“Mr. Pine” by Eisley:
“Mr. Rock & Roll” by Amy MacDonald:
“Mrs. Actually” by The Like:
“Mr. Brightside” by The Killers:
“Mrs. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel (cover by The Lemonheads):
“Mr. Moon” by Eisley:
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Gold Motel released a great new song called “Leave You In Love.”
The song sounds like a refined version of The Sounds meets Letters to Cleo.
Listen below and then buy it on Bandcamp here:
“Without music, life would be a mistake” — Friedrich Nietzsche
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music” — Alduous Huxley
“Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak” — William Congreve
“Music happens to be an art form that transcends language” — Herbie Hancock
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe” — Lao Tzu
“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy” — Ludwig van Beethoven
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything” — Plato
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” — Berthold Auerbach
The Chances released their first music video, for the song “No Escape.”
Watch below:
Highlights of last night’s Holly Miranda show at LA’s Bootleg Theatre were “Waves,” “I’d Rather Go Blind,” “Every Time I Go To Sleep,” and “Slow Burn Treason.”
Photos & video by After The Show:
“Using Music to Learn Vocabulary” (read part 1 here) is back with a second installment.
1. Jackalope: “We’re All Stuck Out In the Desert” by Johnathan Rice
A jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers and sometimes a pheasant’s tail (and often hind legs).
2. Polystyrene: “Something Borrowed, Something Blue” by Ben Lee
Polystyrene is a rigid clear thermoplastic polymer that can be molded into objects or made into a foam that is used to insulate refrigerators.
3. Carpetbagger: “Carpetbaggers” by Jenny Lewis
A carpetbagger refers to a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction & refers to a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
4. Aztlán: “New Yorker Cartoon” by Jenny and Johnny
Aztlán refers to the mythical ancestral home of the Nahuas, one of the main populations in Mesoamerica.
5. Tucker Telephone: “I Don’t Mind” by Phantom Planet
Tucker Telephone refers to a torture device used at Arkansas’ Tucker State Prison Farm in the 1960s. The device, designed using parts from an old-fashioned crank telephone and batteries, administered electric shocks.