there's something inside that stirs when i see you

Since we've turned our clocks back one hour and I went to bed last night at 10pm, I am wide awake. I have two new discoveries. The interesting thing about these bands is they've both only released one song. They both have a unique song but the songs are like entrancing me. Thanks to Dawber for the first song: You're the One for Me by Great Good Fine Ok. They are from Brooklyn. Then, I found the other while doing research on Great Good Fine Ok. It's called Unbound by CATHEDRALS. They're from San Fran. Both wonderful cities. Enjoy these 2 on your Sunday.

RAC Remixes

I have finally finished my breaking bad addiction and all caught up with every show I watch, thanks to Christopher Columbus and this beautiful day off. I wish it could last forever. But anyway, I have recently discovered two RAC mixes and I'm always always a fan of them, but these two are amazing. The originals are destroyed by these remixes.

Think of You - MS MR

This song is amazing. The lyrics legitimately speak to me about past relationships and all that stuff. It's quite bizarre. But regardless, it's an amazing song and an even better remix.

Too Fake - Hockey
Emily and I are closet Hockey fans ever since we saw them at Lollapalooza on the Google+ Stage and they were out of control crazy on stage. They were so fun and it didn't matter if you knew any of their songs. They compelled the audience to have a great time. This song is classic Hockey and the RAC mix is wonderful. Currently on repeat for a while.

It's been so long since we've blogged.. I'm so sorry (our 2 fans out there?)

"I've got too much soul for you"
Jeana

All I want

Hey ya'll just wanted to let ya'll know about this super sad song.  I randomly found it when I went on an itunes shopping spree.

Kodaline- All I Want

No wonder I'm so into this song they are an irish band and lately I have been into Irish Pubs.  Specifically last weekend..... when I pulled a college stunt puked a the bar and flared up my acid reflux.  I'll never learn.


<3 Emily

Summertime Lollapalooza Sadness

Is it summer 2014 yet? I'm sure I'm not the only person counting down the days until next summer.  I'm sorry this is a long overdue post.  It is hard to write about something you love so much and the second it ends you life basically ends.  Lollapalooza is an addiction.  It's all I think about and it's what gets me through my dad.  As I have said many times Lollapalooza is life changing and you won't understand until you attend.

                                                 #mightducksprobz

it's better to feel pain then nothing at all......

                          These hurt so bad. Oh wait I was just in pain from the sunburn I got waiting to get one.

                                                   
                                                   Pretty Chicago. Miss you already


Jeana and I both agreed that this was the best year of lolla.  The lineup may not have been the best lineup, but this year was different we ACTUALLY HAD REAL FRIENDS WITH US! Our BFFS Andrew and Emily went to Lolla with us and well they are now addicted.  I also was hired as an undercover cop on Friday of Lollapalooza.  I made citizens arrests... well attempted to arrest two men selling coke and molly so very openly.

I mean I don't think i need to even say it but the highlight of my weekend was seeing alt-j for the second time in two months.  Once again we were front row and once again we made so much eye contact with Gus and Joe.  I mean they have to know me buy know I tweet them daily.  I swear when we stare into each other eyes they always say OMG that the girl with the twitter handle @emilychernick.  I told my dad that I think they know me and he told me that I'm on the verge of getting a DSM-V diagnosis but whatever gets alt-j attention. ∆  Also Joe killed it with the black suit its like he was a part of suit sundays.

                                               ∆∆ Getting ready to make eye contact.


Vampire weekend was amazing  I'm obsessed with Ezra I think he is so talented and smart (rumor has it he scored above a 1600 on the SAT).  Anyways Vampire weekend had sick transitions into songs.  It also helped that we all chugged bud light limes the beer of music festivals as well as know every song they played.

I guess it's normal to do splits during Vampire Weekend

I would also like to give a shout out to Ellie Goulding.  She sang your song which is ONE OF MY FAVORITE COVERS! She also cried at the end of the show which was so cute! I mean I know it shouldn't bother me but i just don't get how she dated skrillex WTF I'm glad she's moved on!





