Gigwise: Interview/Performance by The Neighbourhood

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Gigwise has a fantastic little interview/performance by one of my current favorite bands, The Neighbourhood, here.

Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork

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This album is incredible and has been one of the best first listens in a year so far packed with pretty fantastic first listens. Read my take on Joup: Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork

New NIN single Came Back Haunted

Insidious 2 Trailer

The first Insidious was one of the first genuinely new 'scary' movies I'd seen in a long time. This looks like it may be a bit of a re-hash, ala the Poltergeist sequels, but I'm still going to give it the benefit of the doubt. That scene in this trailer at 0:40 seconds gave me a chill.

Liz Phair - Never Said

... and then there's this PERFECT little song. SO awesome.

Best Coast - Boyfriend

... and since we're talking about groups that remind me of Liz Phair. I'll admit, I like Best Coast quite a bit - like Phair's early music Bethany Cosentino has one of those vocal presences that immediately made me have a crush on her (like Phair once did). However, I've never liked anything I've heard from this band as much as I like this particular song. It all comes together here - the vocals, backing vocals and that luscious reverb-saturated guitar/drums really take me someplace.

Waxahatchee - Coast to Coast

My cousin Charles recommended this group to me recently. I perused them on Spotify but my mind's been in a million places lately (and 999,999 of those places have been QOTSA) and they didn't click. Then I encountered this video on Pitchfork this morning and was immediately taken aback by how much it reminds me of Exile in Guyville-era Liz Phair.

Pretty cool (not that I doubted it - Charles has excellent taste in music)