Orangenial Artists of 2008 (4 - 3)
04. MGMT //
Album: Oracular Spectacular | Release Date: 01.22.2008 While NG had introduced me to Time to Pretend by MGMT, I had completely forgotten about MGMT until I heard
Electric Feel on mtvU. Then to find out that most of my college friends were into MGMT gave me a chance to hear them without even trying. It's really insane how famous they have become over the year. Last.FM even calculated them as the
best artist of 2008!
As for a personal reason, MGMT reminds me a lot of fall, when I'd be stressed out and yet managed to chill the most as well. I also get reminded of classes because one day there was a Red Bull truck outside blasting Electric Feel as I was taking a break from studying. I'm not into Red Bull...
My favorite songs at the moment would probably be (in no order):
Electric Feel - Great vibe and interesting lyrics
The Youth -This reminds me of one of my favorite books, Lord Of The Flies!
Of Moons, Birds & Monsters - I love how it gets better as it goes on, especially the music at the end.
03. Vampire Weekend //
Album: Vampire Weekend | Release Date: 01.28.2008 Another band recommended by Ben! While the boys are Columbia University graduates, they made this great album as they continued to work their full-time jobs! It's amazing when you can do so much and make such great music. Great music because of the interesting musical riffs and odd lyrics that sort of just automatically make you wonder. I think there was always at least one song that was stuck in my mind at some point.
This band reminds me of the spring season, or just the first half of this year, because Vampire Weekend somehow ended up as the bonding music. For some reason, it randomly became the topic and all of us just realized how we had music in common and how much we wanted to recommend. It was a good season.
My favorite songs at the moment would probably be (in no order):
Oxford Comma - The song that got me into them with the awesome lyrics and video.
One - This song is just very amusing and I love the music changes.
Kids Don't Stand A Chance - My first favorite song by them due to it's raggae-ish sound and use of strings <3