• Look Vibrant: “Plateau”

    Look Vibrant - PlateauWe will definitely talk about the new Vampire Weekend like everyone else is. Just a little bit. Because it’s (spoiler alert) awesome. But at the moment, I’m taking a detour because of this Look Vibrant song that just showed up in my inbox. Let’s be clear – I find most of my music through reading and investigation and friends and whatever, and the dozens of promotional emails I get generally just flow by me like so much brackish water. But sometimes I dip a toe in (to continue this awesome metaphor) and find a gem like this one. It’s a beautiful Medicine-influenced (one assumes) bit of noisy pop that hits just the right notes. No pun intended. God, this post is a gem.

    Anyway! Listen to this song. It’s great!


  • !!!: “Station (Meet Me at the)”

    !!!: Thr!!!erThe thing is, by a band’s fifth album, you either like them or you don’t. Probably by their first, although there are exceptions (Yo La Tengo comes immediately to mind, and although I’m sure there are people who say Ride the Tiger is their favorite YLT album, those people are liars). So when a new album comes out by a band that, up till now, you’ve kind of mildly respected and listened to a couple times a year, but if you’re being honest with yourself, never really liked as much as you would have hoped, you give it a listen, but your hopes aren’t high. Continue reading »