self-titled: ^_^

not at the faint/les savy fav currently, but that is alright. I do hope to go see the decemberists tomorrow night though.

i'm really taken by the decemberists album, "castaways and cutouts." everything you read will of course mention them in league with neutral milk hotel, which is fair enough, the singer's voice is really similar to mangum's, the instrumentation is diverse, and the songs have a weird bizzaro story-telling thing to them. the decemberists are more laid back than the moments of super-engergized pop NMH would hit, and the decemberists songs also have a distinct feeling running through them. the songs seriously evoke the setting of dirty late 1800s boston piers and alleys and whores and shit... it's got to be the accordion that spots some of the songs, gives the whole affair a salt-water sheen, and it just really grabs a hold of you.

i should go buy the iron and wine cd too. dunno why, since the mp3s i have are perfectly good, but it just seems like a cd i should have. talk about songs grabbing on to you... two guitars, super hushed vocals, and beautiful harmonies. it's folk music but it's not, beacuse folk sucks, it's so goddam sad, but oh so good. songs that just grab you and squeeze everything out.

finally bought new cds the other day. arab strap - monday at the hug & pint, a lovely disc of morning after laments and ballads to empty pint glasses from some scottish folk. hood - cold house, the latest into my canon of laid back indietronica, good shit... i guess most similar to aarktica, but without any droning... kind of like aarktica mixed with notwist and a little bit of early cex. Also picked up the new yeah yeah yeahs because it was like 6 bucks and i like it.

in other news, katie and i rocked the buffy and angel hardcore today. saw a wicked cool episode of buffy and an episode of angel which may have been the saddest thing ever. we hate joss. but we love joss. it's a weird little cycle.

Friday night saw x-men 2, which was totally badass. they have such a great franchise on their hands, i hope they keep up the quality. then katie oly and i went to roggie's.

saturday i sat around watching game shows much of the day, then went over to enjoy the weather and have some grilled food and beer at 14 lake, and then finally wonderbar, where katie mike and i went to see dave and brandon but ultimately sat in a corner making fun of anything we could manage.

yay, this song is giving me chills. music is back!