We also met some interesting charecters a long the way such as Jeanas new Molly lover who had dried spit on the side of his mouth and just really needed a drink of water.  Then there were the two best friends sitting in the handicap section that made me cry because they had the most beautiful friendship.  I know I'm embarrassing but Jeana is use to it by now.  There was also the girl who was running during Lana del Rey stopped puked in front of this couple making out stood up and just ran away.  Never a dull moment at Lolla.

It's also very safe to climb the light pole before Phoenix

 

Still waiting Eddies make out Club

Pretending we are such hippie hipsters

Well now I'm depressed, suicidal and angry that i have to wait 325 days or 10 months 21 days 14 hours and 25 mins until next year.

Razor blade,
Emily

Covers of the Week

So, back in February, Emily and I posted our top 5 favorite covers. We've recently discovered some new covers that are amazing. Incase you forgot, my top 5 favorite covers were...

1. Shelter - Hercules and Love Affair (The xx cover)
2. Love is Blindness - Jack White (U2 cover)
3. The Cave - Alex Winston (Mumford & Sons cover)
4. Unfinished Business - Mumford & Sons (White Lies cover)
5. Take Care - Florence & the Machine (Drake cover)

Here are some of our new favorites to add on to this list...

Islands - Atlas Genius (The xx cover)

Dancing on my Own - Kings of Leon (Robyn cover)

Tessellate - Ellie Goulding (Alt-J cover)

P.S. Check out Atlas Genius' new album When It Was Now... It's pretty solid. 

Feeling very short with my words... I'm out

Jeana

The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out...

It's been so long. I am so so sorry to all of my fans (aka maybe 3 people if I'm lucky). I've been so busy traveling the country and pulling teeth that I haven't had a chance to blog since June! This summer flew by and I couldn't be more depressed, but thankfully music and applesauce are getting me through these tough days. Only one more week until work starts back up again. Might need to go buy some extra razorblades! Kidding... kind of

I have so much to say I'm not even sure where to begin... maybe my summer adventures which included a lot of time in cars thus yielding a lot of music listened to.

Lollapalooza 2013, although impossible to get tickets this year because of Stubhub assholes, was probably the best Lolla I've been to. Not even for the lineup this year, I just had an awesome time with friends and the atmosphere was the best yet. Plus, wearing jeans for 2 out of the 3 days didn't hurt. Also, talking to a man on molly was the highlight of my weekend. I love messing with incoherent people. There were a lot of great bands there this year and I enjoyed as many as I could... I'll leave most of the synopsis of Lolla 2013 to Emily, but my top 5 bands this year were:

1. Vampire Weekend
2. Ellie Goulding
3. Phoenix
4. Alt-J
5. The Neighbourhood

Honorable Mentions
The Killers (surprisingly extremely entertaining)
Imagine Dragons (minus their interrupted set by loss of power)
Emeli Sande (don't know much about her but that guurrrlll can sing)

After traveling to Chicago via car with Emily, I decided it'd be a good idea to drive cross country with my brothers in just 5 days. That's right... Jersey to Cali Sunday through Thursday. It was a rough drive but very eye-opening. Like there is nothing west of the Mississippi River until you get to the Pacific Ocean... legit. The most boring states to drive through were easily Nebraska and Nevada. They might as well not exist except for the fact they provide the US with corn and casinos. Oh well. On this trip, we listened to a lot of good music and we were listening to full albums which was fun. We listened to Flight of the Conchords (bringing me back to my college days), Vampire Weekend albums, The Black Keys albums, Phoenix albums, and of course the new Capital Cities album A Tidal Wave of Mystery.

Capital Cities album is amazing (minus the song Farrah Fawcett which I really hate... sorry Andre 3000). Kangaroo Court is my current favorite single, but obviously everyone has heard Safe and Sound. A must download album in my eyes.

After finally making it to Cali and relaxing for a day and a half, I took the red eye back to Philly, got in Sunday morning, took a power nap, and drove to CT to have my wisdom teeth pulled this morning. I went into the dentist today thinking I was going to be knocked out... seems the most logical. I got there only to discover they weren't actually knocking me out, they were just numbing me. I was pretty much shaking the whole time and sweating profusely, but I made it through and my dentist said I did awesome. Now, besides the swelling, pain, and not being able to eat solids for a week, I am indulging in some music. Obviously after my wisdom teeth were out (R.I.P. wisdom) I had to listen to Step by Vampire Weekend.

