American Analog Set - From Our Living Room To Yours

We provide the fireworks, you provide the oohs and ahhs

Chilled-out indie rock, sort of post rocky, and very good to be lonely to. It's good study music, background music, music you don't have to listen to so close you can't hear anything else to feel it, but if you do that, you'll be blown away. lots of pretty melodies. tends to drag on, but i like it anyway.

remember how I wrote?
If you can't put this album on and relax (maybe smoke some weed or something if you're into that kind of thing, but that's not my style) and just enjoy the soundscapes, there's something very, very wrong with you. wonderful triphop/downtempo music, it all reminds me of snow, and ice, and chillness, and you should put this on and feel the ice in your body, cooling down that heat of excitement and energy and feeling... let it all drift out. lose yourself in this. it's very easy, i promise.

plus it makes a fucking epic driving soundtrack

nana grizol - love it love it!

So tell me not to fall in love with you.
If the album cover doesn't win you over alone, you've got no heart. Folk punk goodness and yes it is fucking amazing. Every song on this album kills. 2nd album I'd bring on a desert island out of 3. It will make you feel happy, sad, regretful, hopeful, and it's really really honest and just so felt and happy and OH GOD LISTEN TO IT.

Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed

I HOPE MY HEART GOES FIRST!
Los Campesinos!. 11 days. They made this beautiful fucking piece of art. They don't call it a real CD, just an "EEP". What the fuck ever, this album is their best, in my opinion. Angry, loud, dance-y, and full of welsh kids singing in british accents, with such inventive and personal lyrics you'll be screaming them and not really knowing who they're talking about, but god damn you can RELATE. Pitchfork gave this an 8.3, so I promise I'm not being stupid and just trying to throw a shitty album at you (well I mean if you follow pitchfork I kind of hate you on principal). It's messy, lovely, and it's sort of like when you get angry and you have paints and a canvas and you just throw a shit ton of paint on the canvas and you get something really pretty and awesome, but you're also covered in paint and it's fucking wonderful. Scuffed up, rough around the edges, angsty, love-hating, bitter, and everything you could want in an album to get you pumped on hating everything and loving it. I'm going to steal a genre label from one of my friends in Danananykroyd and call this fight pop. That's what it is. Oh, and there's a mini epic ballad up in there too, for learning how to play on guitar and mumble along, so it appeals to the fucking hipsters out there too.

PS I AM NOT ON THE ALBUM COVER HA HA FUNNY REDHEAD JOKE

mono - you are there

just download it.
slow, sad, mournful, solemn post-rock from 2006. it's made me cry more than once. it's beautiful. it's perfect for sad days. a bit stereotypical with the crescendos, but it still sounds fucking painfully good. i don't have any more words to sell you this one.

I Was A Cub Scout - I Want You To Know There Is Always Hope

Well, once again, it's fucking early, I'm awake, I'm not sure why, and I have an album I had to fucking post.

Oh, oh, oh, am I in trouble?
Apparently they really were cub scouts, who knew? Also this album name is way too fucking long to type so I'm not going to, but it's a fantastic album. It's poppy, full of electronics, it's got some nice jam bits, songs you will find yourself singing along to, and above all else, it's really, REALLY catchy. It's not exactly the brightest with some of the lyrics, but it's got some feeling. It's sweet synthrock, but with a little bit of a voice you'd rather find in something like this town needs guns. I can't quite place why, but the vocals are a bit out of place, but in a really, really, really good way. You can tell that they put their heart into this, and it's really, really nicely produced. Pink Squares will have you dancing, Save Your Wishes will have you rocking, and you'll find that this album will fit right on in to your summer.

Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards

It's so nice out today (or at least it looks it, I'm not stepping foot out into the summer) and I've woken up really early (this is usually bedtime) and I'm in a wonderful mood so I will share this with you and here you go you're welcome

She's laughin' like a choir giiiiirl
Funky, full of pianos, fun beats, whiny but delicious vocals. It's a nice album for just chilling out, for driving around, for singing along with friends, and just basically hangin' out. It's funky, apparently sounds like it could be Maroon 5 (I personally don't see it). Their music is heavily inspired by artists such as Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground and Johnny Segment (Says Last.fm) but I don't really see the Bob, not much at least. Don't expect folk from this album. This is also another one you can sort of judge by the art - it sounds like that. It really does. They havev a sound that almost doesn't fit into this age, for some reason. It's too funky and... it just reminds me of the 60's for some reason. It's got nice lyrics, nicer instruments, and nice vocals. This album is just nice. It's not calm, but it's not the most upbeat thing. I can't figure it out, but I like it. You should too.

The Appleseed Cast - Two Conversations

I've got another present for the lovely people who read this blog.

I'm amazed at how alive you are.
This album is beautiful, slow, gentle, heartfelt, honest, and above all else, emotional. Innocent Vigilant Ordinary may have some bad memories attached to it, but it's still my favorite song off this album. The whole album is full of lovely emotions, and there's no better way to listen to it than to lay somewhere, close your eyes, and feel it. I want you to perhaps lay in bed, and just think about your life. This album is the perfect album for reflection, the lyrics are so open and honest, and... kind. The whole album has a gentleness to it, and I've never been good with words, but this album just completely makes up for what it lacks (appleseed cast was at one point a post-rock band, this is an indie rock album) with feeling. It's an emotional roller coaster, a soft, sweet one, and soon enough you'll be screaming out the words to somebody you will always love, and will always be your friend. You'll remember the nights you drank the sun, killed the night, fought the sleep, and won. You'll remember mistakes you've made. You'll remember falling in love, slowly but surely. You'll feel the hopefulness, the regret, the happiness, the love. I want you to feel the songs in the deepness of your bones, heart, and brain.

matt & kim - grand

It's been a terrible, terrible week. Having this album on repeat has really been the only good part of my week (Besides not seeing otep and iwrestledabearonce - I left and saw Despicable Me instead, it's the best fucking movie ever, I hope everyone sees it at least once.)


we threw our shoes in the ocean!
Grand is Matt & Kim's second album. They are a funky, upbeat, dance-y duo out of Brooklyn, and this whole album reminds me of summer. You'll find yourself dancing along, nodding your head, and smiling a whole lot wider than you are used to. It's a semi-well known album, but you know what? It's fucking good. It's got some sick beats, a bit of a california whine (my friend compared the vocals to blink 182 - i personally don't see it, but still.) but you'll still absolutely adore this album.

Lydia - Illuminate

I'm in the process of moving all of my music on to a hard drive (I only had 1.1GB left on my laptop... err.) So I don't have time for a proper post. It's going to take me a while - I have so much fucking music to move, AND I'm organizing so it's not just "(2010) maths", "3waysplit", "STREET SMART C Y C L I S T - 2009 EP", "ALBUMS & EPS", and so on. While I love foobar, it makes me so lazy. I can't do that.

I'd stay if I ever could.
This is my favorite album of all time. Literally. Number one. I live by this album, I die by this album, I could sing you the whole thing. I know all the words, all the lyrics, and every song has a memory in it. It's catchy and rocky, with beautiful vocals, and honestly, you'll fall in love with it.

ps apparently hospital is corrupt, here is an alternate download

Julie Doiron - Heart & Crime

When you're in the mood for something soft, something true, and something with a hint of sweet sadness, I've got a treat for you. (And yes, that is the cover art)


Maybe I love you too much...

Full of pianos, soft and unobtrusive female vocals, and lovely strummed guitars, and the occasional harmonica (and horn!) this album is a treat for relaxing. Throw it on in the tub, when you're letting yourself be calm in the water. Throw it on when you can't sleep because you're trying to fix your sleep schedule, but you're too wound up, and need something to calm down to. Throw it on when you wake up in the morning, wake up real slow. She's got a beautiful voice, and I'm not one for female vocals. It's like morphine candy, in the form of an album. You'll relax and feel real good. It's like a female city and color, but with much more slowcore influence. So maybe it's a female bon iver, that might be a better comparison to make. She sings about loving you maybe too much, about things she's done, and about her life, about broken hearts. It's simple, honest, lyrically one of the most beautiful albums I might have in my collection. She has a lovely way of singing anything, and calming it down, making it something real, something lovely.

