SOTD: Camp Dory by Tennis

It might be sunnny, but its cold and the winds are blowing so hard that my hair is constantly in front of my face.  Welcome to the end of a Washington, DC winter.  I heard this song by "Tennis" in the car this weekend and my first thought was about the band name (not great in my opinion), but, I kept the song on because the vocalist has this sort of sort yet fifties style voice that really pops.  Since then, I've been listening over and over to the album and especially this song, Cape Dory.  Tennis created this album to illustrate their experiences sailing. I love the images of exploring the coast in the dark and laying on sand with shells.  I especially like it knowing that the songs are the expressions of impressions from a long sailing trip up and down the East Coast of the United States.

NPR has a great story about the couple and their trip.

SOTD: Lissie - Please Stop Touring Europe

Recently got the recommendation to listen to a lady singer named Lissie and immediately was charmed by her kind of gravelley, kind of girly, only strong and 60s/70s tinged voice with twangy, purely rock guitar, melody driven tunes.  Here is a particularly catchy number for your Saturday enjoyment.



By the by, she will in fact be in Washington, DC on October 20th, so, see you there.

SOTD: Local Natives // Airplanes

Preparing for Bonnaroo, we tried to listen to as much music as we could from bands that we didn't know very well that were going to play at the festival.  I remember starting a long drive in downtown Washington on a cloudy day, moving zippily down Constitution or Independence and playing Local Natives.  Each song was a sort of 'aha!', 'oh!' moment.  Absolutely beautiful combination of strings, strong percussion, keys and group singing following heavy melodies.  Since then, I can't seem to stop listening.  I traveled to New York City a few weeks ago to see them on Governors Island - amazing show.   Now, I will share with you the SOTD - Airplanes.

Don't Be A Coconut (SOTD)

Pursuant to the Kleinette's latest SOTD, I've rapidly become completely obsessed with Julian Casablancas' new album. Totally expecting a huge dissapointment, I found it to be a tight, fascinating eight-track beauty which sounds like the best of The Strokes' but heavy on the keyboards, while simultaneously pushing further against generic boundries than any of the previous three albums. I do hope they follow through on their plans for a new album, but this album makes me feel like it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if they didn't so long as Casablancas keeps making music. I've just fallen straight into it.

Anyway, here's a personal favorite Strokes tune of mine:

Close to Midnight (SOTD)

We have such stories to share! Specifically, about Halloween at Mt. Pleasant. In the meantime, let's remember the good times just past with the most obvious possible rememberance:







Creatures...crawling...in search of BLOOD!

The Smiling Face On Your TV (SOTD)

The Kleiner just got a Blu-Ray player! Hopefully this won't totally destroy my ability to blog. And yes, it's tenous, but seeing the colors really pop on my screen made me think of this:

Remember when people dressed like that? Cool people?

New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down (SOTD)

Yes, the Kleiner is a New Yorker, but being a Mets fan, can stand nothing less than seeing good things happen to the Yankees. Especially since yesterday's debut SOTD could be reasonably construed as promoting pro-Yankee sentiment, the Kleiner felt it necessary to shoot that down as fast and as hard as possible. So, because right now they're the last, best hope at prevent a Yankees World Series victory, and because the Kleiner might be making a day trip to the City of Brotherly Love soon, here's a great track from one of Philly's most endearingly over-earnest bands:



This song was #60 on the Billboard Chart - not bad. But then Tavares released a more-popular version, so Hall & Oates re-released the original, which went to #7 on the Billboard Chart. Much better!

Hood Forever (SOTD)

I'm now introducing a new feature - the Song of the Day (SOTD). Today's is in honor of yesterday's concert and tonight's World Series kick-off:




Enjoy!
-The Kleiner