A Few of My Favorite Things

My Favorite CD's At The Moment:

1. "The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me" by Brand New
2. "Alls Well That Ends Well" by Chiodos
3. "Colour Revolt" by The Color Revolt
4. "Split The Country..." By Kevin Devine

These, out of all the music I listen to have to be my most favorite at the moment. I say at the moment because my favorite cds always change. But the one I know that will remain a constant has to be Brand New's "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me". For me, everything on this album is amazing, from the music to the vocals, right down to the lyrics. I honestly can't find one song that I do not love on this album, from the moment I listened to it I was hooked.

Chiodos was introduced to me a few months ago when a friend of mine burned a copy of their CD and told me I NEEDED to listen to it. To say the least I did, and I fell in love with mainly the singer's (Craig Owens) voice. Its a bit more higher than most male vocalists I listen to. The CD is amazing and has some amazing lyrics and breakdowns...always a plus!

The Colour Revolt is one of those bands that you're forced to listen to because they are the opening act for one of the many concerts you go to. They opened for Brand New this summer, and from the first sound of the harmonica they blew my mind. It was like something I never heard of before. The Colour Revolt, I can honestly say is very different from most of the music I listen to, and the one band that opened up that I liked. Normally I hate the opening band. I'm a band snob, I go to the show mainly for the one band I really want to see.

Kevin Devine, reminded me a little of Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes. He seems very indie, but less drunk than Oberst. A part of the reason of why I started listening to Kevin Devine was because my favorite musician, Jesse Lacey, was featured in many of Devine's songs. "Split the Country..." is an amazing album, one that takes control of you in my opinion. It's very politically charged, which I normally do not like, but fits in with a lot of my own views. Another reason why I love this album is because of one song "No Time Flat" and one line in that song "You say support your troops, I do I want them all brought back" I can't agree more with that since I have a cousin who is in Iraq for the past several months, and I think that's the best way to support our troops, to bring them all home!

This list could go on forever....