Let's take a trip down memory lane...

This is the place you'll end up when you lose the chase

Sometimes you just need a good song to remember things by. Just something to reflect. Elliott Smith's Memory Lane (off Basement on the Hill), is good for that. I does make me want to go lay in bed all day. You can escape for the three minutes of the song and breathe. It's upbeat enough so you won't start crying, but the lyrics are meaningful.

Memory Lane : Elliott Smith
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After lengthy absence....

Interpol. I love them to death I really do. So, you can only imagine my happiness when I heard the new album was going to be coming out on July 10, and also my complete displeasure when I read they are going to be doing a 19+ show at the Guvernment. But I was happy for them, they signed with Capitol over the past year for their major label debut. I had been hearing a lot of people who were upset they were leaving Matador and I thought those people were being selfish. I mean I love the indie labels as much as the next girl, but bands do go on to bigger and brighter things, and we as fans, should be happy for them. So I was optimistic.

Their new single The Heinrich Maneuver is, as oxymoronic as I sound, identical and completely different. Let me explain. I feel like I've heard the guitar before. It's very Antics. But the vocals are hugely different. The voice is definitely Paul Banks, just less brooding like The Smiths, and Joy Division. It's a lot peppy and faster. Honestly, I can't tell if I like it. Yesterday I didn't. Relistening to it this morning, I'm more open. It's not my favorite, I know that. I think I might get bored, but I'm not completely turned off.

Listen : The Heinrich Maneuver
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After listening to The Books : The Lemon of Pink I fell in love. It was something I had never heard before, ambient and random noises. Though, I listened to another one of their cds, Music for a French Elevator and was a little thrown off, it was definitely The Books, but it was a little too much for me to handle. Pitchfork says that every song by The Books is a movie unto itself, it's true. Each song is able to tell a story, sometimes using words or just fragments of vocal sounds. They have three official full length releases, Food for Thought, The Lemon of Pink (for some reason I always call this the Lemon Touch of Pink, I don't know why), and Lost and Safe. If you want to ease yourself into The Books I suggest you listen to the latter, Lost and Safe, it is the more conventional recording, however you must listen to the other two once you have gotten used to their style.

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You Had Better Be Good To Them Always : The Books

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Sounds like "broken dolls in an abandoned toy factory" according to their MySpace. Focusing on transitional/progressive music the band put together variously split projects, then two years later released The Blue Screen of Death. I was intrigued by the silkscreen and self made packaging of it, it is a fatal error alert (only to be known as the blue screen of death that haunts many PCs). After touring in the support of the album, the band seems to currently be in the recording process. The only date scheduled is the Brampton Indie Arts Festival on February 15th.

DD/MM/YYYY : Blue Screen of Death
DD/MM/YYYY : Welcome To The Fortress Of The Fluffy Love Cloud

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Ok my darlings. Where do I begin?

Well let's see, there is this beautiful Aussie band Juke Kartel, and I have had the pleasure of seeing them live once and meeting them in person twice. Yes twice. These guys are the coolest and their sound is amazing. They are one of the few bands that I can honestly say, sound better live and they do on disc. However, I'm sad to report that I do not have any of the recorded music on my computer available for you to download - BUT I have an amazing story that I think you will all like (or be mildly jealous of me).

Basically trekking it down to Massey Hall on a very cold day to lurk around the venue. Now the show was sold-out sadly, so we didn't have tickets. But we wanted to lurk, 'cause you know lurking is fun. So we wandered around, not really seeing anyone and not really knowing what to do. But then... we see a flash skunk-like hair, and yes, it's Lukas Rossi, lead singer of supergroup Rockstar Supernova. Sadly we weren't able to talk to him, as he had to head back into the venue for soundcheck or meet and greet. Nevertheless, it seemed as if the fates were on our side today, as we say Toby Rand who we were able to meet last December at the Juke Kartel show at the Mod Club in Toronto. After some lovely small talk he was on his way.

It's doesn't stop there. Two guitarists from the Australian band were walking along the street. Of course, being the friendly Torontoians we are, we went up and said hi. Talking for a bit the two asked where they could find the mall (mall being the Eaton's center, being the HUGE mall right in front of them). So, not knowing exactly how to get in the mini shopping district we escorted them. Once inside, pictures were taken, and thanks was exchanged. Sadly, we weren't able to go into the show and buy their newly recorded EP. But! Hope is not lost (sadly, it didn't COMPLETELY work out and we don't have the EP in our possession, there is a very happy ending to this story), Todd took down my number and said they would try to get us each a copy of the EP. -INSERT HUGE SMILES HERE-. Though, I didn't think they would call, you know being up and coming rockstars preforming, realistically I didn't think they would have time, or remember. BUT THEY DID. TODD CALLED ME. Sadly, it was late and I had already gone home and thus, unable to pick up the EP, but they had remembered and gone out of their way for a fan. This is amazing.

JUKE KARTEL MYSPACE
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according to Todd, the EP should be available for purchase on the website in about four to five days. ENJOY!

You know, to get rid of all the math. It's too much. Kitties are pretty.

The Cure : Lovecats
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math cubed.

I just finished a math ISP presentation, so I thought it would be fitting to do a math related post. There are three bands I will be featuring today: New Orleans based, MuteMath; Seattle's indie-pop heartthrobs Math and Physics Club; and our third math-oriented band - who is seems to enjoy the puns a little too much, I Love Math. Oh yes, just a warning - if I ever refer to "!" as "factorial", "!" is the mathematical symbol for a "factorial". Therefore, yes I am using a therefore statement, they are one in the same... just not. It's a double meaning and math pun. You'll see. It makes sense. Just like I Love Math's song "Sine Waves" is a pun. Or "i" in the movie Proof.


Mute Math

Mute Math are currently touring with Grey's Anatomy loves The Fray which should do them good and get their name out there to promote their debut CD. I believe I got my hands on these guys early last year. Which would make sense since it did come out in 2006.

Their self-titled debut is refreshing, it's not so much different from what you've heard. It's more the variety on the album, that's refreshing. The band says to be influenced from the beautiful ambiance and obscurity that is Bjork to the mixing-stlyings of various DJs. They say to blame their style on the past forty years of music, and yes, that means the classic Sting of The Police. Though this band might not be the people you'll listen to nonstop on repeat, they are worth checking out. Either at a show or pick up their cd. They'll make you want to dance to Noticed, sway to Without You, and just bask in the beauty that is music while listening to Obsolete. This song is my favorite off this album, it's calming and it's the four members just playing.

Mute Math : Obsolete
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Math and Physics Club

Now, opinions on this band seem to differ. I can't say that I've listened to much of them. But they have definitely caught my interest. They have a bit of a folky-air about them, it's innocent. They're one of those bands that just kinda make you happy inside... At least that's what the song Weekends Away makes me feel. Dropping their debut full length album just last October the band is just that cute. They draw inspiration from Belle and Sebastian and The Lucksmiths. Singing songs about bikes, holding hands, and Marshmallow worlds. All is loves.

Math and Physics Club : Weekends Away
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Now you see, I was going to do a post about I Love Math. However, I'm slightly confused. There seems to be two bands, I Love Math with the Sine Waves song AND The I Love Math that I was thinking of. However, the first has some pretty awesome puns, and both are entirely different. FACTORIAL.