Nowhere to Run
Finding a used two-dollar album by a band you think you've heard of, but aren't really sure, and loving it immediately is a totally reaffirming experience.
It's even better when you learn that the band is from a funny place like Cambria, and that they're M. Ward's favorite, and that they're playing the nice Thai place in your town next month.
Visit Port O'Brien! Buy their new album (and the Nowhere to Run EP too)!
Arms Down
It's fun to have a band to get all fanboy over, a small band that keeps it coming and gets better with every release. Some favorites require exhausting patience, and diminishing returns only make it harder to get excited when new stuff finally drops. And some bands are so widely loved that they can't be just yours (but that's okay).
Get Him Eat Him are the perfect band for this type of giddy, innocent affection. Listen to "2x2" from their upcoming Arms Down. It's got guitars, horns, pop and charm in the perfect proportions, not to mention an appropriately short attention span. It's a great song, but GHEH don't stop there: go to ArmsDown.com to download their three EPs, free-- one per week over the next three weeks. These include 2005's Rude Reach EP, featuring "Leaders in Doubt", as well as their seminal Catbird Records debut Do As I Tell You. On this you'll find "Exposure", a personal favorite. Finally, you'll be able to download the ...Challenges You To A Game Of Basketball EP in two weeks' time, though you would probably have been better off buying the contraption.
As a parting note, it should be mentioned that the band has wrangled Charles Bissell of the Wrens as well as the Beirut guy to guest on Arms Down. EVERYBODY loves these kids, see? And, finally, Get Sammiches Eat Sammiches is back! I couldn't be happier.
Oh, My!
Here are two tigers. Which one is your favorite?
The first one I like; it's pretty good-looking. The second one, though-- that's how I felt today.
Thailand.
Cheeseburger.
March
I've heard a lot of good music lately, and have been meaning to mention a few things for a while now: new Bright Eyes, Frightened Rabbit, the "Make It Rain" remix... but it hasn't been until now that a single song has moved me to sit down and share.
It's a long song; long enough to touch on warm air and daydreams and lightening in only the simplest terms. As we verge upon my favorite season, nothing else sounds so right.
Gui Boratto
