If I could hang out with one musician for a day I would have to admit it would be a toss up between Ben Folds, Ben Gibbard, or John Samson from The Weakerthans. They all have such interesting musical styles and they can flat out write lyrics. For me that's essential to liking a bit of music. It must have great lyrics. Well that is unless you're Sigur Ros or some other ambient/sings in a different language band. Anyway, lately I've been thinking about doing a week long tribute to Mr. Ben Folds, similar [...]
If I could hang out with one musician for a day I would have to admit it would be a toss up between Ben Folds, Ben Gibbard, or John Samson from The Weakerthans. They all have such interesting musical styles and they can flat out write lyrics. For me that's essential to liking a bit of music. It must have great lyrics. Well that is unless you're Sigur Ros or some other ambient/sings in a different language band. Anyway, lately I've been thinking about doing a week long tribute to Mr. Ben Folds, similar [...]
Finals are over! No more school to think about for another month! This calls for celebration and right now Los Campesinos! seem the most fitting soundtrack to my current state of jubilation. They're a bunch of kids from the UK with one simple goal with their music...have fun. And it's pretty evident in their music that they are doing just that. All the members of the band, according to myspace, have the last name Campesinos!, exclamation mark included, but something tells me they're not all related. That doesn't matter though. They [...]