Monthly archive for May2011

White Denim – Street Joy

White Denim – Street Joy

White Denim – Street Joy White Denim dropped their latest, D, recently and it contains several gems. “Street Joy” is laid back and jazz-like, reminding me of a Clapton track. While not entirely representative of D as a whole, it’s well worth the listen. Amazon  |…

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Modern Moonlight – Doesn’t Bother Me

Modern Moonlight – Doesn’t Bother Me

Modern Moonlight – Doesn’t Bother Me Modern Moonlight is a new band from Austin, TX with a nice garage rock sound that is great for jamming and summer listening. “Doesn’t Bother Me” has an awesome groove to it – the kind of sweet groove found…

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Shugo Tokomaru – Lahaha

Shugo Tokomaru – Lahaha

Shugo Tokomaru – Lahaha Thought I might brighten everyone’s weekend with a song I found last night on the Hype Machine. If this doesn’t put you in a great mood for Memorial Day weekend, I don’t know what will. It put me in a good…

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Arctic Monkeys – The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap

Arctic Monkeys – The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap

Arctic Monkeys – The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap Check out the other b-side from Don’t Sit Down Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair. I prefer the “Shimmer Trap” to “IDST”. It has a very grunge feel to it.

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Arctic Monkeys – IDST

Arctic Monkeys – IDST

Arctic Monkeys – IDST “IDST” is quite possibly my second least favorite Arctic Monkeys song. It’s no where near as bad as the worst (“Sketchead”), but it’s so different I really can’t even put a modifier on it. The instrumentation is industrial – reminds me…

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Digitalism – Forrest Gump

Digitalism – Forrest Gump

Digitalism – Forrest Gump Do you like electronica? I’m a sucker for anything digital that actually also applies some half decent vocals. This is all that and a cupcake. Julian Casablancas ghost writes on this new Digitalism track, “Forrest Gump”. Sometimes you run, sometimes you…

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Arcade Fire – Culture War

Arcade Fire – Culture War

Arcade Fire – Culture War Arcade Fire are going to release a deluxe version of The Suburbs later this year, adding two new tracks – “Culture War” and “Speaking In Tongues” which is a collaboration with David Byrne. We’ve got “Culture War” here for your…

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Alkaline Trio – Clavicle

Alkaline Trio – Clavicle

Alkaline Trio – Clavicle On July 12th the Trio will be back with a semi-new album, Damnesia. The album is gonna showcase the band reworking twelve of their biggest fan favorites, a cover of the The Violent Femme’s “I Held Her In My Arms”, and…

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Alex Turner, <em>Hellcat Spangled Shalalala</em>

Alex Turner, Hellcat Spangled Shalalala

I took the batteries out my mysticism, and put them in my thinking cap…

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Foster The People – Warrant

Foster The People – Warrant

Foster The People – Warrant Foster The People will be dropping the eagerly anticipated Torches on Tuesday, so I figured I’d type up a few lines about what to expect and let you hear a new song from the arsenal. If you’re like me, you’ve…

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