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June 27
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longwave - “sirens of the sea”

i likes me some longwave. i saw them at sxsw w/ ryan & almost shrieked with childlike giddyness when they played “tidalwave”. okay, maybe i *did* shriek. whatever.

wasn’t a big fan of their second album, but this song & the previously leaked single “no direction” seem to be more in line w/ the first album’s musical palette. and to that i say, hooray!

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“ She was a real people-pleaser. She worried way too much what people thought of her, wore her heart on her sleeve, expected too much from people, and got hurt too easily. She kept other people’s secrets like a champ, but told her own too fast. She expected the world not to cheat her and was always surprised when it did.

Rob Sheffield in Love Is A Mixtape

sound like someone we know?
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Pitchfork: Stars Chart Out Quite a Few New Dates

06-27 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli de Helling
06-28 Cergy Pontoise, France - Furia Sound Festival
06-29 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-05 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival d’ete de Quebec
07-08 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Bluesfest
07-20 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Summersonic
08-24 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
09-16 Boston, MA - Wilbur
09-17 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
09-19 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
09-20 New York, NY - Terminal 5
09-24 Chicago, IL - Riviera
09-25 St. Louis, MO - Pageant
09-26 Lawrence, KS - Granada
09-28 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
10-02 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
10-04 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre
10-08 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox Theatre

what, no san francisco?!? are you trying to kill me, stars?!? however, i see a suspicious gap in shows between santa cruz & portland. one can only hope…

d’oh, i’m an idiot. they’re playing outside lands! but, i’m not going that. so still, sadface.org.
June 26

Dance Party Friday - The One Year Anniversary Montage (via Local12News)

i think i found aubrey’s new boyfriend!

“initiate bebop!”

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Frightened Rabbit “Head Rolls Off”

i know, you get it. i like frightened rabbit. but there are cute kids in this video. CUTE KIDS!

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feelings are boring?

  • me: but feeeeeelings are booooooring
  • buster: that's not true. luckily too, cause you're a feeler, in your own words.
  • me: they are complicated.
  • me: like, math.
  • me: :)
  • buster: i should make a tshirt that says "feelings are awesome, kissing is boring"
  • me: ;)
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speaking of frightened rabbit…

i woke up with this song in my head this morning. weird.

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“ Fueled by coffee, Frightened Rabbit, and infinite sadness (how’s that for emo shit?)

@aprilini

i could not have said this better myself. actually, i’m pissed that i didn’t come up w/ it first. how’s THAT for emo shit?
June 25
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“i’m not over you/can i get back under?”

ryan commented today that this song (bell x1 - “next to you”) reminds him of pete yorn, whom i love - what? don’t judge me on my penchant for early 2000s floppy haired singer songwriters. now it all makes sense!

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“ Want to save the music business? Manage a band. Nurture talent. Do everything in your power to get it exposed. Don’t sit in front of your computer dreaming of new schemes of distribution… You’ll never get the rights! Talent. That’s where the business is focused today.

Bob Lefsetz, Lefsetz Letter (via aprilini)

guess i’m in the right career trajectory after all? thanks, bob!