2014 albums

“In The End”: A G-chat Review of Weezer’s Latest

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Weezer's latest album came out Oct. 7.

Weezer’s latest album came out Oct. 7. (image via)

Meryl and her friend Dennis live in different states but share a years-long love for Weezer. This week they listened to the new album released Oct. 7, and below is their unofficial Gmail chat review of “Everything Will Be Alright In The End.”

Dennis:  have you heard anything from the new Weezer album?
me:  i have not! I heard it’s good though. Have you heard it?
Dennis:  no.  I was a little disappointed in the last one.
me:  yeah… Checking to see if it’s on Spotify… (minute later)  IT IS.
Dennis: it’s on grooveshark too. I’ll listen with you!  ha.
me:  yay! okay fun!

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“The Voyager” Calls Jenny Lewis Fans Home

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Jenny Lewis, "The Voyager" (image via)

Jenny Lewis, “The Voyager” (image via)

Full disclosure: I love Jenny Lewis. She is my musical alter ego, and an indie rock goddess. Her lyrics are poetry and they say everything I could ever want to say but can’t.

Lewis writes about insecurity and falling in and out of love and the impermanence of everything, including and especially ourselves. At this time, I’d like to thank my junior year college roommate for constantly playing the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack because it contained “Portions For Foxes”; thus began my journey into the depths of Rilo Kiley, the now-defunct band Lewis co-fronted.

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