Anthems For An Indie Kid

when you were young you were the king of carrot flowers...

2007-03-25T21:49:00.000-05:00

blahh. I havent updated in a week. not that it really matters though.

Songs Of The Day:

Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy
Bright Eyes - Weather Reports
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control

Download Of The Day:

The Arcade Fire - Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover)

Yeah, I know this post sucks. I'll make up for it later.

xo sara :]

<--this makes the post like a billion times better :]]

I found a fatal flaw in the logic of love.

2007-03-17T02:47:00.000-05:00

Okay so... still no visitors. Or at least visitors I know about. [hint, hint, leave comment]
So, I'm not really sure if i'm allowed be doing this give-link-to-song-download thing, so if any artist or whatever comes across this, and doesn't like me doing it, let me know and i'll take it down. So it snowed here in the Philadelphia area today. [making conversation] It was actually more like hail. Lots of little hail stones. That look like snow. I can tell it's snowing because they're tapping against my window. The funny thing is, like three days ago it was close to 75 degrees. And now its snow/hailing. Damn global warming. Oh yeah and I watched the weirdest movie the other night. The Virgin Suicides. I've heard it mentioned quite a few times but never saw it until now. It was quite depressing. Really, it was a creepy movie. But I guess I kinda liked it. If the weather isn't rediculously horrible tomorrow, I wanna get my hair dyed. I would do it myself but I already have dark dye in, and I wanna dye it lighter, to my natural blonde color, so I would probably ~~fuck~~ mess it up if I did it myself. You know what? I'm talking about nothing and probably boring the hell out of anyone who's reading this, so I think I better be quiet now and get on to the music.
Okay so... Here it is.

Songs of the Day:

Eisley - Marvelous Things
The Shins - Sea Legs
Of Montreal - Forecast Facist Future

Download of the Day:

The Thermals - Let Your Earth Quake, Baby

Yeah, the thermals are pretty rad. I think they're coming to Philly. Maybe they already came. I dunno. Thats one of those songs that you can put on repeat without wanting to change the song. It's a good one to mixtape.

So..yeah there wasn't really much in the blog today but part of that is because it's 4:15 AM and the other part is i'm too lazy to find a summarized artist bio and put in a picture or write an album review. So i'll make up for it in the next entry. Two downloads maybe? You tell me...

Also, If anyone wants me to feature their band, or any other favorite band of yours, contact me and i'll be more than happy to. thanksss :]

xo sara.
ps if anyone that is reading this has the easy/lucky/free her space holiday remix can you send it to me? I'll send you any other conor oberst related songs in exchange. thanks.

just for the hell of it,i'm gonna throw in a picture to make the entry look prettier. :D

made it in photoshop. i'm pretty sure thats the name of his organization or something. I have too much time on my hands.

rip elliott

...her eyes seem to follow you like a hated addiction

2007-03-14T14:03:00.000-05:00

hi. :]
well I have a link to this blog on last.fm so I figured I better start blogging again.
so without further ado...
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songs of the day:

architecture in helsinki - maybe you can owe me
rilo kiley - with arms outstreched
the format - dead end

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download of the day:

of montreal - heimdalsgate like a promethean curse

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artist of the ~~day~~ week:

architechture in helsinki
The Australian indie pop octet Architecture in Helsinki hails from Fitzroy, Melbourne, and counts multi-instrumentalists Cameron Bird, James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Isobel Knowles, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, Tara Shackell, and Kellie Sutherland among its ranks. The band's musical arsenal is even bigger than its roster, featuring instruments as diverse as analog synths and samplers, glockenspiel, tuba, clarinet, and recorder along with the more predictable drums, bass, and guitar. Architecture in Helsinki began playing in 2000, crafting a mix of indie, electronic, and pop that they recorded and occasionally performed live. The collective began recording its debut album, Fingers Crossed, in 2002 in a variety of places ranging from beach houses to proper studios; Bar None released the album in spring 2004. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

*credit goes to: Yahoo Music

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album of the week:

Bright Eyes - Four Winds EP
so all of us bright eyes fans have been waiting
for this EP to come out for FOREVER. and
here it is. finally. I like it, but in a way I was
kind of dissapointed. very clean-cut. I mean,
sure it sounds better, but I think it has a bit
less emotion than his other albums. In conor's
other albums/songs (like half of his stuff is
unreleased), he gets that screaming yelling
emotional feel. but he doesn't in this one. I
guess we all kind of expected this though,
I mean he did just turn 27. he grew up, I
guess. it's still a really rad EP anyway.
it beats all that other mainstream ~~shit~~. stuff. :]__________________________________________________________________

so there it is. my first blog entry in a looonnngg time.
also, I would give you downloads for the songs of the day too, but i'm not sure if i'm allowed to do that. so if you want any songs from songs of the day, tell me. leave a comment or...
email: xfeelingitforian@aim.com (and if you're planning on harassing or spamming me, don't email at all)
aim: xfeelingitforian
last.fm: www.last.fm/user/easyluckyfree (link is in link section)
myspace: www.myspace.com/saraisamazzing (^^ ^^)
deviantArt: http://yourheartisjustsand.deviantart.com/

hey, talk to me. i don't bite =/

x0 sara

It was in a foreign hotel bathroom I baptized my self and changed, and one by one I drowned all of the people I had been

