Dubstep Nation Army

I've rarely heard a White Stripes cover or remix I like, and I'm not a big dubstep fan, but the Glitch Mob's remix of "Seven Nation Army" is the best White Stripes remix I've heard by far. It's so damned ominous and dense, like how I imagine a Jack White/Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) collaboration would sound. I love the vocal effects, Jack's voice dropping and rising where it doesn't in the original.

They say you can download this track at the Glitch Mob's website, but I've yet to find it - or try very hard either.

X: My Drug of Choice

X performs "Hot House" and "Breathless," both from their 1983 album More Fun in the New World (Elektra Records), on David Letterman:


God, X is just too good. I can only wish to be as cool as guitarist Billy Zoom. Just look at his total nonchalant control and singer Exene Cervenka's and bassist John Doe's posturing. I just LOVE Doe's hicc-uppy "Hep! HEY!"s too.

Fuck Yeah Nova Scotia!

If there was ever a reason why I wished I was back in Halifax, it was because Halifax spawned COLD WARPS. They're exactly the kind of scrappy power-punk I've been digging more than almost anything else for the last year.

If you like Cold Warps, you might like San Francisco's similar but far poppier, nerdier/more charming Nodzzz, a band I've been meaning to blog about for the past year. Or maybe 1985 English indie rockers the McTells, another band I've been planning to blog about for a while ...

Listen to and download full Cold Warp releases at their Band Camp page:

Some Albums I Have To Download For the Cover Art Alone.

Bobby's self-titled album is one of them. Unfortunately, the cover art is the only appealing thing about Bobby.

Does A Bad Cover of the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale" Exist?

Three of my favourite "Femme Fatale" covers by Beck, Owen and Big Star, respectively:

Leather Jacket Weather in February.

It's time to bust out some RAMONES:

Man, I Totally Forgot About This Song

And how much ass it kicks: