Hello.
Sorry for the lack of posting in seven days. Seven days is quite a long time for me, I'm afraid. But anyway, on with the show.
Like I mentioned last time, I did end up getting Brandon Flowers' new album, although I've only given it one or two full listens so far. Sounds...alright. Like, sounds like I thought it would. I was expecting very little. He really needs his band to back him up.
That being said, since I love TK so much, or at least I did, I feel I owe him a certain loyalty. Thus, I am going to see him in concert in November. It should be good, he's certainly pretty good live. He was on TV a few nights back. I just saw a clip, and he was supposed to do this old-timey Americana thing, but it looked more villagey old fashioned Scandinavian thing. A little bit weird, but no matter. Hopefully he won't dress like such a dick live(although this is Brandon, so no promises). November 26th-looking forward. November's gonna be an enormous month. it seems it is always an enormous month. Oh, I did wanna see The Antlers, too, but another 18+. Grrr, so not fair.
Who else is touring his year? I mean, yes, a lot of people obviously, but I'm trying to think out of the people I like. Florence's hype will eventually die out, somehow. Elbow are writing or recording something, I think, but that'll tale a while. Foals are doing there thing. Biffy will stop toruing at some point. Muse are about to start their tour of the rest of the solar system(probably, knowing Muse), and um, that's about it, right? Sad, sad times.
Why isn't the new Klaxons on the American iTunes? Silly, stupid iTunes. You don't have half of anything I need. Like, Echoes is an amazing song. You're stupid, America.
Last night I got around to listening to Mystery Jets. I'd heard about them before obviously, but just kinda threw them on the landfill indie pile and was kinda irritated by the whole SEXSEXSEX attitude of the guys when I saw interviews and things. Actually a bad mistake. Their video that's supposed to be vintage that I can't remember the name of is good, and Flash A Hungry Smile is my favorite. Ahh, gorgeous. Catchiness can be an amazing thing, and Mystery Jets prove that so well. Plus...."have you heard the birds and bees have all caught STDs". I can pretty much obsess over anyone who writes those lyrics. Mystery Jets, you have been warned.
Also, Born Free by M.I.A is nothing short of amazing. A bit late on that one, I know. But she's so great. I really need one of her CDs, pretty much now, because I love it so much and think it's so amazing. I was boooooooooorn free.
And Gold Panda, still, of course. man I'm lovin' chillwave generally. Dammit, Naomi, you stupid, stupid, hopelessly spineless hipster. Oh but the music is so lovely.
Lastly, and brace yourselves, All Time Low. Okay, shut up. I like All Time Low. I will complain about all the other emo bands in the world, EXCEPT All Time Low and Paramore. Especially All Time Low. When I was buying Brandon's album over the weekend, I couldn't resist just browsing through the other CDs, as you do. The only ATL song I knew was Jasey Rae. And that Dear Maria song, but you know, that is a seriously seriously bad song. I caught All Time Low doing an acoustic set on one of the music channels I watch one day. I caught Jasey Rae while I
was eating breakfast. I was actually fairly impressed. The guy has a way with words, somehow, and it's catchy and stuff. And it's not even the sort of thing that applies well non acoustic. The...I don't know, arrangement is a bit funny on Jasey Rae, which is of course a good thing. I wouldn't go as far to say it sounds discordant, but certainly, a little bit off kilter for popular pop-punk. The recorded version just grows and grows, and sounds great, frankly. And I'm really impressed with them at the moment. So I couldn't resist it, I bought Put Up or Shut Up. It sounds great. The first two songs sound great, his voice works, he has some clever lyrics, and overall it just sounds less fake and more fun than most of the stuff filling up the airwaves at the moment. I would actually recommend it! haha, yes! Except The Girl's A Downright Hustler. That is one overrated song, my friends. Coffee Shop Soundtrack all the way, my friends. Or just in general. Sound of September? I actually think so.
See you blog.
- Naomi
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Teehee. Karma.
Hello world.
