Because I'm Awesome!

Boon sent me a video to a movie trailer earlier that was freakin awesome... which reminds me of this band... The Dollyrots... a bubblegum punk outfit in the vain of The Donnas. I was relistening to the old album cause they just put out a new single, however neither the a or b side of the single is really post worthy. these two videos of theirs are... the first is "Because I'm Awesome" and the second is a cover of the song played in the roller girl scene of Boogie Nights....

Because I'm awesome


Brand new Key



If you are wondering what sparked it all... it was this trailer. Pure Awesomeness.
this is the extended trailer

Sleigh bells rock... are you listening

Boon pick Wednesday, and this week he reminded me about a band that I wanted to post late last year, but I went MIA so I never really got to it... It's a brooklyn dance pop duo called Sleigh Bells, and its really a marriage of hardcore and pop... Derek Miller used to be in the hardcore outfit Poision the Well. Vocalist Alexis Krauss used to be in a teen pop band. Now they make some seriously sweet music together.

Listen: Sleigh Bells, "Crown On the Ground"



Sleigh Bells - Crown on the Ground

Listen: Sleigh Bells, "Beach Girls"



Sleigh Bells - Beach Girls

Listen: Sleigh Bells, "Ring Ring"



Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring

...And we almost forgot you ever existed

So ...And you will know us by the trail of dead used to be a kickass band from the ATX, then they got signed by a major label and basically sucked for a little while, but now that they don't have a label anymore, they don't entirely suck. I know that sounds like classic indie music snob talk, but its the truth. I'm not gonna say their new album was fantastic, but it at least had a few good songs on it.


Listen: ...Trail of Dead, "Bells of Creation"



...And you will know us by the trail of dead - Bells of Creation

Memory Tapes

So when I think of a memory tape, I automatically think 80's... you know when you used to back up the info on your computer to a tape... sometimes even a cassette... It all seems weird now after the life and death of floppy disks and the rise of flash drive. Well Dayve Hawk must be nostalgic to those times, cause the Jersey Kid has called himself all these things... Weird Tapes, Memory Cassette, and finally Memory Tapes. It could be worse... I mean he is from Jersey... he could be calling himself the situation or something.

The Music is about as throwback as the name.... Totally 80's renaissance... it's like an amalgamation of Depeche Mode, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, and a little Placebo thrown in there for some spice. BTW if I were from Jersey perhaps I would call myself The Amalgamation.

So the Seek Magic album came out in Sept.... I say album btw cause you can't really get a CD anymore... well not easily... its far easier to get vinyl these days. Guy and I went to the Girls/Magic Kids/Smith Westerners concert at the HOB, and all they sold was vinyl. But I digress... this particular album....It's pretty damn good. The song "Bicycle" made my top 100 songs of the year... that I may share with you sometime.




Listen: Memory Tapes, "Bicycle"



Memory Tapes - Bicycle


Listen:Memory Tapes, "Green Knight"



Memory Tapes - Green Knight

WTFVOTD - Buma in me Zak

Heres the what the f**k music video of the day
Words cannot express its greatness.

Diamond Rings are shiny and new

this song makes me happy. it just came on my playlist so I decided I'd share. It's a band called Diamond Rings out of Canada... well it's really a guy... John O'Regan... who is also in the canadian indie band D'Urbervilles.



So anyways, The guy looks like he wants to be a cross between Boy George and Morrissey, but he has a nice happy voice... I can't place who he sounds like besides calling him a male Regina Spektor, but the song is upbeat, and sounds like something straight out of Rocky Horror.

Yeah, I don't know if I painted a good picture or not so just listen. BTW, right now they only have a 7"inch out, but sometime this year they are gonna release another one.

Listen: Diamond Rings, "All Yr Songs"



Diamond Rings - All yr Songs

I'm back bitches

yeah I took a hiatus. I got lists for you, but they aren't really ready yet. we here at WTF haven't really been much of being sticklers to rules... so you might get lists all throughout the year. how's that for crazy. regardless look out for posts.