Almost New YEARS!

I think we've all been to this point before. Anyways cool music video, Ratatat and MGMT are awesome, Kid Cudi is pretty good. My favorite part is where he shows his Jesus piece randomly.

In Rainbows

Huzzah for Radiohead! The English rock band formed all the way back in '86 have finally released their new album after Hail to the Thief was released back in 2003. What have they come up with in their 4 year break? An album that many critics say rival Radiohead's best work OK Computer, which was one of the most widely acclaimed albums way back when.

And after finally finishing their 6 album contract with EMI, they've decided to do something pretty damn cool. They're letting you pay whatever you want; that is, however much you think they deserve. Up till now, around 62% paid nothing (me included) for this new album; but with downloads already exceeding 1 million and ALL the money going straight to the band's pockets instead of a record company, they must be pretty happy with themselves. Radiohead must be filthy rich anyways.

You can get the album digitally on http://www.inrainbows.com/. Right now the song stuck in my head is this one. It reminds me of fancy swimming pools and colorful fishes.

"Raindrops From The Sun" by Imani Coppola

I'm at office hours where I know no one will come. Oh, boredom is me. Song of the Day! Yeah!

Song: Raindrops From The Sun

Artist: Imani Coppola
Album: The Black & White Album (2007)

So who watched last week's Grey's Anatomy? I did. I don't like to admit it, but I totally marathoned Grey's Anatomy last Tuesday and didn't sleep until 6am. That was stupid. Not to mention, Grey's managed to get it's nasty soap-y hooks into me and I'm addicted again. Like One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy has a knack of choosing good songs in their episode soundtracks, and that was exactly what stuck out to me in the beginning of episode 406. In fact, it's one of the few things that I liked about that episode. Unfortunately you only hear it for a little more than a minute (Yes, I actually went back and timed it --- it's playing for exactly 1:16 minutes and it's behind dialogue for about 1:14 of it). Of course, I sped immediately to Grey's Anatomy radio to find the song.

Imani Coppola hails from NYC and guys, get this: she plays the violin! Like she went to SUNY Purchase and studied violin performance, and does both the violin thing and the singing thing. She has her own label, and writes, produces and records all her music by herself. She's like a superwoman or something. As for the song itself, it's such a bright, I'm-waking-up-happy song. Like those Saturdays where you naturally wake up at 9:30 am all refreshed (instead of those Saturdays where you have to wake up at 6:30 am to push a little girl in a buggy up a hill) and you HAVE NO WORK to do! I love those days. :] Do you love those days? I really truly do. The beats in the back have that kind of 90s hip-hop feel to them, and Imani's music style and voice reminds me a lot of Esthero (Another sorely underappreciated singer. One day I will do a post about Esthero, I promise.)

Grab the song here.

"Sort Of A Protest Song" by Matthew Good Band

I'm locked out of my room and waiting for my roommates to show up. So time for another song of the day before my laptop batteries run out!

Song: Sort Of A Protest Song
Artist: Matthew Good Band
Album: The Audio Of Being (2002)

Very quick short description (only 14 minutes left on battery!). A late 90s/early 2000s Canadian Alt-Rock band fronted by (who else?) Matthew Good. Apparently, Matthew Good was very dissatisfied with The Audio Of Being album on the whole, but considered "Sort Of A Protest Song" one of the few good songs. At the very least I like it. (It should also be noted that since the band's disbanding in 2002, Matthew Good has become pretty active politically. Suits the song, no?) AHHH. Low Battery warning!

Here's the song. Check it out. Another good song by him is "Weapon". It was in Alias. Pretty good. I'll upload it some other time. Gotta go now! BYE!

A Little Bit Of Everything

Artist: Blaqk Audio
Album: Cex Cells (2007)
Check Out: Stiff Kittens, Bitter For Sweet, Semiotic Love

Whatever you would like to call this, electronic, darkwave, gothic, ebm (electronic body musik, apparently a genre now describing artists like Front 242 and Apoptygma Berzerk because you cannot categorize them as both industrial and electronic?), techno, alternative... I would like to call it RRGM, which stands for really really good music. I went to their third concert ever yesterday at the Grand Ballroom NYC, it was definitely worth the half an hour wait in front of the doors then one hour wait on the floor. For those who haven't heard, Blaqk Audio is an electronic project created by Davey Havok (gorgeously beautiful) and Jade Puget (not so photogenic but incredibly stunning in person) from AFI. Basically, this is the type of music you will see blue shirted middle aged glasses-wearing short mom standing from the balcony, blonde Laguna Beach-like girls with glowsticks, a bunch of goth kids, and yourself dancing to. Cexy.


Artist: Rilo Kiley
Album: Under The Blacklight (2007)
Check Out: The Angels Hung Around, Silver Lining, Close Call, Dejalo

Rilo Kiley's fourth full length album, after most of the band members "returned" from their solo albums (Jenny Lewis with Rabbit Fur Coat and Blake Sennett in Sun, Sun, Sun with The Elected in 2006). This new album is a new sound for those who have listened to their previous albums... it the adventurous album. I suggest you purchase this album not only because 1. Jenny Lewis, 2. Sounds like a mixture of Jenny Lewis' solo work, drums, country, folk, yet a little bit of mellow rock, 3. Jenny Lewis... but also because the album's jewel case is tinted purple! What more can you ask for?


Artist: Au Revoir Simone
Album: The Bird Of Music (2007)
Check Out: The Lucky One

My new found super mellow indie ambiance meditation music. Just imagine a set of harmonious triplets and while you look at the album art and you will get a good picture of what their music might sound like. Sounds like sunsetting gradually, leaves turning from kelly green to a medium kind of sea green, and summer going by really slowly. Except summer has gone by too quick for me and I need to start writing a paper instead.

"High School" by Jeremy Fisher

Song: High School
Artist: Jeremy Fisher
Album: Let It Shine (2004)
Genre: Folk/Alternative

Fisher is a Canandian singer-songwriter. His work is heavily influenced by folk and blues music. Honestly speaking, Fisher's voice isn't the greatest (but in this day and age of Paris Hiltons and Ashlee Simpsons, whose is?), even has a bit of a nasal tone to it. The cheerful melody and acoustic instrumentals more than make up for it, in fact, even makes his voice fit with the song. You know, awkward high school, awkward voice. (Jeremy Fisher, if you are reading this, I don't mean it!)

A song about reflecting on old high school memories. How many times have you done that in the last year? It probably isn't quite as Fisher describes it, and hopefully we won't end up in the same mess he depicts in the song. (Sample: "You're so the same, but you're so different/I didn't recognize you") At any rate, this upbeat song breathes nostalgia. Instead of specific memories like most of these reminiscence-type songs, Fisher sings about the inherent feelings of high school - in all of its awkward, confusing glory.

Check out the song here
(Someone yelled at me for using youtube links, so it's zshare for the time being. When I get back to the states, I'm going to figure out how to imbed a music player)

If you like Jeremy Fisher, also check out his other popular song "Cigarette".