In a Rut

So I am officially in a music rut. I hate how they sneak up on you and then out of nowhere *wham* you have nothing new and nothing appeals to your ears. These are frustrating times for my ears right now. In an effort to cure my aural malaise I listened to a bunch of old mix cds while driving up to Maine to ski this past weekend. In addition to belting out some Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado and Kelly Clarkson I was reminded of myriad bands that I had simply forgotten about. I loved hearing Clap your Hands Say Yeah and the Rapture again, but my biggest rediscovery was the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. What a coincidence that I came across what had been one of my favorite bands right when they are gearing up to release a new album (Its Blitz is slated to be released on April 13, 2009). Pretty good timing huh? Every song has a ferocious, desperate energy and thundering yet precice instrumentation that together rip open your chest cavity and make your heart beat faster. While not entirely curing my music rut, Karen O, Brian Chase and Nick Zinner are definitely helping out (assuaging my rut if you will). More on my mix CD odyssey coming soon.

Three golden oldies (Too many great tracks to choose from):
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control (YSI) (filesavr)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena (YSI) (filesavr)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - The Sweets (YSI) (filesavr)

The newbie:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero (YSI) (filesavr)