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Nada Surf's "Lucky" is an explosion of awesome

nowreen — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:36:19 GMT

I don't want to be too specific to ruin the album for anyone who hasn't had a listen yet. So here's my vague, rambling, inexpert review of Nada Surf's "Lucky."

Anyone who hasn't at least heard "See These Bones" or "I Like What You Say," what have you been doing?? Check them out on their myspace.

"Ice On The Wing" has to be one of my favorites. If I saw that song walking down the street, I would rape the pants off it. Yes, it's that good.

The album version of "I Like What You Say" is slightly different but equally sexy. I love the weird sounds halfway through it. I'm told it was some switch-flipping fun in the studio. It sounds like a seagull nose-dived under someone's foot, and the person happened to repeatedly step on the seagull's neck. Fun either way, I say!

"The Fox" was an excellent surprise. It's like when you're cruising down the street and some guy walks past holding an old style boom box blasting some song, and you end up dancing your pants off to it. Quite literally - you've ditched your panties and the next thing you know, you have a lifetime's supply of Altoids. Everyone wins!

"Lucky" is like that guy you know who is decidedly a Pimp, and he knows, and you know, and you know he knows you know. Yea, that works.

The cello/other instrumental accompaniment on the album is an absolute smash. When I first heard I wasn't sure how that would sound, but it more than works. It pretty much slapped the doubts out of my face.

All around, a great job from the guys in Nada Surf. With the Karmic re-release, the new Lucky release, an acoustic performance and a show with The Little Ones coming from Nada Surf within a few months, I am one happy camper.

Kudos to all of them. Keep smushing seagulls or whatever it is that makes your music amazing.

Harps sound pimpin`

nowreen — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:00:53 GMT

I was youtube-ing The Dream of Evan and Chan when I saw, near the bottom, "Harp cover." Intriguing! I clicked, and here we are. I've always wanted to play the harp. His voice goes perfectly with his harp playing, dipping and rising at the right moments. It's a different take on the song, and it's amazing.

He provides a link to download the mp3, here

sound familiar?

nowreen — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:52:11 GMT

Linkin Park has done it again: a new album, "new" songs... I haven't actually picked up the album, because I expect to hear the same old crap again: something about how Chester Bennington hates himself or that he can't be what he was before. I've heard "What I've Done" [not my own fault, though - it's inescapable on the radio] and although it sounds just like a snazzy new version of the old stuff with less rap, it still makes me dance. This sums it up nicely:

It still makes me laugh.

On a different note, Fountains of Wayne has come out with another album too! Personally, I love these guys. Not only are they great on CD, but amazing live. I still haven't gotten the new CD for them either, but it sounds like it's gonna be great from "Someone to Love". So they do a little name dropping in the song. And yea, I've even heard them called old fogeys singing the same old quirky lyrics. I still think they're great.

yum

nowreen — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:35:10 GMT

My older brother sent me this one, it's pretty awesome. You decide:

Any recommendations for other good electronica/techno songs? Thanks. I love you all.

fuzz

nowreen — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:18:44 GMT

That's right. Great site I discovered [with the help of Maldroid - myspace.com/maldroid], fuzz.com Forgot to add earlier, Fuzz is like MOG. But different, kinda. I haven't been on there long, but it seems like MOG mixed with Myspace music. Check it out. It's pretty rad.

An older site, can't remember where I've posted this one. pandora.com It's a music player, you tell it what you want [artist/song] and it plays it and other similar music on your self-created "stations." Tell it what you like and don't like. It gets better at giving you similar artists that you'll like the more you use it. [Mine is currently disagreeing with me, not sure if it's my browser or the site. Try it anyway.]

While you're at it, do yourself a favor and check out Of Montreal's video for Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse. It's the best.

the end of a legend

nowreen — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:46:57 GMT

Kurt Vonnegut passed away Wednesday.

"Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."

http://www.vonnegut.com/

i wish i spoke french.

nowreen — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:53:23 GMT

My perpetual craving for French indie/new wave/rock has been satisfied, a little, for now. With the discovery of Les Anges Gardiens. Best song: La Sueur. Anyone know of any other good French bands? Love.

dylan fan? not really.

nowreen — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:56:37 GMT

I'm ashamed to admit, I've never really picked up any Dylan music. So I got "Blonde On Blonde," and I expected it to be amazing, from what I've heard. I just didn't feel it. I think I'll have another listen. I skimmed through a lot of the songs. Any Dylan fans out there, is there any particular album I should listen to? Thanks.

wake from your sleep

nowreen — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:00:03 GMT

_today we escape._

I made the most amazing discovery last night, around 1:30 AM. I'm awake, so I decided to get some fresh night air. I went to my window, opened it, and took out the screen, hopped out, and walked around the front garden. The moon was pale and the sky was perfectly colored blue and pale purple. The air smells so GREAT at that time of night, it's so good. The weather was perfect - it was a still night, slight breeze, and not at all hot or cold. Just chill. After I climbed back in, with a number of slugs accompanying me, I sat on the window sill and played my acoustic. It is just incredibly amazingly amazing how great it sounds at night. I put on Radiohead's OK Computer at full blast in my earphones and it was just .... incredible. I didn't know how much better Radiohead sounds by moonlight. .....Then someone fell off my roof and I decided it was time to stop hallucinating and go to sleep.

you look swell

nowreen — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:54:11 GMT

San Jose sucks for not being San Francisco.

