Hipster For A Day, Part 5

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Bloc Party - "Flux" - So not my genre. Nice, sweeping, dramatic chorus, though. ... I've been at this list for how long, now? God, I'm a douchebag.

- "I Still Remember" - Pretty. Bland.

- "Hunting For Witches" - Not as boring as the previous two. Really accessible, wouldn't mind it on a compilation, but basically an "Eh."

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - I love "Me & Mia," "Counting Down The Hours" and "Little Dawn," I think they're brilliant. I saw Ted Leo live when he was touring for Shake The Sheets and I thought he was fantastic. It took me a while to admit to myself that I wasn't really listening to anything after track five, but I would like to give the album another shot at some point.

So, I preview Living With The Living on iTunes and I'm bitterly disappointed. "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb" was good but not exactly something I could listen to over and over. Nothing else grabbed me at all. But! While iTunes has introduced me to a bunch of artists I adore, I have a feeling there are a ton of artists I like (*cough*Hefner*cough*) that I'd probably have hated if I'd been introduced to them through iTunes' 30-second preview. So!

- "A Bottle Of Buckie" - Blasphemy time: That guitar part makes me think of the Gin Blossoms. At least, I think that's the early-'90s soft-rock band I'm thinking of. Leo's got such a fantastic voice. I love his falsetto. (I hope that's a falsetto that I'm talking about, there.) This is really nice. Hype Machine: 1, iTunes: 0.

- "Sons Of Cain" - I listened to this when the album made the blog rounds, and I was underwhelmed, but right now, I think it's nice. It's not making me squeal, but it's nice enough; I think I'd enjoy it within the context of an album. Assuming I'd like the rest of this album.

- "La Costa Brava" - Oooh. This is kinda kickin' ass.

- "Colleen" - This could get tiring, but *damn*, the guitars.

- "The Unwanted Things" - Okay, Self, you're a cock. Give this album a fair shake, because it promises to be solid as hell.