been listening to this almost literally all day. definitely need to go see the mountain goats when they come to Boston in a few weeks.
been listening to this almost literally all day. definitely need to go see the mountain goats when they come to Boston in a few weeks.
1. I have the icelandic version of “my head is an animal,” not the u.s. version. several songs are different; this is bothering me a little.
2. “love love love” is a breakup song, whoa. I never actually listened to the lyrics and one night I think I fell asleep after listening to it on repeat while trying to finish a paper or something? anyway, my point here is that I never really listened to it and just assumed it was a happy song. it’s not.
anywho, I’m excited for their concert next week. hopefully bri is too.
just re-listened to the dirty projectors’ new album to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming its existence, but luckily it’s excellent. ”swing lo magellan,” if you’re curious.
1. every couple of months, I re-discover how excellent an album “graceland” is. if I was forced to pick my favorite album of all time at gunpoint (clearly a common occurrence), it would probably be my pick.
2. the new tallest man on earth album was disappointing. too vaguely peppy and not the emotional raw-ness that I love from him. I mean, it’s okay. just not what I’m looking for from tallest man on earth.
3. the new metric album, on the other hand, is fantastic. if anyone doesn’t listen to metric yet, they really should. feel free to start with this album.
4. I really need to get tickets for m83 and of monsters and men. (yay portland).
This band, Racoon, is a recent discovery of mine (and by recent, I mean really recent - like an hour ago). They’re Dutch and pretty excellent. ”Love you more” is apparently their best known song (I have no idea), but it’s a gorgeous, lazy, happy song. Clearly, I need to listen to more of their stuff.
Because I can’t post just one Magnetic Fields video, here’s “I Don’t Want to get Over You,” one of my all-time favorites of theirs. Not an official video, but a kind of cute/weird animation. It works. Or you could just listen to the song.
Guess who’s seeing the Magnetic Fields tonight?! I can’t even describe how excited I am for this concert. This is one of my favorite songs off of their new album (though “69 love songs” will always be my favorite of their albums), and the video is actually super cool. Plus it makes me smile and be a little sad at the same time. (note: how I feel about the Magnetic Fields as a whole).
Okay, disclaimer: I indirectly know the guys in this band, The Modest Proposal. (they’re from around where I grew up and friends of friends.) I looked them up on spotify on a whim the other day, and was pleasantly surprised to see their album, which I quite enjoy. I know this video (of a live outdoor concert) is pretty subpar, but they’re a lot of fun to see perform, and they’re super nice guys. Also this song gets stuck in my head easily.
Got this from someone on twitter; this is my favorite of their stuff. I apologize for the completely terrible video, but the song itself is kind of catchy.
Ben Howard’s “Promise.” Hauntingly beautiful, and the youtube description of it as a “night time song” is completely accurate. I love the idea of the driving footage in this video, though it does get a bit old after five minutes. Still a gorgeous song though.
