Allone - The Inevitable Effort [2012]

This hip hop record has been really inspiring for me lately. It's definitely not for everybody. But if you like Eyedea & Abilities... I'm certain you will absolutely love this record. It's uplifting through the self conscious struggle that I'm sure we all can relate to at this transient point in time. To me, it's about leaving home, being lost, and trying to keep your head up in the process.

http://allonevoice.bandcamp.com/album/the-inevitable-effort
Name your own price on bandcamp.

favorite tracks-     "Homesick is Where the Heart Is"       "I Get Down"

Mac Demarco - 2 [2012]

Hey! I feel like a lot of you friends will love this album. It's a ton of fun. Excellent guitar work and captures that summer groove. Kind of loosely reminds me of Real Estate but with a badass behind the mic.

 Actually catching this dude tonight in LA. Let me know what you think of him.

Download (link only valid for two weeks so grab now!!)

I BELIEVE

Every time I listen to this song over the years it gets BETTER  and BETTER

There is such beauty in nostalgia. Apply it to today! a beautiful, beautiful day




call meeee and tell me goood thingssss =]

Some nice paintings

A newfound interest. So beautiful and nostalgic. 

Dance At Bougival  - Renoir 1883

By The Water - Renoir 1880

The Two Sisters, On the Terrace  - Renoir 1881

Two digging peasant-women digging on a snow-covered field - Van Gogh 1890

Wheat field with View of Arles - Van Gogh 1888

Noon or Garden Behind A House - Van Gogh 1888

Local LA goods

A little sampler mix of three awesome local bands. Seriously check this out. Especially if you wanna be the kinda gal/guy who says, "I knew them before they got big." haha! DOWNLOAD

CRIMINAL HYGIENE
LEVITATION ROOM
SANTOROS

Been bumping these tunes in my car on CD!!!!  Los Angeles has been pretty awesome. Lots of updates; celebrity run ins, new career opportunities, cool stories! Call me sometime to get the DL.  A little teaser-- who pulls up next to me at a red light in a Rolls Royce? Which rap group sat two tables away from me at lunch? How much money do you pay when getting your car towed?

Check out this video of a nice afternoon along the Pacific Coast Highway. No better way to enjoy a sunset then jamming out. Miss you all.



13 new songs written so far for the next cloud album !!!!

ps- if anyone has any funny/interesting stories on life please email them to me. I'm trying to compile as much material as possible for my scripts! TylerTaormina@gmail.com

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SO GOOD! Friends from home based in DC. Check them out. They're today's Fugazi!!! (bold but more in terms of sound then influence)

Download em free. no mediafire bullshit.

Levitation Room

Today I am recovering from what feels like a melting mind and some melancholia. I do not care to finesse this journal entry as I have the others to make it an enjoyable read. I just can't.

So let me first get this out of the way. Last week was very important. I realized something I always want to be in my life. Community. I have experienced essentially none of that here so far despite going to UU Church, doing some community service at a food truck even to the point where I knew some people by name, and of course group meditations in a really cool buddhist punk organization called "against the stream." really cool stuff. but even through all this stuff, I've been lacking that beauty of togetherness- until one night. I emailed a ton of local bands around here in hopes to get in contact with the right people to play a show. I received one response from a dude Tony saying.. just come to my show and we'll talk there. I sort of reluctantly went not sure if it'd be a waste of time. The venue was a really cool bar with no cover. Tony's band plays there every tuesday. At first there was almost no one there. Then floods of people came in. I noticed quickly that a good majority of these people were Mexican. Ok.

When I met Tony he was thrilled: TAYLOR!!!!! He introduced me to a million people and told them all; "this is Taylor, he's from new york, he has a very personal artist collective" It was really kind of exciting. I've met a lot of people in LA but none who were actually excited to meet me in return. But this was something so different. I understand now what it is... MUSIC! There's a ton of people like Tony in LA who came from Mexico and wanted nothing more than to make a sick lo-fi or psych rock band. All the bands in this scene- for example Santoros and Levitation Room- are friends with each other keep a closeness in the city. It was an overwhelming flood of kindness. I was at such a high and then the Levitation Room played. I've pretty much never enjoyed a new band on stage as much as I did them. We were ALL dancing to their dreamy psychedelic tunes and I really felt the euphoria of tripping return to me. I can't really describe why this night was so good. Maybe it's because I felt like I fit in for the first time since I've arrived here.

check them out here