a good day for music

i received ester drang's new album rocinate today in the mail. it is not officially released until the 24th, but i pre-ordered it along with a couple sweet t-shirts & they shipped it early. jade tree [their label] is generally really cool about doing that sort of thing. the album is very good, but their sound has gone in a slightly different direction than what i had expected after hearing them live last year.

also, my dormant love affair with the flaming lips [pictured above] has recently been rekindled after reading an article about them in the nov/dec 2005 issue of oklahoma today in which they were featured, as well as listening to their new single the wand from their forthcoming album at war with the mystics to be released on 4 april. it sounds really good, i have listened to it about 9 times straight. they are also reportedly working on a cover of bohemian rhapsody.

finally, tonight @ galileo's, my good friend jenn's rock string quartet the stringents will be playing circa 9:00 w/ lisa curl. should be a very good time, musically & otherwise. see you there.