Hey hey hey I've got it, she she she she's got it, world cup fever.

World Cup fever officially started today.
Here are a few of my favorite world cup songs:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/?cc=5901&ver=us

The ruins were wild.

I love The New Pornographers more and more.
Plus, you just can never go wrong with Neko Case and that voice.
That voice. She could sing about anything and I'd just get lost in it.
I know the album's been out for a little bit but it's just hitting me in the right way today so I felt like sharing it.

http://www.thenewpornographers.com/

Burn bridges/make yourself an island.

Warm, fuzzy summertime jams from a band that is keeping most info about them pretty obscure (or at least funny) at the moment.
(http://pitchfork.com/news/38496-rising-dom/).
That said, they'll be playing again in NYC at Knitting Factory and Music Hall at the end of the month and I intend to be there.
Get yr happy Friday on:

http://www.myspace.com/imfur
http://www.burningmillrecords.net/

I'm taking over/into the light.

As it goes, I liked Bloc Party for about a nanosecond when I first heard them, and then, not so much.
At all.
They were too emo for me (and boring) in a way that I couldn't jive with.
So it was with some surprise that I found myself kind of digging the new Kele album,
the singer's new solo effort, which is pretty all over the place, sounding at various and simultaneous times like Depeche Mode, rave, B-Pitch Records and indie R&B.
Far, far better than his old band, in my opinion.
Give it a listen.

http://www.iamkele.com/

Lights that flash in the evening through a hole in the drapes.

Yesterday I took train up to Boston to speak on a panel for the Grammy's Northeast Chapter of the Recording Academy.
Not only did I have a blast (thanks Boston peeps), I had a lot of time on the train and I ended up reminiscing about music back in my college days and thinking in general about how I truly believe in the power of music to transform lives. Plus yesterday, sadly, was the anniversary of Ian Curtis' death. So here's my shout-out to Ian, that comes in the form of one of my favorite Replacements songs. R.I.P.

Ian, the best punk dancer:
http://www.thetripwire.com/tripwiretv/2010/05/18/ian-curtis-was-the-best-danc...

http://www.grammy.com/

I'll take good care of you.

I first came across this song only recently (last autumn) from a search I was working on for a Y&R projectand I'm pretty sure that my good friend Keith D'Arcy over at EMI sent this my way.
Though I didn't end up licensing it for the project, this track has dug itself deep and is now held dear to my heart.
An oldie and a goodie.
Wanted to share it with y'all.

Buy The Best Of album here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013RAZZY/ref=dm_ty_alb