You're So F**king Special

One of my all time favorites here, and Thom is doing a tremendous acoustic version. His royal hotness Johnny Depp and French popette Charlotte Gainsbourg add to the drama in this sweet little video. Happy retro Friday!!

Retro Friday - Birth of Rock n Roll

I always knew who Chuck Berry was and was familiar with a few of his songs (specifically Johnny B Goode from Back to the Future). However, I took a Rock n Roll history class in college that covered everything up until the british invasion. A full week was spent on Chuck Berry and I gained a full appreciation of his greatness and the path he set for everyone playing rock music today. I could listen to Mr. Berry any day of the week, here is one of my favs, "No Particular Place to Go":

The Hangover

I stayed out way too late last night, and in turn, have a killer hangover that I have to endure because I have a Spanish paper to finish. Anyway, I figured this song was appropriate...

"Try Watching this on Acid"

That's one of the comments on youtube - hilarious. Tame Imapala is bringing psychedelic rock back with heavy influences of Cream, Zeppelin, and Wu Tang. Here is "Half Full Glass of Wine":

Carrots are good for your vision

Flashing back to the 90s on this one, although this is a band I never listened to until recently. Just more proof of the 90s being one hell of a music decade.

Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot (flowers), Part 1:

The Scottish Are Coming!

Frightened Rabbit is a band from Scotland. Or maybe I should say that Frightened Rabbit is a Scottish band, because they do sound Scottish. I'm getting the sense that Glasgow is perhaps the new Brooklyn, where a lot of new indie bands are forming and writing good music. Scotland already has a good musical history because of bands like Belle and Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, and my favorite, Camera Obscura. Now along with Frightened Rabbit, there are bands like We Were Promised Jetpacks and The Fratellis, among others that I can't think of now. I guess what I'm getting at is that Scotland seems like a pretty cool place, especially because it produces such kickass bands. Here's "I Feel Better".

3 Days Sober Begging for a Drink

Many of you probably know David Bazan as the singer/songwriter for Pedro the Lion, but in the last few years he has gone off on his own and been fairly successful. Except that my friend's brother said he went to see him live and nearly fell asleep it was so boring. Well, I wasn't at that show, so I guess it didn't have an effect on how much I like this guy. Bazan is also known as the Christian indie rocker, but after getting kicked out of a Christian music festival for being too wasted, he had words with God and then made a record about it called Curse Your Branches. His voice and style may not be up everyone's alley, but it's definitely worth a listen. This song is called "Please Baby, Please". (I could only find this live version, but it lives up to the recording)

We got Spirit, how bout you?

I gave Delta Spirit album "History from Below" a listen on my way to work. Now, I've kind of listened to it before and I'm familiar with a couple of Delta Spirit songs, but I never gave them a full chance. The song "911" kicks off the album and I think it's a great track.

I had trouble finding it on youtube, but I did finally find someone who uploaded it (even though they uploaded it with a picture of Dr Dog.. ah well!):