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Local Naties- "Breakers"

Well, it's taken forevvvvvver but the Local Natives are finally releasing a follow up album to 2010's Gorilla Manor.

Judging by the first single they have put out, Breakers, it's gonna be good.

Listen to is here y'all.

Sufjan!

Sufjan Stevens! At the Aladdin Theater! Playing Christmas Songs! December 6th! I'm so excited!

Eat that 21st Century!

I don't know why, but there is something undeniably gratifying about getting rid of certain creature comforts that have somehow, unnecessarily, made it into our societies hierarchy of needs. Basically what I am saying is that because I now live alone and don't have 2 other people helping me pay the bills, I got rid of the internet at my house. I know I know, how am I going to watch all those terrible TV shows that I fill my free time with or surf the internet for juicy celebrity gossip or check my facebook every 6 minuets? Well the answer is I'm not! Take that! By cancelling my internet I have saved myself a hefty chunk of change and turned the internet into a special treat that I have to venture out and find rather then have at my fingertips. Right now I'm at my favorite Eugene coffee spot Vero looking at my favorite websites, checking in on my favorite bloggers and NOT just sitting around my house in my underwear with all the windows closed and the shades drawn getting lost in the vortex that Al Gore created so long ago. By the time this americano is over, I'll be bored and head back to my apartment to maybe clean or read or make some art. Nice!

Andy Bird

Andrew Bird has that fantastic effortless quality to his music. When he is singing, whistling and/or playing violin, he appears to just be his natural state. I love his voice and the way he composes a song and his lyrics which are so different then any other songwriters. That's partly why I am so pumped for his new Hands of Glory, the companion album to Break It Yourself. This little teaser video gives us a taste of the folksy, intimate style this album will have and the photo below it gives us a taste of how great Andrew Bird really is.

Nails and Ales

I don't ever paint my nails. Mostly because you have to sit and wait for it to dry and because my nails are big in comparison to my fingers and it just ends up looking really strange (I did used to paint just the ring finger on my left hand pink in middle school but that's only because I was a total weirdo). But when I came across the tumblr Nails and Ales I couldn't resist.

I have some MAD respect for this girl. She is serious about her nails and her ales and that is something I can 100% get behind.

I mean come on!