Daily Tuneage

Oh hello there! It’s me! Yes, I’m alive…shocking, I know, since I’ve been so lax in my “daily” posting of the tuneage. Excuses, excuses…

Without further ado, a new song from an ‘old’ (read: seasoned!) band, Dinosaur Jr. I must admit, I wasn’t overly into this band until now (probably because I listened to crappy music that was played on the radio) but this song, See You, off of their new album Farm, is excellent. Give it a listen.

And in the meantime, will try and get myself back on some semblance of a posting schedule. Promise.

I’ve been waiting for Wolfgang Amadaeus Phoenix to come out, and today was the day. (You see that? No bootlegging for me!) And while I loved 1901 and Listzomania, I think Lasso is hands down my favorite. (You can get the entire album on iTunes and I highly encourage that behavior.) DO. IT. NOW. (Love, Aubrey)

So excited for the guys of Barcelona! This song - “Falling Out of Trees” - will be included in tonight’s promo for the Season Finale of Gray’s Anatomy. YAY!

“Believe me when I call and I say
The next girl that I love won’t be a saint”

They’ve been playing this song - Saints, by ArmyNavy - on (you guessed it!) SiriusXMU, the only radio station I’ve listened to in the last year. Super catchy, and pretty great lyrics.

Girls, take heed: Saints are overrated.

In honor of tonight’s Band of Horses concert, I give you the song that still makes me weak at the knees, makes me smile, and makes me think of my best guy friend and the way he found the need to make up a ‘new clap’ for this band. “No One’s Gonna Love You” may sound like a pretty negative song, but listen…it’s the exact opposite.

Something about this song - Fog, by Mason Proper - is reminiscent of TV on the Radio. It’s not really reflective of Mason Proper’s entire album Olly Oxen Free, but I keep returning to this song. It has a few dashes of Cold War Kids thrown in too for good nature. Whatever the combination, I like it. LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS.

If you haven’t heard the new Yeah Yeah Yeah’s album, It’s Blitz!, take this as a representative sample of its awesomeness. It is worth every penny of its $9.49 download price on Amazon, and will make you fall in love with Karen Oh a little more with every song (especially the acoustic ones.) Download now, thank me later when you can’t sit still and find yourself dancing at your desk.

My fave XM Channel (Sirius-XMU, duh!) plays Great Lake Swimmers all the time. I find them both awesome & calming, and can’t wait for their new album to come out at the end of the month. This song - Various Stages - is in strong contention for my yearly ‘Best first line of a song’ contest. Would love to see them live.

I re-discovered this song this weekend on my epic SF walk this weekend, and have been humming it all morning, but couldn’t remember what it was. Alas, it’s quintessential Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s entitled ‘Hip Hip Hurrah’ which I will have on repeat for the rest of the day. You know, to satisfy my obsession.

Oh look! It’s been a MONTH since I’ve updated this site. MonthlyTuneage.com anyone?

Sigh. Life gets ahead of me.

Anyhoo, here’s ‘1901’, the first song off of Phoenix’s forthcoming new album (awesomely entitled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - I mean, RIGHT? How rockstar-rad is that?) and I can’t get enough of it. Like, it motivates my soul. And world. As it should yours.