2007-01-07T16:24:00.000-05:00

EEK! sorry I didn't post yesterday. not that it matters to anyone because I don't think anyone reads this, but i'll give two songs today.

so today was pretty interesting. I was actually up and moving around. went out to breakfast at 1:30 pm. went thrift/vintage shopping and was quite unsuccessful. might go out later tonight. back to the grind tomorrow :[

I think i'm gonna feature three songs of the day, a new artist every other day and an album of the week.

much love.

sara a.

ps. show love? comment message email? add me on myspace?

Songs of the day: [you get six today because I didn't update yesterday.]

Saturday's:

Bright Eyes - Entry Way Song

Tilly and the Wall - Perfect Fit

Architechture in Helsinki - The Owls Go

Today's:

Arctic Monkeys - Scummy

Bright Eyes - Amy In The White Coat

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion [nick zinner remix]

Featured Artist:

Elliott Smith [8/6/69 - 10/21/03]

yeah, you've probably heard of him.

if not, go get your ass to the closest

record store and buy an album.

"Folk-punk singer/songwriter Elliott Smith rose from indie obscurity to mainstream success in 1997 on the strength of "Miss Misery," his Academy Award-nominated song from the film Good Will Hunting. A native of Portland, OR, Smith began writing and recording his first songs at age 14, later becoming a fixture of the city's thriving music scene; as a member of the band Heatmiser, he debuted in 1993 with the LP Dead Air, issuing his first solo effort Roman Candle on the tiny Cavity Search label a year later. For his 1995 self-titled album, Smith signed with the noted Kill Rock Stars label; Either/Or followed in 1997, around the same time that filmmaker and longtime fan Gus Van Sant requested permission to use the singer's music in his upcoming Good Will Hunting. Smith also composed a handful of new songs for the soundtrack, among them "Miss Misery," and when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Oscar nominations the following February, the track was a surprise entry in the Best Original Song category. Although he did not win, Smith performed the song live at the televised Oscar broadcast, appearing on-stage alongside superstars Trisha Yearwood and eventual award-winner Celine Dion in one of the most notably surreal musical moments in recent memory. Smith's DreamWorks label debut, XO, followed later in 1998. Two years later he delivered Figure 8, which indulged in lush arrangements and orchestrations more so than any of his previous solo efforts. For the next two years, Smith labored over what was to be his next album, From a Basement on a Hill. He would not live to see its completion, however -- to the shock of friends and fans alike, Smith took his own life on October 21, 2003. The record was released two days shy of the first anniversary of his death. "

Featured Album

Cursive

The Ugly Organ

This album is absolutley amazing. With

Gretta on the cello and tim's

angry/loud/delirous/on key/off key/raw/soft voice

this album just makes me want to melt inside. 8]

i'm a junkyard full of false stars and I don't need your permission to bury my love under this bare lightbulb.

2007-01-05T20:53:00.000-05:00

well, today was a bit of a better day. I went to the docotor only to find out that he can't help me with my cough, becaue I can't take any dextrocloramaphine[?] which is the active ingredient in all over the counter cough suppressents, because i'm taking an MAOI. so I went and found herbal/homeopathic cough syrup. yay.
anyway..today was fun I guess. I made pizza. With vegan cheese. I'm a chef :]
and now i'm downloading elliott smith songs. elliott smith craving I guess.

SONG OF THE DAY: Rilo Kiley - The Good That Won't Come Out

you can go download it off limwire, or send me an email/message/comment/ect. and i'll try to send it to you.

have a lovelyyy dayyy :]

sara a.

ps. if i have any readers out there, or if you're reading this, drop me a comment, i like to talk :]

'cause it the ones with the sorest throats, laura, who have done the most singing.

2007-01-05T00:55:00.000-05:00

Well. This is my first post. And my first blog besides xanga.

I slept for 24 hours straight today and yesterday. I'm sick. =/ With a terrible cough/cold.

Song of the day: The Faint - Symptom Finger

Artist Of The Week: Love is all

Love Is All is a Swedish indie pop/rock band with former members of sunshine twee pop Girlfriendo. Post-Punk-ish in sound with distorted sax, reviving the work of The Slits and The Pop Group and newer groups such as Life Without Buildings along the lines of Liliput and X-Ray Spex while still keeping some indie-pop aesthetics. They have a constantly growing fanbase and have a reputation as having some very obsessive gig-going fans. And the lead singer, from a distance, looks like my LA teacher.