swoon.
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i’ve been listening to spoon a lot lately. they’ve just released a new album, transference. it’s good, but i’m not really as smitten with it as i’d like to be. if anything, it’s making me listen to their other work, to remind me of what’s lacking. nothing will ever compare to girls can tell for me – it’s the first spoon album i heard, and one that i will always cherish – but this song, off ga ga ga ga ga comes pretty close.
in summary – listen to spoon.
TOMORROW.
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this will be me.
well, not playing the song or anything, but i will be there squeeing my little heart out. the decemberists! first time in australia! so excited!
Tags: decemberists, music, squee
tonight.
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tonight – my last free evening before returning to work tomorrow – will be spent with andrew bird. at the sydney opera house. i am so, so excited. i can’t think of a more magical venue for him to play.
i first saw him live in 2007, at NIDA for spunk’s 10th anniversary show, and also at the basement, where i snapped this photo of him:
then again in 2008, where he played at the famous spiegeltent during sydney festival, and did another show at the vanguard in newtown a few days later.
and now, in 2010, at the sydney opera house. i’ve heard he’s broken his foot and will be on crutches for the whole show. awwww.
oh, be still my heart.
Tags: andrew bird, music, squee
a day of reflection
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my most listened to artists from 2009:
i started tracking my music in 2004, and this was the first time that spoon didn’t top the end of year list. my apologies, spoon. we’ll try harder in 2010. i am, however, greatly amused that a novelty rap act is my 3rd-highest. ah, here’s to maturity, eh?
friday nights by the radio.
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it’s pretty obvious, but… i like spoon. a lot. as is evidenced by my last.fm page:
music plays a pretty big role in my life. it always has, and i suspect it always will be. you know how sometimes you’ll hear a song, something you’ve listened to numerous times previously, and all of a sudden it just hits you. that has been happening to me all week, but with spoon. with songs i’ve listened to and loved a million times over. with these two in particular:
when asked, i always reply that chicago at night is my favourite song ever. and it is. but i don’t think i’ve really listened to it in a long, long time. and now i’m smitten all over again.
music to melt your insides.
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i can always tell straight away when a song really hits me; i feel it in my ribs. it’s as if all of my insides are squishing together, to make room for all the feelings this song has stirred in me.
bon iver – the wolves(act I & II)
i saw him play at the infamous spiegeltent during sydney festival this year, and he was incredible. as this song builds and builds towards the end he had the whole crowd singing along with him, getting louder and louder, until finally exploding into this cathartic yell. it was amazing.
andrew bird – anonanimal
i’ve seen andrew bird live 4 times now, i think. possibly even 5. his bare feet and his endless head bobbing and his insane looping and the whistling! oh, the whistling. andrew bird is easily in my all-time top 5. highly recommended.
the decemberists – we both go down together
well, this is just colin meloy, lead singer of the decemberists. in an elevator. i’m not sure why. i’m amazed that his vocal delivery is absolutely identical to how it is on the record. i highly recommend their new album, the hazards of love.
Tags: andrew bird, bon iver, colin meloy, music, squishy, the decemberists
when we count all our blessings and i wonder what we’re doing here.
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i’ve done it! two gigs in two nights. old age be damned (though, i am thoroughly exhausted).
sunday night i saw david bazan (ex pedro the lion) at the hopetoun hotel, despite qantas’ best efforts to keep him away. he played his cover of let down by radiohead and is there really anything better? nah. except for maybe priests and paramedics but hey, i can wait another 10 years to see him again.
and then last night i saw my beloved death cab for cutie for the 7th time. i still love them, and i still think ben gibbard is a phenomenal song writer, and i will long after the oc fans have come and gone. which, lets be realistic here, probably won’t happen. death cab are huge, and i realised last night that i’m okay with that because they’re still making great songs. it’s kind of hard, having to let go and share something that i’ve held so close to me for so long, but i’m happy for others to feel the same love that i do. the first time you realise that you’re actually hearing styrofoam plates played live, it’s an amazing feeling.
Tags: ben gibbard, david bazan, death cab for cutie, gigs, let down, music, pedro the lion, priests and paramedics, styrofoam plates
the ramblings of a former music nerd.
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all throughout my life, music has been my one true love. my one fallback, when nothing else could make me smile, or cry, or make me feel alive. music was it for me, my favourite drug.
and now that i actually am madly in love (with a real live human!), my love for music has fallen by the wayside. i think this year i’ve been to only seven gigs. six of those were in january, and two of them were repeat viewings. i bought tickets to two more, but didn’t attend cause work was killing me. that’s woeful, in comparison to my gig history. my personal best effort was seven gigs in 12 days, but that was back when i was young and full of energy.
thanks to this handy little last.fm tool i’ve created a word map of my top artists.
so, in summary: got any recommendations for me?
