And this time she's a kollege kid.
-C
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Music Update
Hello readers! It has been way too long. I'm happy to be back and blogging.
Currently, I have been a little more excited about music than I usually am. My life definitely comes in waves of excitement. While we all like to think that we are stable, unchanging beings this must be true of everyone. Change happens. I know this firsthand thanks to my nifty habit of journaling. I promise you that seven-year-old Carissa is not the same as thirteen-year-old Carissa who is not (thankfully) the same as eighteen-year-old Carissa.
One of my favorite hobbies is prowling around on the internet. Some might call it "wasting time" but that's hardly the case. My most recent prowling has revolved around local bands that I have discovered. It all began with my checking out who was going to play on May 5th at The Space along with Workin The Corner. One of the other bands was Sunday Is My Weekend. I was pretty impressed with them considering that they're in their senior year of high school, from CT, and just began in February. Here is a video of them singing acoustic just couple weeks ago.
The lead singer, Matt Carlson, is very talented and I quickly discovered his Twitter and YouTube channel. I am looking forward very, very much to the May 5th show and possibly meeting him and his band.
Through Sunday Is My Weekend, I found another band called Voted Most Random. The band is about one year old and the members all hail from Quinnipiac University. They have quite the success story, playing locally, winning the East Coast Indie Battle of the Bands and playing in the Warped Tour only after a matter of months as a band. I am hoping that they make it again this year because I'd love to see them live also. I can't get their song "Hot Mess" out of my head. I've listened to it 57 times in two days.
So that's my music update on the home-front. In the bigger scheme of things, I have branched out a bit musically. A few weeks ago I had a peculiar feeling as I flipped through all 144 Relient K songs in their special playlist. Occasionally I will skip a song if I'm just not feelin' it but, somehow, I just kept skipping each song that came up. It was probably one of the strangest experiences of my life. I don't get sick of RK; that is impossible. And yet the cycle of new songs coming up and me pressing "next" continued. Now I don't know what other people's listening habits are like but I know that before my iPod fritzed out last Fall, I had listened to "Forget and Not Slow Down" over 2,000 times. Maybe it was time to move forward.
So I began with something kind of scary: Pandora. That website where you type in your favorite artists and then new ones pop up. Ugh. But something had to be done. Here are a few of my surprising and favorite finds:
Eisley- . If Regina Spektor's voice had a child with the instrumentals of Paramore, you would have Eisley. PureVolume has the quintet listed as indie/pop/rock but I think indie rock does it more justice. Another neat twist is that four of the members are siblings and the fifth is a cousin of theirs. Their latest record, "The Valley", was released in March of this year and the sound is just as fresh. These guys are also pretty profesh, touring with the likes of Mutemath, Coldplay, The Fray and Taking Back Sunday. (Song to listen to: The Valley)
Telekinesis- This guy from Seattle prides himself on being a one-man band
and primarily a drummer (as opposed to the cliche, guitar-wielding soloist). As you could imagine, the music is "minimalist" with no nonsense. I particularly enjoy his almost English sound and calm vibe. His lyrics are simple and almost forgettable while the instrumentals can speak for themselves. (Song to listen to: Dirty Thing)
Kings of Convenience- As much as I imagined that I never would, these guys have really made me love folk. From faraway Norway, this duo is comprised of one steel-string, one nylon and two lightly-accented voices. The result is soothing and classic. I could listen to their distinctly non-American sound anytime. (Song to listen to: Me In You)
So that's it for now folks. I am planning to keep writing and staying in touch. I have plenty more to share and I will be sure to update soon. Until next time...
~Carissa
Currently, I have been a little more excited about music than I usually am. My life definitely comes in waves of excitement. While we all like to think that we are stable, unchanging beings this must be true of everyone. Change happens. I know this firsthand thanks to my nifty habit of journaling. I promise you that seven-year-old Carissa is not the same as thirteen-year-old Carissa who is not (thankfully) the same as eighteen-year-old Carissa.
One of my favorite hobbies is prowling around on the internet. Some might call it "wasting time" but that's hardly the case. My most recent prowling has revolved around local bands that I have discovered. It all began with my checking out who was going to play on May 5th at The Space along with Workin The Corner. One of the other bands was Sunday Is My Weekend. I was pretty impressed with them considering that they're in their senior year of high school, from CT, and just began in February. Here is a video of them singing acoustic just couple weeks ago.
The lead singer, Matt Carlson, is very talented and I quickly discovered his Twitter and YouTube channel. I am looking forward very, very much to the May 5th show and possibly meeting him and his band.
Through Sunday Is My Weekend, I found another band called Voted Most Random. The band is about one year old and the members all hail from Quinnipiac University. They have quite the success story, playing locally, winning the East Coast Indie Battle of the Bands and playing in the Warped Tour only after a matter of months as a band. I am hoping that they make it again this year because I'd love to see them live also. I can't get their song "Hot Mess" out of my head. I've listened to it 57 times in two days.So that's my music update on the home-front. In the bigger scheme of things, I have branched out a bit musically. A few weeks ago I had a peculiar feeling as I flipped through all 144 Relient K songs in their special playlist. Occasionally I will skip a song if I'm just not feelin' it but, somehow, I just kept skipping each song that came up. It was probably one of the strangest experiences of my life. I don't get sick of RK; that is impossible. And yet the cycle of new songs coming up and me pressing "next" continued. Now I don't know what other people's listening habits are like but I know that before my iPod fritzed out last Fall, I had listened to "Forget and Not Slow Down" over 2,000 times. Maybe it was time to move forward.
So I began with something kind of scary: Pandora. That website where you type in your favorite artists and then new ones pop up. Ugh. But something had to be done. Here are a few of my surprising and favorite finds:
Eisley- . If Regina Spektor's voice had a child with the instrumentals of Paramore, you would have Eisley. PureVolume has the quintet listed as indie/pop/rock but I think indie rock does it more justice. Another neat twist is that four of the members are siblings and the fifth is a cousin of theirs. Their latest record, "The Valley", was released in March of this year and the sound is just as fresh. These guys are also pretty profesh, touring with the likes of Mutemath, Coldplay, The Fray and Taking Back Sunday. (Song to listen to: The Valley)Telekinesis- This guy from Seattle prides himself on being a one-man band
and primarily a drummer (as opposed to the cliche, guitar-wielding soloist). As you could imagine, the music is "minimalist" with no nonsense. I particularly enjoy his almost English sound and calm vibe. His lyrics are simple and almost forgettable while the instrumentals can speak for themselves. (Song to listen to: Dirty Thing)
Kings of Convenience- As much as I imagined that I never would, these guys have really made me love folk. From faraway Norway, this duo is comprised of one steel-string, one nylon and two lightly-accented voices. The result is soothing and classic. I could listen to their distinctly non-American sound anytime. (Song to listen to: Me In You)So that's it for now folks. I am planning to keep writing and staying in touch. I have plenty more to share and I will be sure to update soon. Until next time...
~Carissa
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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