Archive | June, 2012

Andrew Jackson Jihad

9 Jun

Hello everyone.

Sorry about my sudden disappearance. I just recently graduated, which means that there is this entire transitional phase nonsense I have going on. It still isn’t completely finished,  but I definitely have a good sense of what I want to do in life. Astronaut. I also spent this last semester broing out to an unprecedented level. All the smash bros time did not allow for any blogging time, so again I apologize. This band I’ve got here though will hopefully make up for it. ❤

Andrew Jackson Jihad is a folk-punk band from Phoenix Arizona. Their music consists of fast paced sing-along folk songs with over the top depressing and politically incorrect lyrics,  which easily get a crowd dancing and excited. I personally think that they are brilliant and that words cannot describe it. I’ll just dump a few youtube videos of their songs and you can see for yourself.

This is one is my personal favorite.

I feel like there is something everyone can enjoy in this man’s clear words and the message that they instill. Music is above all else about the feeling. While they may have political overtones if you really drill down, the words are there mainly to sound nice and to remind you that you’re not the only one with these crazy ideas in your head. Music is about sharing.

-oko

P.S. No one will know how truly evil I really am.

&)

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I Love the 90’s: 2012 Edition

7 Jun

Hey all!

Is it me or does there seem to be a rapid fire explosion of 90′ alternative artists releasing new albums? Sound Garden has reunited (maybe taking a cue from Pearl Jam last year?), and No Doubt, Alanis Morissette and Fiona Apple are all releasing new material this year. As a Nickelodeon loving 90’s child, I could not be more pleased.

 

Here’s the latest single, “Magical Child” by our friend Alanis, whose angry twenties seem to be long behind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cg18Kk5wE0

 

Likewise, here’s the  brilliant new song “Every Single Night” from Fiona Apple, who on June 19th will release an Album abbreviated as “Idler Wheel”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzoQolIDlTw

Summer of FUN.

4 Jun

Hey all it’s Amanda here.

Many of you may have heard the infectious single “We Are Young” playing on a loop on the radio by now. The song is by the Indie alternative band FUN., with the lead vocalist Nate Ruess.

Rising from relative obscurity, the band is currently touring across the country to sold out shows. Ruess’s amazing vocal talent is partially to blame for this, with a range sometimes compared to that of Freddie Mercury.

The band is certainly a welcomed breath of fresh air to the music scene. Songs off the band’s album “Some Nights” have a catchy, unassuming, and endearing quality to them.

The band’s new music video for their latest single “Some Nights” is set to release soon. If you have not yet seen it, here is the band’s performance of their single “We Are Young” on the MTV Movie Awards last night.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1686399/fun-performance-mtv-movie-awards.jhtml

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