I was sick most of last week, and so didn't go looking for music. This benefit comp for Alexey Protasov is pretty good though.
That version of Wichita Lineman is incredible. I'm also very partial to the Johnny A version. It's instrumental, but it's such a nice way to groove out.
Lately I've been into tons of new music. First off, I've been trying to listen to Animal Collective. I find the lyrics to be purely poetic and fascinating, but I'm having a lot of trouble really getting into the sound of it, which usually puts me on edge. The Weakerthans is another one I've been listening to lately. While their sound, which I'd call alternative rock on the rocky side, is pretty good, the real joy in their music is again the fantastically written lyrics. Revisiting Death Cab For Cutie's albums Narrow Stairs and Plans has been a real pleasure for me this month, as well as The National's album, Boxer. Portugal. The Man has been added to my library this month, and while I find that about half the music they produce is boring to me, the other half I enjoy greatly, especially their latest album, Evil Friends Finally, I've been enjoying the well-crafted and often-cryptic lyricism of Cameron McGill found in the music of Margot and the Nuclear so and so's.
Which is your favorite Death Cab album? How do you feel they stand in comparison to the Postal Service? Ha! I saw Margot and the Nuclear So-and-So's in Philly, oh, at least a year ago? Maybe two. They were opened by a band called Writer and Ezra Furman and the Harpoons. I am particularly fond of this Ezra Furman song. I have to admit I liked the two openers better than Margot.
IMO, transatlanticism is number one by far. Narrow stairs is also great. It's hard for me to compare postal service to death cab, actually. That album is really close to me and has inspired a lot of the music that I make. I wish they would've released more music because it's not really fair to compare death cabs entire discography with that one album. If I had to, I would say it's tied for number one with transatlanticism, but I'm probably quite biased.
I completely agree about comparing Death Cab to Postal Service. In sheer volume, Death Cab has done so much more. Frankly I always liked Postal Service better but because of quantity couldn't rate Postal Service over Death Cab. So I guess yeah, I could see them being tied.
It's tough to decide my favorite Death Cab album, but I'd have to say Transatlanticism, followed by Narrow Stairs and then Plans. Codes and keys would be last, behind their EPs. I don't care for that one. I can understand that about Margot. They have a sound that's to get into, I think. their music, to me, is something to be closely listened to and experienced in a very deliberate way. Unlike Ezra Furman, whose music is a lot easier to listen to casually or in the background, so belt out, to dance to, etc.
I posted it last week, but I cannot get this song out of my head.
That's my favorite Cure song too. We covered it at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor back in 2009. As I recall mk was at that show and I think you can actually catch him and gq in the video for a brief moment:
That's really excellent. The second song in the video is great too. Side note: Do you have a day job? If you do, how do you have time to spend on making and playing music, making podcasts, and running hubski (and also being a father, I believe?)? I would love to get some productivity tips from you.
You know, I've never thought of this before, but you're making a very good point and asking a very good question. I know tng tends to run on enthusiasm and has a great natural store of it, but I'd like to hear more (if there's more) too.I would love to get some productivity tips from you.
Was introduced to the album earlier this week. I didn't know what to expect, I just knew it was older than me, I've been digging it though.
Ambient, it has elements of Drum and Bass, House, it'd be called IDM but that term is a bit vague. Slow buildup but it's a nice song.
Johnny Foreigner - Le Sigh This is the lead single from UK punk / fight pop band JF's fourth album, You Can Do Better.
It can be addressed. One solution that Google+ employs is loading a thumbnail, and then clicking on the thumbnail loads the video. Perhaps we will do that. In the meantime, I added an option to toggle off video embeds. It's in your settings. FYI mhr Unfortunately, the solution uses javascript, and I'm not really satisfied with that.
First, I link an Ezra Furman song elsewhere in this thread, and it's good enough I'm going to link it again - Take Off Your Sunglasses I've been revisiting old Killers recently. The Killers used to be one of my favorite bands of all time and it's been a treat to re-listen to Sam's Town. I can't find any of my copies (yes, plural) of Hot Fuss, but that's okay - I think Brighteyes is still too overplayed for me. I've Got A Soul was a long favorite of mine - not on either mentioned disc. In closing, I'm going to see Neutral Milk Hotel this Thursday. For me it's a really exciting opportunity, one of those never-thought-it'd-happen shows. Plus my friend is driving and I have Friday off, so I'm going to get CRUNKED and have a great time. In honor of the much-anticipated concert (I bought tickets over 6 months ago) I leave you with The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt 1
Have you played Pier Solar? I've been waiting patiently for the Linux release for awhile now. Wasn't it scheduled to be finished in December? EDIT: Oh wait, I'm seeing now on the game's order page that the next availability for pc/mac/linux is March 25. I'm very tempted to order it. Regardless, have you played it for genesis or anything else?