So I finally cracked open my new Virgins CD and it’s AMAZING. So groovy, so retro-punk, so much attitude, so laid back, etc. etc.

Some tracks are severely different from their originals in the EP, but they’re still good. “Love Is Colder Than Death,” for instance, is slowed down– perhaps it’s the slowest ditty on the whole album. Personally, I prefer the grittier version more, but this still rocks.

Best tracks? “Rich Girls,” of course, and “Hey Hey Girl,” which really impressed me. The guitar riffs matched the lead singer’s enunciation of every other word in the chorus. “Murder” and “One Week of Danger” are also great. I already listened to the CD twice in a row now. I think I’m addicted.

The singing sounds like a drunkard’s slurring, the music itself is sloppy, but that only helps The Virgins’ effort. This music is probably what a night out at a crazy bar in New York City feels like. And who to better convey it than a group of four lads who hail from New York City?

So the new Death Cab for Cutie CD is pretty fanfuckingtastic. In fact, I dare say it’s sheer genius. I’ve been alternating between “Cath,” “I Will Possess Your Heart,” “Your New Twin-Sized Bed,” and “Grapevine Fires” nonstop. The former is especially heartbreaking.

I want to marry Ben Gibbard.

Today wasn’t the chippest of days, but while walking home, my neighbor’s orange cat came out and let me pet it, which was very nice of it because it could’ve just stayed inside and snuggled with its owners.  Maybe I’ll be a cat lady one day. They understand me when no one else does.

Today, I checked out the music of Israeli group Eatliz.  Along with Noa Babayof, Eatliz is signed under Anova, although that’s pretty much all the two have in common in terms of their music itself.

Admittedly, I was jarred when Eatliz’s music began blaring on their MySpace page. I had expected something akin to the softness and delicacy of Noa’s music; instead, I was treated to a blast of some of the most pleasantly dissonant and disorienting melodies I’ve come across in terms of world music. The melodies seem driven by a dizzying, taurine-addled machine– I couldn’t help but sway and bop my head in all the appropriate places. The band’s sound recalls a cross between Italian metalheads Lacuna Coil, The Mars Volta, and our own Paramore, making for music that not only bears commendable aesthetic attributes, but no doubt also draws in the hip rebel teen and twenty-something crowds.

Melodies aside, the lyrics are a headtrip in and of themselves. Take “Big Fish,” off their full-length debut release, Violently Delicate, for instance: “My liver is so old/ all purple & gold/ we started to dance/ I woke up in France,” it ends. The bridge adamantly declares: “ALTHOUGH I DID IT/ I’LL MAKE YOU TAKE THE BLAME/ I’ll do it again. It’s the perfect elixir for youth angst– at times mellow and complacent, at other times shrieky, it’s arguably one of the album’s standout numbers.

Eatliz consists of Guy Ben Shitrit, Or Bahir, and Amit Erez on guitar, Adam Scheflan on bass, Omri Hanegbi on drums, and vocalist Lee Triffon. They have been deemed by many to be “the best band you haven’t heard yet”– a title that is rightfully deserved. This indie alternative group has churned out some of the most head-tripping beats you’re likely to come across. Check out “Big Fish” and other tracks from their debut album here: http://www.myspace.com/eatliz– Eatliz is a band that’s well worth a listen.