dear hipster runoff, you are fantastic. love, devyn

so now i know that i'm not the only person who doesn't "get" no age.
and i know i should feel the same way about wavves as you stated in your last post, because they're both that lofi punk shit, but nathan is just so gosh darn flippin cute, that i might waste a whole $8 to see him at market hotel next weekend ... or not.
i heard he's better live? but as you said, he's "just a chill guy who plays gigs in comfortable sportswear" ... i might believe that. i do believe that.
maybe he really DOES only have one good song.
poor kid. he has nice hair.

anyways, i was passing by some magazine store in the city today as i saw in the display alternating covers of fader. zach condon of beirut on one cover and natasha khan of bat for lashes on the other. i ran inside only to find that all of the issues had bat for lashes. i went to the window, pulled out one with zach's face, then realized it was a double cover. zach on one side, natasha on the other.
oh danggggggg shits, i got so excited. you get both! in one issue! how exciting is that?!?!?? but of course, zach is far more exciting, even though he looks old and fat now. maybe because he's most definitely married to granola face.
ahemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.



we also picked up the latest issue of bust with lily allen on the front, which made me remember how much natasha khan and lily look alike, and it was totally [not] funny because we were getting one magazine with lily on the front and one with natasha on the front. ha .. yess.
i honestly think they're twins separated at birth, only natasha has a piggier nose.



really?


oh, and this! they're in the SAME magazine!
if i was retarded, i would think there were just two pictures of lily on the contents page of bust. why would they put them next to each other? oh and don't mind my two boyfriends also on the same page.






ok, so obviously lily allen is more tan, and her boobs are slightly larger, but they most definitely have similar facial features ... so weird.

we purchased our magazines, then as we were walking out, we saw this in the window:

i cannot express enough how much i DESPISE the teenagers and this asshole.
he's so disrespectful and horrible. how can anyone appreciate the teenagers?
nothing about them is appealing.
clearly, you are deaf or tasteless if you think they make good music.
can you even call it music?

we then continued on to get a slurpie and sit on a bench.
i took a picture of a tree.


p.s.
IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR OUR FAVORITE HIKING SANDALS!

for real?

p.p.s.
NEW YORK NOISE IS ON BUT CHANNEL 25 DOESN'T WORK!!

well it's been a long time, long time now, since i've seen you smile

so of course, as you might already know, i saw beirut at BAM last night, the last day of his three brooklyn shows.
words cannot express how much i missed zach condon and his trumpet. it had been a year and four months since his masonic temple show which absolutely blew my mind. i only expected this show to be just as wonderful, if not better.
i had dear zachary on the "i'm mad at you, but i still love you, but you're really crappy for never playing shows in the area that i can actually attend" list until yesterday, but he had finally made it out of that hole of shame.

he was in a good mood and had tons of energy. i honestly couldn't have asked for a better show from him, though i am confused as to why he didn't play "scenic world" ... but whatever, it was still a great set. he played a few songs from gulag, some from flying club cup, elephant gun, some new material from the ep's, including my two favorites "the concubine" and "the akara." he also played a serge gainsbourg cover of "la javanaise", which was absolutely fantastic, and two songs that i don't have ... one is called "east harlem" and the other, i'm not sure of.
update: maybe it's called "kozak" or something ... i don't know, i probably read the setlist wrong.

i honestly can't even get over how great he was. he amazes me to no end. his voice is like tall glass of baritone brilliance.
it's smoother than a red velvet cupcake and more enjoyable than a steaming mug of thick hot chocolate with whipped cream on a bitterly cold day.
it's incrdible that a boy so young can create such complex and amazing music. i cannot thank you enough, zach condon.
oh, and kaki king was adorable ... she can do all the rock moves while playing her song in 11/8 that she wants. she was so good! i definitely underestimated her before the show.

here are some photos i snuck towards the end before getting caught:










videos!
i apologize for the crappy filming ... i had to hide the light from the screen in order to keep myself from getting in trouble, so i couldn't actually see what was on the screen, hence the reason why sometimes you'll see someone's head or the wall. i tried!

"the concubine"


"nantes"


"the akara"


"a sunday smile"

so...

i was sitting on the toilet flipping through last week's issue of time out, and voila, there was a feature on beirut.
i know, i know ... you're probably sick and tired of the abundance of beirut posts on here, but i can't help it.
aparently he's not married, and he and his granola gurlfran just moved in together in east williamsburg.
they have two cats.
here's the full article (click to make it bigger)


5 days til i get to see him again!
i wish i had tickets for the 4th and 6th.
hummm :(

awesome!

what dumbass puts his secret show at 10pm at some dumb bar in greenpoint on a monday, the same day as andrew bird oh, andddd as his best friends a hawk and a hacksaw?
zach condon of course ... also the mastermind behind putting his february shows on the same days as final fantasy.
i am now sitting home, sulking, and listening to zapotec/holland.
which btw, are both great EP's.
pick up a leak if it's still working, or buy it when it comes out in february.
zach condon is brilliant. just not today.

really zach? really??

must listen tracks:
"the concubine" from holland
"the akara" from zapotec

only 12 days til beirut @ bam.

it has been a year and 4 months since i last saw them.
i miss this.

march of the zapotec

new and not so new beirut material being released as two EP's in one package on february17th?
that's quite exciting, i think.
although, three of the songs are songs i already have. and have had for the past year or so.



track lists??

