I'm trying to get better at posting a lot, so bare with me while I find my weekly flow again!
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Yes, I still make mix tapes. So?
My friend Steph has always told me she loves it when I make mix cd's, and I've grown to believe her. Bless her little heart, I'm sure she just humors me, but I love making mix cd's. It's fun, time consuming, and lets me be a music snob. I clearly love being the person to introduce new music to people, so this form of sharing is one that I hold near and dear.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Summer Tracks
The start to my summer of 2013 playlist. I love Groove Shark, I thought I'd share the start to my summer playlist that I intend on growing throughout the next few months. Let me know what should be on there and I'll keep updating it! Some of these aren't so new to anyone, but they are still summer staples that make the summer perfect.
Hope everyone is enjoying their day!
-A
Hope everyone is enjoying their day!
-A
"No postcode envy..."
It's been too long, I'm aware. Here are some updates!
First of all there's way too much music out there for me to pinpoint one band that I think will be the next up and coming this summer, but I will say that I am pretty proud of my past predictions with Alabama Shakes and The Lumineers! Even the Milk Carton Kids are coming into their own! Glad I got to go to that concert last summer for under $30, that will never happen again.
Here I go again with my predictions for the 2013 year for next bands to be listening and looking out for:
Lucius. I have a 6 degrees of separation with this band, so I'm partial to them no matter what, but it really doesn't detract from the fact that they are awesome. Killer harmonies and this amazing way of sounding like they are crying, but they aren't, I can't explain it. They have been playing everywhere that they can and are working hard to get their names out there. Listen to "Turn It Around" and "Go Home" for great first listens. If you're too lazy to find them on your own, here is their Tiny Desk Concert from NPR!!
Bearstronaut. Another 6 degrees of separation, but still an amazing band. They will actually be playing with Lucius at the next Boston Calling concert in September, and I cannot wait to see them! Electronica isn't always my jam, but these guys make me want to dance...a lot. They really let their creativity shine through in their song Paradice with a ton of different musical influences. Think 80's pop combined with some bass drops a la dubstep. Again, not always my go to, but it gets you going and really pumps you up!
The Lone Bellow. Again, THANK YOU NPR, for showing me The Lone Bellow. I have just recently started hearing them being played on the radio and I am so happy for them. They are a truly unique band mixing country, folk, and rock and roll music to create their own form of melody. They remind me of the Civil Wars at times, but still completely different. My favorite song is Two Sides of Lonely, it's beautiful and melodic, sad and happy all at the same time. I can't tear myself away when I listen, especially when it comes to the bridge. Listen here to their Tiny Desk Concert and hear what they sound like live.
Last but not least, my latest love Lorde. A 16 year old from New Zealand who makes me feel like I haven't accomplished anything in my life because of how talented she already is. I see her going places and possibly having the break out hit of the summer with Royals. Listen to it below, I couldn't resist posting the actual video. I heard her for the first time last night on our local alternative radio station 92.5 The River and have not been able to stop listening to her. There is something about this song that is infectious, and, as I just told my friend K, I would like everyone to love it as much as I do.
Enjoy and share with me any new finds you may come across!
First of all there's way too much music out there for me to pinpoint one band that I think will be the next up and coming this summer, but I will say that I am pretty proud of my past predictions with Alabama Shakes and The Lumineers! Even the Milk Carton Kids are coming into their own! Glad I got to go to that concert last summer for under $30, that will never happen again.
Here I go again with my predictions for the 2013 year for next bands to be listening and looking out for:
Lucius. I have a 6 degrees of separation with this band, so I'm partial to them no matter what, but it really doesn't detract from the fact that they are awesome. Killer harmonies and this amazing way of sounding like they are crying, but they aren't, I can't explain it. They have been playing everywhere that they can and are working hard to get their names out there. Listen to "Turn It Around" and "Go Home" for great first listens. If you're too lazy to find them on your own, here is their Tiny Desk Concert from NPR!!
Bearstronaut. Another 6 degrees of separation, but still an amazing band. They will actually be playing with Lucius at the next Boston Calling concert in September, and I cannot wait to see them! Electronica isn't always my jam, but these guys make me want to dance...a lot. They really let their creativity shine through in their song Paradice with a ton of different musical influences. Think 80's pop combined with some bass drops a la dubstep. Again, not always my go to, but it gets you going and really pumps you up!
The Lone Bellow. Again, THANK YOU NPR, for showing me The Lone Bellow. I have just recently started hearing them being played on the radio and I am so happy for them. They are a truly unique band mixing country, folk, and rock and roll music to create their own form of melody. They remind me of the Civil Wars at times, but still completely different. My favorite song is Two Sides of Lonely, it's beautiful and melodic, sad and happy all at the same time. I can't tear myself away when I listen, especially when it comes to the bridge. Listen here to their Tiny Desk Concert and hear what they sound like live.
