10.30.2009
Pg. Lost - It's Not Me, It's You!
As far as standard post rock goes, it doesn't really get done any better than this. The closing track, "Siren," is magical enough to be an album by itself, but there are no weak tracks on this record. GET THIS NOWWWWWWWW
C'mon son!
10.28.2009
Nada Surf - Lucky
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10.26.2009
Weekend Nachos - Unforgivable
The name of this band is Weekend Nachos. They play sludgy as fuck hardcore. If you knew that, you are smart enough to enjoy it. If you're still reading this and not already listening, you are dumb enough to enjoy it.
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Moving Mountains- Pneuma
10.21.2009
American Football - American Football
Upbeat, exhilarating, aggressive. How could someone not like an album with those qualities? Not many people, but American Football's self-titled is not these. Pensive, intricate, and emotional better describe this work of great musicianship and varied instrumentation. Sadly, American Football is the band's only full-length record, but you'll enjoy it enough to make up for the lack of follow-up.
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10.19.2009
Codeseven - Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds
This is the sort of music I imagine when I think of the phrase "dream sequence." Floaty and light (most of the time,) but not without substance, Codeseven fill "Dancing/Dead" with moments of serenity, without ever treading into bored fatigue. Great for a run through on a lazy rained-out afternoon.
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10.18.2009
Angleworm - Post Rock
This is not a post-rock album. Just putting that out there, because that's what I thought at first, too. Turns out Angleworm, a fledgling band signed out of Connecticut's Triumph of Life label, play some dirty, simple punk...well, that description really doesn't give it enough credit, but still. Of course, most of what "Post Rock's" showcasing is catchy and quick, and if the album rubs you the right way, some of the songs become damn earworms.
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10.17.2009
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
This album took a year to really click with me. People ask me how it spent so much time in limbo and I just say, "It's a year of my musical life I may have wasted."
And my question in return is, why don't you have this? It's Max Fucking Bemis, the Jewish King of Pop (Punk).
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10.14.2009
As Tall As Lions - As Tall As Lions
Go through a hard breakup. Listen to this album. Realize Dan Nigro is IN YOUR HEAD. As Tall As Lions' self-titled takes an emotionally jacked trip through the wreckage of a heart that's been dropped and stomped on, and even if you can't relate, you'll still feel the ethereal tugging of a few heartstrings as you follow the doleful tale the album weaves.
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pg.99- Document #8
10.13.2009
New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones
As I was neglecting homework and listening to iTunes on shuffle, a song came on that instantly suffocated me in middle school memories and happy nostalgia. That song was "My Friends Over You" from New Found Glory's Sticks and Stones, the last of Jordan Pundik's tolerable vocal endeavors. Sticks and Stones is the embodiment of everything you liked about being 12 -- it is the fast, excited, in-your-face pop-punk sound that'll always have its special place in your heart. Even if you didn't listen to this when you were twelve, check it out: it is simple, unrefined, and highly lovable.
Sticks and Stones
10.12.2009
Talk Talk- Laughing Stock
Laughing Stock
10.10.2009
Cursive - The Ugly Organ
the ugly organ
10.07.2009
Useless I.D. - The Lost Broken Bones
"It's the fear in the dark, when you're all alone, that someone's watching over you." Useless I.D., Israeli punk rockers and arguably the most widely successful act to come out of the small nation, bring to the stage an album heavy in sound and image alike, with "The Lost Broken Bones." Gritty guitar riffs clash with singer Yotam Ben-Horin's surprisingly clean sound, to make a contemporary punk album to rival some of the genre staples. The beats are varied and full, the mood always fueled with angry zest, and overall the polish on the sound is viewable from space. Recommended for anyboy who is me.
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Burial- Untrue
For two years, everyone went on and on about how awesome this album was. For two years, I thought everyone was crazy. I still do.
They were right about this album though. An ultimate grower, this album was very little to me beyond one or two tracks when suddenly it became the album that was defining my angst and loneliness in the transition to college. Suddenly it's one of the most special albums in my entire collection. How about that? Dubstep, electronic, awesome, other assorted tags
10.06.2009
Time to Die
The Dodos are back with a vengeance!... well, for the most part at least. While lacking the handful of outstanding tracks that Visiter boasts, Time to Die is a very consistent effort with great flow and a few bright spots of its own. Catchy and relaxing at the same time, the album blends classic Dodos vocal harmonies and folky guitar that gives an around-the-campfire feel. A fine record, well worth the listen.
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Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Passion Pit - Manners
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10.05.2009
10.02.2009
Sunny Day Real Estate- Diary
Here's something from the vault that smells like it too: Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary. This album is extremely sensitive, like if you bumped into it, it would cry, and you'd feel guilty because you'd just hurt your best friend. It's emotive and passionately dirty. Everytime I listen to this, I'm stunned. It's as easy to rally around the immediate slaughter of "Seven" as it is to get lost in the hypnotic final third of the album. Diary is a classic.
Oh, and they just reunited. AWESOME.
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HORSE the Band - Desperate Living
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10.01.2009
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot It In People
Do you like Indie Music? Probably, since you're here. But you're one of those fuckers who doesn't like to align themselves with any one subgenre of indie, right? You like your Arcade Fire and your Bright Eyes and your Deerhunter. You have LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" followed by Do Make Say Think's "A Tender History In Rust." You think you're so fucking elite, don't you? I know because I'm that guy =(.
You Forgot It In People is more elite than both of us, however.