Song of the Week: “Headbanger” by King Tuff
“No one involved was prepared to make a record, but an invisible hand pushed them to do it. Perhaps it was God or that special someone we all know and love called The Devil. God and The Devil actually...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Teenage Exorcists” by Mogwai
I love when Mogwai uses words. “Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1. EP contains three new songs stemming from the writing and recording sessions for Rave Tapes, alongside remixes of three songs from...
View ArticleSong(s) of the Week: Serious Rockers – An Unblinking Ear Mix-Tape
In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I’m sharing more than one Song of The Week this week. I’m sharing many of them! Enjoy 20 something tunes lovingly collected in a stylish, rump-shaking mix-tape by...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “We Are What We Say We Are?” by Hallelujah The Hills
This Boston band was recommended by Centro-matic via twitter so I fired it up right away and fell in love. It’s a must listen for fans of old-school alt country and newer groups like Restorations and...
View ArticleSongs I Enjoyed a Lot in 2014
Hi friends, here’s a robust round-up of tunes in no particular order that I played the hell out of in the year 2014. It’s a splendid mix of loud, melodic, menacing, hopeful, dark, sweet and crunchy....
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Chlorine” by Title Fight
I’m a big fan of the young fellas in Title Fight and especially their 2012 “Floral Green” offering, a welcomed throwback of growly melodic hardcore that reminded me of very early Seaweed and a couple...
View ArticleSong of The Week: First Aid Kit Cover R.E.M. with Peter Buck
The mellifluous Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit perform a lovely cover of an excellent, and dare I say underappreciated, R.E.M. jewel from 1997’s “Up.” Here are the details from Magnet Magazine… “First...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “A New Wave” by Sleater-Kinney
Two great tastes that taste great together… Bob’s Burgers and Sleater-Kinney! Promise me we will all dance like Gene from now on. Video: “A New Wave” Album: “No Cities to Love”
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Under A Rock” by Waxahatchee
Taken from Ivy Tripp, out 6th April 2015 on Merge Records. “Waxahatchee, the solo musical project of Katie Crutchfield, is named after a creek not far from her childhood home in Alabama and seems to...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Come Down” by Wavves x Cloud Nothings
It’s time to enjoy two of my favorite bands making some top-notch, fuzzed-up, super-catchy pop tunes together. “Come Down” is my new summer jam with “No Life for Me” a close second. Listen then Buy:...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Levitate The Pentagon” by Publicist UK
If you dig Ghost, Bauhaus and The Mission UK then boy oh boy will you enjoy this heavy goth rockin’ beat from newly-formed Publicist UK. Get the details on this supergroup over at Noisey and make sure...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Sanity Is Waiting” by Blake Schwarzenbach
Always good to hear from Blake, one of my most favorite humans. This song is quite lovely and a little out there. Kinda dig the spoken word interludes. Want more. More Info: Stereogum
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas” by Beach Slang
Beach Slang is a must listen for fans Knapsack, Replacements and the swirling, fuzzy, melodic indie rock of days past. Plus, they’re from Philly! “It’s nigh impossible to misinterpret a Beach Slang...
View ArticleSong of the Week: “Restless” by New Order
New Record: “Music Complete” is out on 25 September 2015. “The long awaited album will be New Order’s first full studio release since 2005’s Waiting For The Siren’s Call, and their debut for Mute....
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Return to the Moon” by EL VY
I rarely hear a song that I like right away (especially on WXPN in Philly) but what do you know, I was singing along to this sparkly bit of silliness after the first chorus. I was also nailing it,...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Looking After Me” by Textbook
This fits so snugly and warm in my wheelhouse… “Midwestern pop-punk brought to you by former members of Not Rebecca, Woolworthy, Loud Lucy, Venom Lords, and Noise By Numbers. FFO The Replacements,...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “How ya been feelin’/More of this” by PRINCE
“How ya been feelin’… How ya been feelin’… How ya been feelin’.. lately?” I cannot stop singing this and I don’t want to! Then just when I’m out of breath they hit me with “Some more of… thisssss… Some...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Turning Blue” by Broken Gold
I’m really enjoying the resurgence of the swirling fuzzy guitars and yearning (and slightly buried) vocals of bands like Beach Slang and Broken Gold. This 4-song effort from the Austin-based Broken...
View ArticleSongs I Liked a Lot in 2015
I did not listen to a lot of new music this past year, shame on me, but I did thoroughly enjoy the following tunes and… “But Jeff, you usually just post a lot of loud punk stuff, trying to prove you...
View ArticleSong of The Week: “Voices in My Head” by Bob Mould
I was out and about the other day listening to a lot of Bob Mould—Hüsker Dü, Sugar, solo stuff—and doing my usually air drumming, singing along and totally nailing crucial backing vocals* when the...
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