Currently Listening: Soft Airplane - Chad VanGaalen
Currently Watching: Boondock Saints
Currently Reading: Stranger Music - Leonard Cohen
If anybody is wondering, I thought the above thing would be interesting and add a bit of a personal touch the posts. As always, feedback is greatly welcomed, especially if it is of the positive variety.
ANYWAY
Hello dear world, and welcome to another week of pointless existence (this is how I begin to talk after the whole excitement of a new school year has worn off), here on Looks Like Coffee Tastes Like Juice. It's been a rather hectic week, as I've had family from Florida down, been just about everywhere, and finally got around to watching Burn After Reading (which was excellent by the way, but no The Big Lebowski). So, getting on to the actual content of today's post, we'll be having; TV On the Radio, Jack White & Alycia Keys and Calexico join us in sound today. Enjoy.
Calexico's Carried to Dust
If you couldn't tell by the subheading, Calexico have just released their new album, which is entitled Carried to Dust. For those of you who are unaware of Calexico's existence, fear not, I will accommodate.
Calexico are a ________(Insert a trillion genres) band, formed in 1996, by Joey Burns and John Convertino. They are from Tuscon, Arizona, have released 6 albums, and make fantastic music. That's all you really need to know.
Speaking of fantastic music, their new album is no exception. Filled with the beautiful melodies, harmonies and all things Calexico that make up the band's unique sound, it's definitely an album that warrants repeated listening. The reason I'd recommend repeated listening is because this album, much like their early material, has a very upfront appeal to it, but after that's stripped away by recognition, you start to realize the subtle complexity buried deep within the wall of sound. As each instrument, each tiny regiment of this wonderful album make themselves clear, you learn something new about this album. And as always, there is a lot to learn.
Two Silver Trees- Calexico (Off Carried To Dust)
Ocean of Noise (Live Arcade Fire Cover) - Calexico
James Bond Mothah Fuckah's
That's right, there is going to be a new James Bond movie coming out in about two months, entitled Quantum of Solace. Yeah, I know, could the name get anymore bad ass? Well, I'm sure everyone's already heard about this movie, and subsequently, it's Jack White/Alycia Keys theme song (which was helped by the Jack-White-angering Coke Zero ad). So instead of going into details, here's the mp3, the trailer, and the coke ad.
The Trailer
The Ad
Another Way To Die - Jack White & Alycia Keys
TV On the Radio's Dear Science
I have just finished listening to the new TVOTR album Dear Science for the 4 time, and like a previously mentioned record (**cough**Calexico**cough**) this album DEFINITELY gets better with listen. At the first listen this seems like a difficult prospect, seeing as the album is already fantastic, but rest assured, it definitely does improve. For fear of repeating myself like a broken record, let me just say that this album also has a subtle complexity about it, which is now expectant of TV On the Radio after the masterpiece Return To Cookie Mountain.
What is about this record that makes it so good though? The songs! So, take a listen to my personal favorites from the record, and then run/bus/walk/drive/fly/ski/rollerblade to your nearest record store on September 23rd, and BUY IT. Dear god, ignore the awful album cover and just buy it.
Halfway Home - TV on the Radio
Dancing Choose - TV on the Radio
Til' Next Week