plus bros

I HELPED NAME THIS FUCKING BAND BACK IN THE DAY
You might know of Calum Gunn from Dananananananayfuckingkroyd, but this is his OTHER BAND and it sounds nice, like if chillwave lived in panda bear's basement.
and it sounds nothing like danananykroyd i promise

volcano choir - unmap

Good morning, it's 448am. I still haven't slept. Personally, I want to cook and waltz around my kitchen, but that's just not hip now is it?


gosh it's so beautiful
I'm a big fan of Justin Vernon (Bon Iver, Mount Vernon, DeYarmond Edison) and this is the perfect late-night, haven't-slept, won't-sleep, can't-sleep album. Filled with slow, ethereal vocals that Justin's real, real good at, and slow beats, soft pianos, and then some other random instruments just thrown on in, this is like the winter version of a Sunn O))) album, if sunn o))) had a baby with, well, bon iver... It's good study music, you'll zone out, and it's good late night laying in bed and just thinking music. It's perfect music for really any sort of soft, toned down sort of situation. You can drink your green tea and stare out into the night to it, you can watch the stars in a hoodie and pajama pants (I am rocking the UT lounge pants so hard right now) to it, or you can wake up nice and slow to it... and hug your blankets, waiting for that sleep that isn't going to visit you for a very, long time. Turn the AC way down to 50, it's like an icy lake in the moonlight, and baby, it's cold in the middle of summer.

Anchor & Braille - Felt

There's a baby downstairs that won't stop crying and all I want to do is nap for fuck's sake.
just download ittttt
Anchor & Braille is the side project of the singer of Anberlin (and I don't remember his name but it's not that important) and it's just a dude with a guitar (I seem to be stuck on listening to that kind of thing lately) who writes some reaaaallly catchy songs. Super indie - 18k listeners on last.fm, nobody will know who that beautiful man writing sweet songs is that you're listening to, but you'll love every fucking second o it.

preeeeview, whatever it issss.

Sorry about the lack of posts. It's been a fucking ridiculous week.

"Live From New York City, 1967" by Simon & Garfunkel

I just finished a very important drink, it's 1:06 a.m., and I am lost, swimming in my own head. Today has been a peculiar day, if only for slight coincidences and the seeming ever-tidiness of the known universe. The sun shone, the rain fell, and the clouds gathered. My phone rang, shook, and bounced me up and down. My bed lies dormant tonight, as I am not there to toss and turn, lost in a dream I will not remember. I have a headache, I threw up today, and I feel wonderful.

I chose this album because it contains an amazing acoustic version of "Leaves That Are Green". I also love live albums.

I had a whole other 3 paragraphs written about this band and why I love them, but I erased it because it was really self-centered. The end.

this is the best i can do

anthony green - avalon

i'm really sick, guys. i'm sorry about lack of posts. so all i've been doing is sleeping and listening to this.
get this!
anthony green is the guy with the amazing voice from circa survive, and early saosin. this is an acoustic record he put out. it's beautiful. perfect for sleeping and chilling to. very easy to learn, i'm sure, so pull out your guitars and learn some campfire songs. it's catchy and easy to sing, and She Loves Me So will woo any girl's pants off. I promise.

Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin - Hapless

What a beautiful record this is. It calms you down, it's folky, and it's beautiful. Perfect for calming the shit down.
get this!

Hapless starts all lovely and slow, and the opening song, The Branch, sets the tone. The second track, I Do Not Love You Anymore is bitter, open, and slightly rude. It's about a girl who dresses likes a whore, and clearly Morgan Caris (the guy who uses this moniker) likes classy women. It has soft, soft melodies, beautifully ambient guitars, and honest lyrics. This is an album that is honest, bare-bones folky-ness. It's approved for starbucks - and honestly, I think they should play it. It's also an album for early mornings, when you're laying covered up in blankets and it's cold out and you're barely awake and you left your tea on your bedside table and it's kind of cold too and you don't really want to open your eyes so you're just gonna stay right here half awake and listen to this. It has a surprisingly high number of listeners on last.fm (75K) but you know what? I bet you're going to be the only one of your friends who has Actually heard this. (And the only one who is deep enough to appreciate it)



