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New Blog Theme Version 2.0
Jun 20
09
Like the saying goes, “New look, same great taste”. At least I think that’s how it goes.
As you can see archasung.com has a new look and I’m liking it for now. A bit darker I know, but I like to change things up a bit. I wanted more of simpler look and the previous version was looking really dated to me. A note for all you mobile users out there, I created a version for you which looks pretty much the same except the sidebar is at the bottom of the page. A problem I did notice is that the Audio Player may or may not work depending on what mobile phone you are using. The Audio player is flash, so sorry all you iPhone users out there (me included). However, I will do some research and see if there’s a better way to play audio so everyone can be happy.
Enjoy.
June Hodgepodge
Jun 16
09
This post is going to be pretty short for maybe the three of you who actually reads this blog, but here are some new updates.
The Legends just released their new album Over and Over today and it has about 12 songs. I haven’t bought it yet, but what I’ve heard it’s not too bad (I know that doesn’t sound good). Some songs are very distortion heavy and others are more on the regular indie pop sound. I tend to listen to the songs and come back at another time and listen to songs again and then buy them. I know, I’m weird.
The Radio Dept. released a new single called “David” and I found it on another music site called Brooklyn Vegan. Here’s the link to the song. It sounds pretty cool and I hope they tour on the west coast when their album comes out.
Last week I saw Camera Obscura and I’m still not over it yet. For a fix I just watch the video below.
Camera Obscura: Concert
Jun 10
09
Tuesday night was a great kick off for the summer concert series with Camera Obscura. They were at the Glass House in Pomona and I was glad that it was only thirty minutes away. Cara, my friend Rob and I got there around 7:30pm, which is pretty damn early to think of it. We didn’t realize until later that they had two bands opening for them, actually a DJ and a band called Agent Ribbons. Camera Obscura wasn’t going to play until 9:40, so we took our time and Rob bought tickets for the Band of Horses concert at the Glass House box office. They’re actually playing at the newly restored Fox Theater in downtown Pomona in late August. I still got to get the tickets.
Hurry up payday.
Neil Halstead: Alison
May 29
09
I don’t really have much to talk lately, but I went to the mojave 3 website and I found a gem. For all those Slowdive fans out there, Neil Halstead did a live version of “Alison” at a concert in Chicago. When Mojave 3 was on tour last time (which seems like eons ago), they played “Dagger” and I thought they played one more Slowdive song, but I can’t really remember. Neil’s version is quite interesting and he plays it as if he just wrote the song for his latest solo album. Folksy, organic and more acoustic comes to mind. It’s not bad at all, but what can beat the original with all the typical shoegazing sounds from whatever effects pedal they were using at the time. “Alison” takes me back and will always have a place in my heart.
Here’s the original Alternate video for Slowdive’s “Alison”
P.S. I mentioned on my last post about the latest Legends album being released on May 6th. Well, I messed up again and it’s actually being released here in the U.S on June 16th. May 6th was the released date for all the other cool countries I guess. Sorry for the confusion.