song arrangements that recall Elvis Costello or Bruce Springsteen (circa 1970s for both). Thats not to say they don't sound like The Stooges or The Pogues though as this is a punk rock band for sure.
-Fiction Family-S/T. This last one sort of falls in the guilty pleasures as it is the brainchild of the singer of Switchfoot Jon Foreman and one of the vocalists in Nickel Creek Sean Watkins (SeanJon 2? Lets not get carried away). Anyway, these guys really made a cool folky pop-rock album that I really only picked up because I am a huge sucker for Nickel Creek and am still bummed i discovered them a few months before they broke up. Not much else to say about this album, but if you dig singer/songwriters and some cool mellow pop music, this is for you.
AC Newman of the New Pornographers also put out a new album, but I havent heard it so it doesnt get a blurb any bigger than.......this.
Confession: I wrote these mini reviews to keep up my typing chops for my new job, but I actually enjoyed it so I will most likely do it more often as long as the mood strikes to do it because I fucking love music and have no one to talk about it with..thank you neverending internet!
Cheers
PS LOST TONIGHT NERDS UNITE!
PPS I realize I killed any credibility to talk about an Animal Collective album by admitting I watch lost still.
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