Hello again.

Does it make any sense trying to revive this?

Anyway, I do most of my blogging on Tumblr now, but I always liked the idea of this blog being a platform to share music among ourselves. So, no theme or real depth to this post. I really just want to get a couple songs I like a lot out there:

["I'm A Lady" - Santigold]

I'm probably super late to the game on this one, but I just found it on Rookie Mag's Friday playlists, which are good for when you're sick of all your own music. There's an annoying skip limit, though.

["Tell Her No" (The Zombies cover) - Tennis]

The original is worth checking out too.

["Is It True?" (Brenda Lee cover) - Tennis]

This is pretty fun to sing along to! Weirdly, I haven't been able to find a version of the original.

CLARA C

So! I saw Clara C perform tonight. For those of you who haven't heard of her, she's a quirky manic-pixie-dreamgirl of a singer-songwriter who's really gone places in the past year--she won Kollaboration 10 and performed at the White House in May.

Also, She's ADORABLE. Seriously, if you ever get the chance to see her perform, go! To use an awkwardly composed simile, watching her perform is like having a guitar-and-trumpet-and-xylophone-etc.-playing sunbeam bounce into your life.

["Offbeat" - Clara C]

Among all the instruments I just mentioned, she also plays that Casio keyboard thing attached to tubing that you see in this video... which I cannot identify. Any guesses?

ETA: Google Search and an obscure New Zealand store's site tells me it's some sort of mouth organ!

["Use Somebody + Fallin' For You" - Clara C]

This cover really shows how pretty her voice is, I think.

Oh. And. Did I mention she teaches autistic kids? It's unfair how perfect she is.

Cool Songs with Profanity, vol. 2: This Shit Is Bananas

...B-A-N-A-N-A-S! Come on, you know the words.

["Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani]

A giddy, folksy cover by Kate Nash.

["Hollaback Girl" (cover) - Kate Nash]

And here's an amazing video from Gilmore Girls of METAL GOD Sebastian Bach singing "Hollaback Girl." No profanity here, really, since he's performing at a bat mitzvah (and the FCC would probably be all over the WB and Gilmore Girls if he did say "shit"). He does this... better than I would've expected. Good work, Sebastian Bach.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World features a pretty awesome selection of music. As any good movie that's got this many bands and hipsters should, really.

The best song in the movie is, logically, by the only band that's made it to rock-stardom. I've pretty much had "Black Sheep" on repeat since I got home last night:

["Black Sheep" - The Clash at Demonhead]

I still can't decide whether I prefer the movie version or original (posted below for comparison's sake). I really like Brie Larson's vocals here, but Metric's version has been growing on me. They're virtually the same though, really.

["Black Sheep" - Metric]

I also liked Beachwood Sparks' dreamy cover of "By Your Side," which definitely fits the shy, awkward beginning to Scott and Ramona's relationship better than the smoothly romantic original... somehow it sounded better to me in the movie, though.

["By Your Side" - Beachwood Sparks]

And finally, "Invaders Must Die," which isn't in the movie but is in one of its trailers.

And yes, it is as awesome as it sounds.

["Invaders Must Die" - The Prodigy]

Kim Yeo Hee's "My Music"

Kim Yeo Hee's (aka Applegirl on Youtube)first single "My Music"

What a strong voice this girl has!

This is also her cover of Poker Face. The iPhone apps are crazy!