This is Halloween

HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HDSFSDAHFODSFIOFHALh!!!!!!!!!!!

You could say I'm excited. Readers who are not American might not understand the true magic of Halloween. It's just the combination of candy and trick or treating and parties and costumes that equals incredibleness. This year for school I dressed up as Johnny and Plank from the cartoon Ed, Edd, and Eddy (see below). In case you're wondering, yes, I did actually walk around school with a plank of wood with a smiley face on it. Thankfully, the majority of my peers knew the cartoon and thought the costume was great.

This year's Halloween I'm going to the West Hollywood parade with a bunch of friends and then watching scary movies and eat pounds and pounds of candy. Have an awesome Halloween everyone! Muwahaha

Dead Man's Bones - Hypnotism from Anti Records on Vimeo.

Hell Yes

New releases. I'm stoked for Warpaint's album. Hopefully buying it this weekend. List from origamimusic.blogspot.com

Also, Sufjan Stevens played at the Wiltern this past weekend. I'm so sad I couldn't be there. Check out photos from the concert on LA WEEKLY's website.

Is it just me...

or have The Black Angles adopted other musicians' styles? Their new album Phosphene Dream continues to remind me of other musicians' work from the late 60s early 70s. Intentional or not, the album is still original and cohesive.

Here is Telephone by The Black Angels compared to It's Alright With Me by The Zombies

True Believers by The Black Angels and Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane. How much does Alex Maas sound like Grace Slick in this song? It's uncanny.

Teenagers in Love

My new mix on 8tracks. If you have an account follow me here.

Write About Love

ATTENTION BELLE AND SEBASTIAN FANS:

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I'm sure you are all aware that Belle and Sebastian released their new album, Write About Love, this past Tuesday. But those of you who bought the album off iTunes, or, dare I say, illegally downloaded it, you probably haven't heard about the contest. Belle and Sebastian have asked their fans to write 300 hundred words about love. The winner of the contest will win a visit and a song about them by Stuart Murdoch. Let me repeat that. STUART MURDOCH WILL WRITE A SONG ABOUT YOU. Here's the catch; you have to buy the actual album, as in a tape, cd, or record. So why not? Go to your nearest record store and pick up a copy. And have fun writing; that's the whole point of the competition!

Here's an ugly photo of the little sticker that came on my copy of Write about Love. I censored my code because I don't want any of you using it! Muwahaha

THE AGE OF ADZ

Sufjan Steven's new ablum, The Age of Adz, is out today!!! I haven't bought it yet, but I've heard some songs and it sounds interesting; pretty different from his older work. I plan to buy the album with an open mind... I think I'll end up liking it more if I do.

This is a fan-made video I found on Youtube. The overly saturated colors in the flowers work perfectly with the choirs "ooo"s:

Sufjan's song and the video together remind me so much of All in the Golden Afternoon from Alice In Wonderland:

Click HERE to read Pitchfork's review of The Age of Adz

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS

This band is EXACTLY the kind of thing I was always searching for in middle school. Some of my favorite bands at the time were The Strokes, Bloc Party, and Arctic Monkeys; my taste revolved around alternative rock/pop mainly from the UK. And then in 2009, We Were Promised Jetpacks comes along three years late. If their album had come out in 2006, their music would've been blasting from my room for months. Though I've grown out of my British Indie Rock phase, I still like the music. And We Were Promised Jetpacks is SCOTTISH, which makes everything even better. There's just something about the Scottish accent. It's easy on the ears or something... I can't quite pinpoint it. Get a free download of Ships With Holes Will Sink- We Were Promised Jetpacks HERE.

Oh Stephen, how I love you

Perhaps my favorite man of all time. STEPHEN MALKMUS.

Sorry the photo is so teeny tiny. I have no idea how to make it bigger. Click to enlarge???

It's embarrassing how many times I've seen this video:

"I gotta spit this ricola out...I sucked on it just for you so my voice would sound so sweet and Pavarotti-esque" were some of the first words out of Stephen Malkmus's mouth at the Pavement concert last week at the Hollywood Bowl. It was Pavement's second to last concert. Ever. Can you believe it? Everything seemed so surreal after that concert... God Pavement, couldn't you guys have ONE more reunion tour? Please?!

Concerts, concerts, and more concerts

I have seen six bands in concert this week. SIX. It's been crazy and kind of exhausting, but totally worth it of course.

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The Growlers and Nicole Atkins & the Sea (pictures above) opened for The Black Keys this Tuesday at the Hollywood Palladium. They were both good, nothing better though. I guess I would've rather seen bands like Left Lane Cruiser or Radio Moscow open that are a bit more blues influenced. Regardless, I had a good time during their sets.

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By the time The Black Keys came on, my friend Leah and I were at the very front. I was only, like, 8ft from Patrick Carney's drum kit *high pitched girly scream*. A guy standing next to us filmed the whole concert, and I asked him if he would email me the videos, but then FORGOT TO GIVE HIM MY EMAIL. That was stupid. Dude from the concert (if you even see this) please put those videos on youtube because they were awesome. Here are some other videos of the show I found of youtube.

I also saw No Age, Sonic Youth, and Pavement at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday. I went with my mom. She's now a huge Sonic Youth fan. I'll post more on the show tomorrow.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!