Radio_Vegged and I have decided to start posting our current top 5 things we are listening to. This may wind up being a weekly thing, so stay tuned and learn who your next favorite band could be! All the songs are linked right next to this post.
1. Local Natives- Gorilla Manor
I saw a video of them performing a song on You Ain't No Picasso, and since their new album dropped today, I've been listening to them on repeat. They have this Dodos meets Fleet Foxes and Band of Horses sound that I'm really digging.
I first saw a video of this duo around the holidays singing this song called "Present Face" and I fell in love. Their mix of actually funny songs with indie pop/ukulele/adorableness is catchy and good. You may also recognize Oates (nee Kate Micucci) from Scrubs, When in Rome, and commercials.
3. Motion City Soundtrack- My Dinosaur Life
At first listen I was kind of disappointed with the newest MCS album, but after constant listening, I feel like it gets better and better. Songs like "Disappear" and "History Lesson" stand out and are classic pop-punk songs. Also, rumor is they were almost chosen to play this years OHFest.
4. Vampire Weekend- Contra
Easily, my favorite album of the year (so far). I am such a Vampire Weekend fanboy that even their rendition of Rancid's "Ruby Soho" has been a recent addiction to my iTunes library. Contra is the perfect followup to VW's 2008 self-titled debut. It blends upbeat punky songs like "Cousins" and "Holiday" with the slower, experimental "I Think UR A Contra" and reggaeish/MIA sampled "Diplomat's Son."
5. Regina Spektor-Us
Not an album, just a song off her 2004 album Soviet Kitsch. I rewatched 500 Days of Summer recently, and, since then, I have been incapable of getting this song out of my head. I love the strings in the background to accompany Regina's song of love. It's a pretty song.
Local Natives- Wide Eyes
Local Natives- Wide Eyes
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