"I Really Want To Be Your Friend Forever..."

Monday the 28th. It's nearly October! October is borderline crazy-jam-packed-IknowI'mgoingtowantmoretime month! AHH!

Still, I seem to be taking all of this above data in rather calmly. Sipping on a glass of orange juice and eating nearly moldy toast with peanut butter? Quite the calm experience.

To keep myself from going crazy in October (oh yeah, did I mention I don't get to see my significant other for quite some time???), I've got to rely on my one fallback-- music. Thus, I've done the unthinkable...the world of torrents and immediate satisfaction. I'm still a little mixed on how I feel about downloading full albums so easily. As most of you may know, buying CDs is still part of my life.

Anyway, here's three songs for today. More new Girls, some old-school My Morning Jacket and new Atlas Sound (off of their upcoming Oct. 20th release, Logos) And because she's home sick today, these all are dedicated to my wonderful Genevieve. Get some rest girl.


Girls - Laura
My Morning Jacket - Sweetheart
Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (feat. Laetitia Sadier)

Foggy Wednesday Nights

My absence dragged on again, busy with school this week. I've been trying to fit music into my busy schedule still though. Bought the new, self-titled Monsters of Folk album yesterday, no surprise there- I'm a giant fan of anything Jim James lays his angelic, reverb-laced vocals on.



And I somehow found myself standing in a record store the past weekend looking for Brendan Benson, only to come across the new Beatles re-masters. Of course I couldn't resist, and quickly picked up the new (but old!) White Album. Very well-put together. Over on NPR's "All Songs Considered" podcast last week they brought on a Beatles historian to talk about what's new on the re-masters. Among the obvious sound quality improvements is notice to fine details. Certain songs have more of the original sounds on them (over time the vinyl to CD transformation lost details like that). Anyway, hard to go wrong with anything the Beatles have done. I mean, seriously folks, it's the Beatles.

I'm back from my late Wednesday night class now. Alive and kicking with energy. So I figured I'd post some new music that I've found especially brilliant this week.

New Alberta Cross (I'd call them a cross between Delta Spirit and Company of Thieves maybe?), new Girls (fantastic little pop/old school band from right here in SF!), new Land of Talk, and new Monsters of Folk. Here's to this weekend!

New Alberta Cross streaming over at www.albertacross.net

Girls - Lust For Life
Land of Talk - May You Never
Monsters of Folk - Whole Lotta Losin'

You Go Out Of The Loop For Awhile...

...and you lose updates for certain things.

Since my last post here I've started my college career at SF State and moved into the beautiful city of San Francisco. It's exciting, scary, bold, independent, and memorable all at the same time. But then again, what isn't?

I've tried to keep a close eye on new music throughout my move/start of school but I can't say that I've done a great job. I usually try and judge whether or not I'm watching new music by what's currently in my iTunes "Recently Added" playlist. As I type this I've got some Brendan Benson, Amy Winehouse, Camera Obscura, VEGA, Farmer Dave and Sea Wolf. Some of it's current right?

Anyway, I'm considering going to see Brendan Benson at the Great American Music Hall tonight. He's pretty much in my top 5 favorite guitarists list:

1. Jim James (My Morning Jacket)

2. Dan Auerbach (Black Keys)

3.Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather)

4. Brendan Benson (Raconteurs)

5. Nick Zinner (YYY's)

Brendan Benson - Don't Wanna Talk