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Brand New Brand New

Guys, I suck at this blogging stuff. I'm sorry. I will probably post like ten albums today and then not post again for another three weeks because that's how I seem to manage things. Before I do that, however, I wanted to put up the YouTube link of the new Brand New song, "At the Bottom" (originally found at Perfect Lines). Despite evidence otherwise, I am an unbelievably hugemassivecrazy Brand New fan and I don't care what you have to say about that. Seriously, I bought tickets to see them with Glassjaw in Long Island in November. This is batshit because I don't really live near Long Island. Anyway:

This sounds like Modest Mouse until the refrain kicks in, and then it still sounds kind of like Modest Mouse. I don't like Modest Mouse (a subject for another time). I want Deja Entendu back, but that will never happen. I am going to go stare at the cover for Daisy (the weak title of this new album), which has a fox on it. I'll find a picture.

Recently In Pictures, 7/6/09-7/25/09

I mentioned that I moved, and that I didn't have an Internet connection. Now that it's three weeks later, I do. Hopefully, I'll be back to my regularly scheduled programming of gratuitous uploading.

The Feelies Reissues

It's some reissue madness of token indie rock bands. The Feelies are reissuing Crazy Rhythms and The Good Earth, their two first albums, on vinyl. I will buy these, because I like the Feelies more than I like Galaxie 500 (even though Only Life is still my favorite of their albums), and these come out on my birthday. That would be September 8.

Crazy Rhythms, 1980 / Download

Notable Tracks: "Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness," "Original Love," "Crazy Rhythms."

The Good Earth, 1986 / Download

Notable Tracks: "Slipping (Into Something)," "Let's Go," "Tomorrow Today."

Related Posts: The Feelies - "Only Life"

Galaxie 500 Reissues

Galaxie 500's three full-length albums are being reissued on vinyl. Here you go. Now, go buy the boxed set or whatever it is that gets you a free t-shirt.

Today, 1988 / Download

Notable Tracks: "Parking Lot," "Tugboat," King of Spain."

On Fire, 1989 / Download

Notable Tracks: "Snowstorm," "Decomposing Trees," "Leaving the Planet."

Related Posts: Galaxie 500 - "This Is Our Music"

Animal Collective - "Feels"

Feels, 2005 / Download

Notable Tracks: "Grass," "The Purple Bottle," "Did You See the Words?" / RIYL (via Last.fm): Black Dice, Deerhunter, Dirty Projectors, El Guincho, High Places.

Hüsker Dü - "Zen Arcade"

Zen Arcade, 1984 / Download

Notable Tracks: "Standing by the Sea," "Pink Turns to Blue," "Chartered Trips." / RIYL (via Last.fm): Dinosaur Jr, Minutemen, the Nation of Ulysses, the Replacements, Wire.

NPR Aggregation

NPR gets a few important people (Carrie Brownstein from Monitor Mix, NPR's All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton, and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson) together to chat about whether or not record labels, uh, matter. I'm posting this so I can remember to listen to it later--it's available here.

NPR will also be broadcasting the Sonic Youth show from DC's 9:30 Club tonight. I'll be there, but if you won't, you can listen to that here, starting around 10PM.

Playing House

I recently moved, so posts are going to be slow for awhile. I've got way too many pieces of Ikea furniture to put together, and, to top it off, the owners didn't clean properly after they refinished the floors. There's wood varnish dust everywhere.

Anyway, once I get everything straightened out over here--and once my roommate properly sets up our Internet so that I don't have to keep jacking someone else's connection--posting will resume as usual.

PS: I've been searching for a leak of the new Jay Reatard album to share, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere. My boyfriend picked up a copy on vinyl at his show the other night, but it doesn't actually release until next month. So, go see Jay Reatard, and buy his new album, if you're into that sort of thing.

Recently In Pictures, 7/1/09