Stuff Alex Blogs

Jul 30 2010

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Superhumanoids - Dangerous Strangers

This Los Angeles outfit’s music is solid from top to bottom. They so clearly understand the well-crafted 3:00-minute pop song. Get in, hook ‘em, get out. Bob your head along the way, and tap your feet. Not too sweet, not too sour.

Pick up their EP Urgency free on Soundcloud digitally or buy it on limited-editon red vinyl from Hit City USA.

Via, yvynyl

Jul 17 2010

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Poppies - Hello The Mind Control

Say hello to one of my most favorite songs of the past year by one of the most amazing/talented bands ever to sprout from Arizona, Hello The Mind Control. These guys make fantastic, toe-tapping, passionate folk-rock that everyone should own.

This one’s from their succulent newly released full length, “Total War.” West Coasters, they’re touring your zones right now, and you should definitely check out their tour dates and see them in action:

myspace.com/hellothemindcontrol

Jun 24 2010

about-today:

Beck’s Record Club (St. Vincent on vox), Never Tear Us Apart (INXS cover)

Haminahamina.

Via, about-today

Jun 23 2010

"I wasn’t sure if they were an army, a gang, or a specialized task force of geological engineers. Whatever they were, when this came out, I wanted to enlist."

— Beck, on DEVO

Jun 11 2010

The first preview of DEVO’s hilarious and subversive “reality show,” Something For Everybody. I love DEVO’s new concept and take on handling the music industry. Screw Will Smith, THESE guys Are Legend.

May 27 2010

Kid Cudi - “Pursuit of Happiness” music video (alternate version)

One of my most favorite music videos that’s come out recently, the alternate video for Cudi’s song, directed by Megaforce. Great stuff.

May 27 2010

thedailywhat:

Art Project of the Day: For a 2008 exhibit aptly titled “Back to the Future,” artist Nils Guadagnin sculpted an exact replica of the hoverboard used in the film series, and fitted it with an electromagnetic system that allows the board to levitate above its electromagnetic plinth.

Click here to see the board in action.

[fubiz.]

Via, thedailywhat

May 25 2010

yvynyl:

Rapids - Get Better Than That

BIGSTEREO calls this Sydney band’s single “infectious,” and rightly so. Guilty pleasure pop to the max. Cute, fashiony band boys to boot… go get ‘em, ladies.

They list themselves as ‘unsigned’ and have a broken link to a ‘free EP’ on their myspaces leading me to believe (total conjecture) that these boys have just gotten themselves a record deal. Fingers crossed for ‘em!

Via, yvynyl

May 22 2010

totallymorgan:

fuckyeahlost:

This Week in Unnecessary Censorship - LOST Edition

This is from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel and it’s hilarious.

Via, totallymorgan

May 22 2010

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becktionary:

jameshodgson:

Beck - Bad Blood

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