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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!)

13 December 11

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

10 November 11

empires - “the night is young” (acoustic)

still my favorites.

6 November 11

non-shaggy-pas:

Panic’s cover of I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Grand Rapids MI, November 5th)

i have a lot of feelings about this.  and not just because this happened like, 10 feet from me.  because their faces - i just cannot even.

Reblogged: non-shaggy-pas

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.

2 September 11

“are we the waiting” - stark sands and the cast of american idiot (aol session)

i have a lot of feelings about this. 

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

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.)

13 July 11

themattsmith:

thedailywhat:

THE BEST of the Day: You don’t come to Dave Grohl’s show and fight — you come to Dave Grohl’s show and f*cking dance, you a**hole.

(sNSFW, THE BEST.)

[reddit.]

LOVE IT

dear dave grohl - i love you. *___*

is it lolla time yet?

Reblogged: virginiabythedrop

17 May 11

motion city soundtrack covering pavement’s “cut your hair” at the a.v. club.

themed by hunson. originally by josh