Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo - Rivers Cuomo

Many people know Rivers Cuomo as "The guy who sings for Weezer". That is entirely true. However, Rivers does more than just sing for Weezer. He plays guitar and writes some of the most well crafted music that I, and most people, have ever heard. "Alone" is a look into Rivers' life before and during Weezer, as he recorded what would go on to be one of Weezers more famous songs (Buddy Holly) and some that would never see the light of day, becoming what has been known to fans as the "Songs From The Black Hole", a space-themed rock opera that was scrapped and replaced by what would eventually become the bands second album, Pinkerton. While the quality of most of these recordings is not that great (since they are demo recordings), the album acts as something to hold Weezer fans over until the bands 6th album is released sometime in 2008. Overall I would have to give this album a B+ simply because of lack of appeal. I love it as a Weezer fan, but I'm not sure that many others who don't like Weezer would be particularly drawn to it.

Radiohead

There is no question. As far as indie bands go, Radiohead tops every list. The band was able to reinvent it's sound, making a complete change in their music, and actually gain fans. Radiohead is the epitome of indie music, they will go down in history, just like led zeppelin, pink floyd, the beatles, aerosmith, and many others. Their latest album, In Rainbows, only further proves my point.
I, like most other radiohead fans (includng Thom Yorke himself), downloaded their latest release the day it came out and paid absolutely nothing. I listened to that album all day, literally. From 7:00 until 3:00, i always had at least one headphone in at a time. Even in class. Let me just tell you that this album is one of the most amazing things to come out of 2007, if not . Tracks suck as "Jigsaw Falling into Place" (The first "official" single), Nude, and 15 Step really make this the best album of 2007. Don't try to argue. Just go buy it. I command you.

Thanksgiving...first post i guess.

Alright, so it's thanksgiving. Its at night and I'm just bored out of my mind. I spent the entire day with my family, and I'm so damn bored now that I figured, "Hey, why not start a blog"? So I did. That is, I'm starting it right now. If you're reading this, you are reading the beginning of blogging greatness. Or something that I'll start and then it'll fall by the wayside. Either way, it's keeping me busy now. So lets see, what is there to talk about? Ummmmm...well, I guess I should probably start by introducing myself. I'm Alex. I'm a Junior in High School. I live in NY with my parents and my brother. I like music...a lot. Some of my favorite bands are...you know what, wait. Never mind, because if I start listing all of my favorite bands, I know that blogger will say something about how I have too many words in this post or something. We'll leave it at that, I like so much music that it's not even funny. I like everything, from rock (all different kinds) to some hip-hop, jazz, metal, punk, indie, classical, everything. I'll listen to anything once. Umm, lets see...I have a girlfriend and she is the most amazing person ever. I have some great friends, some not so great friends, and some pretty shitty friends. But they're still my friends so they must have done something right. I also love making music. I play the guitar and the trumpet and really enjoy writing music. I can't sing for shit, but I can write decent lyrics. Nothing great, but they're alright. I enjoy reading webcomics like Questionable Content and xkcd. Hey, maybe since I mentioned them they'll give me a shout out on their website or something. Probably not though, that would be too cool. I plan on going to college as soon as I graduate. I either want to be a musician of some sort, or have something to do with music. If not that, then I want to be a psychologist. Umm, so yea, that's it about me. Basically, I don't plan on using this like a diary to write down all of my thoughts in. If something's bugging me, I'll write something about it. Otherwise, I'll probably just put up reviews of albums that I've heard or just write about stuff. Alright, that's enough for me now. I'll write something soon.

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