Category: bands

  • Singing Bridges

    It was rainy today so I googled for \”rainy day twee\” and found this.  Just what I wanted.  Apparently they are on Skipping Stone Records, which is awesome. Here is their website.  Check them out!

  • Morrissey

    I was blasting this from my girlfriend\’s car as I drove around my neighborhood today. I liked the song so much, I blasted it twice.

  • Friends With You

    I randomly found this band just from clicking around on myspace. They kinda remind me of Hooliganship mixed with Lullatone.  They definitely wish they were Japanese. It appears it\’s two guys who also make little toys and giant balloons based on the creatures in their videos.  They also had some anime-inspired thing about penguins living in medieval Japan.…

  • The Smittens

    I heard The Smittens for the first time at last year\’s NYC Popfest. I immediately bought both their albums and a tshirt. Their music is a little goofy and over-the-top, but I love it. It\’s just pure, good, clean fun. I\’ve include two songs from their latest album, A Little Revolution, which I think really epitomize…

  • Space Needle

    I found this great old band yesterday called Space Needle. Apparently they existed for three minutes in the mid-90s. But luckily for them, and for me, someone heard a song and put them on a TV show I watched last night. What everyone needs to do is go to their myspace page and listen to the…

  • The Morning Paper

      I found this new (new to me, at least) Swedish band, The Morning Paper, on the Skipping Stone Records website today.  Pretty nice.  Kinda ethereal. I\’m looking forward to hearing the rest of their stuff. Â