twin sister

In addition to the fact that I utterly adore this band and their music, their album covers are also extremely pleasing and inspirational to me.  I love the color palettes, the sense of airy lightness and sunshine, the cat.

The images remind me of being a child, of seeing wonder and whimsy, and of being surprised by life.

local music i enjoy

Sun Airway - ethereal, catchy, gorgeous, clever.

Reading Rainbow - garagey, Brit-poppy, balanced, 90s nostalgic (maybe that's just me).

Party Photographers - short songs that kinda stab your ears and/or dig into your brain like a grapefruit spoon.  Ramones-y. 

new Lykke Li video - "I Follow Rivers"

Love this. Smiled when she took off her shoes, got weepy at the end.
Also, MAY SIXTEENTH.

new music

Tennis- beach bonfire lo-fi, The Sundays if they were happy, interesting bridges that snap you back to attention, summer road trips to the shore, geography nerdism, jangling and serendipitous


Puro Instinct - LA psych-glam, NuRoRuWav, a la Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, valley girl blond, bored affect, lovely melodies, these chicks know from the 80s (despite being born in the 90s), a little spooky, could listen all day. Puro Instinct on bandcamp.

live music madness

I'm collecting a stack of tickets for live shows in March and April (traditionally a time for bands I want to see to tour, I always assumed because of SXSW).  So far:


Tennis and La Sera on Friday, March 4th at Johnny Brenda's
Dum Dum Girls on Saturday, March 5th at Johnny Brenda's
WILD FLAG on Sunday, March 6th at Johnny Brenda's (maybe I'll just move in for the week)

Elephant 6 Surprise Tour on Thursday, March 24th at First Unitarian

Mogwai on Wednesday, April 20th at Starlight Ballroom