Son Ambulance

Son Ambulance's new album is called Someone Else's Deja Vu. I am not really sure if the band puts the comma in between the two words anymore. Their official site seems comma less but wikipedia has it. I could of sworn the band use to always have the comma. Anyway that is a mystery that no one really cares about. Here are two songs from their new album that are very good and everyone shoud check out. Mp3s after the jump.

Son Ambulance - Horizons
Son Ambulance - Juliet's Son

Christmas Stuff

The Layaways - O Christmas Tree
My First Earthquake - Fa La Freezing
Hello Saferide - Ipod Xmas

Little Joy, Wavves, and more

So I have not posted in a very long time. I open many posts with sentences with the same general meaning as that last one and they usually follow with a promise of it not happening again. Well.....I totally mean it this time. Anyway Christmas time so that is pretty cool. I will put together a post with Christmas songs when it gets closer. It is surprisingly close already though. Here are some songs. AC Newman is the man behind the New Pornographers so that is enough reason to check out his new single. The song by Wavves is wonderful distorted goodness. Antony and the Johnsons are very very haunting like usual and Little Joy's entire self titled album is highly recommended. The project includes The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti. Mp3s after the pic of Little Joy's album cover.


Little Joy - No One's Better Sake
AC Newman - Submarines of Stockholm
Wavves - So Bored
Antony and the Johnsons - Another World

Now, Now

Afternoon Records is a Minneapolis based label and they are putting out new albums for bands Now, Now Every Children and The Poison Control Center. I suggest checking both bands out and the rest of the label's roster. MP3s from both after the pic of Now, Now Every Children.


Now, Now Every Children - Not One, But Two
The Poison Control Center - Give It A Try

Smoosh

Smoosh is an indie pop band from Seattle, WA made up of young sisters. They have been around for awhile and I am alittle surprised I have not heard of them earlier. The song I am posting here is some really good female fronted indie pop if that is your thing. Again it is from a couple years ago, but if you haven't heard it check it out.


Smoosh - Find A Way

Lukestar and Gramercy Arms

Lukestar is a band from Oslo, Norway. The name evokes Star Wars, but their sound does not sound very sci-fi too me. Gramercy Arms are from New York, NY (What up? Go Giants!) and made up of former members of bands such as Guided By Voices, Luna, and Joan as Policewoman. I am usually not a supergroup fan, but this song is some really good pop. The pic is of Gramercy Arms and you can find mp3s from both below it.



Lukestar - The Shade You Hide
Gramercy Arms - Looking at the Sun

Wolf Like Me

In honor of Halloween here is "Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio. The single was from their previous album the great Return to Cookie Mountain.



"Got a curse I cannot lift
shines when the sunset shifts"

Werewolves > Vampires
Happy Halloween

Such Fun

The sophomore album from the Annuals is called Such Fun. After hearing the first single I am looking forward to hearing the whole thing. The mp3 and video of "Confessor" below. Enjoy.




Annuals - Confessor

Th(ursday)row Back

I use to love Thursday and I just read they have signed to Epitaph Records. Thursday can be very polarizing, but at one time they were probably the biggest post-hardcore/"screamo" band out there. Hopefully they put out a great album, but until then here are some videos from their past.

Creaky Boards and Hello Saferide

As I was thinking of posting these two songs it occurred to me they were both named after cities. Then I remember Brooklyn is not a city, but a borough. So these songs have nothing in common except that you should listen to them. Also both have famous bridges. Picture of Brooklyn is from Flickr. Anyway the bands are Hello Saferide who is a swedishish singer-songwriter I just heard of from a friend and Creaky Boards who are a brooklyn band getting some buzz lately. So enjoy after the jump.



Creaky Boards - Brooklyn
Hello Saferide - San Francisco

Cut Off Your Hands

Cut Off Your Hands is an awesome exciting English band. The band name is a little intimidating, but their music is very enjoyable. You can hear an mp3 from them and Parts & Labor after the jump. And Parts & Labor's site is pretty out there. So you might want to check it out if you dare.


Cut Off Your Hands - Happy As Can Be
Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh

TV on the Radio on TV

TV on the Radio playing "Dancing Choose" from new album Dear Science. I do not watch David Letterman that much, but I do not think it is normal for bands to play on the fire escape. Anyway great performance so check it out.

Sonic and Knuckles

I love Scott Pilgrim and I have only read the first two volumes. Pretty sure it is the best comic ever. It is named after this song. Anyway it has the best fictional band names ever like Sonic and Knucles and Sex Bom-omb. Enjoy random mp3s after the jump.



