What I Am Listening To...

I love music. With few exceptions, most of the music I love doesn't get much play on the radio stations here in OKC. I listen to alot of NPR in the car, but most of my time at work I am either listening to Pandora or my music on my iPhone.

Here are a few of my most recent discoveries.

I got Hot Fuss by The Killers from my BIL a while ago and I love it, especially Mr. Brightside. I was excited to get their new alum when it came out. My favorites? Flesh and Bone and Ms. Atomic Bomb.

This one is an older one, but t seemed to be in rotation on Pandora so I had to get it. I didn't get the rest of the album, but I might have to.

There seems to be lots of buzz around Mumford & Sons lately. They are up for a Grammy for this abum. I especially like Babel and Reminder.

I bought this Mumford & Sons first, I almost like this album more. My favorites are The Cave, Sigh No More, an After the Storm.

The Lumineers are one of the bands I discovered on Pandora, and apparently there is Grammy buzz for them too. I am sure everyone has heard Ho Hey, but Big Parade is also a good one.

Does anyone else find a new album and then listen to it endlessly on repeat, or is that just me? I rarely listen to music when I run because I am usually running with other people. I have also been very lazy when it comes to updating running music on my iPod, and I hate running with my phone. I am sure I can pull some muic off these albums for my possible Cowtown marathon next month. We shall see.

I am hoping there might be new muic by Wilco, The New Pornographers or The Decemberists, and maybe The Dixie Chicks will get back together. Until then I've got some good new stuff to fill my days.

What are you listening to? Anyone I should add to my list?

 

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The Decemberists

So a week ago I was sitting in the St. Louis airport waiting on a flight to get back to OKC. Gotta love flying stand-by.

We saw The Decemberists on Sunday night at The Palace, with Blind Pilot. I was very impressed with Blind Pilot, they were easy to listen to and laid back, kinda like I should be sitting on a beach somewhere kinda music. I need to get their album and listen to it some more.

The Decemberists were awesome! They played The Hazards of Love album from beginning to end in the first set. Such a good album. I love that their music tells stories, though the last song The Hazards of Love 4, keeps me sad at the end, wishing that William and Margaret got to live happily ever after. The Rake Song was great placed in the middle of the album as well. After the intermission, they played some of my favorites, July! July!, O Valencia, and covered a Heart song that showed how great the to women that sang on the album were.

St. Louis was fun, our first anniversary trip. It's been 13 years, finally we went somewhere. Stayed at the swamky Moonrise Hotel. Very nice! We ate at a restaurant called Pi, not spelled pi, the symbol for pi. Great thin crust pizza and flirtini. The rooftop bar at the hotel had a very nice view of downtown St. Louis. We ate at Blueberry Hill before the concert, they had some great spicy shrimp that we had for an appetiser but the Jerk Chicken Sandwich wasn't that great.

I almost injured myself walking to the concert. I ended up scraping off a few layers of my big toenail on my right foot and needing a band-aid stop at the hotel before the concert. Good think I had flip-flops on!

All in all, a great trip. I am ready for the next album!