i sit and wait for everything i can find

the morning benders have done a new daytrotter session (an encore to the one they did last summer).



---> worth the fight (2.24.09 daytrotter session) <---
---> nothin' in this world can stop me worryin' about that girl (2.24.09 daytrotter session) <---
---> why don't they let us fall in love (7.16.09 daytrotter session) <---

i love this band. it was started by fellow uc berkeley alum chris chu a few years ago (go bears!). i remember seeing them play in a tiny little art gallery or something in the mission in early 2006. i liked them right away. in early 2008 my friend (and another cal alum) tim or - aka timothy rabbit - joined the band playing bass.



also new from the morning benders is the recently released grain of salt ep



---> grain of salt <---
---> your dark side <---

here's an older version of grain of salt too.

---> grain of salt (from 3 songs ep) <---


i saw them play at the rickshaw stop in december. they were SO GOOD. they also happen to be playing a noise pop show at slim's on friday. sadly, i'm scheduled to work til late that night so i can't go :( if you're going let me know how it was!

themorningbenders.com

hot tramp, i love you so

i'm really into david bowie's rebel rebel right now, so i thought i'd do a rebel themed post.




---> rebel rebel- david bowie <---



---> rebellion (lies) - arcade fire <---



---> he's a rebel - the crystals <---



---> he's a rebel (the crystals cover) - the morning benders <---



---> easy morning rebel - my morning jacket <---


www.davidbowie.com/
www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial
www.themorningbenders.com/
thecrystals.net
www.mymorningjacket.com

top ten albums of 2008

here is my list of favorite albums of the year. i'm not going to call this a "best list" just favorites.

1. me› su› í eyrum vi› spilum endalaust - sigur rós



---> Inní mér syngur vitleysingur <---

2. day & age - the killers



---> spaceman <---

3. chinese democracy - guns n' roses



---> madagascar <---

4. talking through tin cans - the morning benders



---> loose change <---

5. forth - the verve



---> love is noise <---

6. dig out your soul - oasis



---> the nature of reality <---

7. fleet foxes - fleet foxes



---> white winter hymnal <---

8. hold on now youngster / we are beautiful, we are doomed - los campesinos!



---> documented minor emotional breakdown #1 <---

9. flight of the conchords - flight of the conchords



---> foux du fafa <---

10. a mad & faithful telling - devotchka



---> transliterator <---

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