Beat!Beat!Beat!: We Are Waves

You know what German band brings the beat? Beat!Beat!Beat! that's who! Ok, they're not a thumping frolicking Wombats or Two Door Cinema Club, but this song just has a really great flow and I've been thinking about the cyclical nature of my days and my routines and our lives being waves seems spot on. Also any video where you get to be sprayed with colored paint can't be a bad time! Enjoy! 

After A Long Hiatus, it's Time to Ask "So Now What"...by The Shins

It's been an unbelievable three months since I last posted on here. Firstly, there must be something wrong with the space time continuum, because in no universe have the last three months flew by that fast! Yikes!

Secondly, I apologize for abandoning all of you! I was so touched by the worldwide riots and endless stream of letters, calls, and home visits begging me to begin blogging again! I joke, no one noticed I stopped, but I've missed it, and that's what matters, right!? I've been wayyyy out of the musical loop especially this past month and a half, for I was having the time of my life in Europe, and took a blessed unplugged break from the endless stream of music, but I'm trying to catch myself up and slowly but surely am crawling from the musical hole I'd created. Boy has there been some great stuff in the last 3 months! I can't even begin to share all of it, my fingers would fall off from typing, and your ears would fall off from listening! I'm also probably going to slow the pace of the blog a bit, tone it back from a nightly affair to a once-or-twice-weekly update. 

Let's get started, eh? After so long being gone I was sitting here thinking, "So Now What", and then it struck me. The Shins just released their new song that will be featured in the new Zach Braff (Garden State, anyone?) film 'Wish I Was Here', and my oh my is it sweet! It talks about things long passed and nostalgia, and is THE SHINS!!!!! and the chorus is beautiful and it all just makes me so happy! Enjoy!

If you're interested in the movie, which Graff funded through Kickstarter, watch the trailer below, and get excited, also if you haven't seen 'Garden State', you should get on that, or at least buy the soundtrack! It's lovely! 

Foster The People: Are You What You Want To Be (NEW ALBUM!)

The day is finally upon us when down the runway, strutting with all the well-deserved swagger possible, comes "Supermodel" the new album by the incredible Foster The People! Too long in the waiting, this follow up to "Torches" is a little darker, more varied, and well-travelled. I'm a pretty big fan so far, although it's definitely not all 'Pumped Up Kicks' and 'Houdini' fun and games. The opener, 'Are You What You Want To Be' is my undisputed favorite thus far (Besides the superhero single 'Coming of Age' of course) and just has such cool beats and has much of the playful 'Torches' vibe with some clear growth. Unfortunately there's not a version yet on YouTube or SoundCloud, so here's the full album audio and it's the very first song! Feel free to keep listening to the whole album! Buy it on iTunes, or be hipster and awesome like Robert and go get a physical CD copy! Enjoy! 

Headhunterz ft. Krewella: United Kids Of The World (Project 46 Remix)

Been a minute since I did any good ol' EDM. This one's a stacked track with Headhunterz and Krewella making the original, and then Project 46 swooping in and adding the beat that should have always been there. Feel good tune with a nice message if you watch the original music video. Dance it up this weekend and get stoked for all the albums coming out in the coming weeks! Enjoy a free download below!

Pharrell Williams: Happy (Plus 24 Hours of Happy)

What's the feel good tune of the year? 'Happy'. What is so listenable and watchable that there is a 24 hour version of the music video (first of its kind)? 'Happy'. What are you going to listen to and have it brighten your day, your week, your month, your year? 'Happy'. 

Pharrell can do no wrong...ok, I guess 'Blurred Lines' was a lot of wrong...ahem, Pharrell USUALLY can do no wrong *cough, Daft Punk*. 'Happy' is a dose of pure joy and the idea of the 24 hours of continuous happiness is just so positive and fun! Watch the full video if you dare at http://24hoursofhappy.com/ or watch the equally pleasant and much shorter version below! Enjoy and may you have a day worth clapping along to! 

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Con Bro Chill: We Came To Party (Wildest Concert Ever?)

NEWS!

If you haven't suited up in your brightest neon, and came to party with Con Bro Chill and the Neon Army, then you are nowhere near partied out enough. 

What was undoubtedly the most douchy and fratty concert of my life was also one of the most fun. Eschewing lame L.A. hipster crowds, the college students who showed up to this show (a group of guys next to me drove all the way from Utah to see the concert!) were SO AMPED! Not a second of awkward head bopping was had, and not one person was drowning in layers upon layers of expensive looking fancy clothes that dripped sarcasm and aloofness. No. These neon soldiers came to party with the wildest and wackiest band of the west coast, and boy did they deliver! 

Opening for themselves with a bizarre fake reggae band wasn't enough for the Lacrosse bros. They had costume changes every few songs, coordinated dances, they crowd-surfed, they tossed people who crawled onto stage out into the crowd to crowd-surf, they led us in the Star Spangled Banner, they did a surprisingly great rendition of 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' by U2. I crowd-surfed for the first time ever (it was incredible and exhilarating) and danced my face off continuously in the front row. It was an experience that everyone should have at least once! Enjoy some of their wildly wacky and hilarious music videos below, and download their entire new album for free on their facebook page here! 

Con Bro Chill's wise words remind us to not party so hard that we get partied out. 

The New Electric Sound: Heart Beat (Amazing Opening Band For Con Bro Chill)

So at the Con Bro Chill concert last Friday the show started with what was clearly Con Bro Chill badly dressed up as an overweight ska and reggae band, which was hilarious, and they (pretend?) drunkenly stumbled through 3 or 4 songs. It was so unexpected and funny and weird that the band was fake opening for itself that I was absolutely blown away when out walk the suave, sophisticated, and all-matching band The New Electric Sound! They killed it with an awesome stage presence, pumping songs, humorous commentary in between songs by our good friend Tom, the blonde one with glasses (the bro and frat-guy douche crowd chanted his name after every song) and an all around fantastic performance! They were the perfect actual start to what proved to be an absolutely insane evening of music! Check these guys out, they're super nice and bound to blow up! 

Damn this is quite the premier music video. A story of betrayal, love, and friendship, it was absolutely not what I was expecting. Give it an honest listen and watch! 

If you don't want to waste your time and just want to dance all night (hint, that's a lyric) then give 'Suitcase' a lyric.