Fast

I'm doing this fast. In-Flight Safety. The song's "Crash/Land." Not sure why the slash. Just is. Crazy!

Which One?

Hey, is the band Cuff the Duke cuff as in handcuff, or cuff as in hit? Are we arresting him, or do we just feel like beating him up? Which one is it, duders?
Anyway, "Surging Revival." I didn't much care for lots of Cuff the Duke, but this one's not too shabs.


("Shabs? Short for 'shabby?' Hilarious!")

Here We Are!!!!!

We're here! I'm so excited! Here we are, at the end of My Week! And my most favourite band in the whole wide worrrrrrrld!
It's The Arcade Fire, of course!
Now, on August third, 2010, I took the day off work. I went into town to give blood. Also I bought the first couple of Scott Pilgrim books. But it was also the day I turned 19 and a half! And, making the best half-birthday present ever, The Arcade Fire released their new album, "The Suburbs!"
Oh, I was so excited!!!
So anyway, in Cornwall, there's only one place where you can buy music anymore, and that's Wal-Mart. And Wal-Mart is not cheap when it comes to music. Also, they don't usually have albums the day they come out. Which sucks. But I figured I'd try it anyway. And they did have it! And it only cost $13.74! Holy shot-nurkers!
So naturally, I bought it.
Meanwhile, Live88.5 was having "Arcade Fire Day," in which they played a song from the new album every hour on the hour. When they did, you had to text "Arcade Fire" and your first and last name to 885885 for a chance to win the new album. I tried a couple times, before getting to Wal-Mart. Then, a couple days later, I got a call from 88.5 telling me I had won the new album! w00t!
So then I had to go into Ottawa. But that was fine, because we got to hang out with Laura! And then I had two of the album, so I gave one (the one I paid for) to my sister, instead of paying her for gas.
Now, I've decided to feature the first single from the album. It's called "Ready to Start." I love it, and when I heard it for the first time, I almost died! Good thing I didn't, though, because then, who would have finished milking the cows? Not the cows, that's for sure!

This Time

This time, I am using the first single from the new album. That's because "Fixed" is the only song from the new Stars album that I do actually know. Anyway, they, of course, are tied for my second favourite band. I'm so excited for tomorrow!!!

Twice

The name of today's song is the same phrase twice over. Anyway, The New Pornographers are tied for second place in my top favourite bands. We're so close to my favourite band and the end of My Week!!! I'm so excited!!!
Anyway, I was going to feature the first single/title track from their new album, but the other day, I was listening to a different song from the album, and it was really good. So instead, I decided to feature "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk."

Movin' On Up

No, The Jeffersons aren't my third favourite band. But we are moving on up the ranks to my third favourite: Spiral Beach. Now, remember at the beginning of My Week how I said I'd be featuring new songs from all the bands? Well in this instance it's the newest I can get. They released their last album over a year ago; it was September or October of 2009. Anyway, I decided to go with "May Go Round (In a Mania)" from that album.

Tie-Breaker

Okay, I don't know why I called it that. Tokyo Police Club isn't a tie-breaker; the band is just tied with Metric for my fourth-favourite.
Anyway, I decided to go with the first single from their new album "Champ!" which came out this summer. It's called "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)."

Gymnasium Love

When Metric, who are tied for my fourth-favourite band, played a show at my school last year, they played in the gym of the Athletic Complex. Emily Haines changed "Stadium Love" to "Gymnasium Love."


She was really proud of that. After the show, I got a chance to talk to her briefly and get a picture with her. She really was really proud of that change.

Like Veran!

Now I know I Fight Dragons would appreciate that reference.
Sorry, let me start at the beginning. Welcome to My Week. This is the week when I'm featuring my seven favourite bands, counting down. In fifth place, we have the only non-Canadian band on the roster: IFD, of course. They're pretty nerdy and awesome; I mean, look:


Anyway, I'm certain they'd appreciate the reference "Like Veran!" in response to the title of their song "She's Got Sorcery," which is from their new album, coming out very soon. (Oh yeah, I didn't mention -- this week, I'm using new songs from all of them.) Because Veran is a sorceress (ergo, has got sorcery) and is from a Legend of Zelda game.
Win.

A While

I had a song by Conor Oberst for a while. It's okay. Then my roommate gave me a whole album's worth of his songs, and he's actually pretty awesome! Conor Oberst, that is. My roommate's... okay.
Anyway, my favourite song was one called "NYC -- Gone, Gone."

BB

I'm going to be honest. As great as Blackberries are, I do find them a little disappointing at times. However, it is true that they often have good music in their commercials. Like the new Blackberry Torch commercial.
I saw the commercial once, and the song that was playing was pretty good, based on the ten or so seconds of it that I heard. I was just about to say, "That song sounds pretty good; I wonder what it's called." But before I could, my roommate said, "Wow. That song sucks!"
She has... different taste in music.
Anyway, I looked it up. It's called "Fiyah" by Tune-Yards. I think it's pronounce how a British person would pronounce the word "fire," like the Lewis Carroll characters (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) Hatta and Haigha, whose names are actually pronounced how a British person would pronounce "Hatter" and "Hare."

