its always sunny goes musically viral

fx released a new promo for season 5 of it’s always sunny in philadelphia. it’s a compilation of people doing “dayman” covers.

who can spot the indie rockers???

gosh, i cant wait for this to come back on tv.

sytycd does the white stripes

so you think can dance is one of my favorite tv shows of all time. admittedly, this season has been pretty lackluster. apparently, none of the contestants have any personality whatsoever, and i find myself fastforwarding through all of the judges’ commentary every week.

this is the 5th season of the show, and each summer, the music has gotten generally better. of course the “boom boom pow” routines are unavoidable, but lately, there has been alot of (too much) missy higgins and the like.

last night, the top 12 contestants did a group routine to “seven nation army.” not the best song ever, but i thought it was pretty cool. plus, tabitha and napoleon choreographed it.

and because i can, i’ll plug my favorite dance of the season so far. some glen hansard action for you people. (please, please, please put this on the finale. please.)

song of the day 7/10

current obsession.

“rains in asia”- jump little children

the song that just won’t die…

don’t get me wrong. i love “don’t stop believin’”. i’m never not in the mood to hear it. i even love when they play it as the bars close, regardless of how cliche that is.

but really. it’s like the cockroach of music. no matter how hard anyone tries (unintentionally, of course) to kill it, the song just won’t die. it endures all and lives on. forever.

i guess that’s a testament to how awesome the song is. it can never be 100% ruined. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD KEEP TRYING. at the very least, each sad attempt to “recreate” or “reuse” the song in some new, “original” way compromises its integrity. tarnishes its reputation, if you will.

today, best week ever listed 10 recent examples of this exact phenomenon. they include tv shows, sports, covers, and even covers of covers.

lay off the journey, people.

ryan gosling lands record deal, gets one step closer to achieving perfection

ryan gosling and zach shields met 4 years ago. ryan was dating rachel mcadams (r.i.p. greatest celebrity couple ever), and zach was dating her sister. through their mutual love for spooky musical theater (?!?), dead man’s bones was born.

according to pitchfork, the duo had originally planned on releasing their debut alum on their own record label, werewolf heart, but it was announced today that, on october 6th, anti- will put out dead man’s bones.

the album was recorded with some 5 to 17 year old Los Angeles residents known as the silverlake conservatory children’s choir. ryan so eloquently explains their reasoning:

“You know when you’re a kid and you get crayons and papers and just draw whatever you want and it’s just a bunch of messy lines, but to you it makes sense, and then they put it on the fridge? From that point on, you’re always trying to get back on the fridge, you start drawing things that look like something, like, the more it looks like a horse, the more chance you have of getting it on the fridge. We wanted to get back to that place before we were trying to make the fridge. We wanted to work with people who hadn’t been affected in that way yet.”

here’s what theyve released so far. this is “in the room where you sleep.”

does anyone else find this to be a little reminiscent of the dracula opera in forgetting sarah marshall? or “monster mash”? the next one’s “name in stone.” it’spretty fanfarlo-ish:

i dont think this music is really all that great, but for ryan gosling, i’ll tolerate it. and i’ll probably even buy it.

song of the day 7/7

in honor of michael jackson’s funeral and the release of the highly anticipated (okay, only by me) discovery album, here is “i want you back.”

ps: the album is a-mazing. go buy it immediately.

the best 4th of july article you will read this year

read it. i hope you laugh as much as i did. thanks, stereogum.

here are my favorite comments from the article. basically, only jeff and buddy will understand. sorry to the rest of you.

“I’m sorry, how many bloggers did your company lay off? Is the dude from Videogum writing everybody’s posts now?”

“What is so Videogum about this? The word ‘basically?’ The phrase ‘you guys?’ Gabe isn’t President of those, you know. What is super-VG, of course, is the picture of a cake. “

the “pool” parties are back

every summer for the past 3 years, jellynyc has put on sunday pool parties at mccarren park in brooklyn. last year, they had deerhunter, matt & kim, the hold steady, and a bunch more amazing bands. and it was free.

the deal was that there was some sort of (unorganized) rsvp list, and you had to get there early. once you got in, though, there was booze, dodgeball, and a slip & slide.

last year, i was in nyc on the weekend that mgmt was playing. needless to say, not going to that is one of the biggest regrets of my entire life.

this year, they’re moving the pool parties to the east state water park on the williamsburg waterfront…wherever that is.  for 8 straight (FREE!) sundays! and pitchfork says they’re replacing the slip & slides with kiddie pools. heres the schedule:

• 07/12 – 
Mission of Burma, 
Fucked Up, 
Ponytail, Jemina Pearl
• 07/19 – 
Dirty Projectors, Magnolia Electric Co., White Denim
• 07/26 – …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Black Lips, HEALTH, 
Grupo Fantasma
• 08/02 – Deerhunter, No Age, Dan Deacon

 (Round Robin show)
• 08/09 – 
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set), Fiery Furnaces, Dark Meat, 
The Netherlands
• 08/16 – Del the Funky Homosapien, 
Gravy Train!!!, DD/MM/YYYY, Kenan Bell


• 08/23 – 
Girl Talk, Max Tundra, Wiz Khalifa
• 08/30 – Grizzly Bear, Beach House

who’s down for 8/2, 8/23 or 8/30?????

band of the moment: lord cut-glass

i found a new band to love. his name is alun woodward, a former member of the scottish band, the delgados.

his first album as lord cut-glass came out last tuesday, and it’s like the decemberists + belle and sebastian. in other words, it’s fantastic.

but more than that lord cut-glass (it’s self-titled), reminds me so much of the best indie album of all time (arguably), in the aeroplane over the sea, the heralded release from neutral milk hotel.

something about arun woodward’s voice, its tone or ringing quality maybe, sounds like jeff mangum’s…to the point that it’s uncanny. to me, at least. and the songs are really weird. it takes a few listens to truly appreciate. and then youre like…”this is genius!!” (which is basically the essence of the nmh album, right?)

spinner is streaming it for free. listen to it and tell me what you think. they’ll probably take it down at the end of the week, or maybe even by the end of the day, so GET ON IT.

song of the day 6/30

in honor of brad paisley’s newest, american saturday night, which came out today, here’s some country for a change. this song’s all over the radio right now, but it’s super cute, so you should hear it.

my roommate’s sister is getting married this summer, and this is going to be her and her future husband’s first dance…if that gives you a hint on the kind of song this is. (dont hate me)