Beth Sorrentino

Beth Sorrentino fronted a band called Suddenly, Tammy! which I really fell in love with in college. They got a record deal with WB who promptly screwed them and their third album was never released. Beth dropped off the radar for a number of years and resurfaced a few years ago with some new stuff.

Here's a video from Suddenly, Tammy!


And a song from a few years ago


Pick up some of her stuff. Show WB how wrong they were to shelve her band.
Hiding Out
Nine Songs, One Story

Clem Snide

God bless him he can even make Journey sound profound.


There's a whole album of these at amazon.

Tom Waits

You can't beat him.



New single drops today.

Gillian Welch

This is my favorite song right now.

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Cat Power

Hmmm. So here's a cover of Wonderwall (that Oasis song everyone loves to do):


and here's "Maybe Not" which appears to be where she got the riff:


but Maybe Not is way better than Wonderwall, so let that be your lesson for the day.

Beachwood Sparks

From Scott Pilgrim last summer. Nice late summer anthem.

Paul Simon

Still got it.

Broken Social Scene

Song of the day:

Spoon

Here's an old Spoon track I stumbled onto on an old mix cd today, from "Wig in a Box"


I probably don't have to tell you that Spoon is all about restraint - what isn't there is really what makes their music so special.

Scattered Trees

I don't know much about this band, but this sounds good to me.


Single out tomorrow at amazon.

Fruit Bats

The Fruit Bats have a new record out today. The first single implies that they are pushing even harder to be mistaken for a 70s supergroup.

Fruit Bats - You're Too Weird (OFFICIAL VIDEO) from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

Here's the title track to their previous effort: