First up,
The Tourettes are (supposedly) coming back, so to celebrate, we check out their classic "Yer Inappropriate" from their awesome
Life is Pretty (
buy from them). Then Montreal's
Stars did "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" from their respectable new album
Set Yourself On Fire (
iTunes,
Other Music,
Amazon). Next up, another fantastic classic,
The Langley Schools Music Project and my favorite song from their album, 9-year-old Shiela Behman's amazing version of the otherwise horrid song "Desperado" by
The Eagles. The whole album is worth owning for sure (
iTunes,
Other Music,
Amazon). And finally,
Ben Folds has a new record out (
iTunes,
Amazon), but since my favorite song on it is also the radio/mtv/promotion-out-the-ass song ("Landed"), I'm opting for less new, less heard song. We heard "Wandering" from his first of three EP's last year called
Speed Graphic EP (
iTunes).
This episode features a clip from an NPR Weekend Edition interview by Scott Simon with Hans Fenger about The Langely Schools Music Project which can be heard in full here. Watch a video clearly inspired by The Langely Schools Music Project, the kids at Oak Knoll Elementary School, under the direction of John Ashfield covering The Polyphonic Spree's "Light & Day".