"The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out" explains my life perfectly... not to mention it's an awesome song. I miss them so much. They were one of the best bands I think I've ever seen live. And I wasn't even that big of a vampire weekend fan going into Lollapalooza. But coming out of there, I am forever changed. I would pay anything to see them multiple times. They were so fun and I forgot how many lyrics I actually knew.

So, things to take away from this post...

1. If you're going to travel cross country, skip Nebraska and Nevada unless you're going to Las Vegas I guess.
2. Vampire Weekend and Capital Cities are the hot bands this summer and fall
3. Wisdom teeth surgery just being numbed is as frightening as it sounds. I heard teeth breaking. That was fun
4. Summer vacation should be longer than 2 months.

Anyway, I suppose it's time to ice my face and also face the reality that I should start planning for another fun filled year of Math at MHS and QU, planning every event at the school, and shooting myself in the head.

Here's to hoping I blog sooner than 2 months from now...

xoxo
Jeana "Wisdom-less" Favat

Royals

Last night I worked an overnight shift at work.  8pm to 6am.  It was honestly the most fun I have ever had in my entire life.  Due to no sleep and this stupid heat I am never leaving my bed today which gives me so much time to listen to my favorite new song Royals by Lorde.   I love this song so much.

Emilyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

New addition to the depression playlist!

Hello my little sweeties I have been so busy working 100 hour shifts starting at 6am that I have been so distant from music.  But one of the benefits to working these very long days is that I get to hear my new favorite depression song every couple of hours.  Currently my entire store is so sick of the current cd mix we are playing and I agree we need a new cd but I hope they keep this song in the mix.  So I would like to officially welcome Angus & Julia Stone and their song Big Jet Plane to the depression playlist.

It is an honor to be added to the depression playlist so welcome!!!




xoxox

Emily

WHIF: Savoir Adore - Empire of Light

As I was watching Alt-J interviews, on the right side of YouTube this band Savoir Adore came up. So I decided to give it a listen. This song reminds me so much of Stars' sound. Figured it was a good day to hear some new music. 

Guess who's back, back again

Sup tricks, I been ghosting around this blog but now I'm back. 

I didn't go to govs ball and from Jeanas review I'm glad I didnt. I did go to sweetlife festival in May and also had horrible weather but I saw the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and if you're a real fan you know they're a favorite of mine. They were the highlight of my summer and Karen O was everything I ever hoped she would be, trying to see them in a small venue next.

Passion Pit was also amazing but I think my favorite part of passion pit was some girl telling me I was her inspiration cause I was having so much fun dancing. Id like to see them in a smaller setting as well.

I have a lot of current obsession songs but I'm gonna go with Grouplove Ways to Go, it's awesome and so is the video.  

I can't embed it since I'm writing this from a mobile device but here is the link.

http://youtu.be/VGvHnDeS12o

Adios,

LSM

Governor's Ball Day 3

Before I go into detail about day 3, I need to back track to day 1 because when we first got to the park, we saw Swear and Shake. After careful listening, I've concluded they are the next The Head and The Heart. They have a nice sound to them and I'm really enjoying it.

Anyway, back to day 3... I honestly forget what happened on this day. Oh yeah! Cold War Kids, Yeasayer, The Lumineers, and The xx. Well, needless to say the crowd at GB absolutely SUCKED. A bunch of party animals who just want to get drunk instead of listening to great music.

Cold War Kids were okay, nothing earth shattering. They did play my 2 favorite songs: Hospital Beds and Saint John, but I was expecting more from them. I'm not sure what else I needed but it was missing something.

Next, Emily and I hung out in the shade near the lawn games. I got pooped on by a bird which was upsetting. Then, we saw Yeasayer. They were so cool. I really enjoyed the little I saw of them. We headed over to The Lumineers to get a good spot, but it was way too crowded. I was also trying to find my cousin. We finally found him and his two friends and the crowd ruined the entire show... until the choir of children came! The Lumineers brought out little kids in their uniforms and they sang during Stubborn Love and Ho Hey. This is Emily and my dream for any band. Children choirs are a must. It was super cute. But, the crowd ruined the rest of the show. I'm looking forward to giving The Lumineers a second chance at Lolla in August.