Broadfield Marchers - Watchful Hill People
I Heart Hiroshima - Surgery
The Piano Creeps - Hey Love
The Spinto Band - Pumpkins and Paisley
The New Year - The Company I Can Get
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

At The Late Night Talk Show

That is a very old clip of At The Drive-In on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. You probably know At the Drive-In, but if you do not then you need to look into that. They are from El Paso, Texas and broke up in 2001. Another broken up post-hardcore band I recommend is Bear Vs Shark.

Touch Me I'm Going to Scream

Part Deux
MMJ

A Birthday and a Return to Blogging

I have not really thought about the blog in awhile, but I promise I am back now. I blame school and the slow internet here. Anyway the blog will be back to posting new music and some old music frequently. Anyway today/yesterday is/was my birthday and I feel like posting a couple songs. Hope you enjoy and sorry again for what I am calling a unannounced hiatus. We're back now though so check back often.



High Places - From Stardust to Sentience
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
Blitzen Trapper - Fur
The Little Ones - Morning Tide
Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You

When I Say Go

Here are a bunch of songs I recommend listening to right now. An interesting fact is that I turn 20 years old a month from today. So that is pretty frighting. Also if you were not aware the Olympics are going on right now and they might be a trap.


Violens - Violent Sensation Descends
Cake on Cake - Sea Microphone
Chairlift - Evident Utensil
Amazing Baby - Head Dress
The 1900s - When I Say Go
Women - Black Rice

Last BYOP video

Check out Be Your Own Pet's last video. They announced that they are breaking up a week ago and are on their final tour in the UK. They were signed to Ecstatic Peace (Thurston Moore's record label) and were a little bit of a big deal. Anyway the song is about teenage drama from what I gather. I think I read somewhere the members of the band were really young (not Care Bears on Fire young though). Anyway bands break up all the time and new projects almost always emerge.

Woke Up New

Going into the really interesting videos that I like for some reason category here is the Mountain Goat's "Woke Up New". It is from there 2006 album Get Lonely. The band has so many albums so go check one of them out. Like this video it may not be for you.

Something Is Not Right With Me

Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me

I have not posted in a very long time. Sorry about that, but I emerge to give you good news. New Cold War Kids. The song is off their up coming album Loyalty to Loyalty. The song is very short and enjoyable. It will also probably turn into an anthem or something. Check it out and I will be posting new music more frequently so check back.

Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot - Each Year
Ra Ra Riot - Dying is Fine


Saw Ra Ra Riot at the Siren Music Festival yesterday and they were pretty good. I think that you might enjoy them. I did not stick around to see the headliners (Stephen Malkmus and Broken Social Scene) but I did see some great bands like the Dodos and the Annuals. I also rode the Cyclone in Coney Island for the first time. It was a pretty good time I hope it isn't really the last year.

Stay Positive Tonight

The new The Hold Steady album entitled Stay Positive hit stores yesterday. It had previously just been available for download. Also buying the actual album will get you three bonus tracks. Tonight the band will be performing on The Late Show With David Letterman. Also on the show will be Maggie Gyllenhaal of The Dark Knight. So worth checking out, but I will probably forget about it and look for video on the internets tomorrow. Seriously though the Hold Steady are awesome and put on a great show.

Here are an mp3 from two albums ago.
The Hold Steady -Your Little Hoodrat Friend

Counting to Four

So this weekend is Siren Music Festival which I will definitely be attending. Also The Dark Knight opens which I am even more excited for. Also next weekend Feist is playing Good Morning America on the 25th. But here is a video of Feist playing the way more famous Sesame Street.

Lackthereof

Lackthereof is the solo project of Danny Seim from Menomena. I am a fan of Menomena, especially there album Friend and Foe released last year, but I do not know much about this project. The first time I heard Lackthereof though was a cover of The National's "Fake Empire" (you can stream it here) which I liked. I was surprised to find out there have been a bunch of albums released under the name. The newest album is called Your Anchor and comes out July 22. Here is a song from said album. I liked it so you might as well.

Lackthereof - Last November

Romano Sings

Talk about a must hear album.

Dark Captain Light Captain

Dark Captain Light Captain is a cool name for a band. Sorry for not posting in awhile. I will make an effort to find more music to share with you beautiful people. Here are some songs that I enjoy. I think I may start reviewing albums here. Mostly to force myself to listen to more albums. They will actually probably just give you, the reader, insight into why I am not a good music blogger.

