years go fast and the days go so slow

I've been in an extremely acoustic mood lately, listening to nothing but acoustic depressingness(this should be a word). Maybe it's the weather. Or the water...
Who knows?!? I can't believe there is only half a semester of school left, this year has flown by. It's kind of depressing, I want summer and everything but feel like there are still things that haven't been accomplished this year and time is trickling away. Anyway, check out this song by this band Sea Wolf. The singer of this band is in another band called Irving that is also pretty awesome. It's indie acoustic goodness.

Sea Wolf - Your a Wolf

narrow stairs

Exciting news: The new Death Cab for Cutie album, "Narrow Stairs," comes out on May 13th! In celebration, here is an old death cab song, 405, acoustic version.

Death Cab for Cutie - 405 (Acoustic)

recover and go

After a long night and a morning hangover, I often get a great feeling of optimism about the upcoming day (that is, once the worst of the hangover is over). Kind of a feeling of infinite possibilities, that today could be one of those days where great things happen. Keeping in that mood, here is a song by the band "Oh No! Oh My!" They kind of remind me of a happier Belle and Sebastien meets Sufjan Stevens. This song definitely could have been on the Juno soundtrack.

Oh No! Oh My! - Walk in the Park

Hello all. It's snowing hard out here in Worcester which reminded me of some cool pics I took from a blizzard a few years ago. The pics above are of the seafront in my home town of Marshfield. Keeping in the winter spirit, here is a great winter song/music video, the Arcade Fire's "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out).



Pianos and winter seem to fit well together, so I suggest people download the song below, "Our Hell" by Emily Haines, another solemn song for winter. Emily Haines is the lead singer of the fast paced Metric, but also has her own solo project that mostly revolves around her and her piano playing. This song is great, check it out.

Emily Haines - Our Hell

When our kite lines first crossed, we tied them into knots

Alright, so here is my first attempt to share some music. Recently I've rediscovered an amazing song by The Shins, "Pink Bullets." I think this may very well be my favorite Shins song. It's from their rarely mentioned second album, "Chutes to Narrow," which I highly suggest picking up if you don't already have it. Anyway, it's a great song with great lyrics, and it has a cool music video that you can view below.



With the Shins in mind, I think anyone who has not heard of the somewhat similarly sounding "Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin" should check them out. I saw this band at Tufts University last year for free and they were awesome. I have a feeling that despite the long name, their indie-pop sound will continue to gather a big following. They have a new CD coming out on April 8th. You can download a live daytrotter session of "Travel Song" from their first album, "Broom" below.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Travel Song

hello!

Hello people that may read this some day! I was really bored today and I've been checking out a lot of music blogs lately, and I decided, "hey, why not create my own blog?" Back in my early high school days I used to rock the live journal and that was a good time for a bit, so this should be even better. I'm not really sure what I will do with this, but for now I'm thinking it will be a combination of random musings, sharing music and music videos, photos, and other such things. So hopefully some people bother to read this and perhaps it will be cool. And perhaps not, but we shall see. I'm completely new to this so I'm still messing with things and figuring out what I can do, so things should only improve. But for now, enjoy!