Figurines

This is a song I've been listening to a lot the last few days. Their new album is really good. Figurines is a band that I forget about until they come out with a new album. They are consistently good, and this song in particular is a really good pop song.

Jesus Fever by Kurt Vile

Apparently, in addition to being soft rock night, Saturday night is also when I will post lots of my favorite songs. Whatever!
I absolutely ADORE this song, and I've never heard a single other thing by Kurt Vile. Perhaps I belong to the Papa Winfrey school of music: he often loves one song by an artist, while not giving a shit about anything else they've ever done. I have a feeling I'll end up loving this whole album once I get my paws on it, though. On The Sound of Young America, Jesse Thorn said he's a twisted Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty. Fair enough!

Abducted by Cults

I started listening to All Songs Considered again, and I don't know why I ever stopped. Every episode has been killing it, and I've heard so much great music. For example, this song by a band called Cults. The best feeling is hearing a song that encompasses everything you love about music, and this song does it for me. Basically, I like anything that sounds like a 60's girl group. I think Lexie will like this song, and he's probably already heard it because he's infinitely hipper than I am.

Can't You Feel It?

Look at this album cover. So good. Listen to this whole song.



Are you having a cookout this summah? This song is on. The whole time.

PS
Are you listening to Who Charted? Listen to it. At first I thought it was just okay, but it has grown on me. Howard Kremer's got somethin'. He seems like an honest guy.

NewVillager

Kerry and I saw this band when we went and saw Sunset Rubdown. That show was really weird, but I really enjoyed NewVillager. I feel like Kerry probably doesn't remember them that well (she was half asleep), but I've been listening to their song Rich Doors for a while. Apparently they have an album coming out soon, which I'm excited about! They seem like they deserve to get popular. They don't have a ton of music online right now, but this is a newer song of theirs which I really enjoy.

Hipsters

Wow. What is the deal? I don't know if any of you are still in college (just kidding, I know you're not still in college), but people love talking about hipsters like it's the year 2000. Seriously. They can't get enough of it. Talk about missing the boat. Jesus Christ. It's become that go-to joke that everyone one who isn't clever makes. The type of thing that is supposed to get a laugh just because you used the word.

That being said, I actually kind of liked this. Good job somebody.

Tunes pt. II

Lately, I haven't been feeling a ton of music. I don't have a lot of new stuff, and there's nothing coming down the pipes that I'm super pumped about. However, I have been listening to a lot of Cyberthug Radio and also Hype Men, and they all about the hip hop. Obviously, the new Ghostface Killah album is great, and blah blah blah Kanye West. What I'm trying to say is that my knowledge of hip hop is very limited, and it's exciting to know that I have a ton of stuff I can still discover and enjoy. Recently, I've been listening to a lot of Busta Rhymes, who strangely enough, I did not respect very much as a white, elementary-school-age boy. I always just thought he was silly, which he is, but also, listen to this song! Come on.

Can't Stop

I can't get enough of this song.

Tig Notaro

We all love Tig Notaro, right? Of course we do. Who doesn't? She had a really nice interview on the WTF podcast a while back. I really just wanted to post these two bits. The first one is great, because it capitalizes on one of my favorite things: the word "titties". (Do you really need any more evidence?)



And this is just really solid.

Seriously

I'm really just trying to get that Halloween video off the page. Seriously. It won't stop. I've been listening to this song on repeat for the last couple days, and I found this nice video of Mike Long dancing to it. How nice! If you're not familiar with Mike Long (Dipsetmuthafucka) then check him out, but let's get real. It's 2010. Everyone knows about this.

This MUST be the Place! from Mike Long on Vimeo.

Love this one

I admit, I initially liked this song because I thought it was funny. I mean, this song is Dir-tay. It was a novelty thing. Of course, I like Dan Deacon, so that's why I originally listened to it, but it was mostly a "I can't believe she said that!" kind of thing. Now, I legitimately love this song. I listen to it on the reg. I guess I finally realized how much it applies to my own life.

This song

This is one of those songs I never get tired of. I actually heard the remix before I heard the original, which is fine because the remix is infinitely better. I've been listening to this song pretty consistently all year.

It's fun to sing along with if you know what he's saying. If you don't, you might be like my GF and think certain lyrics are, "Four men and a dog!" and "Chuzza wuzza wuzza lowwww." Either way you win.

So glad...

...that people don't like songs about monsters dancing as much as they used to.

Twin Sister

I've been feeling this song lately. I've been needing new music for a while, and I've been locked in a serious internal battle over whether to pirate the new Walkmen album or wait until I have money/Christmas-Birthday-time to get it. Yeah, I'm going to just wait. I have a copy of all of their other albums, attained legally of course. They're one of my favorite artists. Sure, I'll just wait. In the mean time, I'll listen to this song. Twin Sister is pretty good. I'd recommend checking them out. This is definitely the best song on the EP though.

Bought it.

I've been watching Gilmore Girls and letting my emotions get the best of me and, well, I'll just give you a little hint as to what I bought on iTunes.

That's right. I bought a Sam Phillips album, so now I can annoy Alex with all the strummy "lalala" songs. Maybe someday I'll make a post about my deep connection to Gilmore Girls and how this show has really nursed me through some difficult times in my life. And maybe someday I'll scrape together the money for therapy so I can get over using a television show as an emotional crutch! Haha. You're funny, Winfrey.

Sufjan Stevens

Did you guys get the All Delighted People EP? If not, you should at least download the title track. It's over 11 minutes long! Seriously, just listen to it. Sufjan Stevens has been rockin' it lately.

Sorry about that last post, guys.

This better?

Jenny and Johnny

Not a super exciting update, but I seriously can't stop listening to this song. The whole album is good, but this song is really somethin' special. Recommended if you like She & Him, but wish they were less poppy/more jangly and also more about sex.

For Some Reason

this made me laugh. Clearly that guy is having a great time. I think this is actually the official video.

Crazy excited.

I've been listening to this song a lot lately. The video is pretty nice too. Mostly I just wanted to say how excited I am to see George Saunders this week. I think that will be one of the few things I've ever done that is actually worth blogging about.

PS

Book club selection TBA. Hold your pants on.