amnesiack | Rock 'n' Roll, My Friends

Jason and I are going to see Band of Horses and Pretty Girls Make Graves at the Capitol Hill Block Party tonight. I don't remember if I ever wrote about my feelings regarding the new PGMG cd; suffice to say, I was rather disappointed, as they seem to have lost most of their energy in favor of a pseudo-experimental emoish indie rock sort of sound. There are maybe three good songs on the whole album, with the rest ranging from tolerable to terrible. Still, their first 2 albums are still among my favorites, and 2 out of 3 isn't bad. Plus, their live shows have never disappointed before. Band of Horses aren't really my thing overall, but they're good at what they do, and Jason's a fan, so I'm up for it. Tomorrow Schoolyard Heroes and Smoosh are playing, but unfortunately we have an Exalted game that's going to keep us from being there. Still, we may make it for the Murder City Devils' reunion show, which should be sweet. I saw them once in 1999, but since they've been broken up for about five years now, I didn't think it would ever happen again.