Well, I finally got around to creating a music blog after being harrassed by my friends. I still really don't have a clear idea of what my posts are going to consist of but I figure I will just start with what music I find to be taking up a decent chunk of my listening time.
My name is Jake for all of you who don't know me. I am currently attending school in Boston, Ma at Northeastern University studying Music Industry. (whatever that means.) While not at school I kick it in Seattle, the best place in the world.
Anyway on to the music!
For the past week or two, New York (go figure) indie band Ra Ra Riot has been taken up the majority of my listening time. I'm a whore for almost anything indie with strings. (Final Fantasy, Beirut, etc.) I don't know if I have come across such a perfect combination of indie rock with strings. The tension and beauty brought by the cello and vionlin is wonderful and gets me every time. Plus, the two string players are damn sexy. Ra Ra Riot just came out with their debut album - The Rhumb Line off of Barsuk Records. (Yay Seattle!) Heres a few tracks to catch your ear.
Let me know what you all think (if anyone read this/listens to it)
Oh and for all of you Boston folks, they are playing a show at the Middle East on October 18th. I'll be there and so should you.
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Nice dude, I really liked both of those songs! I'm glad you are finally doing this, everybody was telling you to. Now I can just read your blog instead of pretending I'm a fluent musical critic myself.
ReplyDeleteI really like these guys, the string sections add a really unique sound.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up, yo.
ANOTHER indie band writing songs about ghosts. great. Oh, but there's a really cool remix of Juno (TokyoPC) that these guys have up on hypem... good shit
ReplyDeleteThese are great. I'll definitely have to look into the rest of their stuff.
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