curious talk at the fotomat

i went record shopping yesterday and bought two albums i'd been lusting after and two albums on a whim. the two i bought on purpose were descended like vultures and asleep at heaven's gate both by rogue wave. then i stumbled across a bootleg of libertines songs called another boy, another planet that i just had to purchase. it had various live versions of songs plus some tracks from the babyshambles sessions--including adam green of the moldy peaches doing a cover of "what a waster." so then i also bought wincing the night away by the shins even though i'd only heard one song. it was a damn good song so i thought i'd be impulsive. it was worth it.



---> 10:1 - rogue wave <---
---> fantasies - rogue wave <---



---> what a waster - adam green (libertines cover) <---



---> sleeping lessons - the shins <---

you can buy rogue wave's descended like vultures here and asleep at heaven's gate here, you can get libertines music here and the shins' wincing the night away here

http://www.roguewavemusic.com
www.adamgreen.net
www.theshins.com

now that i've realised how it's all gone wrong

...gotta find some therapy, this treatment takes too long.



"This sounds awful but it was only after Ian died that we sat down and listened to the lyrics," says Morris. "You'd find yourself thinking, 'Oh my God, I missed this one.' Because I'd look at Ian's lyrics and think how clever he was putting himself in the position of someone else. I never believed he was writing about himself. Looking back, how could I have been so bleedin' stupid? Of course he was writing about himself. But I didn't go in and grab him and ask, 'What's up?' I have to live with that. Watching the film, there were moments when I wished I could have stepped into the film. Unfortunately, you can't."





"We never really listened to Ian's lyrics, to be honest," agrees Sumner. "At least, we never sat there and analysed them. It's a bit like reading your friend's letters, I suppose. But when he died, I did go through his lyrics and find myself thinking, 'Oh, God.' You look at it through a different filter because of what happened."


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i recently bought unknown pleasures on vinyl. it is definitely one of the best albums ever. i think it may have the best opening track i've ever heard, thus i am sharing it with you now.

---> disorder <---

rhino records has some great joy division albums (including vinyl!) here.

i got pretty music in my ear

so i've recently discovered teddybears




i think their album soft machine is pretty much amazing.

i love most of the tracks ("yours to keep" and "cobrastyle" are basically perfect), but currently i am obsessed with "punkrocker" mostly because it's with iggy pop!



---> punk rocker <---

the video is pretty badass too:



you can buy soft machine at insound.

http://www.myspace.com/teddybears

only you can stop this stut-stut-stut-stuttering

commercials always seem to have the best music. here's some of my favorite songs in commercials currently running:

the first is in the commercial for the new ford edge.



---> the funeral - band of horses <---

next is from the dentyne ice commercial.



---> stuttering - ben's brother <---

this one is from various commercials for the zune mp3 player.



---> lake michigan - rogue wave <---

and last but not least from the new apple macbook air.



---> new soul - yael naim <---

http://www.bandofhorses.com
http://www.bensbrother.com
http://www.roguewavemusic.com
http://www.yaelweb.com

sky is burning, but at least we're warm

last week rogue wave did a session over at daytrotter. every time i listen to their song lake michigan i love it more and more



---> lake michigan (daytrotter session) <---

http://www.myspace.com/roguewave
http://www.daytrotter.com

if ever there was someone to keep me at home it would be you

there have been some amazing soundtracks out this awards season. i give you samples from four of my favorites:

atonement



---> come back - dario marianelli <---

into the wild



---> guaranteed - eddie vedder <---

juno



---> anyone else but you - the moldy peaches <---

there will be blood



---> future markets - jonny greenwood <---

you can purchase the atonement soundtrack here, the into the wild soundtrack here and the juno soundtrack here on amazon.com and the there will be blood soundtrack here at insound.

all that she wants

so i'm having major nostalgia for ace of base. the sign was the first cassette tape i ever owned and cruel summer was the second cd i ever purchased.




thus i share three of my favorite songs by them.


---> the sign <---
---> all that she wants <---
---> beautiful life <---

you can purchase their albums at amazon.com

http://www.myspace.com/aceofbase