Two Spoons, Please

Good Morning and good graces! I wish I had a clever opening statement today, but my brain has maxed out all its creative thinking power on a new website for work. So you'll have to excuse my rough segue. OMG, has it been a good 24 hours though! I mean, I won the giveaway over at Juliana's blog, (yay for a new iPod!!), and Colleen from LuLu's just emailed me back about a little something for you guys. But more on that at the end of the post... ; )

This is definitely a departure from what I usually write about, but I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to music and thought just one little music write-up wouldn't hurt. Don't worry, I'm not turning into a full-time music critic...I just call em' like I see em'.

Spoon, one of my fave little indie rock bands from Austin, Texas, recently released their 7th album Transference, in stores and on iTunes now. In my opinion, it's probably their best since 2002's Kill the Moonlight.

These guys have been around since, I dunno, like 1993. So they're not exactly new to the scene, just new to the mainstream scene, I guess. If you like bands such as Wilco, Band of Horses or Arctic Monkeys, you will probably enjoy Spoon, too.

And if you are a non-indie rock girl, fear not. Their lead singer is a total cutie patootie. So even if you don't want to listen to them, check out the band's funny, candid pics on their official website, here.

My favorite tracks:

"The Mystery Zone"- Catchy, quick and oh-so-appropriate if you're trying to power through the stack of papers on your desk. Really, try it.

"Written in Reverse"- You've seen this one on my "Now playing on my iPod" side thingy here on the blog for awhile, simply because this song doesn't get old. It's rough-yet-sugary pop music at its finest. Plus, I haven't heard anyone give a sexier "yell" in a song than lead singer Britt Daniel does in this one in a long, long time.

"Before Destruction"- Rolling Stone says, "It sounds at first like Daniel built the song with spare parts from old Badfinger and Radiohead records." Yeah. Exactly.

"I Saw the Light"- The lyrics are gold and keyboardist Eric Harvey shines ever-so-brightly in his solo parts.

"Got 'Nuffin"- Say the title a few times to yourself. Ga' head, it will make you smile. And with the crazy drums and vocals in this frenetic, caffeine-infused number, this might be your new Monday morning anthem.

Give these Texas boys some love, won't you?

Now, let's talk LuLu's!!

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I heart LuLu's and I know all of you fashionistas will, too! I'm going right now to take advantage of the discount and I suggest you do, as well. A big, blonde and perfectly highlighted thank you to Colleen at LuLu's for hooking us up!