I've been listening to some great tunes lately. I'm gearing up for fall and am super excited to get my soundtrack for the season up and running. If you already have these albums, which I'm sure the hip, Chicago crew mostly does, then good for you. You're sure to fully agree with my opinions about the following records...
Arcade Fire The Suburbs - I may get criticized for disliking Neon Bible, but I do. The Suburbs, on the other hand, has those goosebump-making songs in it like Funeral does. Not on the same level as Funeral, but a new level that I quite enjoy. The whole album.
The Black Keys Brothers - Holy Blues, Batman! I'm loving the super grittiness of this album, and, oddly enough, one of the songs sounds like Ryan Adams.
Vampire Weekend Contra - This has actually been my go-to Summer album, but I'll go ahead and carry it into the early Autumn months as well out of respect for Matt who has me play it every couple of days in its entirety. Little surfy, little reggae-ish, little Paul Simon-y. Love it.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits - not a bad song in the bunch. Super mellow and wonderfully familiar and upbeat. Scored it at a yard sale this summer for 50 cents along with The Cranberries, the first Weezer Album, & Blind Melon. Oh, '90's Music, how I adore you.
Stars The Five Ghosts - If you're not familiar with Stars, you should be. They're very dramatic and poetic and kind of glam-rockish (musically not visually) . It's just really honest music with all the emotion packed into the delivery. Male and female vocals which is always a nice touch. They put on a hell of a show too.
Mumford and Sons Sigh No More - I'm a little late on acquiring this one, but they have a great old-timey, gut-wrenching (in a good way) sound. Their style sounds a little Irish Pubby at times, which I'm a sucker for.
Led Zeppelin II -I just bought this on vinyl for Matt for his birthday in August. After seeing It Might Get Loud (which is my sneaky way of also making sure everyone has seen that movie too) I was inspired to delve into a little Zeppelin for Matt's grandmother's old record player to spin whilst we paint and spackle and such.
Well, I've made up a lot of words that should either confuse the hell out of you or make you say "I know exactly what she means and now know what to expect from these bands and their respective albums." Always accepting recommendations...
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2 comments:
those sound very cool. I agree with you that the Suburbs is really great, though I also like Neon Bible a lot. Suburbs is very much the better record though. Sounds like fun in E-Ville!
The XX is a good fall-time mellow out soundtrack if you haven't heard it!
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