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Recommendations: July 13, 2008

07/13/08 at 02:54 AM by Chris Fallon

Music RecommendationLynus - Nice Outside

At only 32 minutes, this gem of an album is alt-rock/indie-pop at its finest. Think along the lines of The Pixies during their brighter moments, Vampire Weekend with less drawl and Weezer with less simplicity. It's melodic, sarcastic and a very enjoyable ray of sunlight into my musical window of 2008. Always nice to find something you don't expect to hop in your lap, and Lynus is something I'm glad I found. BUY

Music RecommendationThird Eye Blind

There are really only a handful of bands I could listen to for hours on end and never tire of. Less Than Jake, The Beatles, Marvelous 3 (or Butch himself), Lagwagon, Jimmy Eat World and Third Eye Blind. After listening to all three of the band's albums in a row, I was still aching to listen to them each all over again, and in the case of 2003's Out of the Vein (one of my all-time favorite albums), it's toxic melodies have seemed to made a nest in my brain. I find Stephen Jenkins' lyrics to be tremendously self-deprecating, full of metaphors and heartbreakingly intelligent all at once. The band has made few missteps in my eyes, and any band that can disguise songs about severe drug addiction, suicide, teenage pregnancy and pure lustful attraction all while making them pop hits ... they've got my full, undivided attention.

Listen to the evolution of tone and attitude on each release, separated by color, and pick up on the winsome melodic superiority Jenkins gives all his songs. You can practically smell the sweat and blood he injects into these deeply personal diary entries. BUY

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