Vampire Weekend – “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”

I've been listening to waaaay too much Vampire Weekend this summer. It just…feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel, too.

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Sigur Rós – “Ný Batterí”

I really love Sigur Rós but I don't really get a chance to listen to them enough.

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Jon Brion – “Hook, Line, and Sinker”

I love this guy's work in films such as I ♥ Huckabees and Magnolia and Synecdoche, New York and of course (when he was, I believe, at his most sublime) Punch-Drunk Love, so I decided to check out his solo album Meaningless.

It's pretty sweet stuff but nothing really amazing. I think I prefer his film work, actually.

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About the author: A prolific contributor to Jul with some 1908 posts published, Sofi better fancies herself as a cinema geek, a composer, an occasional gamer, a budding fashionita, an absolute cooking newbie and a general life enthusiast-satirist. She is responsible for a number of notable discussions about meteorology and current events and may be contacted at any time through private messaging.

Vampire Weekend – “White Sky”

I'm giving their second album Contra another listen and this time I like it a bit more but the hooks still aren't as strong as their first album. I think a problem is that they transitioned towards a more "soft" sound so they don't come off as nice and strong as they did before.

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About the author: A prolific contributor to Jul with some 1922 posts published, Sofi better fancies herself as a cinema geek, a composer, an occasional gamer, a budding fashionita, an absolute cooking newbie and a general life enthusiast-satirist. She is responsible for a number of notable discussions about meteorology and current events and may be contacted at any time through private messaging.

The Wrens – “Thirteen Grand”

Before I started to listen to music more seriously, I listened to The Wrens's album The Meadowlands and I didn't have much to say about it. But countless records later, I'm really coming to enjoy this indie gem. It's difficult to elaborate on this at the moment—I'm really tired right now—but The Wrens have solidified a spot in my play cycle. What a great album.

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About the author: A prolific contributor to Jul with some 1942 posts published, Sofi better fancies herself as a cinema geek, a composer, an occasional gamer, a budding fashionita, an absolute cooking newbie and a general life enthusiast-satirist. She is responsible for a number of notable discussions about meteorology and current events and may be contacted at any time through private messaging.

Radiohead – “Paranoid Android”

I've been so busy listening to The Wrens, Animal Collective, Sufjan Stevens and others recently that Radiohead hasn't been getting any plays! This is a situation that totally requires rectification so now I'm listening to their third album OK Computer. I think it's pretty cool how robot/computer era-esque Radiohead's themes were at this time and their follow-up album Kid A which was, I think, about the fears of the incoming age of the Internet.

OK Computer is a pretty great album. I don't think there's much of a weak song anywhere except maybe the throwaway song "Fitter, Happier".

This album brought me into the world of alternative/indie music and I keep having to come back for more.

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About the author: A prolific contributor to Jul with some 1993 posts published, Sofi better fancies herself as a cinema geek, a composer, an occasional gamer, a budding fashionita, an absolute cooking newbie and a general life enthusiast-satirist. She is responsible for a number of notable discussions about meteorology and current events and may be contacted at any time through private messaging.