The Morning Benders - Talking Through Tin Cans

It seems like most popular rock has heavily submerged itself in electronics recently. Even though they have shared the stage with MGMT and The White Rabbit, don't let this fool you about their type of music. The Morning Benders have separated themselves from the modern day trend of chopped synths and heavy distortion and have constructed a sound that reflects the simpler times of music. Don't expect intricate layers because you won't find any. Instead I challenge you to see how much can be done in music with so little. The Morning Benders will not disappoint.

Songs worth a listen: Waiting for a War, Dammit Anna, and Boarded Doors. For Radiohead fans, I highly recommend the song Heavy Hearts.

http://www.mediafire.com/?u1tdt1acotz

The Morning Benders - Talking Through Tin Cans

Tilly and The Wall - Bottoms Of Barrels

Out of Omaha, Nebraska comes a unique indie band that I can barely fit into a genre. Using shakers, tambourines, guitars, keyboards, and tap dancing they create a beautiful blend of pop fun. Their use of tap dancing in replacement of a drummer in many instances has brought them to be intriguing in every sense. Check out "Black and Blue", "Rainbows In The Dark", and "Bad Education" for great instances of their classic sound.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ETKCJE1N

Tilly and The Wall - Bottoms Of Barrels

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...

Los Campesinos! (translated; the Farmers) is a UK imported band here to spread the joys of good ol' fashion fun music. There isn't much to say about these guys that can create an accurate enough picture to understand what they're about. They are simply a cosmos in chaos type band playing violins to guitars and synths to glockenspiels and hitting just about every genre along the way. If you're looking for your indie fix of the week, look no further.

And if you don't find yourself toe tapping/dancing/smiling to the playfulness of this band, I don't know what the hell is wrong with you.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jteycd3jmzf

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...

Ratatat - Ratatat

All hope would seem lost for this blog if the declining effort and quality of the music posted last month were to persist. This month I have made it my goal to resurrect the ideals and passion that we initially set forth with from the start.

With the ever popular trend of electronic music in our mainstream, everyone is trying to find "the next big thing". Well, you can stop looking, cause here they are. New York's Ratatat has combined the melodic sounds of a guitar and beaten it to a choppy synth driven tone that we all crave. This is their first album which has set the standard for the electronic genre as a whole. Even though the album is 4 years old now, it still holds that edgy Electrock sound that we hear from the likes of Justice today.

Songs Worth A Listen: Seventeen Years, Germany to Germany, and Bustelo.

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Ratatat - Ratatat

OST - Romper Stomper

There's a lot of racist people on ABS. Most of it is just to be funny, but as to whether you share the same view on this soundtrack, well, that's another matter. This is from the controversial Australian film Romper Stomper, and it marked the beginning of Russell Crowes acting career. While the film wasn't particularly mind boggling, it's soundtrack provides quite an almost laughable pace for the Neo Nazis who are angered at the spread of the Vietnamese in their community.

http://rapidshare.com/files/70615293/Romper_Stomper_Soundtrack.rar

Edit: We do not support Nazis, we are posting this album because it is musically well done.

OST - Romper Stomper

The Aquabats - Charge!!

The Aquabats are quite possibly the absolute best superhero/pop band you'll ever meet. Their roots start with a poppy-ska, and after misplacing their horn section settled on a keyboard. Their roots even contain Travis Barker, who drummed for their 1996 album The Fury of the Aquabats! (pre Blink-182).

Charge!! is their latest album. It's full of super-poppy anthems and an overall fun feel. Songs like Nerd Alert! and Look at Me (I'm a Winner) poke fun at the idea of what "cool" is in a hoky yet lovable sort of way. The Aquabats embrace the idea of individuality...through uniforms. Their shows resemble a Saturday morning cartoon show, with an enemy and cereal commercials to match.

Overall, The Aquabats are an adorable sort of band you can love. Or at least I do.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9bmzdej2zxn

The Aquabats - Charge!!

Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything

You'll Rebel To Anything was my first Mindless Self Indulgence album, and has remained in heavy rotation for me, along with almost any other MSI album. It's truly great stuff. Though classified as 'Shock Rock', I really don't find them very shocking (if you want shocking, check out Alien Vampires. With songs like 'I Fuck Nuns' and 'Fuck You We're Dead', they're a bit more in the shocking field. If you can understand what they say), but I still really like their sound. Very lighthearted in their lyrical content (under educated/over caffeinated/I just masturbated), one doesn't have to worry about them being to serious. The music itself is like a combination of hard rock with punk influences combined with dancey synthesizer sounds, creating one of the most fun listens I've ever had. Highlights include 'Straight To Video' and 'Stupid MF', but all the songs here are really really good.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wzdyzmkztn3

Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything

Homestar Runner - Strong Bad Sings And Other Type Hits

From homestarrunner.com comes the music of your internet subculture middle school days. On this album you will find Strong Bad, Coach Z, Marzipan, Limozeen, and What's-Her Face to name a few!

http://www.mediafire.com/?zyyywtmgwya

Homestar Runner - Strong Bad Sings And Other Type Hits

Home Video - No Certain Night or Morning

First post! Hope you like.

Home video is a relatively new band (Their first and only album came out in 2006) that I found while listening to my pandora (pandora.com; best music site ever). They have a kind of dreamlike quality to them that has a dance feel to it, while still remaining mellow. Classified as Indie Rock/Pop by the site that I got it from (don't really trust its classifications, but Indie sounds like a decent enough term).

Highlighted Songs:
Sleep Sweet
Pidpunk

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Home Video - No Certain Night or Morning

Eiffel 65 - Europop

In 1999, the song Blue by this band became #1 in the Australian music charts. 9 years later, my brother obtained this album, and after hearing it, I'm impressed how well it's aged. Old school europop makes up most of my 90's dance music and this is a good addition to that. Though Blue and Move your body are the most well known tracks, it's unfortunate that Too Much of Heaven, my favorite song on the album didn't get the attention it deserved when it was released commercially.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5T2PIYLD

Eiffel 65 - Europop