(Consider this a replacement for my weekly music blog) Now, I'm fully aware that Tegan and Sara aren't the greatest artists that I could be listening to at the moment, but I just can't stop listening to this fucking song. I think it's a combination of (I don't know which one is which, so forgive me; they're twins) the lead vocal, with that minimalist piano backing it. The video is ehh, only note-worthy because both of them stole Kim's haircut from Matt and Kim. Battle of the duos!
Anyway, I guess I should bring up Passion Pit. Ok, so remember when Justice was made out to be the next Daft Punk? And the whole thing fell on its ass? Well, Passion Pit have drawn several comparisons to the older Daft Punk stuff, such as their nineties album "Homework", but they remind me way more of the electro-based MGMT stuff with a bit of Hot Chip catchiness thrown in.
Aside from identical twins and weird electro groups, I was able to track down St. Vincent's first album, "Marry Me", which is just as epic as "Actor". When I went to Manhattan for one of my Tattoo appointments, I could have sworn that I saw her riding her bike down by the Lower East Side. While I wanted to start singing "YOU'RE A SUPPLEMENT, YOU'RE A SALVE; YOU'RE A BANDAGE, PULL IT OFF." to see her response, I decided against it. Anyway, she easily crept her way into my top ten favorite albums list, which now consists of: (In no particular order)
1. Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol
2. Actor - St. Vincent
3. Funeral - Arcade Fire (Neon Bible is trasssssssh)
4. Discovery - Daft Punk
5. London Calling - The Clash
6. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
7. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
8. The Best of Roxy Music - Roxy Music (I'm thinking of switching this out with another album, can't decide which. I have a ton of others that I like just as much)
9. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
10. The Smiths - The Smiths/Queen is Dead
For a little update on my Tattoo ad pics: The artist never emailed them to me, and I think it's because I wrote my email down quickly and it may have been hard to properly read. My arm is almost fully healed, so I'll get some good pics eventually.
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