Album Recommendation Day!

Well it's summertime, and much like Jesus, summer hits like the atom bomb. So it's about motherf*&%n' time that we hit back. To the max.

And if that doesn't suit your level of erudition perhaps the self-titled debut from New York's The Virgins will fare you better. A wry, fun, solid, rock-pop record to start us off with this summer. And before I get into discuss anything silly such as who they sound like, or what people are saying about them let me first say that 'Rich Girls" and "Teen Lovers" are absolute necessities. If you try to live your next few months without them you will in all likelihood sprain a fun muscle trying to keep up with all of those shining happy people who have the damn good sense to listen to what I tell them to. ;) So get to it. The record has a number of other good songs. ("One Week of Danger", "Fernando Pando", and "Hey Hey Girl" to my mind) on the whole it doesn't quite deliver as an ALBUM in that classical sense. But its a good time and you'll love it.

RIYL- early Strokes, later Rapture, better Duran Duran

Along similar lines, which is to say similar bullet trains to sticky summer bliss, King Of Prussia, recently came out with an EP entitled "Save The Scene" With a candor and lyrical nimbleness reminiscent of a Belle and Sebastian and the production style and aesthetic of an Elephant 6 band, "Save the Scene" delivers 7 tracks a few of them might be the crown indie-pop gems of the whole summer. "Spain in the Summertime" the EP's opener coils out like a faster jauntier "Legal Man" and lulls it's ways through an beautiful male female interchange. "Shades of Hippiedom" and "Terrarium" are lush and clever and inordinately pretty and stand out as its highlights, although the whole of the record is quite good. I will do cartwheels when they release a full length. A very promising band.

RIYL- Ladybug Transistor, Apples in Stereo, Belle & Sebastian

INTO THE VAULT--- To Be Added

and lastly sometimes points about culture must be made through parallel medium. There is a lot of bad radio and ugly soulless music pumped through the airwaves here in Honolulu. A writhing venomous centipede of cultural poison and malaise. And against such influences... I promise you.. the citizens of Honolulu and the world.. that I will remain stout and resolute..

A BEETLE FOR JUSTICE