After several fun hours of troubleshooting, I finally have my FTP server up and running once more. What that means for you lovely folk is that I can now host some songs for your downloading and listening pleasure ( Read more... )

The M's - Future Women (2006)
[Polyvinyl]

Chicago quartet’s 2nd full-length. Indie rock with a noise pop / psychedelic influence. Fuzzed out riffs with a great 60s sound. Similar to Brian Jonestown Massacre or early Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with a heavier Beatles/pop influence.

Recommended tracks: Trucker Speed, Never Do This Again, ( Read more... )

Awesome Color - Awesome Color (2006 ( Read more... )

I realize I haven't posted since last October, which is an obscenely long amount of time, but that's just because I didn't feel I had anything to post about. Thus, I left LiveJournal in the proverbial dust. As some of you may know, I've been writing album reviews for obscure new releases that come into KALX. These reviews are viewed only by DJ's ( Read more... )

On my third listen of today alone, I'm going to have to say Depeche Mode's Playing the Angel certainly restores my faith (and devotion) in their production of new music. As Jesse put it quite succintly, "have you heard all of the new depeche mode album?... freakin fantastic." For fans of Violator with a dash of Exciter, this one's for you. ( Read more... )

This semester's concerts are certainly becoming some of the greatest shows I've seen in a long time. Tonight's was no exception. I just got back from Slim's where Architecture in Helsinki drove the place crazy, but I'll get to that in a few paragraphs. First, the opening bands...

The first band of the night was Still Flyin'. Not surprisingly, ( Read more... )

Just spent the weekend in Sonoma, but instead of commenting on that (I'm not really into the whole 'what I did today' posting style) I'll just provide a few blurbs on bands I've stumbled across over the past week or so.

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Fitting into the post-punk scene of the late 80's, these English goth rockers fit nicely somewhere ( Read more... )

I need to take a few minutes to procrastinate from studying/paper-writing. I have a paper re-write due Tuesday morning, an exam Tuesday evening, and another paper due Friday morning. This, along with KALX and lab hours, is why I believe this week will be anything but good times. Not to mention the whole ordeal with the L&S department. I won't ( Read more... )

Last night's concert was simply amazing. The Arcade Fire lived up to their hype of putting on great performances. The energy of the percussionists was something to be in awe of (it's not every concert you see two members put helmets on each other and beat each other's heads with drum sticks). Having two guitarists, a bass player, keyboardists, ( Read more... )

Wow. Quite an amazing night. So it was originally planned that I was to take Marina to see a concert tonight for her 21st birthday. It just so happened that The Decemberists were playing at the Fillmore, and I was semi-interested in going. It also just so happened that she really liked them and wanted to go. Two tickets later (with many an ( Read more... )