This was one of the great covers from Holmes album “Covers” and the animation by Pete Michail is pretty cool too. Enjoy!
Best of 2011 Update: There are a handful of albums left that need reviews before my list is compiled. And then comes the reviews of my favorite new Christmas albums by power pop bands, so you better not shout and better not cry.
Congrats to DC Cardwell for “I Am Still The Same” from his last album which won Australia’s Catapult Song Contest. It’s a national song contest with over 3000 entrants from all across Australia and the song won both the JUDGES’ CHOICE AWARD and the CATAPULT 2011 OVERALL WINNER (best original song judged by the industry judging panel AND public votes combined.) You can download the whole album “Some Hope” (including the winning song) at www.noisetrade.com/dccardwell and it won’t cost you a thing!
From the Bay City Roller album Elevator (1979). Please play this video at 11:00pm and maybe something magical will happen. Or maybe it’s just a great power pop tune that I haven’t heard in a long time…. those photos in the video are of Ray City Rollers bassist Stuart “Woody” Wood.
Sorry for the lack of posts this week, but I attended IPO NY last night and will give you a full reporting later this week. I have a huge backlog of reviews that will be coming out starting tonight! Stay tuned…. in the meantime, enjoy this Yahoo exclusive video of The Beach Boys “Heroes and Villains” from the new Smile Sessions.
This delightful bit of French Pop is from Vanessa Paradis and the monster “Frank” for the animated film “A Monster in Paris”
Rumor has it Sean Lennon is the singing voice of the monster here. The soundtrack to this film looks to be a good one, and you don’t have to be French to enjoy it! The video is in french, but the preview is in English…