When I Say Go

Here are a bunch of songs I recommend listening to right now. An interesting fact is that I turn 20 years old a month from today. So that is pretty frighting. Also if you were not aware the Olympics are going on right now and they might be a trap.


Violens - Violent Sensation Descends
Cake on Cake - Sea Microphone
Chairlift - Evident Utensil
Amazing Baby - Head Dress
The 1900s - When I Say Go
Women - Black Rice

Last BYOP video

Check out Be Your Own Pet's last video. They announced that they are breaking up a week ago and are on their final tour in the UK. They were signed to Ecstatic Peace (Thurston Moore's record label) and were a little bit of a big deal. Anyway the song is about teenage drama from what I gather. I think I read somewhere the members of the band were really young (not Care Bears on Fire young though). Anyway bands break up all the time and new projects almost always emerge.

Woke Up New

Going into the really interesting videos that I like for some reason category here is the Mountain Goat's "Woke Up New". It is from there 2006 album Get Lonely. The band has so many albums so go check one of them out. Like this video it may not be for you.

Something Is Not Right With Me

Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me

I have not posted in a very long time. Sorry about that, but I emerge to give you good news. New Cold War Kids. The song is off their up coming album Loyalty to Loyalty. The song is very short and enjoyable. It will also probably turn into an anthem or something. Check it out and I will be posting new music more frequently so check back.

Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot - Each Year
Ra Ra Riot - Dying is Fine


Saw Ra Ra Riot at the Siren Music Festival yesterday and they were pretty good. I think that you might enjoy them. I did not stick around to see the headliners (Stephen Malkmus and Broken Social Scene) but I did see some great bands like the Dodos and the Annuals. I also rode the Cyclone in Coney Island for the first time. It was a pretty good time I hope it isn't really the last year.

Stay Positive Tonight

The new The Hold Steady album entitled Stay Positive hit stores yesterday. It had previously just been available for download. Also buying the actual album will get you three bonus tracks. Tonight the band will be performing on The Late Show With David Letterman. Also on the show will be Maggie Gyllenhaal of The Dark Knight. So worth checking out, but I will probably forget about it and look for video on the internets tomorrow. Seriously though the Hold Steady are awesome and put on a great show.

Here are an mp3 from two albums ago.
The Hold Steady -Your Little Hoodrat Friend

Counting to Four

So this weekend is Siren Music Festival which I will definitely be attending. Also The Dark Knight opens which I am even more excited for. Also next weekend Feist is playing Good Morning America on the 25th. But here is a video of Feist playing the way more famous Sesame Street.

Lackthereof

Lackthereof is the solo project of Danny Seim from Menomena. I am a fan of Menomena, especially there album Friend and Foe released last year, but I do not know much about this project. The first time I heard Lackthereof though was a cover of The National's "Fake Empire" (you can stream it here) which I liked. I was surprised to find out there have been a bunch of albums released under the name. The newest album is called Your Anchor and comes out July 22. Here is a song from said album. I liked it so you might as well.

Lackthereof - Last November

Romano Sings

Talk about a must hear album.

Dark Captain Light Captain

Dark Captain Light Captain is a cool name for a band. Sorry for not posting in awhile. I will make an effort to find more music to share with you beautiful people. Here are some songs that I enjoy. I think I may start reviewing albums here. Mostly to force myself to listen to more albums. They will actually probably just give you, the reader, insight into why I am not a good music blogger.

Dark Captain Light Captain - They Be Underwater

Takka Takka - Everybody Say

Golden Animals - Try on Me

Rain Delays

Pop Levi - Never Never Love

Pretty catchy and awesome song from British electronic musician Pop Levi. It is highly recommended.

And in honor of rain delays here is the rain filled video for "Heaven" by the Psychedelic Furs.

Extended Play

Joseph Arthur (pictured above) is releasing four EPs before he releases his full length album.I have only heard the third EP Vagabond Skies so I cannot speak about the whole endeavor, but I would like to discuss EPs. EP is short for Extended Play and wikipedia does a better job of explaing all that stuff than I can. Basically longer than a single, but shorter than a LP. When looking at the back catalog a band's EPs are usually not must hears, but they are great for getting a feel for a new artist. Tokyo Police Club's A Lesson in Crime and Voxtrot's Raised By Wolves are the examples that come to mind for me. As somebody who posts mp3s online it is obvious that individual songs are what grabs people's attention a lot of the time. I also get bored pretty easily sometimes so there is that.

Joseph Arthur - Pretty Good Company