revenge of the mustache!

Grizzly Bear on Craig Ferguson:

Gil Mantera & His Party Dream

What in the world have I been missing?

'N

walk it off

I have been a fan of tapes 'n tapes since the first time I listened to the Loon in 2006. I've seen them live three times and they always put on a great show. I am looking forward to walk it off for sure.

Brit Pop

I recently discovered the Bombay Bicycle Club.
The lead singer has been described as having a wobbly singing style.
I like it. What do you think? Turns out these kids are still in High School. 17 years old with 2 EPs and their own label. I wish I had this much talent at 17.

the early years

I'm a big fan of Holly Golightly and all the music she puts out. She started her career as a fan of Billy Childish's band The Headcoats. The four girls in Thee Headcoatees were big fans of the band and soon decided to start making their own music. With the name Thee Headcoatees, they started playing sets before The Headcoats. They released one proper album and one collection of songs/album.
Kyra Rubella, Ludella Black, Holly Golightly and Bongo Debbie were Thee Headcoatees.
This is one of my favorite Headcoatees songs:

Rockabye Baby!

There is a label / collection of people known as Rockabye Baby who have a series of cover albums out. They take some of their favorite bands and recreate their songs for children. They turn the songs you know and love into playful, almost creepy playtime tunes. They say the songs are turned into lullabies for children. Everyone from Coldplay (which is almost lullibied to begin with) to Led Zepplin gets the treatment. Here is one of my favorites.

tell me that's not creepy.

We went out to see Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind last night. M'eh. The idea behind the movie is creative, but the creativity found in every other Gondry film was not there. This movie just seems 10 years too late. Not because it all deals with VHS, but everything about it. Even the film quality made it look a little older. I'm guessing that was on purpose. Jack Black wasn't as terrible as I was expecting - probably because all the acting in the movie was half-assed by everyone (nice cameo, Sigorny Weaver). I don't know what's happening to Michel Gondry, but it seems his films are going downhill. Boo.

though, I did just find a "sweded" version Michel Gondry did of the trailer to the movie he made.
If you haven't seen the movie, "sweded" means he has made the movie (trailer) by himself.

weeds

I don't watch a lot of television.
A few months ago I got through the first season of Weeds. I heard it was a good show. I didn't find the writing very believable, so I stopped watching. I'm picky that way. I'm often not a fan of what other people tell me I will love. I kinda have to discover things on my own to really appreciate them (for the most part).
I know this is a little old, but Man Man covering the Weeds theme song has been on heavy rotation on my playlist this week.