On a very usual Sunday-or-was-it-Monday night, I was at home. Doing homework, probably, because that's a pretty safe bet at the moment, or possibly watching Peep Show or lurking around Facebook or eating a yogurt or probably all of the above, when I came across something online. Then Iprobably put down my yogurt, stopped listening to Mark Corrigan's babbling, or forgot all about stem-changing verbs, because as it turns out, The Biff were having Visa issues.
Oh yeah. That band. Ha. I'm not sure if it's okay to say I almost completely forgotten about them...but I was nearly there. I hadn't completely, honestly, I was still pretty pissed but I was trying to forget the whole thing. My beloved were in the state, which is a rare thing because a lot of this country literally cannot understand the Biff, and I couldn't fucking go because I was born four years too late. But oh...visa issues. I can safely say that that beats Babyshambles last-minute ODs and that Kings of Leon pigeon-crap incident we've all heard way to much about, in terms of gig issues. Visas. Jesus! How great is that? It had never crossed my mind that such a thing could happen to a band. I mean, these people have people for all that stuff, right? But no. The impossibly baffling world of immigration, travelling, and visas strikes again. Two third of Biffy Clyro were not allowed inside the country for a Boston show. Instead, just Simon(minus the Reading and Leeds white hair and beard, I should add) came armed with an acoustic guitar.
I didn't see it, as I mentioned. Wasn't allowed. But the great thing is, not only do Visas strike again, but karma strikes again...you heard that, the Biffy management team? You fuck me over, I somehow subconsciously infiltrate the American Embassy and stop most of you from entering the country subsequently creating a free gig. Yeah. You do not mess with me.
In other music news, B-Flo's album came out a few days ago. Brandon Flowers. I'm getting it tomorrow if I can find it somewhere. Two years ago, I was a Killers hardcore fan. Like, scarily hardcore. I'm not saying I don't like them anymore, it's just that shirtless Scottish people(et cetera) have sort of gotten in the way. They write good pop songs. But I will tell you now, when I hear Crossfire on the radio, I am not loving what I hear. In fact, I'm not even sure I'm liking it at all. It's so bland, so boring, so cliched, it's frankly almost unlistenable. Yeah, I have a bad taste in music and stuff, okay? There seems to be this indie idea that Brandon's so uncool that he's now cool to like. Oh indie music. You're so pathetically transparent. But who knows, I'll get Flamingo tomorrow, maybe it'll be worthy of a 7/10 or something. You never know.
Have you guys heard Gold Panda? Looooove some of their stuff. I don't know the first thing about chillwave, but apparently this is it, and honestly, it's kinda good. It's crackly and calm. The title is fitting. But also a bit weird, and danceable and stuff. It's a very colorful band, I wouldn't say trippy, but you know. Colorfully vibrant. I love music like that.
From colorfully vibrant to black-and-white melancholy acoustic loveliness; Villagers. Have known about them for like a year now and just got properly around to listening to Becoming A Jackal. Un. Bel. Ievable. Every single song is incredibl, soothing, astonishing. Not only with Becoming A Jakcal, but ship of promises, Meaning of the Ritual, all the rest. It's getting better and better. Plus, Connor's voice is reminiscent of Peter Silberman from The Antlers. There isn't exactly a yawning chasm between The Antlers and Villagers I'd say, and The Antlers' Hospice is possibly my all time favorite record, so it's all good. If you wanna go folk and go folk well, Villagers are a must-cite influence.
My Spanish teacher's young and energetic and makes us do stupid things like sing songs, even though we're moving at too fast a pace for that. Spain and South America aren't necessarily famous for their music, so we're basically being force-fed Shakira every other day until the end of January. But we finally got round to Gitana...and...I really like that song, okay? Like, I find Shakira boring for the most part, and this so isn't. it feels both musically very rich and very organic, and her voice sounds great, especially en Espanol. the instrumentation is wonderful, too! Oh, it is just lovely.
So, um, that's more or less it, bar a bit of All Time Low and Jonsi and Freelance Whales. I promise, give me another week or two and school will straighten out, and I might stop complaining about it and actually write something, okay? Oh, not that you care. But I care. Writing's so fun.
Soo. Adios blog.