Final show of the night: The xx... One of my all-time favorite bands (next to Metric). We've already seen them, but I was still excited to hear them. Once again, the idiots of the Governor's Ball were busy chatting and drinking instead of appreciating music. This would never happen at Lollapalooza. They ruined The xx for me and Emily and I checked out early.

Overall, if I were to grade the Governor's Ball Music Festival, I'd give it a C-. Now, part of this grade is due to the unfortunate weather, but I was honestly having fun the rainy day until I acquired hypothermia. The layout was not particularly appealing and it was a small festival for too many people. The grounds were very muddy everywhere and today is the first day I have clean feet. It's Wednesday people. That's too long to have muddy feet. The sound system wasn't particularly amazing. If you stood in a weird spot, you couldn't hear well and then there was of course the people. Lollapalooza would never let such people in, but it was just annoying to try to listen to a favorite band and have people ruin an experience when you know the band is amazing. Another thing I'd like to criticize them is if you aren't listening to music, there aren't a lot of things to do. At Lollapalooza, there is an activity to do no matter what. My other complaint is the Miller Lite situation. I drank Miller High Life all weekend, which is absurd. Who drinks Miller High Life anymore unless you're at 38 Raelin Road for a rager. Other than those complaints, I enjoyed the music I could hear over the drunk people and the food was decent. Oh, and the transportation to get there was pretty good considering the amount of people they had on the island.

A C- isn't particularly appealing on a transcript, so better luck next year Governor's Ball. Except not because I'm not giving you my money next year.

Lollapalooza for LIFE. Literally the best festival in the U.S.A.

xoxo
Jeana Unger-Hamilton

The unimportant parts of day 2

Well as my previous post talked about the only good part of not only Saturday but the whole weekend was Alt J.  Day two was filled with mud, tears, and miller light.  Jeana and I were both open to giving this festival a second chance.  The weather was beautiful but there is just so many things wrong with the festival it deserves its own post.  Anyways Jeana and I arrived at the festival extremely early that day apparently we were very fast at getting ready.  The second we walked in we knew that there was no way we could wear our shoes.  Since the park has very little cement it was complete mud.  So we became one with nature and embraced the mud.  We know have the softest feet and may have contracted some diseases but oh well.

We made our first vine

The first band we listened to was Robert DeLong.  I really love his song Global Concepts.  I kind of hate to say I like him because i hate EDM and he is a little EDM ewww vomit I can't believe I said that.

There were a lot of young teens at the festival that day and then we came to the realization that they were all there for Icona Pop.  Jeana decided during this time she wanted to be an undercover cop due to the amount of these young teens with drinking wrist bands.  I said i just wanted to go up and pretend like I am interested in a fake ID and where to get one.  Maybe next festival we can do that.

Alt J Front row that all i will say.

Immediately after Alt J was Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zero aka Ryan Gossling.  Love them but could not hear them because Governors ball does not believe in good sound systems and many people attending the Governors ball are not as interested in music and would much rather prefer shouting with their friends.  Please for all of you annoying people at Governors Ball which was pretty much everyone please do not attend lollapalooza you are not welcomed.

We then ended the night with a suprise performance of Kings of Leon.  They were suppose to play the previous night but it was canceled due to Tropical Storm Andrea.  I also like to pretend that I am good friends with them because one of them is married to a VS model and since I'm an employee I like to pretend like I am friends with them.  I mean I don't mean to brag but i did sit next to Candice while she ate lunch....

Overal the only good thing about day two was alt j.  I don't really like this festival.  It was too muddy the people attending was so annoying and it serves miller light when all I want is a Bud Light.  Like what kind of world do we live in.  I would say besides Alt J my only favorite part was watching a girl do meth besides me.  Lollaplooza I will always love you! No one does it like Perry.

-Emily

The first time I saw Alt J.........

