Jose Gonzalez
I can’t stop singing this song… and whistling it… and humming it…
staring at the sun…
it’s been stuck in my head for 3 days now. i know it’s yesterdays news. but i still love this song.
Karen O. song for Spike Jonze directed Adidas commercial
Mars Volta covering Sugarcubes
The Mars Volta covered my favorite Sugarcubes song, Birthday. I don’t like it.
They call it a ritual
The new Wolf Parade album comes out June 17th, but one of the tracks has been leaked and it’s pretty good. It’s a bit different than their last album and all the Wolf Parade side projects like Sunset Rubdown, Handsome Furs, Swan Lake and Frog Eyes. I like it and I’m lookin forward to the new album!
Here’s the track:
They Call it a Ritual
I don’t see what anyone can see in anyone else but … you…
I just bought the Juno soundtrack. I loved the movie and really liked the music throughout. I heard some Kimya Dawson/Moldy Peaches, but didn’t realize there are actually 7 songs from her on the soundtrack! They’re great. I can never get “Anyone Else But You” out of my head. There’s also Sonic Youth, Buddy Holly, Belle & Sebastian and other great stuff on the soundtrack.
Coachella!! Who’s in?
SO excited! I really want to go, but have a feeling I won’t get to this year. 
Bands I would LOVE to see:
- Tegan and Sara
- Animal Collective
- Stars
- Battles
- Rogue Wave
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Cold War Kids
- M.I.A.
- VHS or Beta
- New Young Pony Club
- Roger Waters
- The Streets
- The Annuals
- Manchester Orchestra
- Shout Out Louds
There’s a few others I like songs of but want to hear more of… ie- Jens Lekman - Opposite of Halleleujah
Tracey’s coming next week! Stars is tonight!
Things have settled down just a bit around here. I’m finally all caught up at work, got rid of the cold and the laundry pile at home has receded.
I’m really excited that Tracey is coming to town next week for our birthday celebration. I went to Philly in September but that feels like a year ago!
Going to see Stars tonight with Amritz and Sarah at the Orpheum. Didn’t realize it was downtown! That’s gonna be a loooooong 38 mile drive on the way home… wish I could take the metrorail… we’ll see.
now playing: Alcest - Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde
Detour Festival recap
I forgot to post a recap so here goes…
Went down to LA from Valencia via freeway to Universal City then took the subway downtown. Way cheaper, way easier and way faster 
Shout Out Louds = Fantastic! The crowd didn’t move much.. but it’s a festival with several bands so this is typical… the die hards are at the shows where the band is the single the main attraction.
Lead singer of Shout Out Louds has a striking resemblance to…
Jason Schwarzman! Could it be his long lost Swedish twin brother?!
I never saw or heard JUSTICE before and they were pretty good. Sarah and I noted we never saw so many guys dancing before. Waaaay more guys in the crowd than girls and they were dedicated to their moves. wow.
According to Amritz… Daft Punk’s manager is a DJ and he was there doing a set. We stopped by that it looked like they were having a blast. There were 4-5 DJ’s doing their thing on one table.
Bloc Party was good, but not as good as Coachella… they seemed to have more energy at Coachella. It was way hotter at Coachella and nice and cool at Detour so I don’t get it either It was their last tour date in America maybe that was it.
Here’s the Shout Out Louds (the video quality sucks when it gets YouTubified so I’ll try to post it in my photo gallery at a much more reasonable quality):
now playing: that you tube video above