On another note. A friend sent me the link for this band, Oh No! Oh My!. Great sound. Beachy. They're playing the Fillmore with Mew in April. YES!

It's so nice out, perfect weather. Makes me want to drive around the city blasting Minus the Bear.

woohoo for Noise Pop!

nowreen — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:23:01 GMT

Noise Pop 2007 presents THE SPINTO BAND Dios Malos, The Changes, The Old Fashioned Way

$10 + $1 fee / $10 at the door
8:00 PM Saturday All Ages
at Rickshaw Stop

YEEUHH! weeeee. Some shows are 21+ and the most are on weeknights. I'm happy this one's Saturday. Now to find a ride to the venue.

Nada Surf

nowreen — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:36:07 GMT

If you haven't heard this song by Nada Surf, you should. It's a cover of Francoise Hardy. Amazing song. Beautiful. Matthew Caws' French makes so me jealous.

whoa

nowreen — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:00:08 GMT

wowow. I'll let the song speak for itself. This version's much better than the original.

ahhh, the 80s

nowreen — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:49:41 GMT

Holy jesus, this song is addicting. _Music and Lyrics_ was pretty entertaining. The best part was the cheesy 80s pop song. Oh, and Hugh Grant doing the hip move.

I secretly love cheesy 80s pop. Wish I'd been around for it.

rediscovering

nowreen — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:31:33 GMT

around 2 AM and i'm changing channels, accidentally hit the wrong button and i found a group of all-day music channels, no ads, split into categories like electro, swing, indie rock, etc. it just plays songs continuously on a black screen, with song info in the corner. and i just got "Sea Knows When" by Nada Surf back on here, haven't heard it in forever. and i heard The The's song on that m&m's ad, and can't stop listening to it and and...and..i'm just really excited. new music [and finding old music] makes me all tingly.

woohoo, abandoned pools!

nowreen — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:06:12 GMT

i love this song, it's sooo good. the drums in the beginning are awesome. just checked their page, or actually, his page. still just Tommy Walters. he's working on the next album now. score! more Abandoned Pools for me.

i _love_ the lyrics on here. and on "Lethal Killers." i can completely understand this.

_And I kinda like the idea of not living a life saying, "Well, you better live life in a certain way because then, you know, everything's gonna be great later in heaven." You know, the idea of, like, if this is all we have now, if that idea was just a little bit more embraced, our world could be a little bit better. I just find that a little bit more satisfying, too, if you think like, this is all you have and then you're gonna die. [Laughs] It seems a little bit more like, "Oh, okay, well!" instead of, like, thinking that there's some other life at some other time and you can put things off._ -Tommy Walters

agreed.

Ozma and Matthew Caws

nowreen — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:41:57 GMT

just saw it on Ozma's myspace on their blog. it caught my eye and holy crap! great stuff. love it. [not to mention, Matthew is _hot_.] i'm just hoping Matthew is working on Nada Surf's album as well. can't wait for that to come out.

whoaa

nowreen — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:52:54 GMT

amazing band! just found them and can't stop listening to this song, and "It's Automatic" great electro/80s-sounding stuff addicted.

myspace.com/zootwoman

lost all the digital music

nowreen — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:35:11 GMT

dad's computer gets a virus. it jumps across the network bridge, rapes my computer. before it can get to the music/documents, i transfer them to dad's cleaned comp. a week later, before i have the time to transfer it back, he gets a trojan. and he wipes the drive. along with the music and documents.

sdjhgdkhjj. depressing. its going to take forever to get back. if i can remember all of it.

this song is so dance-y.

nowreen — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:23:24 GMT

really good techno songs are often hard to find, because a lot of them sound alike or just...suck. however, i've been hooked on this one like no one's business.

In other news. a dear friend's band has been sighted by Vagrant asked to make a single within the next 4 months. if they like it, Vagrant will sign them. holy crap. Vagrant. home to Saves The Day. and her favorite band, Reggie and the Full Effect. damn. if i was signed by Barsuk, i'd pee my pants and have a heart attack. exciting!

nowreen — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:37:22 GMT

great song. it's sent me into a frenzy of finding similar artists.

Of Montreal's new album is OUT! _Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destoyer?_

yesss.

is it just me, or are [most] females just...crazy? it seems to me that having two x-chromosomes automatically shuts off the "sane" feature of the brain. i happen to have two x-chromosomes, but i'm sane. i don't understand half of the stuff girls do.

procrastination and ADD

nowreen — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:06:15 GMT

_and if i'm waiting for nothing, then what am i doing?_ so fitting. man, it's hard to get work done when there's good music to be looked up. and mog is rather captivating.

_movies like zoos try another me and i will try another you or put my arms around you like i think you want me to_

aaak i'm not going to get anything done ranting here. i've let all my work pile up and now it's back to shove its foot up my ass. i need more time and less ADD

the lover's crime is to think alone

nowreen — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:34:52 GMT

the acoustic version is. godly. _fix the match, i'll still be fair_ i actually don't have the original version, and i must get it. aaaaaugh, i can't wait till the next album comes out. i'm going to explode.

my guitar loves me.

i've got a lot of work to do. chop chop. hah. yea right.