My first school holidays...

... as a teacher that is, hehe!

Well, I've done it: I somehow managed to work seven weeks as a new born teacher. And now I'm officially on holidays. Although, I have to say that there's quite a work load waiting for me 'cause the next weeks are going to be much more stressful than the last 7. I'll have to teach and prepare more and more lessons and my lessons will be supervised.
All in all I really enjoy teaching in primary school, but it's new for me and mistakes are to be made and learned from ;-)
Subjects I'm teaching at the moment are mainly English and Music for 3rd and 4th grade. Lessons are very lively, as in both subjects there's a lot of singing, speaking and dancing going on.

But enough for school at the moment, I've got some fresh and hot audio stuff to recommend. If you've got time and money check out the following:

Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation:

Just like the infamous Libertines' I simply love the sound of Pete Doherty and his Babyshambles. It's got that druggy, punk-rock attitude while having a perfect songwriting, both the music and the lyrics combine smoothly. Doherty's one of the best in his genre - forget about all the tabloid scandals, just listen!

Pinback - Autumn of the seraphs:

Despite the heavymetalish looking album cover, this is american Indie-Rock in perfection. One of the underrated and - sadly - not very well-known bands. The sound reminds the listener of nothing else but: Pinback, actually! Warm guitars, multi-layered vocal tracks, melodic songs and very good lyrics. Vaguely comparable to Death Cab for Cutie maybe, but without the many sad parts ;-) But listen yourself.

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam:

Mmhh, this Band is special. Working as a collective of 4 members (with each of them having his own solo projec) those four guys create a sound which is psychedelic, delayed and a bit electronic but still based on Indie-Rock. The lyrics are just as psycho as the sound. So for all of you who might wonder why the hell I'm recommending this album, here's the answer: it's funny and something completely different and I love listening to it... And in parts - or better: once in a while - you're reminded of all the great bands, I love that much: Modest Mouse, Pinback, Beta Band, and so on.

Okay, I think that's enough for today, but I promise there'll be more soon...