To be free, be awake, big breath you can't fake
One of the several genres Wikipedia lists to describe Brooklyn band DIIV is "dream pop" and, on this track, they make me dream of the beach. They're coming to Austin this weekend! I won't be here to see them, but I will be on a beach.
Awkward limo, fantastic cemetery
Reading from a list of your greatest hits
You're dropping them all the time
It's like landing on my favorite planet
When you're crackling through the line
So glad you called
Sharp advice saves my life
Nada Surf make it seem so easy. They're one of those rare bands who've crafted multiple albums I can listen to all the way through without a skip. They're pleasant, but they do pleasant so well it's interesting. The latest album, You Know Who You Are, while not my favorite (that honor goes to The Weight is a Gift), is really great and perfect for a rainy, or a sunny, or a cloudy morning.
We've been dressed as humans
We've been kings and homeless
Still we're just fragments of a great collide
Alt rockers from Adelaide, Australia taking on a big philosophical idea with a lighthearted sound. They're playing a lot of festivals this summer, and coming to ACL for weekend two in October. I'm going weekend one. If it turns out they play the same day as The Wombats, I'll return to Zilker to see them.
