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videos of the day:

nat king cole - autumn leaves






german march - erika






justice - stress


in other news:

it's finals time, i'm so weighed down with a million papers and shit. crap.

i saw future islands in dc last thursday, they were REALLY REALLY GOOD. the vocals were just as dramatic as i had imagined, i would love to see them again. i probably will, whartscape 2k10 y'all. double dagger played too, it was the first time i've been in a mosh pit in ages. it was nice, some guy's elbow caught me right in the cheek.

future islands - in evening air

i saw tallest man on earth in dc last friday, he was REALLY REALLY GOOD. he's just as good at fingerpicking live as he is on the album. i was so impressed by him, his songs are so great. nurses, the opening band, was fabulous as well. i had never heard them, and i doubt i ever will hear them again. you know how it goes with opening bands.

the tallest man on earth - the wild hunt

fun weekend at black cat in dc, i hope i can go back some time.


also,

atlas sound and ducktails are playing at swarthmore college on wednesday (tomorrow). i really wish i could make it, but i have no car. and i have mucho shit due thursday. DAMMIT.

atlas sound - logos

ducktails - ducktails




finally,

caribou and tor0 y moi are playing at first unitarian church on may ninth, and i'm going. who's with me?

caribou - swim

toro y moi - causers of this

hammer time

i love toro y moi, i love the toro y moi bro's style.

i love that his music translates so well into 'real' chords that aren't terribly heavily sythesized. i think this is the missing link, like all of this glow-fi music will soon play this way. since most simlar acts are 1-2 person groups, maybe they will just tour with guitars and a handfull of pedals rather than a shitload of expensive drum machines/midi keyboards/laptops/whatnot. if any of these bands survive the test of time i guess we'll see.

i saw washed out and small black play in philadelphia, they were really good. but the live bass player seemed really out of place. maybe it was his place within four other people with synthesizers (two other small black guys, ernest 'washed out' greene, and the small black drummer bro), but it was pretty awkward. its as though they want to play completely 'live' music rather than just programming their machines and then bouncing around behind their set-ups.

that's a video of the show, it's a pretty shitty video. the guy in the back with the green shirt on is ernest greene, the guy in front of him is one of the bros from small black. you can clearly observe the 'chill-bounce' that greene does throughout the show, small black bros did the bounce earlier in the show and the toro y moi bro does the bounce in lots of his live videos. i think i'd rather see toro y moi live, though washed out was fun.

in other news:

i'm waiting patiently for auction time to run out on a five record glenn miller's army air force band compilation. idk how much i'm willing to pay for it, but i want it. total wwII binge.

february second

has anyone else realized that the xx might be the most re-

mixable band of 2k-ever? just a thought.

in other news:

apparently there have been a shitload of car-fires/arsons/weapons threats in the idyllic town in which i went to highschool. what the hell? i figured i'd be in greater danger in north philadelphia.

also, i may have found a house to live in next year. BAD

ASS.

are the grammy's relavent?

no. is the old/new/only toro y moi album really good? yes. they're playing at kungfu necktie on march 25th. it's 21+, might be worth getting a fake. apparently the xx already sold out (pissed) but there's still time to purchase washed out tickets.

ME DI A FI RE

when you think about how stupid the ipad is, remember this video:

currently listening to:

toro y moi(obviously)

deerhunter cryptograms

in other news:

apparently there's some 'alt' radiostation on temple's WHIP website called 'indie intuition.' hosted by two cute alt ladies, perhaps it'll be cool. they handed me a flier today when i was eating lunch. feedback regarding said radio show l8r.