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  The World is a Beautiful Place and I am no longer Afraid to Die

  03.06.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  We played a show last night in New Haven, Connecticut in celebration of My Heart to Joy‘s album release.  It was also their second to last show so it was nice to get to play with them one last time before they break up. The World is a Beautiful Place and I am no longer [...]

• links, music, video

  End of a Year (Self Defense Family)

  01.05.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  I stumbled upon End of a Year‘s blog and ended up reading through all of their entries.  Each post is like a mini editorial informing, poking fun or complaining (usually all 3) about some aspect of the indie/hardcore music scene and the subculture that has risen around it. I especially like these videos where they [...]

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  Foals – Total Life Forever

  10.01.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The dancier tracks on this album took a while to grow on me but now I can’t stop listening.  Total Life Forever is an extension of the dance-punk sound found on Foals debut album Antidotes.  It’s a combination of indie rock, funk and post-rock.  A very atmospheric record – much more expansive and emotionally involving [...]

• art, video

  The Arcade Fire – We Used to Wait

  08.30.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Arcade Fire just released a new video for their song We Used to Wait.  The video was written and directed by Chris Milk in conjunction with a team at Google using the new HTML 5 web standard – which is worth noting because all of the interactive elements of the video are displayed without [...]

• music, Tour

  8th day

  06.21.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Tonight we are staying in Altoona, Iowa at the same hotel we stayed in for 4 days while our van was broken down last summer.  It feels odd to be back.  It’s kind of satisfying even though I hated every second of being here last summer. Hopefully tomorrow we have time to go visit the [...]

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  Tigers Jaw – Tigers Jaw

  02.02.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tigers Jaw’s sound is reminiscent of bands like The Get Up Kids or early Taking Back Sunday – not so much musically as in the overall “feeling” of the album, which I know is a very generalized statement but just trust me – after you listen, you’ll know. [...]

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  Best of ’09: Alex Champagne

  01.13.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  My friend Alex, of the Baltimore-based folk group A Cat Called Cricket, just sent me a list of his favorite albums of 2009.  (See, I told you, if you send me a list, I will post it.)  Coincidentally, he just relocated his online musings to a new dirt lot on the internet - Scenic Route Recordings. [...]

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  Native – Wrestling Moves

  10.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Native is streaming their new album Wrestling Moves HERE. I’m on my first listen through right now.  So far so good. I distinctly remember watching them perform the album’s opening track (Backseat Crew) in College park a few months ago because the intro to that song builds and builds – and when the build up [...]

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  Albums that have been stuck in my head at work

  09.30.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  + Have Heart – Songs to Scream at the Sun “She’s a song unsung She’s the wild orchid in your ugly swamp She’s a song unsung” These lyrics have been stuck in my head all week long.  It probably has something to do with how catchy their vocal patterns are.  No doubt you’ve heard about [...]

• music, video

  Native – Live at Scott’s House

  06.26.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Native rules live.  After they played I felt jealous because of how good they were (and how nice their guitar rigs were).  Super nice dudes also.  They’re finishing up their east coast tour with La Dispute pretty soon so go check their myspace to see if they’ll be in your area. ps.  These videos aren’t [...]