Urban Outfitters Summer Essentials

Saw this on Some Velvet Blog today. I thought they only made weird things to put on your coffee table? Actually, I have noticed while being in this store that there is a pretty interesting playlist going on. I’m liking their summer essentials though (might be a few I’d take off or put on if […]

Rat Is Dead (Rage) by Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS)

Who: Cansei de Ser Sexy (aka CSS) , from S⭠Paulo, Brazil.
Translation: Tired of Being Sexy
What: Recently released track off the band’s upcoming 2nd full length release, Donkey. This is a band that remixed L7’s Let’s Pretend That We’re Dead. Think supercharged, thumping, chick synth-rock, with a dose of international flavour that lends itself well […]

Some videos getting play here

Strangers by Van She. Australian band heavily rooted in keyboards and that familiar 80’s sound that we’re hearing a lot these days. They’ve remixed everyone (really like that remix of Dragonette’s I Get Around). New record out in August on Modular. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xys4UKD8rzI] and How Now by The Jealous Girlfriends. My brother has a helmet like […]

A Broken Promise by Sleepercar

Who: Sleepercar from El Paso, Texas
What: Sparta front man, and ex At The Drive-In member, Jim Ward, moseys his way into the realm of alt-country by writing lonely tunes with a twang that were influenced by acts like the Old-97’s . He put those ideas on the shelf back in 2002 as Sparta […]