Ruby by CheapGirls
Held off until 2k12 to put this up, but the excellence of Cheap Girls is continuing with this song. New album, Giant Orange will be out in February and this is the first hit single.
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Long ago, I gave up ideas of “best.” I’m not sure what that word means anymore. So here are favorites from me and Brian. Strictly favorites. And a few other things.
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70s punk with fuzz sprinkles. Good album coming out in January from Dirtnap Records
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One of the great oversights of 2011 by moi has not been posting this song sooner. That was stupid. Because every instance this song pops on iTunes, I’m like “who and what is that again?” Because this isn’t the Her Space Holiday that you’ve known in the past–the meandering electronic experiment that sounded like a vintage Simon slammed over a xylophone.
No, this has an indelible pop hook and a joyous chorus. In fact, all of the songs do. This is the last album from Mark Bianchi aka Her Space Holiday and he goes out on what he should’ve done along.
It’s great. Stream the full-length here.
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Guess Who??? / Photo by Josh Rank
“It’s not raining that hard,” I said as we pulled into the parking lot at the Masquerade, windshield wipers furiously scrubbing the windows. Turns out, I was wrong. We started running as soon as the doors closed behind us, jumping around puddles and pushing past people carrying umbrellas. I was in front of our little group, acting more like a test dummy than a leader. This ended up being a good thing for my friends after I tried to step off what looked to be a rock in a puddle. It ended up being nothing more than a two-foot drop off resulting in a soaked pair of jeans. When we finally ran up to the front of the venue, I was already thoroughly inundated with rain water and shivering. The show was not off to a good start.
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