23, Blonde Redhead makes their own sweet background music

Unfortunately for Blonde Redhead, their newest album shares their name with a Jim Carrey movie (thanks ponyboy). Whats also unfortunate is that they broke so much new ground with their past albums that each new record will have a hard time to revolutionize just like they did before. So now, we will wallow in the awesomeness where they have already created.

This is not an embarrassing step-son type of album - the one you might feed seldomly and keep in the kitchen when you have company. This is more of the youngest child. An absolute pleasure to have around, sure, but when someone makes fun of your mother, you fucking bring out Misery Butterfly and you watch them cry running home to their own.

The title track pretty much lays the mood for the entire album. It deserves to be the title track, and deserves to the the first single from the album. Its good. Playing loud makes better, as with most BR. The rest of the album follows along the same ambient path, with a few highs and not so many lows. They are more consistent in this production, with less explosions of lust. Tantric sex? Yeah, this album is tantric sex.

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The Vicious Five

Another myspace find. Sick mother Effing Band!
These guys are from Portugal. I have no idea what language. there definitely some english in there, but there is otherwise unintelligible lyrics. At least being in another language would be a good excuse for it.
I am given the impression of the Black Keys kicking people in faces. Not to say the keys arent doing that already, but this band is doing it in a destroying something beautiful kind of way.


Their single (?, they have a video) reminds me of Jet, but not like in a ">Gap kind of way - more of a yellow rat bastard kind of way. One can't help but notice the sausage fingers on one of the guitarists, as depicted in the video.

This music makes me believe Portugal is a radical place with deserts and guitars and wires, and cactus, and black blood, and people rocking till they die. I don't even think bulls can survive in such a climate. Ive never been there, but is this correct?

You're a Wolf

The track to this band was my obsession with my friend's brother to the my obsession with the silversun pickups to Sea Wolf being a top friend on their myspace page.

The 3 songs on myspace are smooth and progressive. The sound is reminiscent of Eliott Smith, with a double voice track, but the band is a very prominent element in the songs - without overpowering the vocals at all.
This band just got signed to Dangerbird records and is putting out an EP and LP later this year.

here is a live video. There are no official videos yet. judge them by the myspace songs though, the quality of the sound and video here is not perfect.


This is such a great band, get on board. By the end of the year, the album will reach top 5 in the indie charts.

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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

This album has been on constant play in my car/computer for about a month. It is almost time to pass on the cd for fear of playing it out and ruining it forever.
to my surprise, I found out Neon Bible was released only a few days ago...

As evidence of their prowess, I pose the question: How many bands can sell out 5 days in a row in a single city?

I feel like I am charging through things when listening to their music. treading through the mud, galloping, running, all kinds of movements - usually going through an element.

Here is a video that some youtuber made:


a better resource for the uninformed is their myspace

This is the first post. Obviously you need to check them out.

Mission Statement

I created this blog to share the music that I love and info about it. I can only hope to turn a few people on to some great bands. Clicking around myspace I have realized that there are a tremendous amount of bands that are more than listenable - that are actually good.
I have always been treading my way through band after band t0 find everything that I consider 'good'. Subjective as it may be, I am sure that many people share similar angles to my tastes.
This blog will show videos and links to listen to new music.

I definitely angle towards the indie/pop/experimental/rock genres.


I get a lot of info through myspace, ohmyrockness, pitchfork and many other music sites that I will certainly list here as time goes on.

Hope I can pass on some info - and readers can comment in some knowledge too. Enjoy