Firefly

Firefly was a great show! Like, really awesome! I'm really sad stupid Fox canceled it. Anyway, one of the main cast was Morena Baccarin, who was also in a few episodes of The O.C. Plus, she was Cloe in the episode of How I Met Your Mother "Swarley." It was at the end of that episode that they played a song by The Explorers Club. It's actually the only reason I know "Forever."

!

When a friend of mine posted a YouTube link of Mr. Blue Sky, I remarked that I hadn't, as she asked, heard of Electric Light Orchestra. My sister wasn't impressed. But now I have! Huzzah!

?

I don't even remember how this song goes. But it made it onto my list of songs to feature, so I must like it enough. If you have trouble finding Wavves, go to thesixtyone; that's where I found them, particularly "King of the Beach."

.

There's this band. They're called fun. unless you ask Wikipedia, who says they're called Fun. I know, eh? The first one is way cooler. Anyway, le chanson est appellé "The Gambler."

Sounds Like....

Kingdom Flying Club. Ever heard of them? Neither had I. But I found that the lead singer, at least in the song "Artists Are Boring," sounds kind of like the lead singer of The Gaslight Anthem.
It's not him, though.

A Damned Fool!

At first I didn't really like "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Then I got older and more mature or whatever, and I realized what a fool I was. A damned fool! Joy Division was an amazing band, and this remarkable song is a testament to the musically wonderful decade that was the '80s.

Cars!

Tricked you, didn't I? No, I'm not going to talk about cars. I don't find them as exciting as lots of guys do. But "M.A.G.I.C." is from a car commercial. Kia, maybe? I don't know. There were invisible people. Except the people in the car. Because they stood out.
Anyway, the band in question, The Sound of Arrows, is Scandinavian of some sort or something. I don't know.


I don't know...

Hmm.......

Hmm...... How do I know today's song? Now, I know I know Goldspot because of The O.C. They covered "Float On" by Modest Mouse, and that's on the CD "Covering Our Tracks" that I gave my sister for Christmas one time years ago.
Oh! I remember! It was in an episode of How I Met Your Mother. Yes. "Rewind" was in the season five episode "Double Date."
Man, that show has some good music!

All by Mistake!

All by mistake! That's how I discovered the band Windmill. I forget why, but I was looking up windmills on Wikipedia. something I wanted to know, I guess. Anyway, I typed in "Windmill" and got the relevant article. But then I wondered, "What would come up if I go to the disambiguation page?" So, I typed in "Windmill (disambiguation)" and got a lot of boring results. HOWEVER! One result was some band called Windmill. Some indie band from the UK. They didn't have an article (still don't), but they had a mention. And that was enough.
So, I looked them up, and came across a few songs. Particularly, "Ellen Save Our Energy."
I think this one is actually going on the CD I'm making for Caitlin, so SHH!

Erotic Exploration

Beautiful Small Machines talk(s?) about erotic exploration in this song. Which to me is kind of weird; how can "Robots in Love" have eroticism? They're robots! Then again, if they're robots, then how would they be in love? I mean, just the other day, I was telling Cleverbot that I was a supercomputer bent on world domination, and as a supercomputer, I had no emotions. Hm. The eternal mystery, I guess...

Continuing Continuing Continuing

And now the weekend's ending. After re-realizing how good the previously featured Throw Me the Statue song was, I hit up the internet to find some more music. I got plenty, including one called "This is How We Kiss." It took me a few listens, but I grew to like it. Which is always a good thing to do, I suppose.


Well, maybe not always.

Continuing Continuing

Day two in the Weekend of Continuing brings us She & Him. Specifically, "In the Sun."

The video is also very well worth looking into.

Continuing

Yesterday I had a reprisal. A reprisal of three songs, previously featured. I would like to take this weekend, which I will call the Continuing Weekend, to feature different songs by each of those. Because they're all great, and I've only featured one song by each of those.
First, Florence + the Machine. The song is "Kiss With a Fist." I find it's awfully upbeat for a song about an abusive relationship. But that's part of what makes it great!

I'll bet she's an amazing performer.

Reprise

There are a few songs that I've previously featured, but that I have since realized to a much greater degree. So, I'm reprising them, so to speak.
First, "Dog Days Are Over" by Florence + the Machine.
I discovered it and featured. Then, months later, I rediscovered it and realized how awesome it was. Then, months later, I heard it on the radio and they were all, "This new song is so so great!" And I was all, "New? HA! Come on, radio people! You're months behind!" (That part of the story would be way better if you could actually hear me saying it.)
Anyway, this song is awesome!


Next, I'm bringing back some She & Him. I love Zooey Deschanel. She's awesome. I realized that when I watched (500) Days of Summer, as I didn't realize she was "she" when I first featured "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"


And finally, a song called "Waving at the Shore." I wish I could teach myself the words, but I don't think they're anywhere on the Internet. Too bad Throw Me the Statue is such an obscure band.

&, I think

i think the song is "Up & Away," not "Up and Away." Either way, it's a good song. By Hotspur. They don't have a Wikipedia article, but the word has a disambiguation page.
Anyway, that's not what's important. What's important is that it's a good song all the time always.

Long

My story about how I discovered the band Pale Young Gentlemen is unnecessarily long and detailed and I'm tired, so I'm not going to tell it.
Anyway, "The Crook of My Good Arm" is freakin' awesome! Listen to it. Now. Seriously. Go on. It's on YouTube.


Also, happy November!