So I know I’m about a million years late (as every day in the blog world is like a month), even though I read a sweet article about Karen O earlier this summer, but I’ve finally listened to Yeah Yeah Yeahs It’s Blitz!. It’s a lot more synth-poppy than their prior albums, but personally I’m in love with the soft side of Karen O (i.e. “Maps”). I love the tracks that slow it down and seem a lot more, real. These songs make me want to sing songs, which, in my opinion, is always the best sign.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Soft Shock

I have a lot of feelings about this, so perhaps it’s best if I just get it out and move on. I positively hate twitter. Every time I see a link that says “follow us/me on twitter” it makes me cringe. The idea that this is the wave of the future, this is all we have the attention span for anymore? 140 characters of self-promoting bullshit about other people’s boring lives. I know I’m not the most qualified to be ranting about this, as I am writing this on a blog, with the idea that other people will read or want to read it, but I’d like to think that there is a difference between blogging and twittering (can’t even believe that’s an accepted word now), especially in my case because (other than right now) I’m never blogging about myself per say. I feel as if one day my children will be telling their’s “Kids, back when I was your age, Grandma refused to embrace twitter. She would complain that she never had any idea what was going on in my life, but she never read my tweets! She was all ‘Why can’t you just write on my facebook wall like the olden days?’” So at the risk of sounding like an old person who has refused to embrace the internet, I’m putting it out there. And as a reward for reading this, here is a bangin’ tune.

Madvillain – Accordion

This was another song recommendation from a friend. The Millioners are from Finland (what is it about Scandinavia and electronica that work so well?) and are dedicated to dancing. Everything other than this track was a little bit on the cheesy side for me, but with an album titled Most Sexiest Music (which I think is awesome and ridiculous at the same time), I think it’s pretty much to be expected. This song has grown on me slowly, so give it a chance. Perfect for a gloomy Friday such as this one.

The Millioners – Up To You

Obviously new music is not always the best music. I decided to take a trip back to 1996 recently, with my own personal reinvestigation of Outkast‘s ATLiens. Sometimes I forget how much I enjoy Andre3000′s flow, and this album is an excellent reminder. Hopefully this brings back pleasant memories for you, or fosters new ones.

Outkast – ATLiens
Outkast – Elevators (Me & You)