goin' to cleveland

i chose the right profession. yeah, that's right, i get a summer vacation. this year i'll be in houston, honduras, and cleveland. a summer without beau won't be the same. but at least i'm "goin' home" to see the rest of my family. i cannot wait!

sing it, dan auerbach (he loves ohio, too)!

spinning out, gracefully

i love the lead-in of this new song from my morning jacket. i signed up on their website to get it free, but it never came through. what the heck? maybe you'll have better luck: here.

just some americans rocking out, "circuital" by my morning jacket

roof's half gone

sometimes i have music on my computer for months before i listen to it. so was the case with the suckers' album, wild smile. why did I wait?! i am loving this track from the art-pop quartet. each band member made their own video for this song. here is pan's colorful blob take:
"a mind i knew" by suckers
ps: i hope no one ever tells me my "heart is like a crippled demon". dang.

only for your very space

"calgary" by bon iver

little dragon man

"little man" by little dragon

oh, when the saints

when the saints go machine are an electro-pop quartet. stereogum made an arthur russell reference and when i listened to the song, "pinned", i had to agree. this is the song that i can't stop listening to:

"fail forever"

you know how i feel

new! it's real mellow. perfect.

"eyes be closed" by washed out

it's holdable

i am a huge nerd for fireworks. and for explosions in the sky. what a coincidence then, when one year during south by southwest, explosions in the sky played to the backdrop of fireworks over town lake (pre-lady bird johnson lake). i am thrilled that they are opening for arcade fire this week. the austin quartet's "cathartic mini-symphonies" make for great study-to and vege-to music. i haven't listened to the tracks off of the new album, take care, take care, out this week. but in the meantime, here's a favorite: 

"your hand in mine"

video game music

yeah, it's from a video game soundtrack, portal 2. sounds dumb. maybe that's harsh, it definitely sounds like something i would not like. but i do like this song!

"exile vilify" by the national
(admit it, that song title is straight-up videogamey)

gonna bring you faster

tv on the radio's nine types of light is out and it's all i've been listening to since tuesday! (well, that and "helplessness blues"...) "second song" makes me so glad that these guys are making music together again.

if you've got some time, here you can watch all of their videos:

if i had an orchard

is this them in austin at acl?!

"cosmic folk." it's music to soothe the soul. i feel like bridget and daniel would've loved this album back in their hippie heyday. get your new fleet foxes album, helplessness blues on may 3rd. in the meantime, download this song "helplessness blues" right now:

how about these lyrics: "if i had an orchard i'd work till i'm sore/and you would wait tables and soon run the store"?

i'm the one for him

the beta band broke up years ago. but i didn't know about the british "folktronic" group when they were still playing together.

surely, john put this on a mix because the lyrics speak to his heart.

"she's the one" by the beta band

rick, is that you?

 

zoo kid, archy marshall, is a young one. but he sings with grown man gruff.

(and he looks like rick astley)

"out getting ribs" by zoo kid

i do dream of it

i love this song featured in a commercial and on a john mix. you'll know the riff i like best, it'll be the one that makes your shoulders move. kind of makes you want to buy a buick, doesn't it?

"rocket" by working for a nuclear free city

researched these guys and found this track. how do they know?! 

"sarah dreams of summer"

summer.

want to walk around w/ you

filter posted their top five anticipated shows at coachella this year and it pumped me up on this song again. animal collective kicks ass! put on your summertime clothes and hunt for the breeze...

"summertime clothes"

unplug

one of the things i will miss about south austin is my ability to walk just about anywhere. just heard on kgsr that sarah jaffe is kicking off the unplugged at the grove series on april 14th. yay! i love her voice. (and name... not sure why she wants to change it?!) come unplug with me. i'll walk there.

"clementine" by sarah jaffe

mellow evenings

here's to perfectly temperatured nights (while they last) and having my man around for long weekends! when i want to mellow out, there are certain instrumentals that help me to do just that. these ones are all from soundtracks... recognize them?

anytime will do

tv on the radio played a lot at sxsw, but somehow i never caught them. drats. i am excited about their album, nine types of light, set for release on april 12th. this track is light and easy. and the video will appeal to the sci-fi nerd in you.

"will do"

can't please everyone

a must-see concert friday! i was so-so on the walkmen, but once i saw them live at a kgsr broadcast early in the morning a few years ago, i was hooked. they are incredible live! and, side note: dreamy, too.

"while i shovel the snow"

remain a kid

i am hypnotized by wu lyf (world untie lucifer youth foundation). the website promotes their sounds as heavy pop. it's music "for kids who have the courage to remain kids". are the kids going to take over the world?

"spitting it concrete like the golden sun god"