let's meet up after the bachelor party

went to see akron/family [myspace] last night at the lager house, and it was pretty fucking fantastic. this was actually my second time seeing them, but for some reason they resonated a lot more with me, and i only left the room once. it was like dudefest spring-coming in that place last night. a plethora of facial hair toting equally-abundant amounts of 1$ prbs. detroit boys love bands like akron/family, and i can't quite put my finger on what's in their collective music subconscious from way back when [yeah, when?!] that serves as the foundation for this. regardless, a packed room at the lager house always feels amazing.

i've been listening to the debut from montreal's islands nonstop since i got the advance the other day. admittedly, i've never heard the unicorns, and it makes me feel a little weak to fall so hard for so many canadian bands. i put up the first track off return to the sea [out april 4], which clocks in within the 9-minute range, but it's great and totally worth it. trust me on this one.

islands
swans (life after death)
return to the sea
2006 [april 4] © equator

taking it a bit back with this rival schools song, but it fits today like a glove. if you thought the first day of spring marked a day for new beginnings, perhaps you thought wrong. perhapsperhaps perhaps!

rival schools
travel by telephone
united by fate
2001 © island records