Mad Men Season 4 Premiere

Will someone please tell me what version of "Tobacco Road" that was at the end of the episode? All those TV critics keep mentioning the song's name but not who's singing it. There's about 15 versions on iTunes right now. Help a brother out!

Kleptones Video Mashup

This is just awesome.


Kleptones - Come Again (Beatles vs Rare Earth vs Beaties vs Daft Punk vs Cypress Hill vs Boston) Video by Crumbs Chief from The Videotones on Vimeo.

Perpetua Sticks it to M.I.A.

At Pitchfork:

The record is a shambling mess, devoid of the bangers that characterized Arular and Kala, two of the stronger pop albums of the past decade. It aims to capture a technological and cultural zeitgeist in its over-stimulated, digitally degraded sound, but the songs are too flimsy to carry her bold conceit. Without compelling tunes, the obnoxious public antics, dubious political messages, and thin voice that had grated on her naysayers have become impossible for even dedicated fans to ignore. It's as if everything that was great about M.I.A. has been stripped from this music, leaving behind only the most alienating aspects of her art and public persona.

I should probably stop wailing on the girl. That "Born Free" video really got under my skin somehow.

Is it Just Me...

... or is "Band of Horses" sound like a name that was only adopted because someone's girlfriend didn't like "Band of Doom"?

UPDATE: Should I listen to a Band of Horses song before I make cracks like that?

I actually didn't mean to vanish...

But something about Echo and the Bunnymen has defied giving me a hook to write about, and I've had other projects looming. You know how it is.

Here's Album-a-Week Talking about the XX album that everyone's all gaga over:

Negative space, purposeful hesitation, simplicity and raw awkward understated talent are what make this album brilliant. Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith have birthed a masterful and original debut.

I suppose that's true. To me it sounds like a band sitting in it's bathtub and farting. But I haven't been in the most creative mood of late.