On January 9th 2013 I stumbled across a song called Fitpleasure by a band called Alt-J.  Immediately after the first listen I fell in love the song.  This then lead me to download the entire album An Awesome Wave.  I would say that on that January day my life changed forever.  My obsession for Alt J is intense and borderline they may need to file a restraining order soon.  The main reason why I wanted to attend the Governors Ball was to see Alt J.  I mean their shows sell out in the 5 seconds so clearly I was limited on how I would see them.  The previous day Jeana and I stood in a tropical storm and I developed walking pneumonia but that was not going to stop me from seeing ∆.  The entire Saturday morning leading up to their show I had such anxiety because I was finally going to get my chance to see them live.  The last time my anxiety was this bad was when I went to see Charlie Sheen interesting.

Front row at Alt- J ∆ wearing my triangle shirt ∆

 Jeana and I were very lucky and headed to the stage very early and were able to get a front row spot which is the only acceptable way for me to watch Alt J.  Like five minutes before they were set to come on this girl a little behind us "passed out" so security was asking me to move so they could get her.  I was like no way am I moving that dumb bitch can have her friend move her to the side.  Like sweetie clearly you need to learn how to drink responsibly you embarrassing mess.  But thats besides the point I still kept my front row spot.  

The second Joe, Gus, Gwil and Thom took the stage my heart honestly stopped for like 5 seconds.  I cried when they played fitzpleasure because I just love them so much and I could not believe I was finally seeing them live.    Dreams do come true . I tweet Alt J probably at least once a week and as I have previously posted they responded to my tweet. I kept telling Jeana that they kept recognizing me she doesn't agree with me but I still think so.  This is my all time number one favorite performance from a band ever.  They are amazing live and everyone should go see them (but stand in the back because front row is reserved for me only thanks).  I was not disappointed they pretty much played all of An Awesome Wave which is what I was hoping for.  

∆ <3∆

Matilda

See you in 55 days Alt J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emily P.S. We should be together too

Governor's Ball Day 1

Today Governors Ball NYC commenced... Our first music festival that wasn't Lollapalooza. We expect big things from music festivals because we are spoiled with the best of the best. We woke up to the sound of rain and weather nearing the 60's... Sounding like a terrible day but who would actually expect it to rain ALL day... 12 hours straight?

First thing we did was we embarked on a poncho hunt. At Modell's, we spotted some XL men's rain coats. They were on sale for $19.99 so it seemed like the best idea. The worker there thought we were insane, but they were just what we needed to survive the monsoon/hurricane Andrea.

We managed to get to Randall's Island with no problems and were welcomed to the mud pit of America. There weren't that many people there yet, but we tried to explore the little island. Here's a taste of the bands we saw...

1. Swear and Shake

2. Bear Mountain (luckily this band was under a tent, so we had some shelter for 30 minutes)

3. Polica

4. Of Monsters and Men (This is about when Emily and I started to get hypothermia and pneumonia. We stood in the downpour for an hour jamming to our favorite band even though they were much less interactive this time. They must love Chicago.)

5. Crystal Castles

Now, at this point, it's about 6:00 pm. It is freezing, raining, and there is mud EVERYWHERE. Emily and I went to the silent disco and raved responsibly and silently. We then left the silent disco and decided the mud, rain, and pneumonia wasn't worth staying. We were going to miss out on Young the Giant and Kings of Leon...

Good thing for us, they cancelled Kings of Leon (not that we wanted to see them that bad). Reading the tweets of people has made our night because people are so pissed.

Here are some top tweets:

@hilmonstah: You guys is #GovBall gonna turn into the Oregon Trail? Are you gonna have to decide who's the best to ford the river with?

@laurenfazah: #GovBall might as well have spent the day at the bottom of the East River

@Kia_Mak: Don't know much about event planning, but seems like plug could have been pulled on @GovBallNYC much earlier; cars now stuck in 10 in of mud

@NYNightlife: Shout out to the people at @GovBallNYC right now looking like they just finished a Spartan Race.

Moral of the story: Get out of the Governors Ball Music Festival when you are shaking, numb, and covered in mud.

Goodnight world... Hopefully day #2 brings better weather.

#TBT Grind

Hi my name is Emily and I am a Vampire Weekend addict.  It's so bad that i actually can't fall asleep unless I'm listening to them.  As much as I love the new album I have am back in love with their old songs specifically Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.  Since I have overtaken Intstagram with my TBT I thought I would post this TBT gem.  Thank god today my classes ended so now I'm officially on summer break and can fill my days listening to Vampire Weekend.

