Monday, November 26, 2007

it has begun...

so, the end of the year is upon us. and you know what that means?

albums of the year endless lists upon lists!!!
i'm still not sure what my favorite of all favorites is, but i thought i would just start listing the ones that i liked the most.
eventually i will get a good grasp on what my actual favorite is. so let's see:

bloc party - a weekend in the city
poisonthewell - versions
the octopus project - hello avalanche
joel harding - demo07
matthew good - hospital music
miracle fortress - five roses
means - sending you strength
battles - mirrored
feist - the reminder
annuals - frelen mas
buck 65 - situation
most serene republic - population
no age - weirdo rippers
limbeck - s/t
stars - in the bedroom after the war
the starting line - directions
unearth - in the eyes of fire
the weakerthans - reunion tour
circa survive - on letting go


there's just some of my favorites. i'll trim it down in a bit i think.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

it's a new day

so i know that i haven't touched this thing in months. i pretty much got swamped with alot of things in getting ready for school and now have been consumed by school. and yes, i don't have much time to go and do random cd buyings. or the money for that matter.

on the plus side, i have started volunteering at CJSR in the hopes of having a show of my own one day, or at least being on an established show. we'll see how it goes. but the best part is working in the library and listening to awesome, random cd's i've never heard before.

and i don't have to buy them.

well i will if i really like it. i'll try and track it down.
like for instance. this amazing cd i heard, by this duo called NO AGE.

seriously amazing stuff. on the back they classified themselves as noise-pop and i would definately agree. there was alot of crazy sounds, feedback, weird samples of people talking, oceans, seagulls and the like. but interspersed were some of the catchiest pop rock songs i have heard in awhile.

all in all i listened to the whole album, and, was blown away by it. i definately need to hunt that down. it's on Fat Cat Records from LA if anyone is interested.

also. i am going to see The Locust on tuesday. that will hopefully blow my mind.
also. i leave for vancouver on thursday morning. which i am excited for.

now i should go and do some geog homework.
maybe.