Punky Brewster + Bonding Males = Seksi Noise

So maybe you have been living under an ironic rock or lacking an active social life that includes all of the L.A. underground shows (I reside in both categories) and have not gotten familiar with the seksi London-native trio known as Male Bonding.

 [British seksi Betches!!!]

I am urging to you to awaken the angst-ridden, self-loathing punk kid in you so that you might become hyper-sensitized to their abrasively catchy tunes. It is difficult to categorize these fine fellows because although their noise driven album is primarily punk based there are still some surf pop elements. I really enjoy the distored and inaudible sounds in the beginning of "Nothing Used to Hurt" and the summer playfulness of "Pumpkin".  "Franklin" has eerie echoing voices coming form a tunnel and show a softer side of these cayoot foreigners. The entire album makes me want to kick myself for not catching them FOR FREE at my school the weekend of Coachella. To my defense I was trapped in the desert with a few of my favorite bandzsss 3v3rzzzz! I recommend to any music music lover to get cozy and bond with this band... they are kind of irresistible. Might I add that no song is over three minutes long meaning you can actually listen to them 10 times while driving back home from L.A. traffic (depending on where you live).


Also, thoughts on the video below? I love this song but for some reason the concept and tune seem to not exactly mesh well:



Looks of a complete hipster sausage fest to me. Who made this video? Looks like a cheap version of an Animal Collective album. I am out of the loop with the whole triangle movement overtaking many music artists' aesthetics?

Procrastination + Ineptitude = Bowl Full of Remorse

Hello, hello to the few readers of the blog.

After almost a three month hiatus... I'M BACK! I apologize for being an absent mother but after a long pensive break I am back and with a vengeance. Well, not really a vengeance per se... more like a new found resurgence.

Hopefully, you still love me after this post because I come bearing GIFT (yes, singular because the economy sucks). You might or might not know that I am currently dating KCRW and it's getting serious. Pssssh... I wish! Anyway, after a great set I heard on 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' I also heard the greatest rendition of my beloved David Bowie's "Golden Years".  The release of a digitally remastered Station to Station prompted a few of Bowie's head honchos to ask four KCRW DJs to remix their own take of the classic song. My personal favorite is Jeremy Sole's remix because he did not stray too far from the original, yet he managed to inject a different Caribbean lounge-y atmosphere into the already catchy tune. I must give him mad props for recording in 100% analog, using vintage equipment, and musicians that have worked alongside the likes of Amy Winehouse, Budos Band, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and Menahan Street Band.

Check out the vid for the sweet tribute:



Verdict: I CANNOT/REFUSE to stop listening to this song! Neither should you. I want this song too!


Makes me want to go back into time to the 1970s bachelor swingers pad.

Clue #1 for Halloween Costume. Can you guess who/what I might impersonate in tranny form on All Hallow's Eve?!?!?!