I think I’ve offiously given up on finding a job. Which mean I can focus on more important things like this weblog and making music. I’ll still casually look but I really don’t think anything will come up and I really would like this summer to be care free and full of facebook photo-ops.

Since my last post I’ve gotten Seeing Sounds by N*E*R*D and the recently released Styrofoam album. While I am impressed with both I find myself putting on Seeing Sounds a bit more (that is if I’m not listening to Sigur Ros). N*E*R*D is just more my style. Either that or I was expecting A Thousand Words to sound like his Death Cab/Postal Service Remixes. This isn’t a comparison of the two based on genre or anything. Just that I got came across them at the same time. I do dig Seeing Sounds a lot more than previous N*E*R*D albums but I’m not sure if that is cause it’s just better or if it’s because this year is the year of “our new album is a lot more accessible”. I’m leaning towards this album just being better

Also, I love Aaron Rogers.

Windows - N*E*R*D
A Thousand Words - Styrofoam

And boy am I glad this isn’t a podcast.

I have never ever liked Sigur Ros.

I tried getting into them after hearing Thursday’s cover of Ny Batteri but all of their songs took SO long to start (Ny Batteri included. Oh Lord) that I just never got in to them. This is why I was quite startled when I loaded their new album “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust” which, according to Wikipedia, translates to With a Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly, in to iTunes and heard first track, Gobbledigook. The song begins with guitar, lalalas and drums.. No howling in the distance accompanied by ambient sounds or other obscure (to us, atleast) Icelandic instrumentation. The rest of the song plays as simple and pleasurable as the beginning.

The second track Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur (oh man) continues the upbeat mood with a song that I can only describe as something as beautiful as early Polyphonic Spree but without repeating the same lines over and over, as far as I can tell. The album eventually slows down but after the first few songs pull you in, it’s difficult to stop listening because it’s all just so gorgeous.

It is both fortunate and unfortunate that the vocals play such a heavy part in Sigur Ros’ music. On one hand, it adds a sense of mystery and an exotic feeling to the music and the lead singers voice suits what they are playing so well unlike some *cough*m. ward*cough* that it makes up for not understanding; It’s as though it’s another instrument. On the other hand, the music is so passionate that it would be wonderful to hear it in a language I can understand.

All in all, the album is incredible. There are a few songs with English titles and one sung completely in english (although I still can’t understand what he is singing). It’s the first album from SR that I have actually been able to listen to from start to finish and I hope that this is the gateway to me giving them a second try.

Gobbledigook - Sigur Ros
Just keep in mind that the only album I have listened to is Agaetis Byrjun and I have only listened to some of that.

I’m really diggin’ this. Even if I had known Katt Williams is a comedian before I heard his hip-hop album/mixtape, I still wouldn’t have known who the heck he was. He is basically the result of hanging out with rappers and deciding that he could do that too. The strange thing is, he CAN do that too. It’s pretty much just your typical club rap and the number of bad songs on the album outnumber the good songs, it’s ok, just keep in mind that it’s the first mixtape from a comedian. I don’t really know anything about the album, unfortunately titled “It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’”. I don’t know if it’s out, when it’s out or if it’s even being released ever..

Tracks that stand out are Changes Ft. Lyfe Jennings, Mind Right and Hustler Hand.

I figured since elbo.ws went through the trouble of changing my feed address, I would start mp3 blogging again. It IS something that I love doing but I just became discouraged after I got sick and my view/visit count dropped immensely. I don’t really have much to say right now so here are some things I’ve been really in to lately:

Derek - Animal Collective
Aragon - Brian Eno
The Evil That Never Arrived - Stars Of The Lid

I’m sitting here in a Days Inn bored out of my miiiind. Atleast there is internet but I’m not looking forward to sleeping on the floor tonight. I don’t feel comfortable as a 19 year old guy sleeping in the same bed as my dad.

Here’s some Minus The Bear Re-produced by P.O.S. I never really got in to Minus The Bear but I’ve always dug them enough and I have always loved P.O.S. This song was on P.O.S’s myspace for a while.

Drilling - Minus The Bear (P.O.S Redo)

Ugh..
The new iPhone came out today and it’s coming to Canada and I am completely flustered, for lack of a better term.. I’m so worried I wont be able to get it and if I do, be able to afford the plan. Jakob’s mom calls me a tech ho and I suppose it’s because I always have to have the best thing. It’s just my version of flashy clothes and nice shoes. I don’t buy clothes and I buy shoes only when I need them but when that new iPod comes out I buy it in a second (almost literally). The new one has 3G internet and A-GPS and the iPhone 2.0 software. I’m so excited to pre-order it (I had better be able to pre-order it cause there is no way I am waiting in line for one). It looks as though monthly it will be $70 to start but that wont include as many texts as I would like, but will include unlimited 3G data. That is what AT&T is charging so it could be way different.

My sister got two turtles the other day. They are puny. They’re pretty cute though, I guess. The tank is gross cause my dad still needs to put in the filter. Pretty much all they do at the moment though is swim furiously in the corners trying to get out I think. It’s kind of sad. The most fun part of them is flipping them over and then they use their heads to get back on their feet, hahaha.

Today Jakob came over and I copied about a thousand songs from his pod. I finally have From Me To U by Juelz Santana which I haven’t been able to find for so long. I don’t know why people rag on that album so much, reviewers specifically. Yeah his flow is slow and I guess his rhymes could use a bit more substance but I’d take my man Santana over Jim Jones any day +o(