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Happy Lunar New Year!

2012-01-23T23:43:00.002-05:00

I went home for lunar new year and had such a grand time! There was so much delicious food on the table (lobster, sashimi, oysters, steak, etc) and I feel like such a fatty. Time to work it off with some indie (dancey) tunes!The Rosebuds - "Get Up Get Out"This just really makes me want to dance in the sun, roll around in the grass a little, and be foolish and young.Head Like a Kite - "Daydream

It's been 20 years since I've been on a train

2012-01-20T12:17:00.002-05:00

I'll be heading home on a train this afternoon - for some reason, I'm super excited. This song is also increasing my excitement (rule of thumb: don't fall asleep on a train because epic things will happen).Yuksek - "On a Train"

Well that was quite the hiatus...

2012-01-19T00:06:00.002-05:00

...but thankfully I've passed my first semester in medical school! Woo! I thought I'd celebrate by trying to bring this blog back to life. We'll see how well I adhere to this plan. In the mean time, I bring you the following tracks:[me] - "Naked"I love the sound of this new Australian band. They've got that epic melodic rock sound that Muse is known to have. And the icing on the cake (for me):

More Florence and The Machine

2011-09-17T15:34:00.005-04:00

If you haven't heard already, Florence and The Machine has a new album ("Ceremonials") coming out on October 31st. This is their latest release from the album:My favourite B-side from her last album:

September Playlist

2011-09-08T21:42:00.000-04:00

Taking 19 credit hours and working sucks. But you all probably know that too. Lana Del Rey - Video Game This is art. M83 - Midnight City Played it 50 times over the course of the week. Awesome Awesome Awesome. Marina and the Diamonds Ok ok ok so I'm a little obsessed with marina and diamonds, but her music is so honest! She sings songs about things I think about myself all the time.

Theo Martins For Helena

2011-08-30T22:19:00.004-04:00

He samples Foster the People's Helena (that band is so hot right now...but hell I told you that months ago! Oh and if you can see them in concert...go.) Anyways school is in full swing, but this song has definitely lifted my spirits really cool remix/fusion/whatever Theo Martins Does it comes out sounding pretty dandy. Oh and side note...August sucked! So now that my procrastination is in full

New Ladytron album on the way

2011-08-24T13:28:00.002-04:00

And this is the first single! I don't really have an opinion on it yet to be honest...I think "destroy everything you touch" and "they only want you when you're seventeen" will always be the standard for them unfortunately. This doesn't really do anything for me...but its the first track, there will be others!

NEW Florence and the Machine

2011-08-23T19:17:00.000-04:00

She's backkkk! And its pretty awesome!

Marina and the Diamonds - Radioactive

2011-08-22T18:28:00.000-04:00

I'm obsessed with this song right now...but then again I'm already a huge fan. I think its awesome she's changing her sound, even though I loved "The Family Jewels." Although it seems as if a lot of Diamonds fans don't agree, they are angered by her new "generic" sound. I just think it's fun.

August Playlist

2011-08-11T06:35:00.001-04:00

August is sort of a depressing month, it's like a Sunday, technically still the "weekend" but you know that you have a full work/school week ahead of you the next day. Anyways my relatives from California are in town! Which basically means I get to live in coffee shops and libraries for the next 12 days...I am really in need of more hide outs. So here is the August Playlist...10 days late. Again

The Shape of Not Really Being A Sentence mofo...

2011-08-05T02:38:00.002-04:00

While usually I post a "August Playlist" at the beginning of the month...and THAT IS COMING...I decided to post this instead. The Buffalo infringement festival is where Buffalo once again showcases it's fine arts and "culture" which is why I never write about it...in detail...ever. This is what he has to say about himself, in his words: "shapes of states is a single life form that plays

Katy B - Broken Record

2011-07-29T02:27:00.000-04:00

While this song is made for some sweaty dance flor somewhere it almost feels as if she wants to be both a dance floor guru and a singer songwriter.

Ida Maria - Quite Nice People

2011-07-29T02:22:00.000-04:00

This is how I feel all the time...again she hits it on the head, this combined with her single "Oh My God" from her debut album "Fortress Round My Heart" essentially describes my life...