Last but not least, my latest love Lorde. A 16 year old from New Zealand who makes me feel like I haven't accomplished anything in my life because of how talented she already is. I see her going places and possibly having the break out hit of the summer with Royals. Listen to it below, I couldn't resist posting the actual video. I heard her for the first time last night on our local alternative radio station 92.5 The River and have not been able to stop listening to her. There is something about this song that is infectious, and, as I just told my friend K, I would like everyone to love it as much as I do.
Enjoy and share with me any new finds you may come across!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A time for change!
Okay, I've been really hyping this site up to a lot of people lately, so hopefully that motivates me to actually post and keep it up to date!
Some great music is coming up in 2013 and I'm really excited for it. I have a feeling that it's going to be the year that dance music from the 80's comes back full force and the mind numbing pop dance songs sort of fade into the background. A girl can dream, can't she?! I will have to say that the folk/americana movement is really making itself known in the mainstream and that is something that I LOVE! I know that it won't last long, but thank you, Phillip Phillips for making your American Idol song that of a wonderfully worded ode to your Home. It has made other bands, like The Lumineers, have a change at being played on stations like Kiss 108.
Some bands that I'm excited for this year:
fun.
Bearstronaut (SERIOUSLY! take a listen to them, they are a cool group that hails from the Boston area. 80's pop, but also a cool ethereal almost Beach House vibe!)
The Lone Bellow
Cat Power (she came back in 2012 with "Sun" and I'm really hoping that she doesn't go away again for such a long period of time)
let me know if there is anything else that I should be listening to!!
-ac
Some great music is coming up in 2013 and I'm really excited for it. I have a feeling that it's going to be the year that dance music from the 80's comes back full force and the mind numbing pop dance songs sort of fade into the background. A girl can dream, can't she?! I will have to say that the folk/americana movement is really making itself known in the mainstream and that is something that I LOVE! I know that it won't last long, but thank you, Phillip Phillips for making your American Idol song that of a wonderfully worded ode to your Home. It has made other bands, like The Lumineers, have a change at being played on stations like Kiss 108.
Some bands that I'm excited for this year:
fun.
Bearstronaut (SERIOUSLY! take a listen to them, they are a cool group that hails from the Boston area. 80's pop, but also a cool ethereal almost Beach House vibe!)
The Lone Bellow
Cat Power (she came back in 2012 with "Sun" and I'm really hoping that she doesn't go away again for such a long period of time)
let me know if there is anything else that I should be listening to!!
-ac
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Traveling
Top listens on this fine trip to Minneapolis:
Marina and the Diamonds
Icona Pop
Robyn
Passion Pit
I love listening to music and hitting the road, it feels like freedom!
Marina and the Diamonds
Icona Pop
Robyn
Passion Pit
I love listening to music and hitting the road, it feels like freedom!
Friday, October 5, 2012
Alabama Shakes in t-1.5 hours
So basically this is just me letting people know how extremely excited I am to finally be seeing Alabama Shakes! It's been one of the shows I have been most eager to see this year, mostly because NPR was on top of their arrival like white on rice. I'm excited to hear what they have to offer! Tonight's show is at the House of Blues Boston (@HOBBoston) and the show starts at 8. Hope we see you there!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
What the folk?!
That's right people, folk has finally gone main stream (again).
I've gone to a couple of concerts since the last time I posted, a couple that I really feel need to be discussed and reviewed. To start off, let's take a quick look back to the concerts that were hit up this wonderful summer:
Foster The People (Kimbra opened!!)
Old Crow Medicine Show and The Lumineers (opener: The Milk Carton Kids)
The Avett Brothers
soon to come: Alabama Shakes
So let's start with the concert that was not folk, but was an alternative rock concert. At the time I wasn't a huge lover of Foster the People, but my opinion quickly changed. I sort of happened into this concert, it wasn't something that I had planned on going to so I hadn't really done any research on their sound other than what I had heard on the radio. I was really pleasantly surprised by their show! I realized I knew more than the one "Pumped Up Kicks" and really enjoyed myself.
I attended OCMS with the express purpose to watch their opening act, The Lumineers. I love me some Bluegrass OCMS, but I had really been into The Lumineers all summer and they were finally coming to Boston!! To open for The Lumineers we were introduced to The Milk Carton Kids. A quirky pair of guys from LA that played two acoustic guitars who had killer dead pan personalities. I love dry humor and just complete dead pan humor, so their banter with the crowd was really spot on for me. The crowd really loved them, too, at the House of Blues. It was a perfect setting for them, not too huge, but big enough and still small enough to stay intimate. Their ability to harmonize was something that I couldn't, and still can't, get over. You couldn't hear who's voice was who's, it was really perfect. I became an instant fan and immediately went home to download some tunes. At their website you can download their albums for free, or you can get them on iTunes, I really suggest giving them a listen. As for The Lumineers, they were PERFECT. I couldn't get over how great they were live, and I vowed that the next time they came around I would absolutely go see them again. "Ho Hey" and "Big Parade" were pulled off flawlessly with crowd involvement and also band involvement. It was obvious that this Denver based band had fans in Boston!
