year two

I have officially completed my second year as a teacher, and that's just crazy.

Yes Feels

Probably one of the coolest bands to arrive in a while is Golden Holy. They hail from Boston but now inhabit parts of the Pacific Northwest. Their album (self-titled) blends beautiful, carefully orchestrated sounds with whispers that build into fabulous vocal parts. The nine songs included on the album are haunting and gorgeous, and no matter how many times I play the record, I always want to listen once more.

New Recordings From The State of Oaxaca

Cinema is the new scene.  

And if you haven't gotten out to the movies this season, well, that's lame.

So, go see...

Slumdog Millionaire

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost / Nixon

Revolutionary Road

Milk

The Reader

Doubt

Because I said so and I have a degree in communications.

Some new music also in circulation...

Glasvegas (s/t); Beirut (March of the Zapotec...); The Boxer Rebellion; Andrew Bird (Noble Beast); Antony & The Johnsons (The Crying Light); Blitzen Trapper; Bruce Springsteen; Animal Collective (Merriweather Post Pavillion); Heartless Bastards (The Mountain); and, Bon Iver (Blood Bank).