Once again, it’s time to post some songs I meant to have up on the blog ages ago but then got lazy/depressed/forgetful/distracted or simply figured that everyone else had already posted them so what’s the point? until now. I’m sorry, little mp3s. Come join your brothers and sisters on the courtyard of this fine prison [...]
Me and the Horse I Rode In On (aka Henry) and Wisdom Tooth (aka Meagan) have recorded a lovely tune together under the name of Early To Bed. Meagan wrote the song and sings lead while Henry stood for the production and can be heard singing back up vocals during the chorus. A full EP [...]
December 23, 2008 - 12:23 am
Tags: Christmas
Posted in New Leads | 1 comment
My friend Ronnie of The JEALOUS Sea has given us all an early Christmas gift in the form of a song. Even if you usually don’t like Christmas music I doubt you can resist this twee-version of an old classic.
A note from their MySpace:
indie pop kids of the world,
if you’ve been good little girls & [...]
Ironically, as I write this one of my wisdom teeth are hurting and have done so for the past two weeks now. I’m hoping though that the pain will magically disappear once I post about Wisdom Tooth and her lovely music. Because this destiny you see. The dentist and I however, are not.
At the tender age of 20, Wisdom Tooth (real name Meagan Day) is [...]
December 15, 2008 - 8:45 pm
Tags: Avenue Q, Beatrice Antolini, Brand New, Justin Sane, Me And The Horse I Rode In On, Morcheeba, My Favorite, Portastatic, Spoon, Todd Barry, Viva Voce
Posted in Audio Surveillance | 2 comments
Making mixtapes was a near obsession for me when I was younger. My best friend and I would make one for each other almost every week, filled with good songs, silly songs, horrible songs – all with our own intros. We’re both grown up now but I still haven’t gotten over my love for making [...]
Christmas is approaching and with it comes the often dreaded Christmas songs. Don’t’ get me wrong, I love this time of year but I’ve never been much for its music. Probably because the stores insist on playing the same old Christmas songs over and over, not to mention that horrible techno Christmas album my dad had on [...]
November 14, 2008 - 11:48 pm
Tags: Christmas, Cyndi Lauper
Posted in News | 4 comments
How cool is this!?
The Hives are teaming up with (or should I say against?) Cyndi Lauper for a Christmas duel! The holiday-themed single will be available as a free download from The Hives official website on November 28-30, followed by a UK store release December 1 and a US release the next day via The [...]