What's in your CD player/I-Pod?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:25 am
Figured we haven't done a music thread recently.
I just discovered this band called "Portugal. The Man". I was looking at Death Metal shirts, and saw a shirt called "the satanic satanist"....the name was ironic enough for me to see what it was all about, especially since it was all psychadelic.
Anyway, I popped on MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/portugaltheman and was instantly impressed...definitely not what I expected. After some Wiki-research, I discovered they were an indy band from Alaska born out of a post-hardcore band.
So I researched more and decided I wanted their first album to start my collection. Watching it on Amazon.com, it was always more than I wanted to spend....So yesterday, I wandered into my old employer CD WAREHOUSE and looked on the shelf, and low and behold, 'Waiter: You Vultures' was on the shelf used for $4.99 = Score.
Got back to work and popped it on my itunes......Amazing....
Not everyone's cup of tea....I would consider it to be a cross between The Mars Volta & Radiohead, with haunting melodies and technical musicianship.
I recommend you check them out if you're looking for something new or different.
Also, listening to:
Wilco - Wilco
Aqualung - Memory Man
Job for a Cowboy - new one
Wu-Tang - Chamber Music
Killswitch Engage - Self Titled
Darkest Hour - The Eternal Return
I just discovered this band called "Portugal. The Man". I was looking at Death Metal shirts, and saw a shirt called "the satanic satanist"....the name was ironic enough for me to see what it was all about, especially since it was all psychadelic.
Anyway, I popped on MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/portugaltheman and was instantly impressed...definitely not what I expected. After some Wiki-research, I discovered they were an indy band from Alaska born out of a post-hardcore band.
So I researched more and decided I wanted their first album to start my collection. Watching it on Amazon.com, it was always more than I wanted to spend....So yesterday, I wandered into my old employer CD WAREHOUSE and looked on the shelf, and low and behold, 'Waiter: You Vultures' was on the shelf used for $4.99 = Score.
Got back to work and popped it on my itunes......Amazing....
Not everyone's cup of tea....I would consider it to be a cross between The Mars Volta & Radiohead, with haunting melodies and technical musicianship.
I recommend you check them out if you're looking for something new or different.
Also, listening to:
Wilco - Wilco
Aqualung - Memory Man
Job for a Cowboy - new one
Wu-Tang - Chamber Music
Killswitch Engage - Self Titled
Darkest Hour - The Eternal Return