- Naomi
On a very usual Sunday-or-was-it-Monday night, I was at home. Doing homework, probably, because that's a pretty safe bet at the moment, or possibly watching Peep Show or lurking around Facebook or eating a yogurt or probably all of the above, when I came across something online. Then Iprobably put down my yogurt, stopped listening to Mark Corrigan's babbling, or forgot all about stem-changing verbs, because as it turns out, The Biff were having Visa issues.
Oh yeah. That band. Ha. I'm not sure if it's okay to say I almost completely forgotten about them...but I was nearly there. I hadn't completely, honestly, I was still pretty pissed but I was trying to forget the whole thing. My beloved were in the state, which is a rare thing because a lot of this country literally cannot understand the Biff, and I couldn't fucking go because I was born four years too late. But oh...visa issues. I can safely say that that beats Babyshambles last-minute ODs and that Kings of Leon pigeon-crap incident we've all heard way to much about, in terms of gig issues. Visas. Jesus! How great is that? It had never crossed my mind that such a thing could happen to a band. I mean, these people have people for all that stuff, right? But no. The impossibly baffling world of immigration, travelling, and visas strikes again. Two third of Biffy Clyro were not allowed inside the country for a Boston show. Instead, just Simon(minus the Reading and Leeds white hair and beard, I should add) came armed with an acoustic guitar.
I didn't see it, as I mentioned. Wasn't allowed. But the great thing is, not only do Visas strike again, but karma strikes again...you heard that, the Biffy management team? You fuck me over, I somehow subconsciously infiltrate the American Embassy and stop most of you from entering the country subsequently creating a free gig. Yeah. You do not mess with me.
In other music news, B-Flo's album came out a few days ago. Brandon Flowers. I'm getting it tomorrow if I can find it somewhere. Two years ago, I was a Killers hardcore fan. Like, scarily hardcore. I'm not saying I don't like them anymore, it's just that shirtless Scottish people(et cetera) have sort of gotten in the way. They write good pop songs. But I will tell you now, when I hear Crossfire on the radio, I am not loving what I hear. In fact, I'm not even sure I'm liking it at all. It's so bland, so boring, so cliched, it's frankly almost unlistenable. Yeah, I have a bad taste in music and stuff, okay? There seems to be this indie idea that Brandon's so uncool that he's now cool to like. Oh indie music. You're so pathetically transparent. But who knows, I'll get Flamingo tomorrow, maybe it'll be worthy of a 7/10 or something. You never know.
Have you guys heard Gold Panda? Looooove some of their stuff. I don't know the first thing about chillwave, but apparently this is it, and honestly, it's kinda good. It's crackly and calm. The title is fitting. But also a bit weird, and danceable and stuff. It's a very colorful band, I wouldn't say trippy, but you know. Colorfully vibrant. I love music like that.
From colorfully vibrant to black-and-white melancholy acoustic loveliness; Villagers. Have known about them for like a year now and just got properly around to listening to Becoming A Jackal. Un. Bel. Ievable. Every single song is incredibl, soothing, astonishing. Not only with Becoming A Jakcal, but ship of promises, Meaning of the Ritual, all the rest. It's getting better and better. Plus, Connor's voice is reminiscent of Peter Silberman from The Antlers. There isn't exactly a yawning chasm between The Antlers and Villagers I'd say, and The Antlers' Hospice is possibly my all time favorite record, so it's all good. If you wanna go folk and go folk well, Villagers are a must-cite influence.
My Spanish teacher's young and energetic and makes us do stupid things like sing songs, even though we're moving at too fast a pace for that. Spain and South America aren't necessarily famous for their music, so we're basically being force-fed Shakira every other day until the end of January. But we finally got round to Gitana...and...I really like that song, okay? Like, I find Shakira boring for the most part, and this so isn't. it feels both musically very rich and very organic, and her voice sounds great, especially en Espanol. the instrumentation is wonderful, too! Oh, it is just lovely.
So, um, that's more or less it, bar a bit of All Time Low and Jonsi and Freelance Whales. I promise, give me another week or two and school will straighten out, and I might stop complaining about it and actually write something, okay? Oh, not that you care. But I care. Writing's so fun.
Soo. Adios blog.
- Naomi
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