Summer of Music (Part 1)
Music can define a summer: driving with the windows down and the stereo turned up; sitting on the porch with friends listening to a favorite CD; the smell of charcoal lighter fluid mixed with the sounds of that perfect summer hit.... Everybody's got a different summer playlist, of course. But here's some music that might end up on yours.
All these CDs are available, for free, at the library. Click on the album name to check our online catalog, or give us a call and we'll set our copy aside for you.
The White Rabbits brought in the summer with their May release, It's Frightening, on TBD Records. This Brooklyn band was named one of the top three bands at SXSW 2008 by NME Magazine, and the Rabbits' mix of inventive rhythms and brooding melody makes It's Frightening a stand out early summer album.
The Black Eyed Peas latest offering is The E.N.D., and the hit single "Boom Boom Pow" may be hard to avoid this summer. Not that anyone would want to.
Japandroid's Post Nothing, out on CD in August, is exactly the kind of trashy, lo-fi garage rock that you want to accompany a night of cheap beer and maybe a charred burger or two. It's music about girls, and guitars, and being frustrated, and not caring, and girls, and maybe a little bit of melancholy. This is an album full of teen anthems, but it's also a reminder that growing up doesn't have to mean giving it all away.
"We used to dream/ Now we worry about dying/ I don't want to worry about dying."
The idosyncratic Bitte Orca from the Dirty Projectors might not provide the summer's best sing-along, but the Projectors' mix of unusual song structures with orchestral beauty may make this the perfect album for a lazy summer Sunday.
For Saturday night, though, there's Passion Pit's new CD Manners. It's the thick synth lines and dance-floor beats that anchor Passion Pit's music, but main contributor Michael Angelakos isn't afraid to bring in horns, a string section, and even a children's choir when the muse takes him. This is music which sees melodrama as a virtue, but these hyperemotional tracks will definitely get your summer block party moving.
There's a lot more music coming out this summer, of course. What's your standout track for Summer 2009?
All these CDs are available, for free, at the library. Click on the album name to check our online catalog, or give us a call and we'll set our copy aside for you.
The White Rabbits brought in the summer with their May release, It's Frightening, on TBD Records. This Brooklyn band was named one of the top three bands at SXSW 2008 by NME Magazine, and the Rabbits' mix of inventive rhythms and brooding melody makes It's Frightening a stand out early summer album.
The Black Eyed Peas latest offering is The E.N.D., and the hit single "Boom Boom Pow" may be hard to avoid this summer. Not that anyone would want to.
Japandroid's Post Nothing, out on CD in August, is exactly the kind of trashy, lo-fi garage rock that you want to accompany a night of cheap beer and maybe a charred burger or two. It's music about girls, and guitars, and being frustrated, and not caring, and girls, and maybe a little bit of melancholy. This is an album full of teen anthems, but it's also a reminder that growing up doesn't have to mean giving it all away.
"We used to dream/ Now we worry about dying/ I don't want to worry about dying."
The idosyncratic Bitte Orca from the Dirty Projectors might not provide the summer's best sing-along, but the Projectors' mix of unusual song structures with orchestral beauty may make this the perfect album for a lazy summer Sunday.
For Saturday night, though, there's Passion Pit's new CD Manners. It's the thick synth lines and dance-floor beats that anchor Passion Pit's music, but main contributor Michael Angelakos isn't afraid to bring in horns, a string section, and even a children's choir when the muse takes him. This is music which sees melodrama as a virtue, but these hyperemotional tracks will definitely get your summer block party moving.
There's a lot more music coming out this summer, of course. What's your standout track for Summer 2009?
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