Category: Alternative

King Bea Culpa

Song of the Day: The KingBees – My Mistake We are not exactly sure what mistake The Kingbees are owning up to in this propulsive, neo-Rockabilly gem – they seems to be apologizing for not choose the straight life over the life of a Rock and Roller (and maybe mistaking a guy for a girl …

Their Ship of Love Is Ready to Attack

Song of the Day: DFX2 – Something’s Always Happening Twin brothers Donald and David Farage (DFX2 – get it?) are frustrated and annoyed.  They lost their employment and crashed their car and worst of all they are “threatened with obscurity”!  That last thing was really more than a threat as they remain almost completely unknown …

Nothing Ever Happens to Us, ‘Cept We Miss the Bus

Song of the Day: Buzzcocks – Something’s Gone Wrong Again Life is really bugging Pete Shelley.  He lost a sock, his egg yoke broke (no joke), he missed a bus, etc.  Somehow, Shelley and the Buzzcocks make these petty little annoyances seem ominous and even downright perilous.  But, haven’t we all felt like that sometimes, …

$100 Friday

Song of the Friday: G. Love & Special Sauce – Friday Night (Hundred Dollar Bill) Philadelphia’s very own G. Love & Special Sauce sing our Song of the Friday this week.  This typically laid back jammer is from their 1999 Philadelphonic album.  Happy Friday, as G. Love says, it’s gonna be alright!        

Underrated Albums Hall of Fame #3

Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too by New Radicals You probably think of  New Radicals as a Nineties One Hit Wonder.  Granted, You Get What You Give was so ubiquitous at the time that it may be remembered with more disdain than not but, it is actually a pretty great and snarky Power Pop song.  And, …