First up New York City's youthful multi-talent Nellie McKay with her song "Ding Dong" from her debut 2004 album Get Away from Me (iTunes, Amazon). Then rocking straight out of the UK and into your ears, The Futureheads did "Hounds of Love" from their self-titled 2004 debut (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). Next was Momus with his song "Adam Green" (named for the ex-Moldy Peach) from his 1999 album Stars Forever (Other Music (he wrote about them too!), Amazon). As long as we're talking about Adam Green, I figured it'd be a good time to play The Moldy Peaches his ex-band which was he and fellow now-solo-artist Kimya Dawson's band. This is their song "Jorge Regula" from their self-titled 2001 debut (iTunes, Other Music, Amazon). And finally, because trying to get a sense of what Nellie McKay's Get Away from Me is like by only hearing one song is like trying to fully understand what's going on in the world by watching TV news, we also heard "Waiter" which sounds little like "Ding Dong," but is also a favorite song of mine off her stellar album.