Also sorry it's been a rough couple of days - thursday was hectic, friday i was in ATL, and i know it's late-ish on saturday but FUCK i'm so tired and sore. Jacob Bannon, thank you. <3

phantogram - eyelid movies

Oh, baby, you're still alive when you could have died. Guys, it's 5:20am, I'm not really sure why I'm awake, I'm sleep-delirious, sick, and really just want to share this album.
Get it
They have insanely catchy lyrics, and sound like if metric and sleigh bells had a baby and everyone told the kid when it got older it looked and sounded just like it's mom (metric) and it probably hates the comparison because it's much prettier and all, but I say sleigh bells (don't get turned off by that, there's no screaming or jarring anything, this is very calming in general) because she sounds good when she sings high - the voices sound real similar when the sleigh bells chick ain't screaming her head off being punk rawk. But then that baby had a baby with the xx. Phantogram is that baby, not the one that I don't know if it exists but I want to hear it. Anyway, this album is chill, trip-hoppy, and has some insanely interesting beats in it. You have to listen closely (which I doubt you'll do if you're just in this for the under 25K listeners on last.fm) but you'll hear beautiful things going on in this. The tracks where the dude sings are grittier, realer, and much more honest, and I'm sure you'll love it. There's two different sounds on this album, but they're cohesive, and it absolutely works. It's very sexy, very, very sexy. If you want to bed that chick you met in starbucks - this album and the xx are the two to do it to (if you last that long.)

crap i forgot a preview here it is

Tally Hall - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Okay. So this is the best, cutest, most delicious thing you will ever hear.

get it, mediafire.
Tally Hall is adorable, awesome, quirky, poppy-rock like They Might Be Giants, only much better. They are a sweet, fantastic, and delicious band that if you don't like you can get the fuck out right now. It's like if somebody took Razia's Shadow... and made it HAPPY and epic and full of sunshine and love. It's like candy exploded in your brain. You can jam out to this, don't worry, it's so relatively unknown (under 40k listeners) it's basically the better newer not electronic panic at the disco - and you know what that means - god-tier. The guy has such a cute, childish voice that just makes you go "aww". It's cute, full of catchy pop beats, and if you don't love it, you were never a child.

PREVIEW HOW FUCKING AWESOME AND FANTASTIC THIS IS!

ps hi oppy i love you you queer<3

afternoon naps - parade

Jesus christ, this album is way more cutesy pop twee-y than anything you could ever imagine. Imagine if the pains of being pure at heart was actually good and then funkier and sweeter and nicer and oh dear god this whole album is just one giant cute face of d'aw and summer and sweetness. This better be the soundtrack to your summer.

get get it get
Lovely, sleepy, yet sometimes upbeat and fun to almost dance around your artfully decorated room indie pop out of... uhh.. somewhere in Ohio - and Ohio is famous for being awesome (not.) But, it doesn't matter. they've got roughly 6k listeners on last.fm, and are perfect for waking up and enjoying a coffee too while staring out over a warm summer skyline - but before it's too warm, so you can still wear your raggedy old cardigan full of holes and love (even though you bought it that way like last week for 50$) and look like you're deep in thought - really, you can just be enjoying this album. It's like if somebody took that perfect weather inbetween spring and summer and threw it in a blender with upbeat indie and then threw in a sprinking of female dreamy vocals and the a dude to make sure it didn't get too girly. It's like if the XX was happy instead of horny, and had some guitars. Hey, you can listen to this whenever - and not just when you're having sex on a couch. You can put this on a mixtape for a girl - she'll fall in love. I promise. This album will help you bed that cute indie girl who likes shoegaze and indie pop and all those things you ever dreamed of, but you just like post-rock and maybe some indie rock. I promise this will get you laid if you show the right songs to the right girls (and there is a right song for every type of girl.) And dudes? It's a-okay to enjoy this, it's so indie everyone will wow about your cred so much, the music won't even seem girly. (because it's really not.)

LOOK PREVIEW, OOH THIS IS FANCY
mmmmmm click it