3/1/10

Also, my iPod is dead. There'll be way more updates because I'll listen to way more music at my computer now. But I'll be way more miserable (kidding, sort of).

3/1/10

No waiting necessary -- FYS album leaked, yay!!! Prettttty fucking catchy too, if the first track is any indicator.

UPDATE: Albeit this isn't the energy cool-down I probably should be attempting at this hour, this album's pretty good. I'm listening to it for the second time through, and while it sounds like more FYS, that's a really good thing! It's like they took all the best parts of "Rise or Die Trying" and just kept going with those elements, and it totally works. The harmonies are great and the lyrics are direct and pointed and harsh and heartfelt all at once.

The chorus of "Wasting Time," which I imagine is the first single, kicks in at the perfect time and you're begging it back to come again, and then it does in all kinds of ways. Good. Just the right kind of screaming, I think, and I really like the way they seem to pull it all together at the end of each song so well. A lot of the choruses are catchy and hook-filled and just sort of force you to nod your head to it. Lyrically, melodically, they have this way of putting a bridge into a chorus and just making things flow really well from one part to the next. Lines soar from one to the next, hit hard at the end, like it's nicely punctuated. Like it. ie:

One step at a time/One foot in front of the other/I'm gonna get through this one way or another
Cause I know it's warmer where you are/Cause no matter how far the view/I still always look up to you


I love how fun this album feels for feeling so aggressive. Great combination, but hard to do right, I think.

This would be a great way to kick off the day at 8 a.m., if my iPod was still working. =(

2/28/10

Stand there
Dance with
Stand there, dance with a memory
The caption reads "it's all over now"
~Steps and Numbers,
The Appleseed Cast, Low Level Owl 1



This band came back on my radar thanks to shuffle...I love this song.

Also, Interpol will be touring with U2, and while I doubt any chance I'd get to go, there's suspicion they might have a new release this year or be working on something. Would like that, miss them.

2/28/10

Amazing to watch and listen to him put this together.

2/27/10

Love my name
Love left dry
Frost or flame
Skeleton me
Fall asleep
Spin the sky
Skeleton me
Love, don’t cry
Love, don’t cry
Love, don’t cry
Skeleton me
Skeleton me

Soon comes rain
Dry your eyes
Frost or flame
Skeleton me
Fall asleep
Spin the sky
Skeleton me
Love, don’t cry
Love, don’t cry
Love, don’t cry
Skeleton me
Skeleton me

Skeleton me
~Skeletons
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz!

Beautiful song.....some great tones in there, simple and pretty words. I don't think there's any Yeah Yeah Yeahs I don't like, but some songs stand out more to me than others. This is one of them. Also, the video is sick-nasty but I can't find an embed code....see The New York Times for a take on that.

In other news, I'm very sad to say I don't think I'll get to make it to any of the Copeland farewell tour dates. Too much homework, and things to do, blah. But that's a band that, I think, might deserve a reunion someday, if I have to organize and pay for it myself. I can't believe I'll never hear You Are My Sunshine songs live! Sad. Goodbye, favorite band, you will still be one of them.

Still other news, new release from Four Year Strong soon......excellent. Get ready feel like throwing things into walls and smashing electronics on the ground, and all kinds of good stuff, with a snide-ass fucking grin. They can take a minute to warm up to (if you're not crazy about melodic hardcore or whatever you'd like to call it) but the dueling vocals and harmonies are pretty freakin intense, they're so straight up about what they do. New songs here.