I also love Oxford Comma because its just so fucking weird!

-E 

True life I'm a vampire

If you are my friend you know i have an obsession with vampires (Twilight and True Blood) and I went through I phase of biting people at the age of 21 and 22.  Don't worry I've had all my vaccines and i normally don't break the skin.  That may have been TMI sorry!  Anyways today the new Vampire Weekend album Modern Vampires of the Weekend came out today and i legally downloaded it on itunes.  I am beyond obsessed with it as well as with them and the lead singer Ezra I like totally have a crush.  If you buy this album to support my crush Ezra and the rest of Vampire Weekend you will not be disappointed it will be the best $9.99 you will ever spend!  Here are some of the best songs in my opinion off the album!!!!!

DIANE YOUNG-I mean obsessed does not even describe how I feel about this song.  I will never in my entire life get sick of this song!!!!!!!!! REPEAT FOR DAYS!!!!

Unbelievers

Worship You

-Emily the vampire

W.D.Y.W.F.M?

On this edition of WHIF (we heard it first), The Neighbourhood!

I can't contain my excitement. I wanted to make The Neighbourhood my FFF (Fast Forward Friday) Artist of the week, but their album is entirely too good right now. Their debut album I Love You just came out towards the end of April and the single Sweater Weather is currently tearing up the radios. Here is Sweater Weather, W.D.Y.W.F.M?, and Flawless. I just have to say when looking at the track list, I knew immediately that W.D.Y.W.F.M? stood for what do you want from me? before even hearing the song. I must be some sort of decoding expert.

My new obsession. Might need to follow them on twitter and hope for a RT. Fingers crossed!

And they are in Philly June 25th! Ah $14 tickets. And it's the last day of school... Could I make it from Hartford to Philly by 8pm?

"Your only flaw, you are flawless. But I just can't wait for love to destroy us - The Neighbourhood"

Fast Forward (almost) Friday

I have invented a new day of the week... Fast Forward Friday (copyright pending). What this means is that on Friday's, I am going to try to bring some attention/publicity to an upcoming band or album release so that we can all be ahead of the radio/popular curve. Because I know we all HATE when you love a song on an album and then a year later, that particular song becomes incredibly popular because the radio stations got their act together and put it on the air. Radio 104.1 needs to pick up their game... or I should just be a radio DJ on the side.

Although it's not Friday, the very first Fast Forward Friday honor goes to my latest obsession... Capital Cities. On the radio, you may have heard the very popular Safe and Sound. It's extremely catchy and has such a positive upbeat tempo. Apparently, they released it in 2011 but it got no air time. Now, with their album coming out, they re-released it and it seems to be doing better the second time around.

It has just been brought to my attention that last night they were in Boston, tonight they're in NYC, and tomorrow they're in Philly. Such torture. But I'll see them in person one day.

Anyway, back to their upcoming album release. Their album In a Tidal Wave of Mystery is set to release on June 3rd. Less than a month away, but somehow I managed to find an EP with 5 of the songs from this new album on it. Those songs include: Center Stage, I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo, Love Away, Patience Gets Us Nowhere Fast, and Safe and Sound. I honestly can't pick just one favorite yet because they are all so catchy and amazing. But I'll let you preview two that I think will hook you guys.

P.S. On their new album, they have a song featuring Andre 3000. Anyone who knows me knows how I feel about Andre 3000. I can't wait to buy the album. Rock on Capital Cities. You guys are amazing.

Love your new biggest fan,
Jeana

Jeana i lied to you again

Jeana since I lied to you about Back to Black I feel like there is something else i should tell you that I lied about.  Well you know how I told you i didn't like Jeff the Brotherhoods music just their personality and music...  well i downloaded Hypnotic Nights last week the album the recorded with DAN AUERBACH and I hate to say i love it.  I mean it just makes me want to day drink and love America.  I mean I didn't like it at first but i gave it a second chance.  I hope you can forgive me that's why I'm posting this apology on our blog.

This interview still makes me pee my pants.

I like this song......

Sorry for lying Jeana it will NEVER happen again.. I hope!

-Rose Dawson