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!

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!

Ratatat

I went to Ratatat, which ended up being the first sold out show I've ever been to. Which made me realize that I hate people! Besides making fun of the people who didn't have tickets outside! I was pushed so many times I actually started pushing back. I know, I am so immature! Ratatat was awesome though and their openning bands were amazing! I believe the one I like more was E-rock. I could be mistaken! Seeing Ratatat play live has been a goal of mine since I head their first album about 3 years ago! They definitely lived up to the hype which is good. I try not to go into concerts with high expectations, since I've done that before and was greatly disappointed! If you have a chance to see them, do it! They are amazing!!!!!!!!
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Download- Mirando by Ratatat

It may just change your life!

Missing out

Life = busy, busy = no money! This is the only math equation that I have learned the past month or so! Summer is almost over, some may say it already is, well it hasn't snowed yet!!!! I've missed a hella lot of shows and I'm sure I'll miss more! But in September I will be seeing RATATAT!! Their newest album, like their older one, is awesome. So lesson of the day listen to it, love it, and tell me all about your love for it.

Update: Wolf Parade kicks ass

I was bouncing around like a sugar intoxicated child. Running late as usual, I grabbed my best friend and we hustled on our bikes to First Avenue. Once we got there and I had a drink in hand I let out a sigh of relief that in fact we were right on time, aka nothing had happened yet. A pair of men stumbled on stage and started the wonderful opening. After playing a couple songs they introduced themselves as Listening Party. Armed with a guitar and a wide variety of percussion instruments they filled the air with a surprising set of indie rock goodness. After they finished the anticipation in the room was intense. People were crowding on the floor, some armed with drinks and camera phones ready. Most equip with the usual indie fashion of converse, band shirt and rectangle framed glasses. When Wolf Parade finally took strange the crowd was beyond ecstatic. To sum up their performance, Wolf Parade was amazing! Although on the new album many of the songs seem to be reaching a darker point, it was quite different live! I was quite at awe with them and dancing right along with the rest of the population that overcrowded the venue. If given the opportunity to see them live I suggest it! The pure enjoyment of watching the whole band working off of each other is magical to say the least. They did play a lot of the new album, which I haven't heard a lot of, but many older songs were gracefully slipped in there as well. They lit up First Avenue and the sound quality of their performance was amazing! A friend of mine was able to get me in for free after meeting them earlier in the day while working at Starbucks! I would love to meet them and be able to tell them what a huge inspiration they have been to me to start painting again. Plus, a big inspiration to many other people who have music talent! When they finished their encore I walked away a bigger fan than I walked in as, which is how it should be! They were absolutely amazing! Although I felt sad leaving the venue without having a chance to meet them, I rode home a happy woman!

Why I love Spencer Krug

To me Spencer is a god and I will worship him as so. The first time and only time (until tonight!) I've seen him play I was blasted into a world I didn't even know existed! He was playing for the slightly, growing popular band Sunset Rubdown. Which happens to be one of my all time favorite bands ever. Their newest album Random Spirit Lover has seen more action in my cd player than the slutty girl at a frat party. Tonight I hope to be one of the many souls in Minneapolis to stand in awe at the Spencer. To much debate I will be seeing his other band Wolf Parade. Why with much debate you ask? I am oddly not a huge fan of Wolf Parade. Which does cause quite a debate between myself and the fellow indie rockers. It doesn't make sense why I could love one band but hate another to some people, especially when the bands do have some slight similarities. I just prefer his other work! Spencer Krug is or has been part of many endeavours which have spawned off into numerous bands. He started with Frog Eyes; then came Wolf Parade, Fifths of Seven, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake and also does some solo work! The impressiveness of this is amazing considering that Wolf Parade also spans out into other numerous bands which can get confusing to some and leads me to play the 6 degrees of Wolf Parade! Spencer's Wolf Parade band mate Dan Boeckner is also in another fav band of mine Handsome Furs. Which, yes, does cause more debate to the Wolf Parade vs. the rest! My main problem with them is the sound. I love the individual players but as a whole Wolf Parade is just not my cup of tea. I will still see them live tonight since I do try to give bands the benefit of the doubt. Plus anytime I can have the opportunity to gaze upon a god and most likely try to profess my undying love for him I'll do it!