An evening with The Avett Brothers, I'm not even sure that I can wrap my head around that show even a week and a half later. The first time I had listened to them was when "If it's the Beaches" had come out around late 2008. Then, thank you iTunes and NPR All Songs Considered, I heard them on a podcast live from the Newport Folk Festival from 2009 and was really intrigued by their singing voices, or yelling/harmonizing that they were able to accomplish live. I've been a long time fan of The Avett Brothers and have been really amazed at how far they've come. It's a pretty incredible time for the banjo right now, so this folk revival is really working in their favor. The best part is that they aren't even really that folky, they're more of a rock group. The most folk-like aspect to them, in my opinion, is their ability to tell a story in every single song that they create and play. Scott and Seth Avett have really mastered the ability to relate to people, mostly because everytime one hears a song, they can immediately understand where that song is coming from. Whether it be a really simple song like "January Wedding," where Seth sweetly sings about he love of his life, or "Distraction #74," where Seth and Scott harmonously weave their voices in and out of each other's while still keeping the song steeped in the more rock/aggressive voices that they are known for at their shows. I'm pretty sure, if memory serves me, they started the set with "Paranoia in B Major" and continued to include "When I drink" "Salina" "Shame" "Down with the Shine" "Will You Return" "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promises," just to name a few. Obviously this was a show for their most recent album that had just been release earlier this month entitled "The Once and Future Carpenter." For two and a half hours straight I was immersed in the Brothers Avett and wished that it could have been for longer. No opener was needed, at 7:45pm they came onto the stage to raucous applause and left at 10:30pm to chants for more. I've never been to a concert like that, it was incredible.
I've gone to a couple of concerts since the last time I posted, a couple that I really feel need to be discussed and reviewed. To start off, let's take a quick look back to the concerts that were hit up this wonderful summer:
Foster The People (Kimbra opened!!)
Old Crow Medicine Show and The Lumineers (opener: The Milk Carton Kids)
The Avett Brothers
soon to come: Alabama Shakes
So let's start with the concert that was not folk, but was an alternative rock concert. At the time I wasn't a huge lover of Foster the People, but my opinion quickly changed. I sort of happened into this concert, it wasn't something that I had planned on going to so I hadn't really done any research on their sound other than what I had heard on the radio. I was really pleasantly surprised by their show! I realized I knew more than the one "Pumped Up Kicks" and really enjoyed myself.
I attended OCMS with the express purpose to watch their opening act, The Lumineers. I love me some Bluegrass OCMS, but I had really been into The Lumineers all summer and they were finally coming to Boston!! To open for The Lumineers we were introduced to The Milk Carton Kids. A quirky pair of guys from LA that played two acoustic guitars who had killer dead pan personalities. I love dry humor and just complete dead pan humor, so their banter with the crowd was really spot on for me. The crowd really loved them, too, at the House of Blues. It was a perfect setting for them, not too huge, but big enough and still small enough to stay intimate. Their ability to harmonize was something that I couldn't, and still can't, get over. You couldn't hear who's voice was who's, it was really perfect. I became an instant fan and immediately went home to download some tunes. At their website you can download their albums for free, or you can get them on iTunes, I really suggest giving them a listen. As for The Lumineers, they were PERFECT. I couldn't get over how great they were live, and I vowed that the next time they came around I would absolutely go see them again. "Ho Hey" and "Big Parade" were pulled off flawlessly with crowd involvement and also band involvement. It was obvious that this Denver based band had fans in Boston!
An evening with The Avett Brothers, I'm not even sure that I can wrap my head around that show even a week and a half later. The first time I had listened to them was when "If it's the Beaches" had come out around late 2008. Then, thank you iTunes and NPR All Songs Considered, I heard them on a podcast live from the Newport Folk Festival from 2009 and was really intrigued by their singing voices, or yelling/harmonizing that they were able to accomplish live. I've been a long time fan of The Avett Brothers and have been really amazed at how far they've come. It's a pretty incredible time for the banjo right now, so this folk revival is really working in their favor. The best part is that they aren't even really that folky, they're more of a rock group. The most folk-like aspect to them, in my opinion, is their ability to tell a story in every single song that they create and play. Scott and Seth Avett have really mastered the ability to relate to people, mostly because everytime one hears a song, they can immediately understand where that song is coming from. Whether it be a really simple song like "January Wedding," where Seth sweetly sings about he love of his life, or "Distraction #74," where Seth and Scott harmonously weave their voices in and out of each other's while still keeping the song steeped in the more rock/aggressive voices that they are known for at their shows. I'm pretty sure, if memory serves me, they started the set with "Paranoia in B Major" and continued to include "When I drink" "Salina" "Shame" "Down with the Shine" "Will You Return" "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promises," just to name a few. Obviously this was a show for their most recent album that had just been release earlier this month entitled "The Once and Future Carpenter." For two and a half hours straight I was immersed in the Brothers Avett and wished that it could have been for longer. No opener was needed, at 7:45pm they came onto the stage to raucous applause and left at 10:30pm to chants for more. I've never been to a concert like that, it was incredible.
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