via//chicago

np: "house of jealous lovers" - the rapture
finally. one of those arty-dance-punk bands that actually makes me want to get up and dance, especially this song. i am definately going to have to go check them out next time they come through. i got ahold of Echoes today and i am enjoying it immensely. i've been on a downloading spree tonight trying to check out some bands that i've heard a lot about but have yet to hear... Do Make Say Think, Four Tet, and Stars of the Lid mainly. i guess that's what reading fakejazz will do for ya. i was surfing through their album review archives and i was stunned by the pretty horrid critique they gave of Kid A. i don't know if they were trying to prove how "indie" they can be by trashing the hell out of it, but give me a break. yes, it is very derivative of the countless post-punk/IDM/what have you bands that have been doing that type of stuff for years, but it's also one hell of a good album. i mean, people had been doing pop stuff years before Pet Sounds, but that doesn't make it any less of an amazing album. not to say that Kid A is a modern day Pet Sounds, not yet anyway.
so i'm having a quandry about what to get my dad for Father's Day. he wants jeans. i'm not kidding, that's all he has told my sister, brother, and i that he wants. but that doesn't exactly sound exciting. i'm tempted to get him some more music since his collection is pathetically small, but he really doesn't ever listen to music. it's weird. i know he used to be into music when he was younger, he had a pretty decent record collection from what i remember. which he unfortunately got rid of just before i was old enough to stop him. anyway, the last cd i bought him was the ultimate Aerosmith collection thing, which he seemed to enjoy immensely, but my sister says he only breaks it out when he pulls the 'Vette out of storage. whatever. so i think i may end up getting him some fishing stuff. always a safe bet, but i am completely clueless when it comes to that kind of stuff.