Dark Captain Light Captain - They Be Underwater

Takka Takka - Everybody Say

Golden Animals - Try on Me

Rain Delays

Pop Levi - Never Never Love

Pretty catchy and awesome song from British electronic musician Pop Levi. It is highly recommended.

And in honor of rain delays here is the rain filled video for "Heaven" by the Psychedelic Furs.

Extended Play

Joseph Arthur (pictured above) is releasing four EPs before he releases his full length album.I have only heard the third EP Vagabond Skies so I cannot speak about the whole endeavor, but I would like to discuss EPs. EP is short for Extended Play and wikipedia does a better job of explaing all that stuff than I can. Basically longer than a single, but shorter than a LP. When looking at the back catalog a band's EPs are usually not must hears, but they are great for getting a feel for a new artist. Tokyo Police Club's A Lesson in Crime and Voxtrot's Raised By Wolves are the examples that come to mind for me. As somebody who posts mp3s online it is obvious that individual songs are what grabs people's attention a lot of the time. I also get bored pretty easily sometimes so there is that.

Joseph Arthur - Pretty Good Company

WW 100:The Hits

Capgun Coup - My Tears Cure Cancer (the first song)
Tullycraft - The Punks Are Writing Love Songs (the second song)
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Okkervil River - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe

How many five year olds can you take?

Throw Me The Statue - About to Walk
Bishop Allen - Click Click Click
Jaymay - Blue Skies
Hallelujah the Hills - Hallelujah the Hills
What Made Milwaukee Famous - Sultan

This video freaked a couple people out. So did this site. I launched another blog.

Tokyo Police Club - Juno
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - I Think I Wanna Die
I Love Math - Josephine Street
From Bubblegum to Sky - Even the Sunbeams

I thought I told you that we won't stop (have to love those suits)

The Post Before 100

Not quite 100 yet. I may have a typing accident later today or something. I'm going to have to think of some "best of" type thing for 100. Thanks to all you loyal readers. It is probably a little presumptive to believe there are loyal readers. Well anyway here is the best song to feature the number 99....ever.

Songs About Cities

Here are two catchy songs that have something in common. So it is already a great blog post without my terrific insight. Belated happy birthday to Godzilla. Big home run last night. Anyway the Vampire Weekend show in Central Park is tomorrow and the Incredible Hulk is out today. The picture is of Wolf Parade whose At Mt. Zoomer album is out on Tuesday. Plus isn't it a cool picture?
Uglysuit - Chicago
Wolf Parade - Language City

Me and the Major

So "Me and the Major" is probably my favorite Belle and Sebastian song. It is an awesome song and you can hear it here. Anyway the band Dream Bitches covered it and while it does not sound as fuzzy and comforting it does sound good. So listen to the cover and some more of their songs and see what you think. Also if you want something else to listen to I think If You're Feeling Sinister is a pretty classic album.


Dream Bitches Mp3s - Me And the Major, Bad Luck Bill and Mother's Day

Orange Juice

Heres a video from a long time ago for the song "Rip it Up" by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice. I read somewhere that Franz Ferdinand got their style from them and that definitely appears to be true. Anyway I like this song and the band a lot so check it out.

Humpback Wednesday (Thursday) #12

What it lacks in being on time it makes up for in awesome songs.

The best of the best
Bound Stems - Happens To Us All Otherwise
Wire - One of Us
Bell - Echinacea
Happy Anarchy - Is That Right?
Jaguar Love - Bats Over The Pacific Ocean
Robert Pollard (of GBV fame) - Gratification to Concrete
The Ms - Don't Be Late
Computer vs. Banjo - Give Up On Ghosts
From Bubblegum to Sky - I Always Fall Apart and Even the Sunbeams

Hymns and Insults

Saw this band Hymns open for What Made Milwaukee Famous. Of course WMMF were great (posted about them couple weeks ago), but Hymns sounded good as well. They are more folky than most indie rock bands. I would compare their sound to the legendary (not completely serious) MMJ. That may be a stretch, but it is what I thought of listening to them. So go check out their myspace and see if you like it.

In unrelated news parents are angry at Nintendo because Wii Fit said their healthy child is overweight. I think that is awesome in so many ways.


Hymns - I Can't Be What You Want

loudQUIETloud

So I recently saw the documentary loudQUIETloud about the Pixies' 2004 reunion tour. It was really interesting. Documentaries like loudQUIETloud that give insight to band relationships are really worth checking out. I am a big Pixies fan which of course enhanced the film, but I also thought that Some Kind of Monster, a documentary about Metallica (a band I am not a fan of) making an album, was really good. Here is the trailer for loudQUIETloud also listen to Doolittle that album rocks.