Beirut - March of the Zapotec:
1. El Zocalo
2. La Llorona
3. My Wife
4. The Akara
5. On a Bayonet
6. The Shrew

Realpeople (pre-beirut) - Holland:
1. My Night With a Prostitute From Marseille
2. My Wife, Lost in the Wild
3. Venice
4. The Concubine
5. No Dice

here's the video for his new song, "la llorona" ... not to be confused with that scary crying spanish lady.


p.s.
zach, are you married? what's going on here?
THAT RING ON YOUR LEFT HAND WASN'T LYING!
and um, a new song called "my wife" ... really zach?

isn't it grand?

i'm still dying over spring awakening. the soundtrack has ben on repeat for the last two days.
and i probably know almost all the words now. dear lord.

but nowwwwww i have even more ear candy ... that being the long awaited **~GRAND~** ... matt and kim's new album!
i was a little hesitant to listen to it at first because it's obviously not out yet.
it leaked on the interwebs ... i figured, a download won't hurt as long as i buy it on the 22nd.
so i listened to it. four times already. it's fantastic.



i was afraid that it would sound different from their previous material considering they just got signed to a new label, but it was recorded in matt's bedroom, so you can't expect clean studio quality. and by no means do i WANT clean studio quality. the rough edges are what i love about matt and kim's music. it's not overproduced at all. it was the perfect way to follow up on their self-titled release. hand claps, exciting synths, a melodica!? OH MY GOSH!
i was so happy to finally hear the new songs that i'd been hearing them play since 2007 on recording.
it gave me that feeling like "ohh...that's this song!" i love that! haha.
"cutdown" is that song i've referred to as the "5-4-3-2-1 song" for the past year and a half. so good, and "cinders" is the super fast song where matt goes crazy and sticks his leg out.
"don't slow down" and "i'll take us home" are probably my two favorite tracks right now.
i'm sure that'll change over time, but they're the two that are really sticking in my head at the moment.

their album release show next thursday will be epic (i still have yet to hear who these "special guests" are), despite the fact that i have my history midterm the day after :o
whatevz, i'll be fine.

in other news, kid sister's show at bowery got postponed ONCE AGAIN!
this is the 50 billionth time, basically.
but it's definitely because she's totally pregnant.
or at least i think she is.
i mean, do i have to show you?? i think i do.
did anyone else notice her baby bump at the woodie awards?
the only pictures mtvu posted of her on the website are from the boobs up...not showing her tummy. peculiar.

EVIDENCE:









now, don't tell me you CAN'T see that!!

when i first thought she was pregnant, it was mid november. she looked about two or three months in. so in theory, by the end of april, it will have been 9 months and that baby will be out, and she'll be able to throw her baby into a-trak's arms and play that goddamn show!
hopefully this won't affect the release date of the album which is SUPPOSED to come out on the 27th ... 2 weeks from this thursday.

oh wait, wtf ... so as i was writing this blog, i came across some information.
it's now set to drop in march! FLIPPIN MARCH! WHAT THE HELL?? I'M SO UPSET!

i've been waiting for this album for ... forever, and it has been postponed three four times.
kid sister, why are you so unreliable?
really now?
i'm becoming far too impatient for this.
apparently it's already available in europe, and you can purchase the import on amazon, but i can't find a leak of it ANYWHERE.
anyone got one?

ANYWAYZZZZZZZZ ... further along the line, on february 7th, as i've mentioned many times already, beirut is playing at bam.
it will be magnificent. i haven't seen him since september 2007, and all this talk in U.S. History II about gulags, cherbourg, rhineland, and beirut the country is making me crazy!
i want beirut nowww!

really owen?

dear owen pallett,

why would you book your shows in NY on the exact same days as both of beirut's shows at BAM?
did it not occur to you that most people who enjoy the music you create also enjoy beirut?

obviously there is no competition considering everyone bought their beirut tickets already and sold out all of his shows that week, and you didn't announce your shows until AFTER that was done.
i understand that you will be back later in february with grizzly bear and the bklyn philharmonic at BAM, but tickets are too expensive for my liking.
i'm poor and need to pay for all of the other shows i haven't bought tickets for yet.
no sense in paying $55 for ONE show, right?

why couldn't you just play WITH beirut?
i just don't understand.

love,
devyn

oh, and a quick note to brandon bethancourt of alaska in winter in regards to his two NY dates.
i have come to accept that i will never see you.
i've waited long enough for you to come to NY, and now that you have two dates here, one is 19+ and the other is 21+ ... that doesn't help me. at all. ever. i'm too young. once again, and this is why i've missed and will miss 85 billion shows.
this is tragic.

and one more note to owen pallett, zach condon, brandon bethancourt and ed droste.
why can't you all make our lives a million times easier and ALL play a show together.
you're all friends, obviously.
and you're all going to be in new york at the same time ... literally.
why NOT play together?
i'm just saying, it would make my life, and i'd pay a large sum of money to see that happen.
and while you're at it, invite patrick wolf ... and andrew bird.
then get arcade fire to play too.
i'm going overboard now, but imagine how magical that would be?



lolz.

a wonderful holiday season it is...

after beirut's shows at bam on february 6th and music hall on february 4th selling out before they even went on sale, i was distraught. not being able to see my most favorite musician in the entire world in february would kill me. though, there were rumors that he'd add yes another date in brooklyn. and that he did! a third show was announced for february 7th at bam.
it's as if the heavens heard my cry.

zach condon is a flippin musical genius, and to miss him play in brooklyn (which he neglected all throughout 2008, except for one show that i couldn't attend because i'm not 18 yet) would be a crime.
thank you zach.
thank you so much.