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++ What a cad. ++If Matthew Pop's song captured the feel of being drunk at the end of the night, Balthazar's sounds like being hungover the next day; tired, a little angry (at Disney)(probably b/c of their army of commando cats ) and full of free association. Gwine to listen to this more today and see if I can figure out what he's saying. PLANS!! Balthazar plays Glasslands in New York on March 12 before heading back to Europe. Read Full Story

Mandy Lee: I like when singers can belt but choose not to 100% of the time. My only gripe with this song is that it ends right as it's starting to get good!  Here she is doing some M83 with The Knocks (recommended): Read Full Story

++ Happy Valentine's Day! ++I heart Paula Pell ' s twitter. ++Today's pick is a quick broad brush stroke of international sounding sounds by Co.Fee, who is part of the My Hollow Drum DJ/Musician collective. ..While this fan favorite, below, has touches of ' Mr. Sandman .' Hear more of Co.Fee on his Soundcloud page. Read Full Story

++ Dale from Tucker and Dale vs. Evil was into Givers way before anyone. (see his hat.)(not really.) ++So here's some of that new Gloria Estefan that I blogged about a few weeks back. It's so cheesy, with an appearance by Susan Lucci no less! It's a purposely campy, different direction for Estefan and I don't hate it, I don't think? Unusual, but not totally out of her wheelhouse. And does it sample the Americano beat? If not, it will be remixed with it... probably in a figure skating... Read Full Story

++Haven't weighed in on all the controversy and internet garbage, nor do I care to, but how cute is she ? Sorry if that's not a very feminist word. And I read In Style magazine from time to time. What of it?! ++Trying to piece together some info here on Nias , a band from Berlin whose single She Would came out last year and is on a self-titled(?) album that came out last month. The single itself is just alright for me, am much more drawn to the Maral Salmassi remix which kind of has the... Read Full Story

It's time once again to update the SOG favorites YouTube page and there are only two additions.: 1) Matthew Pop's noisily rambunctious Drop the Highline . Hurts my ears but sounds like Kermit the Frog's Songs about Rainbows. 2) Easy Tiger's smooth edit of Black Hills by Gardens & Villa . A+! Sounds like a jungly version of Yes . (Also liked Maral Salmassi's version of NIA's She Would posted just now but alas there's no video. Sad disco trombone!) Update: Oops, on second thought, I... Read Full Story

Dooood, this has been on repeat-peat-peat-peat all morning! It's the Easy Tiger remix of the Gardens & Villa song I posted yesterday. It's like he took the song and smacked it upside the head with a little Odessa and added a touch of giddyup. The result is superchill and trance-like. Great stuff. Read Full Story

Admittedly, Kirby Krackle's music isn't my cup of tea (I don't think I'm their demo anyway, not being able to identify all the references below), but I respect anyone trying something new and interesting? Kirby Krackle have released three albums based on " nerd culture and how it masks a desire to be different ." Read Full Story

++Listen to Off the Wall , off of Lee Ranaldo's album Between the Times and Tide due March 20th. ++Today's viddy is from Santa Barbara's Gardens and Villa, and the concept is kinda Spielberg meets Binaca commercial. I love the simplicity of both the video and the song, which rocks fairly solidly within a small chord range. G&V are working their way through California, and come back in April for a performance at Coachellers. Read Full Story

++ Multihyphenated Felicity Huffman: Actress- director- salad lover . ++ I try not to get too political here, but this made me laugh so hard. ++If you know coolsters who are into the hooks of Husker Du and Big Star have them listen to this oldie by New Zealand's The Clean, who influenced Yo La Tengo and Pavement. But maybe stop short of dropping info on all of the bands on Roger Shepherd's Flying Nun label, nerdette. Read Full Story