4/5/10

So found out Punchline will be releasing a new album this summer, realized I forgot about them, whipped out "Action" from the ole CD case (zomg discs) and I've been loving it all afternoon.

It's pop punk. So it's not Colin Meloy, it's not Jeff Magnum, it's not John K. Sampson or elaborate poetry by any means. But it's honest and heartfelt and it works and you know I know that's all that matters. And it's a great album, makes me feel all lovely. Hell, sometimes my iPod depresses me more than Six Feet Under does. Don't know how much I'll check out their other discography from the past few years, but I'll definitely be looking into the release this summer to see what grown-up pop punk sounds like these days. I love it when bands outlive trends.

I’m cold inside
and these pictures can’t even explain what’s missing in my life.
The coldest of calendars I couldn’t have it any better
Half the time I am alive just to see your smile

Sometimes I feel cold inside
It feels like I am sleeping outside
Indoors there's a light I can see in your eyes

I’ve seen nights without sleep
Days without daylight
These memories I keep won't keep me warm at night
The coldest part is the heart that we share
It's breaking apart and you’re not even here
To say things will get better
So freezing out blanket my discontent 'til I sleep again.

~Coldest of Calendars,
Punchline, Action

3/31/10

You're not the fastest draw in town now
How many times you been shot down now?
Seems like everybody else could see the things you never did
But if you could yourself you'd probably never have made it through the things you did
With your heart still beating
~Still Beating
Josh Ritter, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

3/30/10

Today I remember this lyric:
"Just before our love got lost you said, 'I am as constant as a northern star.' and I said, 'constantly in the darkness? where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar.'"

The audio is very quiet in this video, but worth turning it up for.




I love her. She just sings, somehow floats everything together. All it needs is something acoustic behind the words, because they're that strong, and she uses every bit of her range and dynamics to make it move. Such beautiful songwriting, beautiful metaphors...and such storytelling in this song.

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid
I remember that time that you told me, you said
Love is touching souls
Surely you touched mine
Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time

Oh you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet
~A Case of You
Joni Mitchell, Blue

3/25/10

There's going to be a new Jimmy Eat World album this year -- something to live for. Also excited about new Minus the Bear, more new Lovedrug EPs leading up a full length, finding more Avett Brothers material, And crossing my fingers for a third installment in Lady Gaga's Paparazzi/Telephone video sequence. Won't lie.

Other albums to look forward to (after a quick browsing of Metacritc):
new Jakob Dylan
new Rufus Wainwright!!
new Deftones
new Josh Ritter
new Unkle
new The Black Keys
new Sia
new Stars
new Arcade Fire
new Cake
new Fleet Foxes
new Interpol
new Kraftwerk (always cool)
new Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
new STROKES!!!!!!
new Amy Winehouse

.....and that should all keep me pretty busy.

3/25/10

Moremoremore.



If you're loved by someone, you're never rejected
Decided what to be and go be it
~Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise
The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You

Great song title, great song.