New Music in 2013

So 2013 is already leaning towards being my favorite year in music, which is saying something!! But the fact that my two favorite bands are releasing new albums in the next few months just can't be topped. I really don't know what to do with myself.
First there is the new self-titled Paramore album due April 9th which is the first full length record produced and written since the Farro brothers left the band. The record may not sound exactly like the old Paramore but critics are already saying it's their best work to date. I guess we'll find out! The new single "Now" is out on January 22nd. We're so close!
Next the fifth Strokes album is rumored to be completed and the first single "All The Time" has apparently been sent to a radio station in Seattle to be released in "a few weeks." We don't know when the album is coming out but it's later this year!!
Also, the new Phoenix album "Bankrupt" will be out in April as well. So excited about that one.
As you can see I'm pretty giddy. Is it April yet?

Macklemore

So there is this rapper from Seattle called Macklemore, and he recently came out with a song called "Thrift Shop". It is fantastic. You MUST watch the video. I don't like rap music, but I love this song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes

You'll thank me later...

Civil Twilight

And another thing, the opener band was Civil Twilight and they were absolutely amazing. Best opener band I've ever seen. Everyone should go get their new album "Holy Weather" now!

Some pictures from the MUTEMATH show!

The Maccabees

An album that I have not been able to get out of my head (or my player) lately has been the new Maccabees album, "Given To The Wild." With its fast paced, intricate songs the album sounds like one hour long composition instead of 13 individual songs, but don't let that keep you from believing in the creativeness of the album. Each song has the same theme, but they do not all sound the same. With beautiful slow beginnings, each song builds into a hard rock bridge that make the listener want to pull out their air guitar.

Probably the best example of this is in the song "Child." The song moves instantly from its predecessor "Given To The Wild," the intro to the album. The next song on the album, "Feel To Follow" begins with Orlando Weeks tenor moving up and down over a thin drum line. When the bass finally comes in it's a deep strong sound that fills the space underneath him, moving the song forward into an explosion of guitar. "Ayla," the fourth song on the album, comes in with a piano line that will knock your socks off. It's probably my favorite song on the album, starting out strong and ending so abruptly you have to kind of sit back in awe for a second. It would be amazing to hear live! "Pelican" is probably the single off the album, if you could give it a single. It's fast and catchy and actually in a major key unlike most of the album. This is definitely a cd that you have to listen to as a whole, however.

While it sounds nothing like their first album "Colour It In," it didn't fail to disappoint me or fans of that album. Bands evolve just like people do, and the trick is to do it tastefully and artistically. Even though they changed their sound, The Maccabees possibly just got better. Their sound is defintely more mature than that of the British pop crooning of songs like "First Love" and "Toothpaste Kisses." They are older and more dynamic as band. "Given To The Wild" takes you on a journey, as Weeks sings in "Forever I've Known," "forever I've known nothing stays forever." The Maccabees have come into themselves and I can't stop listening.

PS: They also have an album that came out between called "Call of Arms" but I can't find it anywhere so...I'm sad about that. I'll try Amazon.

Songs to watch out for:
Child
Feel To Follow
Ayla
Forever I've Known
Pelican
Grew Up At Midnight

Want to check out their first album "Colour It In"?
All In Your Rows
Tissue Shoulders
First Love
Toothpaste Kisses

This is the music video for Ayla! Gotta love guys on bikes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkcnPnY_2Mk

Bad Veins

Here is the latest video from Bad Veins!
"Dancing On TV"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4nZfjQYgEs

So good.

Two Door Cinema Club

Well yipee! There is a new Two Door Cinema Club single out and it is pretty much the best thing ever. "Sleep Alone" is the first single off of the highly anticipated sophomore album "Beacon" out September 3rd. (Or the 4th for us stragglers across the pond.)
"Sleep Alone" doesn't disappoint fans of TDCC that love their sound and just want more. With it's upbeat tempo and catchy chorus it catches your ear from the first listen. Masked beneath the pop rhythm however, is a dark lyrical world full of Alex Trimble's haunted dreams. He states, "we only know what we see, cause we're always fast asleep. Is it so hard not to believe that we'll never know?" Seeing is believing as many say, but maybe it's ok not to know the answer to everything.
The last few lines of the chorus: "and I may go to places I have never been to just to find the deepest desires in my mind." Freud would have a field day with that one. But isn't that what dreams are all about? Finding out more about yourself than you thought you knew? If we pay attention to them, maybe that will answer the questions for us.
Give it a listen. It will make you think, as well as love the song.

Ta ta for now!