Jill Sobule kissed a girl first. Let’s get that out of the way. Not only that, she did it in a much better written, far more interesting song rife with innuendo (“we’ll have our pearls), beauty, and introspection. She wasn’t just fucking around a club with a few guys watching, making out to get everybody [...]

1.  Another fellow covers blogger, Cover Freak, has a collection of  “I Will Survive” covers.  He’s got a lot of good ones, but he’s also missing this great one: I Will Survive (R.E.M.) (Live) (YSI) 2.  Egg City Radio has a bunch of shows by the brilliant and dead Mitch Hedberg. If you’ve never heard [...]

  The swell folks at Ryan Adams have put together a nifty compliation I like to call “15 Reasons Why The Dead Should Hire Ryan As Their Lead Singer.”  Enjoy. And if you like what you see here, please make me a buddy on Technocrati, vote for my stuff on Hype, etc.  I’d like to [...]

BONUS SONG: Vulture (Tobias Doppleganger Wildlife On One Remix)-Patrick Wolf (YSI) BONUS SHOUT OUT: I thought I had the market cornered on Clash boot postings, but Captain’s Dead been known to jump in from time to time, like this one from 1982.  Go check it out.

The Pomegranates 2008 debut, “Everything is Alive,” was a fantastic indie/art pop record that begged the question: Can they do it again? The answer is, decidedly, yes. “Everybody Come Outside!” is even better than the first album: It’s got more energy, for one thing. The opener/title track features shouted harmonies, afro-beat, and a wonderful display [...]

Fans of the dreamy, grungy psychedelia that was The Stone Roses will recognize “Elephant Stone” as a song title, and though there similarities, the five-piece by the same name is hardly a tribute band.  The debut album from Montreal’s Elephant Stone is a wonderful trip, a collection of creamy, gentle pop songs that sounds a [...]

New York’s Gladshot is perfectly named: Their music is clean pop with shiny harmonies and choruses that are instantly familiar, and they’ve already done shows with a diverse group of artists who appeal the college music set, like Head Automatica, Michelle Shocked, and The Antlers. I’m listening to their latest record, and I’m amazed that [...]