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    Ida Marie

    Can’t remember how I first heard Ida Marie, but I can’t get these songs out of my head.  Also, can’t tell if thats a good thing or bad thing; I do have a weak spot for girl singers.  She sounds like the crappy ska and girl punk music that Joan listened to and loved in high school.  Like it should have been on the “10 Things I Hate About You” soundtrack.  Myspace it or Hype It

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    The Whigs

    Being unemployed is gives me a lot of time to read more music blogs.  A new one that I like a lot is Rollo & Grady.  They have a couple posts a day, with very listenable music.  They have a lot of posts about the Rolling Stones, My Morning Jacket, Radiohead, and The Whigs.  The Whigs are another great rock band from Athens, Georgia. The most recent post about the Whigs included an interview with the lead singer, Parker Gispert.  Check ’em out.  Here is a video from my favorite song of theirs from letterman:

    The actual video is pretty cool, but not embedd-able.

  • Take a Z-Trip

    ztrip picEveryone loves “I want you back” by the Jackson 5, so when I saw a remix of it by America’s fourth best dj, I of course gave it a listen.  It is tremendous, it isolates every element of the song so as to showcase it.

    I was reminded of it not too long ago and when to check out more of Z-Trip’s remixes, and they are all worth a listen.  You can check them out at his website: http://www.djztrip.com.

    I Want You Back – Z-Trip Remix   -   mp3

  • A Little Joy from the Strokes

    It’s been about two years since “First Impressions of Earth” was released.  The Strokes say that they are planning on having the followup released next year, and its wonderful of them to fit that into their busy schedule; they all seem to have side projects worth checking out.

    julianJulian did a song not too long ago with Pharrell and Santogold for converse called “My Drive Thru” which is pretty good.

    albert’sAlbert Hammond, Jr. released his second solo disc “¿Cómo Te Llama?” which is not as good as the first bust still worth a listen.

    nickolai’s new bandNikolai Fraiture has a side project called Nickel Eye with Regina Spektor and Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

    Nick Valensi has done some work with Devandra Banhart and Regina Spektor.

    fab’s new bandFabrizio Moretti has been getting the most press lately.  Kevin is the one that first told me about this band, Little Joy.  Little Joy is made up of Fab, his girlfriend, Binky, producer Noah Georgeson, and Los Hermanos guitarist Rodrigo Amarante. Just like all the other projects, it doesn’t sound that far off from The Strokes.  Check it out a better story about it here.