Stage Names Sequel

One of my favorite albums last year was Okkervil River's The Stage Names. Apparently they are going to release The Stand Ins on September 9th as the second half of what was almost a double album. Pitchfork has those details. I am happy it wasn't a double album because those tend to overwhelm me. I will definitely check this album out. Here is a video of the band playing "Unless It Kicks" on a roof for Pitchfork.tv

Humpback Wednesday #11

Hope everybody is doing alright. New The Hold Steady album has me very excited. Also is this song not ridiculously catchy. I actually liked the new Indy movie. Besides that I suggest watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Invader Zim. And listening to these songs of course.

One Little Plane - Sunshine Kid
Anthem In - Down
Ed Harcourt - Revolution
Pomegranates - Thunder Meadow
The Sweet Serenades - I Can Never Die
Usher - Love In This Club (MSTRKRFT Remix)

This War Is Noise

Sundowner is the solo project of Chris from the Lawrence Arms. This video is old but it is new to me. I've liked this guy's voice and lyrics for awhile so check it out.

TV

So summer break is here. At least it is for me. So now that I'm back home hopefully the blog gets some more direction. For one thing we here at Whale Week cannot forget who the enemy is.

Headlights - TV
Pomegranates - Whom/Who

Humpback Wednesday Strikes Back

Just typing the title made me want to watch Episode V. Still yet to see Iron Man, but I will probably love it blah blah. I saw Maritime and Headlights last weekend and both were very good. I want to complain about finals, but I won't because everybody else is (via facebook status not actually to me). So yay finals. O yeah enjoy the songs.

HW #10 if you're counting (which I guess I am).

Gentlemen Auction House - The Book of Matches
The Lodger - The Good Old Days
The Morning Benders - Crosseyed
I Love Math - Josephine Street
The Submarines - You, Me, & The Bourgeoisie
Tim Fite - Yesterday's Garden
Lousy Robot - It's Getting To Me
The Awkward Stage - Anime Eyes

Sore

CGI video for "Sore" by the Annuals off of their new EP "Wet Zoo". I posted the mp3 here before. Annuals are a band everybody should listen to. Their debut album came out in 2006 and was really good. I think the video works, it reminds me of the CG Donkey Kong show.

In With The Out Crowd

So I have posted many songs to this blog. These two are a little different then most that I post. I use to be a big Less Than Jake fan in high school and I recently heard Bomb The Music Industry. You can download BTMI's albums on their site for free and if you enjoy pop-punk/ska Less Than Jake is worth listening too. Hope you enjoy.

Bomb The Music Industry - I Don't Love You Anymore

Less Than Jake - Look What Happened

Fall Apart Again

Yay it's Friday and it is almost summer. Here are a couple kind of upbeat songs. I like them both a lot, but unfortunately do not know much about the artists. Santogold is a female recording artist from Brooklyn and Douglas Armour is from California. So just enjoy I guess.


Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (xxxChange Remix)

Douglas Armour - Fall Apart Again

What Made Milwaukee Famous

is a band that sounds a lot like one of my favorite bands Spoon. They have been around for a couple years, WMMF that is. Spoon of course has been around for ever (1994 according to wikipedia) Anyway What Made Milwaukee Famous is a band you may like if you don't already. And their name of course alludes to beer and not Marquette.


What Made Milwaukee Famous - Sultan

I'm Good, I'm Gone

Lykke Li videos are rad

Department of Forseeable Outcomes

Hey everybody. Sorry about lack of updates. It may get better.

Lovely Sparrows - Department of Foreseeable Outcomes
This is Ivy League - London Bridges
Neva Dinova - Clouds
No Age - Eraser

Supernatural Superserious

See A Penny (Pick It Up)

I am really enjoying The Dodos' album. I also think I will like Tokyo Police Club's new album. I saw Vampire Weekend this weekend and I am still loving their debut album. Also Yacht opened.
Tokyo Police Club - Juno
The Dodos - Jodi
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Yacht - See A Penny (Pick It Up)

Humpback Wednesday #9

You know the drill. You should listen to these songs. HW#9's life depends on it.

Islands - Creeper
The Acorn - Crooked Legs
Teenage Prayers - Dreams of the South
The Billionaires - Eighties Movies
Electric Pop Group - I Could See The Lights
Annuals - Sore
The Pharmacy - Mirror

Kanye West has his own search engine and travel site. Not really that cool.