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i love music. so should you.

this is my (mostly) music blog. i wanted a space where i could wax poetically about all the bands and artists i love. (my heart and my cd collection is v. v. big.) you'll also find a smattering of writing related things, since that's what i'm doing these days, along with other pop culture miscellanea.

things you need to know: i live in chicago, but i used to live in new york city. i go to a lot of shows. i stopped being ashamed of my musical tastes a long time ago. the first time i heard "eleanor rigby" by the beatles, i was nine years old and i still get goosebumps when i hear those opening strings. i sing - trained in opera, musical theater, and everything in between.

i'm not very country, i'm mostly rock and roll.

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17 May 12

the civil wars - sour times (portishead cover)


i love, love, love this song and this cover is awesome.  (i also kind of love the civil wars to, so it’s a match made in music heaven!)

24 February 12
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jessie j - “we found love” (rihanna cover @ live lounge)

i love the original, but i am obsessed with this cover.

13 December 11

tyler glenn from neon trees covering “20th century boy”. oh my sweet lord.

19 November 11
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terrible-thrills:

cover we recorded of ‘science fiction double feature’ from rocky horror picture show a few months ago for the steel train 7inch series. this is honestly my favorite song to sing EVER. and, also + obviously, the namesake of ‘terrible thrills’. ok. hope you like!

steel train covering rocky horror picture show = hearts in my eyes.

Reblogged: terrible-thrills

4 October 11
the gaslight anthem covering pearl jam

oh, for the love of god.  just when i thought there was no more love for me to give to you and your band, brian fallon.

7 September 11

the horrible crowes - “teenage dream” (cover)

okay, there’s pretty much nothing that brian fallon can do wrong.  i haven’t posted here about elsie, because i want to really dig into it and listen a few more times.  but this cover is just…kind of dark and gives this song a wistful weight that i really like. in fact, this might need to go on the playlist for the story i’m currently writing.

27 August 11

morethansound:

ermlabrat:

lostincoma:

brandyway:

My Chemical Romance featuring Brian May- We Will Rock You

SO MANY KINDS OF AWESOME!!!

CHILLS.

There is so much awesome in this video, I can’t even. Pyro! Killjoys outfits! We Will Rock You! Brian May! Ray’s glee face! FRANK! Confetti! Group hug! EVERYTHING GERARD CHOOSES TO BE. (including reading the lyrics and wearing part of Frank’s costume.) Favorites FOREVER.

oh. my. fucking. god.

*____*

(Source: brandyway)

Reblogged: morethansound

26 August 11

thedailywhat:

When In Seattle of the Day: Joseph Gordon-Levitt covers Nirvana’s “Lithium” live on stage at the Neptune Theater in Seattle.

(sNSFW, explicit banter.)

[cos.]

okay, normally i’m a little wary of people covering nirvana because, well, it’s nirvana and i have a lot of feeling about them and their music.  but this is a really good cover and i enjoy jgl’s face.  (someone should explain this…project thing of his to me.)

Reblogged: virginiabythedrop

19 August 11
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tylerglenn:

Someone Like You (Adele) | Tylerinacoma

I covered Adele’s Someone Like You recently, download and listen here

oh. my. god.

so completely amazing.

Reblogged: tylerglenn

21 July 11

linkin park - “rolling in the deep” (adele cover)

i’ll admit that i am a casual linkin park fan. i liked a lot of their early stuff and i actually bought the sheet music for “shadow of the day” a couple years back in case i ever wanted to cover it for a show.  chester bennington’s voice is good when he’s not screaming and growling and this is an interesting take on this song. 

(clearly, “rolling in the deep” is going to be this year’s “use somebody” in terms of everyone and their mom covering it.)

themed by hunson. originally by josh