New Band Day: Delta Spirit

These five guys from California run their band according to the five pillars of Delta Spirituality. Check out the pillars on their official site (scroll all the way to the bottom). My favorite pillar is number V. “Pop is not the enemy”. I have a whole rant about pretentious bands, but they put it way [...]

Poptastic Day: Hey Man, Save One Chick For Me.

There are versions by a number of fantastic artists, but “Three Cool Cats” may be the silliest song of all time. I never knew the song was originally done by The Coasters, but that makes perfect sense. It’s a song that speaks for itself, so I’ll just leave you with these two very different, but [...]

100best: The (Late-ish) Tracks Of 2006

Busta Rhymes, “Touch It (remix)”
Futureheads, “Skip To The End”
Peter Bjorn & John, “Young Folks”
The Streets, “When You Wasn’t Famous”
The Blood Arm, “Suspicious Character”
1990s, “You Made Me Like It”
Amy Winehouse, “Rehab”
Jeremy Warmsley, “Dirty Blue Jeans”
Jamie-T, “Sheila”
The Rapture, “Whoo! Alright – Yeah … Uh-huh”
Justin Timberlake, “SexyBack”
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, “Mean Son Of A Gun”
The Infadels, “Toyboy”
Pearl Jam, [...]

Soundtrack Day: Big Super Giant Rat, Baby!

Ever seen that horror movie starring Peter Weller as Bart Hughes and a giant rat? It’s awesome. It’s called Of Unknown Origin, but they might as well have just called it Big Killer Rat In An Appartment, like with Snakes on A Plane you’ll at least know what you’re getting before the movie even starts. [...]

New Band Day: The Catweasels

Ok i’m in a mega hurry, but this band deserves an epic post, so check em out! They sound like The Futureheads and Stellastarr* doing the Arcade Fire. They have a beautiful big sound with excellent harmonies. Listen to their songs on myspace. Lovely.