Killing two birds with one stone I present my April and May hauls from Vinyl Me Please. Since so many albums were very festive in color, how could I not capture their awesomeness by taking photos below?!
Here is my April haul. It consisted of the Album of the Month which was Fugees: The Score. Freshman year of high school? How could I not love it?! Other albums included the new Bleached (looks like a cookie dunked in milk), Parquet Courts, Black Mountain (green vinyl), Explosions in the Sky (clear vinyl with geometric shapes), Yeasayer, and Sufjan Steven's anniversary release of Illinoise (the one album is in the shape of a star - red, white and blue!) Check out all of the radness below....
Here is May's haul. The album of the month being Weezer's "Pinkerton." An album I did not appreciate as much in the past but now I have a strong liking for. The album is marbled blue with black and the inside of the sleeve is a pop-out! Aesop Rock's albums are neon green and magenta. There is a HUGE poster which folds out to a gargantuan size of stellar artwork. White Lung I will see in August and have heard so much buzz about them, I had to pick up their album. Here are pictures of the albums....
This was my first time seeing Explosions in the Sky. I had no idea they hailed from Austin, Texas. My brother informed me (newbie Texan) they played many times in that area as he saw them at one of the festivals. One of my favorite Sleater-Kinney fans was celebrating her birthday this evening and what a way to celebrate than spending it at a concert. It was really amazing! The sounds coming out of their instruments sounded like something incapable to be produced by humans as her friend Mike claimed. Most people would kind of shun the idea of no singing and all instrumental but it was worth every penny. They were connecting with the audience clearly solely through sound and it was a beautiful thing. The thing I did not like were all of the side conversations going on during the show. I think my friend said something like "People need to shut up and stop talking!" They heard her and I believed it worked. Oddly enough my cousins were at this show all the way towards the back! I didn't notice until they uploaded photos on their Instagram the following day. They also said the same thing, it was the most amazing show ever and how blown away they were. The girl not too far from where we were standing nabbed the set list. Holding it out so we could take a picture of it, she claimed she was still shaking from their performance. I own their new album and will definitely look into their previous albums. So, Explosions in the Sky, you have a new fan. :)
