Don't You Forget About Me

well, it certainly has been a while. so many days--weeks even have passed. experiences changed us. the world became clearer/more confusing. but what matters, what is held constant, and what connects us remains ever evolving! that is, we may not have been blogging because we were too lazy/overworked/sleepy/drunk/without internet access/abducted by aliens... but, oh, the music never stops...there is so much goodness out there!!!

I'm specially excited about the new grizzly bear album that is to come out in may. this is old news, but its been leaked, but its low quality, so do it like me, and just sit and wait. In the meanwhile, you can scratch the itch with one of the songs from Veckatimest, Two Weeks... its sooooooooooo good (btw, you can also check out a spanking new grizzly bear v. Jay Z mash-up here. it's whatever, and Mr. Droste called it "unsolicited" on his twitter)

you just have to listen to this song, the quality is not the greatest... but whatever.


grizzly bear - two weeks

Also! man, on our show we've had some seriously good playlists! And I think I might just have to share it all with you. Seriously, I'm proud of the work that Sasha and I have done. Alright so here it goes... first you will have this week's playlist (so, it turns out that it takes a really long time for me to post these, so I only did it for the past two weeks, but I highly encourage you to check out our previous stuff too! http://wmucradio.com/station/shows/919) :

--This week's:
---t h e h i g h l i g h t s:

>>Bangers & Mash: I rediscovered this song this week, and I was hypnotized. I think it only speaks to Radiohead's amazingness that this song is a b-side. I mean, wow. love it.

>>Fake Palindromes: Beautiful. I remember when I saw Andrew Bird live, and this was one of the songs that really stuck with me.

>>Where In This World: The Notwist have been a recent find, I haven't gotten enough of them. Such complex, stunning music. And I think this song pretty much gives you a glimpse of the the whole album; that it is artful, melodic, ambient, and with a certain mystery that you can't help but to surrender yourself to it.



~Last Week's!
pay special attention to:

<<Black Leather Jacket: Screen Vinyl Image is local to DC and I'm loving them. If you live on the east coast, they will be around a lot, and hopefully i'll get to see them live soon. Meanwhile, this song blows me away. I think its so cool.

<<Evangeline: new Handsome Furs, so good.

<<1901: new Phoenix, and I can't stop listening to it! I feel like their cd will mark this late spring/ early summer




Yes. I know. I have a thing for Radiohead. I'm sorry I can't help it. Heck--I won't apologize, they are musical gods.

I hope y'all enjoy these playlists! And happy spring!!

Nanda's song of the zombie day

So this is going to be quick, after a long while not sleeping, my head will hit the pillows! hooray! And I cant say how happy I am that this is the song that will take my hand to sweet deams.

<3.

My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes

I should be studying!

Soo um, it's been a while since I've made my presence known.

What better time to do that then when I should be studying!

This is pretty fabulous, you should CHECK IT OUT :)

Also, my obsession with Bon Iver is yet to cease. Exciting stuff: you can get some free live stuff off of their myspace blog. It's good stuff. If you didn't think it could get better.. it does.

In other news Animal Collective is doing a show at the Ottobar in Baltimore! It's sold out, though. If you want to go bad enough there is always a means of getting yourself inside. I can only imagine how amazing that show is going to be as the Ottobar is a pretty small place that allows for those intimate moments.

I will leave you with this video.. amazing!


Alright.. back to work I go!

<3 Sasha

Stop listening to country music! Its for your own good.

Once again I was proved right!

Thanks to science (and Brightest Young Things for making me aware of this article), I once again have the upper hand in my perpetual fight against country music.

According to some random scientific journal and most likely some questionable research methods, it has been shown that the greater the airtime of country music the higher the suicidal rates of Caucasians. So people the love of what is sacred--stop listening to country music!


check out the article for yourself

<3

i had dreams, that frightened me awake

seriously, yay for the internet!

The other day I was thinking about how imperative the internet is for the music world today, yea yea there are talks of record sales being low, but let's face it, when they were high, the majority of the artists with high record sales were n*sync, backstreet boys, and all that other poop.

This isn't to say that music is necessarily better today than what it was, by no means, its impossible to make that claim. But I can say that we do have a much more democratic way to gaining access to and selecting the music that we choose to listen. And if this isn't revolutionary in a power-to-the-people way, then I don't know what is.

I'm very excited to be living and enjoying music at this time (especially since the end might be near... 2012 is around the corner!) , we have unprecedented access to new bands and sounds from around the world, which makes it for an almost overwhelming amount of music that you can explore.

That being said, the real reason for this post is that Noisepop posted a Deerhunter and Ra Ra Riot concert on youtube. I haven't listened to the RRR one yet, but Deerhunter, as always, is amazing. And if it weren't for the quasi mystical powers of the internet, we would have never gotten a chance to experience these concerts.


Deerhunter



Ra Ra Riot


ps: happy snowday DC!

GOUUUULLEEEEETT

I don't think I'm ever going to get over Will Ferrell's impression of Robert Goulet.


I was watching the best of Will Ferrell and saw the one in which he 'advertises' Goulet ringtones, and luckily enough, I found a link from which you can download them from!! AMAZING!

so here they are... I'm still not completely sure which one is going to be mine, but i'm pretty sure I'm going to go with #2.

ringtone #1: "Your phone is ringing....daa di da daaaa"

ringtone #2: “Dinkle donkle, dinkle donkle, someone’s calling you”


I gotta thank The Goulet Times for posting these. It totally made my night.