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The new blog… a work in progress

There is a brand new blog on it’s way and it’s being built at Josh S Peters.com. The plan is to finish setting it up this weekend and have all…

Behold, the Toshiba Thrive powered by Android. No longer will I be Tweeting from bed using a silly phone, no sir (or mam) I have upgraded to a Tablet. The most advanced and…

Klout has been giving away free stuff for a while now, but it seems to have really amped up lately. In just the last couple weeks I’ve revived a free download of an Indie film I haven’t…

The Gaslight Anthem

These guys are just good ol’ rock n’ roll. They have such a wonderful sound that brings up images of a time I never lived in and makes me want to quite this marketing thing, buy a guitar, and live the life of a rock n’ roller. Then the song ends and I come to my senses. I don’t have a single musical bone in my body, which makes me love amazing music like this even more.

Middle Class Rut
 

I first heard of these guys thanks to We Are Hunted. Their sound is 1 part rock, 1 part punk, 1 part indie, and a dash of pure awesomeness. If the song New Low is by far my favorite track off of their debut album and gets me dancing on the bus everyday.

Thao Nguyen
 

I first saw Thao a couple years ago with my buddy Coat. She opened for Xiu Xiu and played a set that blew the both of us away. Her style makes me think of dimly lit coffee shops under the busy streets of Paris or London. I’ve never been to one, but this is the poetic imagery that comes to mind when I listen to her music. Check out her solo stuff (link above), her with The Get Down Stay Down, and her new work with Mirah.

Were The Beach Boys the harbingers of Emo? Their song God Only Knows is a depressing song about a man who has no idea what he would do without his special lady friend in his life. In fact, at one point it sounds like the subject of this prematurely emo ballad is about to end it all.

If you should ever leave me
Well life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me

The world becoming a dark and scary place without some lady in his life… check
Thinking life is over because she’s gone… check

All the elements are here to suggest that The Beach Boys were one of (if note the) first emo bands around and we have them to thank for today’s emo kids.

Thanks Beach Boys.

Fleet Foxes

These guys have a new album out that will give you that “old school rock” feel goods while still hanging on to some of the more modern trends and sounds. If their new album, Helplessness Blues, doesn’t get you grooving in your seat then you must be broken.

Foals

If you’re a fan of We Were Promised Jetpacks, Frightened Rabbit, the other two bands in this post, or music at all then you need to give these guys a listen. Their last album, Total Life Forever, is a wonderful musical journey that my ears loved from start to finish.

The Civil Wars

These two make some of the best folk-rock music around. The only man who eclipses them is the one and only Chuck Ragan. Their latest album, Barton Hollow, is fun and folksy, hauntingly beautiful, and a great way to spend an afternoon.

Give ‘em a listen and let me know what you think!

Josh

Recently Goldman Sachs decided to do a poll to achieve who knows what. The question was vague, the demographics not released, and just about all other pertinent info was never given out….

The title is a bit of a misnomer in this case because I’m not actually at the The Search Agency today. It’s Friday and that means I’m hoboworking in the Monrovia / Arcadia / Sierra Madre…