Usually I leave links to other sites in the side bar or on my reader feed, but lately I have been so hooked on The Black Cab Sessions, that I think they deserve an entry in they’re own right. The concept is pretty simple: one cab ride, one take, one song. They’ve had a pretty impressive list of guests so far, my favorites being Lykke Li, the Wild Beasts, and Fleet Foxes.

If you only watch one of the video’s below, make it Lykke Li, who manages to give you a full concert experience from the back of the car like she’s been doing it her whole life. However, seeing the outrageous falsetto of the Wild Beasts front man, Hayden Thorpe, in such a restrained form is pretty impressive as well.

Lykke Li: I’m Good, I’m Gone

Wild Beasts: The Devil’s Crayon

Fleet Foxes: Crayon Angels

The other day I was introduced to the band The Wild Beasts, via a post from the Coudal Partner’s Blended Feed, regarding their recently released video for “Brave Bulging Bouyant Clairvoyants.” Brenda and I immediately remarked that these boys from Kendal seemed like “our people.”

I don’t think there is a better feeling than finding a new band that is exactly what you are looking for, and expresses your current zeitgeist perfectly. The song “The Devil’s Crayon” is that for me at the moment.

Just beautiful. A little peeved that I can’t get their album in the states yet, so for now I am making due with mp3s ripped from Youtube videos. Here’s to the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

When I was waiting for Master and Commander: Far Side of the World to start last weekend, I was busy-ing myself reading the little pre-movie advertrivia stills, when one really kind of stuck out.

It was an ad for Elvis Costello's album, North and it said something to the effect of "Elvis Costello, who has written music for movies like 'Notting Hill...,'" and that just seems so, so, I don't know, off? Its like, "Madonna, who has written children's books...," or "Nelson Mandella, known for his mean ginger snaps....'"

Y'know? Like, it should have read something along the lines of, "Elvis Costello, who is, like, ELVIS COSTELLO...," and not a statement on par with "Elvis Costello, known for his stunning cameo in 200 Cigarettes...."