Great song – I wish I was listening to this type of music, when it came out. I had a few bands that fit this genre that I listened to in the early eightie – like Tears for Fears, but I feel I missed the boat on a bunch of bands like Split Enz (especially considering how much of a Neil Finn/Crowded House fan I am).
I’ve been bad at reading my blogs and writing anything. It gets that way in the summer I think; last thing I want to do is write.
Anyway. I really like the new album from Santogold. Perfect summer album. Here’s the single L.E.S. Artistes (iTunes) from their self-titled album.
Looks like Kermit the frog has gone to pot. Check out this video using the great Elliott Smith song “Needle in the Hay” (iTunes).
The Sad Kermit Website tells the whole story of Kermit’s sad decline.
Outside of Radiohead (because Radiohead is in a class by its own), I have two favorite brit bands – Travis and Elbow. Elbow is more consistently great. Their album Leaders of the Free World was brilliant. They recently released their new album, The Seldom Seen Kid – and it is also brilliant. Here’s a video from the album for the song “Grounds for Divorce”.
Going away for a long weekend to Pittsburgh to hang out with some friends and catch the Phillies at the beautiful PNC Park so what better band than Vampire Weekend? (Work with me ok).
Anyway – any excuse to put the “A-Punk” (iTunes) video on my site, I’ll take. Catchy summer song. We’ll definitely add it to the road trip playlist.
Thanks Merujo for introducing me to Dance Party Friday. Every once in awhile I look to see if there are any new episodes and who am I kidding – there are always new episodes. Here’s a good one for a Friday at the end of a long week.
Wish Philly news was this fun.
You can watch the concert below. They play the entire album In Rainbows (iTunes). The cd version was released this past Wednesday.