Enjoying myself, taking only what I need
On vacation this week. What does that mean? Well, I’ll still be posting on the site. But in a bathing suit while drinking a beer. And possibly listening to Weezer cover MGMT and Lady Gaga (from Stereogum).
Pork and Beans video by Weezer
Kind of sums up the my Internet for the last couple years. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI] By Mathew Cullen of Motion Theory
Mardeen
Check out Kids by Mardeen (can be downloaded on Indie Music Filter Volume 4, grab it here). This is Mardeen, a three-piece power-pop group from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. I hear pieces of Built To Spill and Weezer, with remnants of the Canadian East Coast Pop Explosion in the mid 90’s. Their debut album (Read […]
Desaparecidos
Okay, so maybe I missed the boat on this band…. but I’m just starting to get to know them now. Take a listen to Desaparecidos from Omaha. 2003 was their last year for the band (I guess they made like their name, Desaparecidos means ‘The Disappeared’ in Spanish). The lead singer (Conor Oberst) left the […]