So my goal of seeing as many bands as I could this summer kind of fell through, mainly because of those damn summer festivals! Anyways, the goal has been pushed back into the next coming months. Today I'm going to see Silversun Pickups (yay!), Manchester Orchestra (yay!), and Cage the Elephant (eh.). Then I'm going to see The Mars Volta, which should be pretty sweet, Dinosaur Jr., which WILL ROCK, and Brand New, which should be fucking cool. So yeah, even though it's my senoir year, it looks like I'm going to be traveling a lot. I'll post a couple shots from the Pickups show when I get a chance. Anyways, time for some new music.
One band that I've really been getting into lately is the hardcore punk band Gallows. They've been making quite a stir over in jolly ol' England and have started touring around in the states with Warped Tour. Their album "Orchestra of Wolves" is pretty fucking sweet. These guys have been listening to Black Flag a lot and you can tell in a good way. They blend together some great rythyms and melodies while keeping a savage growl the whole time. Stand-out tracks for me include "Kill The Rythym", "Abandon Ship", "Will Someone Shoot That Fucking Snake", and "Orchestra of Wolves", the title track. The lyrics of "Orchestra" are quite poetic: "Trust me when I say it's non-alcoholic, I don't want you passing out, I want you sucking my dick". Truly the Shakespeares of their time. Anywho, check them out if you're into hardcore stuff. You won't be disapointed.
The other band I've been listening is on the complete other end of the musical spectrum. His name is Chris Garneau, and the album is "El Radio". Now, I have just recently started listening to this guy but it sounds really cool. It's baroque influenced pop with a carnival-like twist. He has a beautiful voice that really gets to you when you listen to it by yourself. The album is divided into four parts: April Showers, Il Fait Chaud (french?), In Autumn, and Winter Songs. Each part consists of three songs. I haven't listened to it enough to pick out standout tracks, but this album will be spinning for a while. It's really relaxing and I have a feeling this guy is going to become pretty big on the indie-rock circles. I'd put money on indie hipsters starting to drop his name in coffee shops very soon.
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