I love love love music. Tonight I got a second to explore a little bit. Here are some developments I'm excited about!
1) REM's new album is being hailed as their greatest since the 90's. You can also listen to it @ First Listen until it's release on March 8. So, REM was the very first band I ever truly fell in love with. I stayed up all night at a friend's sleepover watching MTV just so I could see their "Losing My Religion" video again and again (I grew up without the benefit of cable TV). It was the very first album I ever purchased, the one my dad heard from the next room and came over to say, "what the hell is this?" Their Monster tour was also the very first concert I ever attended. I've loved them so much I've actually enjoyed their past 5 or so releases that most critics have dismissed, but this album is definitely a return to their sounds of the 80's and 90's. Can. not. wait.
2) continuing on the 90's theme, did anyone notice that Trent Reznor, of NIN fame won an oscar the other night? Wow. That was so weird. Does that mean he's gone mainstream?
3) Brett Dennen. This actually has nothing to do with the 90's, but my awesome radio station had been playing his new single "Sydney (I'll Come Running)" from his album Loverboy (2b released April 12) and I LOVE it! So, about 2 months ago Matt and I are sitting in a coffe shop, and this song comes on (not "sydney", another one) and we both look at each other because we think we should know the song but we don't, it just sounds familiar. So I google, and it's Brett Dennen, who we know but we don't, if you know what I mean. We figure out that we do know his "Heaven" song from his last album Hope for the Hopeless, which is kinda pretty and maybe a little folksy. But this "Sidney" song is just fun. Much more rock and . . . I don't know, you know those songs that are great to drive to, and put a smile on your face? like that.
Toodles,
Jen
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