Songbird
Jun
30
My Dear Belle & Sebastian
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I have been on a Belle & Sebastian kick lately. I haven’t always been the biggest fan of their music… However recently I have begun to see the light. Simple yet kooky Brit pop? How could I not love that? So tonight I post a very interesting track of theirs, which you can find on the Help: A Day In The Life album. A really awesome album filled with a handful of fantastic artists benefiting children around the world affected by war… Thought I would post the lyrics as well. Cheers!
mp3: The Eighth Station Of The Cross Kebab House
Help: A Day In The Life 2005 (War Child)
I’m sitting around at the checkpoint
Keeping myself to myself
My heart’s going out to the girl with the gun
She is young, she is fun, she is deadly
She clock’s off, goes back to the city
Goes to a club with her friends
I just took a walk through the checkpoint
Past columns of poor Arab sons
They queue through the day for a chance to make pay
For something to put in their mouths
He can’t sleep at night without gunfire
The lullaby puts him to sleep
We stand there accused of the British collusion
Israel into Palestine
A victory for some an astonishing hope
But for him it has brought devastation
He lives like a prisoner in exile
He lives like a prisoner in hell
Doves black and white in the blue vault of space
Swoop around like a symbol of peace
Can they see the hawk?
They’re too busy in talk of love
Why should they contemplate fear?
Everyone meets in the cramped city streets
Hipsters of zion collide
To talk music and dross
At the sign of The Cross
We eat our falafel in peace
The girl let’s her uniform slip
The boy cracks a joke he is sweet
He’s listens to Hip Hop in Gaza
She listens to Coldplay in Lod
Jun
30
Crazy Stuff
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The week just disappears… One day it is Monday and then all of a sudden it is Friday. Sorry I didn’t post last week except for Coldplay. I will be on it this week and I will be back later on this evening with some new music. Hope you all have a lovely day!
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Jun
23
Coldplay Makes Me Smile
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Something about them just never fails to put a smile on my face…Viva La Vida doesn’t fail but so far I haven’t been floored either. I don’t know… I think I need to digest it a bit more.
Brian Eno, the ambient genius that he is, produced this fourth full length album of Coldplay’s. Viva opens with some atmospheric 80’s goodness and then Lost! comes on and it is inspiring with the hand clapping and bass drum beating, it marches straight into my heart… Cuteums! Then the album peaks with a couple of epic tracks, Lovers In Japan and Yes, both are really well composed. The title track is quite fantastic as well, along with Violent Hill and Strawberry Swing. I just think I need to listen and absorb it a little more to really know if this made it onto my favorites of 2008 list. I will be honest I am a little disappointed I suppose… I just don’t feel as I did when I first heard a Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) or X&Y (2005), but that is alright because some of my favorite albums of all time needed a bit more attention before I declared my undying love.
mp3: Lost!
mp3: Strawberry Swing
Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends 2008 (Capitol)
Jun
17
Sybris
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I feel like a roller coaster that just came to a grinding halt. My day started out slow and easy then it sped up like a tornado, with the afternoon flying by and running errands after work… But then I just slowed down to a nice easy pace. I thought Into The Trees by Sybris would be most relevant for the day I had today, most relevant indeed. Cheers! Oh and I do hope you enjoy the passionate Sybris as I have.
mp3: Got Nothing
mp3: Something About A Darkhorse of Whatever
Sybris on myspace
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Into The Trees 2008 (Absolutely Kosher)
Jun
16
Accupuncture Night
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Sorry folks it has been a wicked Monday at work and then I had Accupuncture after work and I just got home not too long ago… So tomorrow I will be a bit more refreshed and ready to post some new music.
P.S. And no accupuncture doesn’t really hurt.
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Jun
11
A Good Day Indeed
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Priscilla Ahn has finally released her first full length album on Blue Note: A Good Day. I am really quite happy to see her succeed, she has worked hard the last couple of years playing at the Hotel Cafe in LA basically every weekend, and sleeping on friend’s couches while touring with Joshua Radin. Somehow I just have a lot of respect for her and her voice is really something that should be heard, it is quite beautiful.
The album has some really lovely new tracks on it, A Good Day (Morning Song) along with Masters In China are really the stars of the album for me, but the lyrics are lacking substance and it is funny because her voice is so angelic that I want there be depth so badly. The substance will come though as her music continues to progress. It is going to take some more life experience and getting in touch with her “being”. And I don’t want to sound all intellectually snobby about this but basically she talks about leaving the light on because she is scared of the dark… Hello? I feel like she can do better than that and I hope so much that she will. I look forward to it.
mp3: A Good Day (Morning Song)
mp3: Masters In China
Jun
8
Port O’Brien
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Port O’ Brien is an indie folk band that resides in Oakland, CA. But this album was actually inspired by a couple of the band members’ own experience working on a salmon fishing boat (which is kind of funny because we just went kayaking today with friends in and around the Naples canals).
Port O’ Brien’s first full length recorded album is indeed impressive and I have heard they can put on a show, although unfortunately I have not had a chance to catch them live… After hearing this album I am on the look out.
All We Could Do Was Sing goes from brilliant exciting knock you out of bed in the morning indie folk rock to showing us their more expressive stripped down acoustic side. Only a couple tracks on the album I could live without… But the good certainly outweighs the bad and the good was pretty great.
mp3: I Woke Up Today
mp3: Alive For Nothing
Port O’ Brien on myspace and emusic
Jun
5
Death Cab For Cutie
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Better late than never! Death Cab’s new album has been quite the buzz and I have to admit I was intrigued… Bixby Canyon Bridge just pulled me in from the start, great opening track really… But then I Will Possess Your Heart is like a slow screw drilling into your hand, I don’t know what happened it starts out with a funky bass line and along comes a lovely little piano melody but then it just goes all wrong. The album does redeem itself by the time Grapevine Fires hits you with its exquisite harmony… But I have to admit a little dark realization I had a couple of days ago… I was in Nordstroms shopping with my Mom and all of a sudden Your New Twin Sized Bed comes on… And I have to say I was annoyed and not just because it was playing at some mainstream store that my grandma shops at, but instead I think I realized what I don’t like about the album as a whole is that it was neither spectacular nor was it awful it was just middle of the road for me. I am left thinking Death Cab just doesn’t turn me on like my other lovers… It is sad… I wish it was different but some things just aren’t meant to be.
mp3: Grapevine Fires
Jun
4
Obama Baby
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I wanted to post a picture but damn our proxy server or whatever it is called here at work blocks everything! But I am excited! My man Obama has clinched the Democratic Party Nomination…How sad is it to watch Clinton dangle like this though? Bow out gracefully!Â
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I will post my Death Cab take later on this evening after work…
Jun
1
Sigur Ros Preview
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Sigur Ros is coming out with a new album June 23rd! I am really quite excited so in the mean time they have released a little preview…gobbledigook video and mp3
The song is awesome…It has really sparked my interest to hear the rest of the album, but what is up with all the naked people frolicing through the forest? And they don’t just frolic either…At one point they are rolling around naked in the dead leaves and dirt! What the hell is going on? Did these people eat a bunch of mushrooms and go mad? I don’t know but I am a little scared.
Love the song but can’t say the same about the video. Check it here.
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