New 2NE1 and KARA...

2011-07-28T19:27:00.003-04:00

You know what cheapens the experience of watching Bright Eyes even more? Listening to Korean pop music afterwards...which I totally did (again...sorry I can't really let this go, I am in NO position to make fun of OTHER people's music choices when I freely admit to liking this stuff on a regular basis...the 16 year old me post was me making fun of...me...) Anyways 2NE1's "Ugly" video came out a

Bright Eyes at Art Park

2011-07-28T18:52:00.000-04:00

So Bright Eyes performed a free show at Art Park yesterday (Art Park if you must know is in Lewiston NY about 45 mins north of Buffalo) and of course "free show" and Bright Eyes means that entire towns and villages came. And why shouldn't they? It's very rare that you get to see Conor Oberst in the flesh and not have to pay for it! Although this is where I get to be a big downer...I was actually

Sleeper Agent

2011-07-27T15:41:00.000-04:00

Long time since I heard decent 'merican rock and roll...

New Vivian Girls...

2011-07-27T15:33:00.000-04:00

Well they graced my 'Worst of 2009' list for good reason! Listening to them makes me uncomfortable in more ways than one...The press release states that Vivian Girls is "venturing into challenging new musical and lyrical territory, reflecting the band members’ developing instrumental rapport and their far-reaching musical influences.” WHAT CHALLENGING NEW MUSICAL TERRITORY? None of them can sing.

Sixteen Year Old Me (Way cooler than sixteen year old you) Playlist

2011-07-27T02:32:00.002-04:00

As I sit here typing this I am full of mixed feelings...I have lots of serious thoughts that I feel I can only express online such as, on the one had it's after one here so I should be going to bed...but I'm hungry and all we have in my fridge is rye bread and a strange noodle-hamburger thing that I already warmed up and scarfed down earlier...and eh it was barely edible, and I only have a bike

Rest In Peace Amy Winehouse.

2011-07-23T15:30:00.000-04:00

2NE1 - I Hate You

2011-07-20T15:38:00.000-04:00

It's new!!! Just posted today...wouldn't this make a kickass cartoon?

New Bloc Party Music? Maybe...Sorta...Sometime?

2011-07-20T00:52:00.002-04:00

So NME recently posted this video of Kele at a festival in the UK with the title "Kele Okereke Promises New Bloc Party Material." Before watching the video I was all "OH MY GOD." Then after I was still all "OH MY GOD" but a little less elated as Kele only hinted at new music you know sometime, whenever, I mean he really likes music, he's at a music festival, you know he may perhaps maybe in the

The Game - Red Nation

2011-07-20T00:24:00.000-04:00

So I finally got around to watch this, after googling the description I was actually expecting more media feedback about this track than I did. Everyone is being surprisingly mute...except of course The Game. Ok...so the Game is just confused, I mean he isn't really sure why this got banned from MTV or BET...it's not like "Red Nation" is SUPPOSED to be controversial, noooo you just have two

Big Talk

2011-07-19T23:31:00.000-04:00

Band formed by a subset of the Killers (Ronnie Vannucci Jr and Taylor Milne to be exact). Subset as in B is contained inside A, thus A and B may coincide, making B a 'subset' of A as long as every element contained in B is also in A...it's linear algebra...I'm done now. Listen to the god damn music. Especially "No Whiskey" class track.

Theme Park

2011-07-19T23:10:00.001-04:00

Now that the festering pool of humanity known as the Italian festival is over, I can finally leave my house again and walk down Hertel Avenue...sweet relief. While many things in Buffalo try to be festivals, and showcase what's great about Buffalo, the Italian Festival showcases a gigantic blown up leaning tower of Pisa and lot's of non-Italian food...in reality there isn't really anything that

The Knux feat Kid Cudi - Run

2011-07-18T11:59:00.002-04:00

The Knux know how to blend rock and hip hop without it sounding like that terrible bastardized version from the 90s... and Kid Cudi is really good at the drugged out electronica hip hop thing, together they make one sweet track. Really awesome instrumentals really catchy hook, and it is definitely cheering me up after bombing an organic 2 test today...don't you just love when the entire test is