Around the Blogosphere: Hives, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Chromatics, Frank Black, Afraid of Stairs, Magnetic Fields, Ramones, Godfathers, et. al.

Were I hosting these myself, I'd have to buy the same brand of Depends-type thingies Astronautess Nowak uses. Maybe the actual hosterposters are made of sterner stuff, but I do thank them all the same.

The Hives – You Dress Up For Armageddon – BadmintonStamps
The Hives – Return the Favour – BadmintonStamps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Kiss, Kiss – BadmintonStamps
Chromatics – Night Drive – Badminton Stamps

Frank Black – I Gotta Move – The Modern Music
Sounds Like Sunset – Frequency – mp3hugger
Eat – Shame – mp3hugger – Catchy

Michelangelo – Soon (We’ve Kept the Room. . .) – Raven Sings the Blues
Afraid of Stairs – When Nothing – My Little Ghost Friend
The Magnetic Fields – The Nun’s Litany – a Plague of Angels – Catchy

The Ramones – Somebody Put Something in My Drink – Bag of Songs - a personal favorite by the happy fam, as are 40 or 50 others; live at the Armadillo on the Leave Home tour was a seminal experience (again with the loins; sorry)
The Godfathers – I Want Everything – Bag of Songs - Come to think of it, The Ramones wanted this, too.
Gary Myrick And The Figures – She Talks in Stereo – Bag of Songs - A long-time faveorite

Around the Blogosphere: Beatles, Hives, Flop, Boomtown Rats, Sniff n the Tears, Stars, Ether Aura, Billy Bragg, Fathom 5, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I made a vow of sorts I would not put more than five songs from Retro Music Snob in any one post. How ludacris,*** but I've stuck to it so far. Anyway, there's a lot of groovy stuff out there right now just waiting to be "sampled." For example:

The Beatles - Help! - Retro Music Snob
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom (Ruisrock 07 live) - Retro Music Snob
Flop - A. Wylie - Retro Music Snob - Silly name, excellent group, from the several songs I've heard so far.
The Boomtown Rats - Up All Night - Retro Music Snob - Apt title
Sniff n the Tears - Drivers Seat - Retro Music Snob

Stars - Ageless Beauty - Dead Flowers: Anglophiles Anonymous - Absolutely pins me.
Ether Aura - Twist & Tell Me That I’m Nothing - Hits in the Car - I'll long be grateful to Morten for introducing me to these Detroiters, one of the treasures of the last year. . .and decade.
Billy Bragg - Take Down the Union Jack (Remix) - Songs: Illinois
Fathom 5 - And the Words - Coast is Clear - One word: shoegaze.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 10 x 10 - The Glorious Hum - Notice the first/last connection? I only just did.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion - Instrumental Analysis

Thanks, hostpersons.

***Please don't laugh, but at first I spelled it "ludakris!" Duh.

Around the Blogosphere

As usual, the 'sphere is ablaze with great hosted tunes. No doubt you spent several restless 24's wondering how I would resolve the dilemma of linking to my newly-discovered friend over at Retro Music Snob. The decision is Solomonic (though I have far fewer wives). I shall link to RMS, which will then direct you accordingly. That way everyone benefits. I told myself, though, I would limit myself to no more than five RMS links in a post. Myself rolled eyes, sniggered and wished me luck. We'll see. Soooo. . .

Truly Retro (and Groovy)
The Go Go’s - Head Over Heels - Retro Music Snob - My favorite song by 'em
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums & I Wanna Be Adored - Retro Music Snob
The Smithereens - Yesterday Girl - Retro Music Snob
The La’s - Timeless Melody - Retro Music Snob
Catherine Wheel - Crank - Retro Music Snob - Keep preparing for shoegazer mania, if'n you haven't already found the post. Coming real soon. . .
Sugar - Your Favorite Thing - The Runout Groove

Pretty Much Current
Deerhunter – Strange Lights - Indietastic
Film School - What I Meant to Say - Quarter Life Party - Check your sabots, people. It be comin', I tell ya.
John Strohm - Sha La – My Old Kentucky Blog
Tegan and Sara - The Con & Dark Come Soon - Heartache with Hard Work

Tokyo Police Club - Your English Is Good - Untitled Records
The Bleachers - Invitation - 5 Acts
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
Two Hours Traffic – Jezebel – I (heart) music

Many thanks to all the wonderful hosts and hostesses.

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