The Morning Benders: "Excuses"

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The Naitonal: Boxer - "Mistaken for Strangers"

I am not sure how this happened exactly. This has been one of my favorite new bands as of late, and somehow I have neglected to blog about them. I must have thought I already had done so. Regardless of this tragic occurrence I have to send a big shout out to Duffy for showing me this band. I had heard them a few months before he told be about them, but I had forgotten their name.

I love this album from beginning to end. It is very New York, its got dark grungy kinda of overtones which just make me think of a big city full of people you will never meet. The whole album has a muted feel to it. It reminds me of drinking a beer in a sweaty music venue.

The National - "Mistaken for Strangers"

Arctic Monkeys: Fluorescent Adolescent, Brainstorm

Every now and then I do enjoy some "harder" music.  Something to cleanse the pallet of all the classical and folk music I listen to.  If and when I am in the mood for something like that, there several bands that I throw in the playlist.  For example, Muse is a good choice, or the Arctic Monkeys.  Which I will admit, took a while to grow on me.  I feel that I might for the first time be listening to music from a younger generation.  But I guess thats the key to staying hip, right?!  Honestly, I'm not really concerned with my own coolness, because I know this will be a strike against me for many of you out there.   Be that as it may I can't deny the fact that I have started to enjoy these songs.  

Fluorescent Adolescent

Brainstorm

Noah and the Whale: 5 Years Time

I actually really enjoy this song.  I can't say much else for the rest of their work simply because I haven't heard much of it, but I like everything I have heard.  I can't seem to get this song out of my head.  Granted, the melody is ripped of from somewhere (not sure where), but it's still a nice track.  The directing of the video looks like it could have been done by Wes Anderson, who actually helped produce one of their songs.  What I really like about this song is the fact that that you can hear their english accents clearly. Perhaps the most exciting thing about this song is the part it plays in the bigger picture - specifically the emergence of a Indie rock scene in the UK, which promises to delight listeners in the years and months to come.  Once they actually make it over the big blue.  

5 Years Time

The Walkmen: "If Only it Where True"

Another great indie band coming out on New York City - The Walkmen.  This is just a really simple little song that I haven't been able to get out of my head for the last few days. 

"If Only It Where True"

Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes - English House

I know I already posted about Fleet Foxes, but seriously they are awesome. 

Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

I give you the five piece band out of Seattle, Washington Fleet Foxes.  They describe their music as "baroque harmonic pop jams."  Their self titled debut album is one of the most beautiful works of art I have heard to in some time. 

"White Winter Hymnal"