Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The drones are after me!

I was slightly seduced this morning by a company who said they could hook me up with some money. All I needed to do was to place ads in my blog about this company or that! Then they take a percentage and the credit card company takes some! But in the end I get money for writing! Wow, how tempting! They know just how to warm my heart in this tough economy! You mean all I have to do is sell out to the big companies and I get money?! God why didn't I think of that? I could have been scamming all you readers into looking at ads!! Golly! Well if all I need to do is sell my soul and practically go against everything I believe in, I'm in! Right?! No.... I've stated many of times on here that this is an AD FREE BLOG! That's right big companies! AD MOTHER FUCKING FREE! I am going against "the man" here and bringing you my quality ranting and rambling for free! I expect nothing out of my readers but their input and time! I mean if you want to send me pretty things and/or cupcakes do feel free! So thank you readers for being here and do expect this and all of my blogs to remain ad free as long as I am alive!

Thank you again readers and thank you big company that tried to seduce me for giving me something to bitch about!

Neutral Milk Hotel

One of my favorite albums of all time is An Aeroplane over the Sea, which is one of Neutral Milk Hotel's finest! Why have I waited until now to declare my sweet love for this album? Well it was shuffled through the large stock of cd's I have! Some how upon stocking them this one was lost in the sea of music I have. Once I saw it the other day I jumped for joy! This album is amazing! The music is delicately laid out so it flows like a masterpiece when listening. I just am always shocked by the pop like beat of some songs to the slow calming that are in others. This album has been highly popular and to my surprise even has it's own Wikipedia page!

Why I love it? Since the first time I heard this album I fell in love with it. Although there are songs that come off as, well churchy... looking at it from a music standpoint it's stunningly beautiful. The low-fi quality doesn't drown out the epic lyrics and strums. Every time I hear it, it feels like an adventure. I can get lost in the guitar rifts. Fly over the sea with the frighteningly beautiful sound of Jeff Mangums voice. If you have yet to hear this beautiful album, PLEASE DO! It will definitely rock your world!

Friday, November 7, 2008

Music binge...

Yes it feels like some time since I've rated about music. So let me throw up a huge pile of indie rock/punk/whatever else on you. With the best albums of the year coming up i have to throw in the towel this year and give you a list of epic proportions that has been given to me. A friend of mine has a wonderful music blog and he greatfully produced a top 25 for this year. For your enjoyment, I thought I'd share it.

1. Grouper - "Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill"
2. Astrobrite - "One Hit Wonder"
3. Girl Talk - "Feed The Animals"
4. The Raveonettes - "Lust Lust Lust"
5. Belong - "Colorloss Record" (EP)
6. Fucked Up - "The Chemistry of Common Life"
7. No Age - "Nouns"
8. Vivian Girls - "Vivian Girls"
9. Black Mountain - "In The Future"
10. Why? - "Alopecia"
11.Abe Vigoda - "Skeleton"
12.Of Montreal - "Skeletal Lamping"
13. Dan Friel - "Ghost Town"
14.Deerhunter - "Microcastle"
15.Times New Viking - "Rip It Off"
16.Sigur Rós - "Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust"
17.Burning Star Core - "Challenger"
18.Ruby Suns - "Sea Lion"
19.Fleet Foxes - "Fleet Foxes"
20.Spiritualized - "Songs In A & E"
21.The Tallest Man On Earth - "Shallow Grave"
22.Toxic Holocaust - "An Overdose of Death"
23.M83 - "Saturdays = Youth"
24.Fursaxa - "Kobold Moon"
25.Animal Collective - "Water Curses" (EP)

Yes I know I'm being lazy. I agree with this list besides the order. Trust me if you have free time take a gander around the fancy internet and listen! I will be putting together my top 10 soon! Oh the excitement!!! As fall comes to a close I must say along with this please, please, please listen to Yeasayer! The have captured my heart. There are some amazing live performances online on MPR.org!