Blog Show Numero Ocho!

Okay, so I'm finally off the medication so I hope I sound a little less "out there" this week. Nora yells at me a bit, I fumble with my words, but the music is GREAT. That's all that really counts...right?

Plus, we dedicate one of my favorite bands to our bloggers of the week: The Music Sluts. Listen to the show TODAY and ALL WEEK, and make yourself happy.

Playlist!

Parade Of Punk Rock T-Shirts - Maritime
Tearing Up The Oxygen - Maritime
Calm - Maritime

Parentheses - The Blow
Bonjour Jeune Fille - The Blow
Eat Your Heart Up - The Blow

Rainy Monday - Shiny Toy Guns
Starts With One - Shiny Toy Guns
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns

Down Now - French Kicks
Trial Of The Century - French Kicks
England Just Will Not Let You Recover - French Kicks

All The Holes In The Wall - Birdmonster

Head on over to www.breakthruradio.com and click on "The Blog Show."

Post-Turkey Mix

I didn't listen to a lot of music this past weekend. Most of the time I was sitting in my apartment watching Top Chef marathons, What Not To Wear (my roommate has given me this wonderful addiction) or countless cheesy movies while sniffling and coughing away. I was on a good amount of medication. If I sat in my room and just listened to music, I probably would have passed out.

However, I am back and breathing fairly normally again, and it feels nice to be out in public. The only time I went out was to take the puppy to the dog run at Tompkins Square, which is maybe the most fun place on earth. You can oooh and awww over so many dogs, and play around with them all day. It helped put a smile on my face during a quite depressing break.

Back to music loving and appreciation, so here's a mix I came up with this morning to help pump me back up into reality. Enjoy.

La Rocca - This Life

Matt Pond Pa - Deer Season

The Biggest Lovers - Threadbare

Blow - Eat Your Heart Up

Tally Hall - Smile Like You Mean It (Killers cover)

Deerhoof - Believe E.S.P. (link removed per request)

Field Music - Give It Lose It Take It

Lo-Fi-FINK - Adore

Robbers On High Street - The Fatalist

Mason Proper - 100 Years

Asobi Seksu - Strawberries

Mazarin - December's Coming

Band Of The Week: The Blow

Goshdarnit. I look like a total follower, right? Right. Everyone and their mother is talking about The Blow, with good reason. Their debut album Paper Television is some of the greatest indie pop I've heard in quite some time. During CMJ, I ran into an old friend, and former writer of the magazine whose taste I always admired and she couldn't stop chatting about The Blow. She had seen their show and thought it to be quite fantastic. Then I see all the posts. And then I find out that the album has been sitting in our offices for quite some time now and my co-worker is obsessed. Somehow I was the last to finally listen to it. But I did. And holy crap.

I've been listening to Paper Television on repeat and I can't help bouncing in my chair. Seriously. It's getting to be a bit harmful. For anyone who wants to listen to some pure cheese, while still being considered cool this is totally up your alley. The Portland (really?) duo combine electronic beats with simple melodies that should be straight out of the UK, but somehow these kids are from Oregon. Perhaps all that makeup got to their heads and they went a little bit crazy. Either way, I'm thankful for whatever caused this album.

It's without pretension and without the annoying repetition of most dance music. It's simple and catchy and incredibly addicting. Expect a lot of remixes to move around the blogosphere with these songs [Yeti's got some here]. Lord knows I'm ready to whip them out while DJing.

Blow - Eat Your Heart Up

Blow - Parentheses

Listen to more songs on myspace. Buy Paper Television here.