MeWithoutYou - Am I Missing Something?

I put an old picture of the band on here for a reason. I remember hearing MeWithoutYou on a SolidState sampler CD 2003. The band was so different and original it was scary. There was an angsty poetic feeling behind their presence, the aggressiveness of a Post-Hardcore band, and the revolutionary qualities of a band like At The Drive-In.

When hitting the frontlines with their record label full-length debut A-B Life, the band delivered. After that they started moving away from the style, moving towards a more indie and rootsy feel.Personally, I didn't mind this change at first with the deliverance of Catch for Us The Foxes. From there the trend progressed further into the more indie stylings.

I recently got a preview of the new album and it has gone even further. I don't mind good indie music, and I can see where people who are deeply rooted in uber indie rock styles, but this just isn't catching for me.

Namely, my biggest peeve of this whole thing is the lyrics. Mostly a cross between animals and food of all things, but they're everywhere. At least when Bob Dylan did he was blatantly on drugs. And if that's the case for this band, I would at least like for them to let me know.

Regardless, i'll probably get nailed for this by MWY fans, but i'm sorry, i'm just missing it with this band. It's one of those things where I say, "what's the big deal?"

A Couple Noteworthy Records Out Today

As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

Both are great so go pick them up.

S2S Loves Cats

Russell Crowe in the New Robin Hood Flick

Russell Crowe is starring the new Robin Hood movie directed by Alien director Ridley Scott. Hopefully it lives up tot he greatness of ye old Kevin Costner movie. Maybe he'll refuse to speak in an English accent, and maybe Bryan Adams will do the theme song.

I'm crossing my fingers for both.

Random LOST Update: Richard Alpert gets the Spotlight

If you don't follow me on twitter, you're not getting sweet LOST updates. Basically I announced the other day that the episode after next weeks (Ep. 15) will feature a Richard Alpert centric episode.

Good times.

Thrice Lets Someone in on Their Magic Tricks

Thrice is currently finishing up the tracking phase of their latest record, and they have let someone from the Orange County press come in and take a peak at the process.

The article is really great, check it out.

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It Has Begun...

So we're over halfway through the second to last season of LOST, and man are things getting crazy.

People who read my blog should know that I am an avid fan. Some people like Star Wars, some like Harry Potter, or Star Trek... I like LOST.

Nonetheless, My girlfriend and I have made the ultimate commitment, in what i'm calling "THE ULTIMATE LOST EXPERIENCE"

Basically starting from Season 1, Episode 1 viewing EVERYTHING, and I mean everything. Every episode, every commentary, everything. I may even play the video game, but that's a completely different post.

I know i'm nerdy, but hey, it's my thing.

Anyways, if you're interested, i'm also starting another blog called THE INCIDENT ROOM.
I know, I know, less than a season and a half and i'm JUST NOW starting to blog? Well, there's more to it than that. This will be a blog dedicated to talking about in depth stories, series, etc. from various medias including everything from Movies, TV, books, games, comics, whatever. Anyways, i'll let you know when it's up.

You can follow me on Twitter, and catch my LOSTWEETS, live LOST tweeting every Wednesday nights starting at 8P.M. est.

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Anyways,
thanks!