Backtrack: BS 2000, Simply Mortified

BS 2000’s Simply Mortified is an album that I bought on a lunch break about six years ago but over the years, had completely forgotten about. While I was packing up all my CDs for the move recently, I noticed loads of albums that I wanted to listen to again, but none more than 2001’s [...]

New Band Day: Fear Of Flying & The Stomps

Fear Of Flying are a British band that play fast, dancy, eighties pop songs. I thought the eighties were tapped out, but these guys make it sound fresh again. Their songs are a celebration of youthful debauchery and great pop music. They’ve already supported the likes of The Maccabees, Jack Peñate and Jamie T and [...]

Poptastic Day: DJ Yoda … Featuring Mr. David Viner?

Individually, the 30-year-old DJ Yoda (aka Duncan Beiny and pictured above) and Mr. David Viner are excellent artists. The former is a DMC DJ of the Year (2001). The latter an indie-folksy-bluesman guitar player reminiscent of Eric Clapton and Leon Redbone.
The magic begins when you put these two goofy-looking London-based musicians together. They almost work [...]

Those Zany Charts …

Editor’s Note: The Bean managed to post this by writing it and having someone else send it to us for posting to 100b. That’s dedication. It’s what we do and how much we dig blogging for you.
So after moving to a whole new country and spending many hours drowning in boxes, I finally have the [...]

Because Hip Hop Is The Shiznitz

This one isn’t one of my recent purchases (naturally). I’m throwin’ it up since I’m listening to some stuff and catching up on some this-n-that and, snap, if Joe Budden’s “#1″ isn’t a memory jolt. Not the song itself, but what he covers.
Listen to the song.
If you were born between 1970-1975 you really (I mean [...]