even the kids are singing it

i know you've heard this song, like everywhere, but it's stuck in my head like a bullet from an east-side drive-by. seriously, when alicia keys comes in, it's all over. if that chorus doesn't lift you up like the hand of kong, you are dead to this world. even the kids are singing it from their car seats when we roll in the volvo.

Winnipeg Cat

Well, apparently if you want to pelt a hipster with a snowball, we're the place to do it. Or so says Winnipeg Cat.

KING MIDAS SOUND

London-based dub-stepper Kevin Martin (THE BUG) has a new project called KING MIDAS SOUND which includes poet Roger Robinson and vocalist Hitomi. The new full-length album "Waiting for you..." released on the Hyperdub imprint is a chilled-out, updated version of the Bristol sound of the mid-1990's. Check it out!

CFCF gets an A

While the video below has been out since March, CFCF's debut album on Paper Bag Records, Continent, was just recently released. Pester the folks at the counter to order you in a copy if you like what you hear (and YOU WILL like what you hear).

PENS ARE RAD!

UK band PENS are the best. unapologetically lo-fi, "HEY FRIEND, WHAT YOU DOING?" is out on minneapolis' destijl records. you're gonna need a helmet for this one. goodnight karen asher, wherever you are.

WHITE DENIM'S "FITS" JUST RIPPED MY FACE OFF

"FITS" by Austin TX's WHITE DENIM just ripped my face off.

i remember reading about them a few months ago in Dazed & Confused magazine, about how they self-record their brand of psychedelic-garage-experimental-acid blues-soul in an old trailer on the outskirts of town.

very few first listens, freak me out so bad like this one. the first track "radio milk - how can you stand it" hit me like a runaway milk truck and each track that followed had me riveted. bounding with energy, "FITS" is a beautifully schizophrenic album that is recorded perfectly, capturing what ever the hell it is that's going on here.

let's recap:

• psychedelia
• damaged blues
• free-form/experimental
• acid country
• post-punk
• soul/funk
• classic rock
  

yep, not generally my favorite things, but in this case undeniable. get it and freak yourself out!

Band Names To Seriously Consider

Starting a band? Any of these names could be yours (but Music Trader employees will get a 25% commission). Potential 1st album titles are beside.

Sigourney Fever
Organ Boner / Hard Times Coming
Slug Leather
Bumflag / Hoist 'er Up!
The Ripples
Weasels On Ice
Scarf / Scarf It Down
Where's Your Chalice / The Macaroni Affair
Slugs In Love / Snail's Trail
Laser-Falcon
Loogie Toes
Chewy Caboose
Pork Open Face
Gabba Gabba Hay: The Bluegrass Ramones Tribute Band
Greasy Goggles
Litebrite / Never Been Poked
Dr. Bootygrabber / Booty Motivator
Ghost Cat Freaky!
Stinkship
Andy Onassis
Andy Oh, No! Dragons!!!
Fart Sap
Poo Blast
Butt Munch
Shark Blimp
Secret Paka
Mucas Rollercoaster
A Hat Pond
Teenage Owls
Ninja Squirrels
Bonus Mucas
Cake Hawk
Horrisey
Liquid Goop
Wolf Punch!
My Friend Gail (Genre: Oprahcore)
Avian Liquor, Yo
The Second Sniff
Claw Pinky
Robot Baby
Black Geese
The Devil's Monkey
Vegetable Ambulance
Squid Ass
Hatebreath
Bolts
Moose Warning!
Renegade Ass Crayon
Scratch n' Sniff
Pingque Phloyd
Muffin Stump
Gator Wagon
Poverty Lunch
Forklift Annihilation
Blood Cork
The Consistent Pillows
Gator Aids

The Metal Band Name Game: You think of an awful word and match it with a pleasant word. Examples:

Flesh Necklace
Gonorrhea Napkin
Bacteria Puppy
Execution Summer
Holocaust Rainbow
Jerry Garcia Feces

Anagram band name: Take an existing band name and put it into an anagram generator:

Coldplay = Lady Clop
Beatles = Eel Bats
Weakerthans = Sneaker Thaw
Beastie Boys = Set Yo Babies
My Bloody Valentine = Yo, Mandible Novelty!
U2 = 2U

Feel free to add your own.