woah. there goes summer...

for those of you in Minnesota, it's nearly State Fair time.

and that signals the end of summer (its a law that school can't start before labor day. Thank you, 4-h!).

but, enough of that,

to music!

The Soundtrack to This Post:

High Violet (album) by The National

The Suburbs (album) by Arcade Fire

Kill the Moonlight (album) by Spoon

Gimme Fiction (album) by Spoon

Brothers (album) by The Black Keys

Bittersweet Symphony (song) by The Verve

Bye Bye Bye (song) by Plants and Animals

Wake Up (song) by Arcade Fire

Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) by Parliament [ed. note: I am not actually going to refer to this song during the post. it's just too awesome not to include. sorry]

The Post Itself:

wow. it's been a great year in music. for those of you in to classical music, we had Chopin's 200th. for those of you who listen to the Current (which should be all of you, had you done your homework! ;) ), we have MGMT's Congradulations The National's High Violet, Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, Mumford and Sons' Sigh No More, Broken Bells ('nuff said), and hundreds more that escape my mind at this moment yet deserve mention.

for those of you in pop, you have a ripoff of one of the best songs ever, Bittersweet Symphony, in Ridin' Solo by Jason Derulo.

on behalf of the alternative music community, you're welcome.

also, we have a song about someone wanting to be a billionare, "so frickin' bad."

what kind of culture do we live in, that a song about someone wanting to be a billionare actually makes him a living?

anyhow... onwards and upwards:

every once in awhile, you hear an album that you completely and absolutely can't get enough of (e.g. Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Gimme Fiction, or (to an extent) Kill the Moonlight; Mumford and Sons' Sigh No More; Coldplay's X&Y) and that's what, I think, every artist strives for.

Brothers by The Black Keys is one of those albums.

The twosome from Ackron, Ohio (where the Library Clerk Convention is held annually ;) ) remind me a little of England's The Heavy ( listen here: http://bit.ly/c9aPhm), with a few more effects. Good or bad, I'm not sure. Certainly different.

If you've listened to The Current (http://www.thecurrent.org) lately, chances are you have heard "Tighten Up" (probably the most popular song on "Brothers". Listen here: http://bit.ly/a2ohlv ).

my favorites from this album:

-- Everlasting Light

-- Next Girl

-- Tighten Up

-- Sinister Kid

though, really, the whole album is worth at least a quick listen on grooveshark/youtube.

Stay tuned for "there goes summer, pt. deux" feat. more about Spoon, Plants and Animals, etc.