6/28/11

All these things about me you never can tell.
You make me sleep so badly, invisible friend
Turn the dial on my words
I can feel them fall short
Turn the dial, chime alarm, chime alarm
Watch these falls move apart
Turn the dial on my words
~Whirring
The Joy Formidable, The Big Roar

This band's a lil too cool for me. Serious sound for a three-piece, and they're Welch.

6/26/11

I'm pretty certain that the past few weeks have been the type where if I didn't have music to listen to and obsess over, I would probably drive myself insane.



"Well I don't know where you're going
but I know where you've been.
I've been tracing all your footsteps,
I've been counting all your sins.
A ticking bomb, a false alarm, a wrecking ball
You left before I had the chance to say
Just call me in the morning.
Call me when you're home.
I know what you've been through, don't let go.
Don't let go.

Well you reached into my mouth
and pulled out a single bloody tooth.
I've never shown that to anyone.
Yeah no one knows but you.
A ticking bomb, a false alarm, a wrecking ball
I left before you had the chance to say
Just call me in the morning.
Call me when you're home.
I know what you've been through, don't let go.
Honey don't let go.

You never knew that it would take so long
to understand you're right where you belong.

I don't know where were going
but I know where we've been.
We've been hiding from each other,
we've been hiding from our sins.

Call me in the morning.
Call me when you're home.
I know what you've been through, don't let go.
Call me in the morning.
Call me when you're home.
I know what you've been through, don't let go

Don't know where we're going
But I know where we've been
we've been hiding from each other
we've been hiding from our sins.

Call me when you're home.
I know what you've been through, don't let go."
~Call me in the morning
Taking Back Sunday, Taking Back Sunday

This song isn't overly complicated. It's got nice subtlety that I don't necessarily except from TBS, the drum swells and stuff, which is great. Killer to hear John and Adam singing together again - the harmonies on this record are sick, even better than "Tell All Your Friends." Their furthered experience shows on this album in every track.

I'm really excited about this album overall. I think it's a great addition to what they do. Some tracks - say, the dreaded "Money," aren't too great or anything to be that impressed by. But I'm loving it - "Who Are You Anyway?," "Sad Savior," "It Doesn't Feel a Thing Like Falling" are also standouts. "El Paso" is as good a track one as "You Know How I Do" but it's showing off a totally other side of their sound.

This song isn't overly complicated lyrically, either. But it gets the point across, I think. Feels good this afternoon. Among these complicated situations, doubt and worry, confusion and concern it's good to hear something that's new yet familiar.

6/21/11

My theory that computer-chosen music has a way of reading our minds continues to be proven — Good Riddance by Green Day and I Miss You by Blink-182 just came on one after another on Pandora, as I sit here trying to dissect myself from yet one more thing in my life that I thought I knew.

Don't waste your time on me
you're already the voice inside my head
~I Miss You
Blink-182, Blink-182

6/13/11

Woke up too early this morning.
Have listened to the entirety of "Cold Roses."
Amazing idea.

6/12/11

This song is probably in my top 5 of songs that can completely still me and bring me to very certain place. It's brilliant. I wish I knew what all the sounds were in it, what they did to get those slow, drone-like builds, because it's quite beautiful and I can't necessarily identify all of it.



Do you really think you can just put in a safe behind a painting,
lock it up, and leave?
Walk away now,
And you're gonna start a war.
~Start a War
The National, Boxer

6/11/11

There's a lot of kinds of music. There's music that makes you happy or sad, or takes away pain. Music that induces it, like a memory slapping across your face.

It's somehow validating, I think that's why we all like it so much. Like if there's some sort of manifestation of what we feel inside somewhere out there, maybe it's okay. Maybe we're not doing anything wrong. Comforting.

6/8/11

Edit:
I don't care what people say about this album. I think it's pretty great.

"Cotton candy and a rotten mouth
You know you're so fucked up
You know I couldn't help but have it for you

And everybody knows the way I walk
And knows the way I talk
And knows the way I feel about you
It's all a bunch of shit
And there's nothing to do around here
It's totally fucked up
I'm totally fucked up
Wish you were here

And streets that only turn to boulevards
And houses with back yards
and it's raining like hell on the cars
And everybody knows the way I walk
And knows the way I talk
Knows the way I feel about you
It's all a bunch of shit
And there's nothing to do around here
It's totally fucked
I'm totally fucked
Wish you were here

And if I could have my way
We'd take some drugs
And we'd smile
We'd smile
We'd smile
But not tonight, my dear
Wish you were here"

~Wish You Were Here
Ryan Adams, Rock n Roll

6/7/11

I have a new obsession,and they're called The Dangerous Summer. It is my understanding they have a 2011 release that is coming up soon, so I'm catching up with "Reach for the Sun." Which is awesome. Kind of reminds me of Gratitude (who I am now going to Pandora).



"Am I wrong, or is this really what you want to happen?
When all I want to do is have this, I'm not strong enough to stand.
'Cause I've been pushed around before.
I felt the burn from every inch of my heart,
but it's worth it to never feel alone."
~Never Feel Alone
The Dangerous Summer, Reach For the Sun

6/3/11

Mmmmm live Avett Brothers...lovin the harmonies, and the guy with the cello kind of makes it. Although I don't know if he himself is an Avett brother?

In any case, excellent performance.



There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
~Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise
The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You

6/2/11

Tonight I sang "Sweetness" at open mic night. And it felt fucking great.

What a dizzy dance,
No the sweetness will not be concerned with me.
~Sweetness
Jimmy Eat World, Jimmy Eat World

6/1/11

I really despise the look of this video, but this song always comes up on my Pandora. So fun to sing - it's super sad but super not?

And, it has a mandolin.



The sharp knife of a short life,
Well I've had just enough time.
~If I Die Young
The Band Perry