First up, brand new, awesome, music from Portland's
The Decemberists, we heard "Sons and Daughters" from their new album
The Crane Wife (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next was the UK's new indie rock sunshine kids
The Fratellis, doing "Flathead" from their debut album
Costello Music (
iTunes UK,
Amazon US Pre-order). Then
Beck did his most-likely-top-40-but-I-don't-care song "Think I'm in Love" from his new record
The Information (
iTunes,
Amazon). Followed by Los Angeles' indie rock band
The Solids, who have yet to release an album, but have plenty of, ahem, solid tracks for
free on their site, including starwars cover "Ewok Celebration". And finally, Brooklyn's low-fi indie band
Elephant Parade did "Goodbye" from their debut
Bedroom Recordings EP (
order from their site).
This week's show features a clip from Realtime with Bill Maher on HBO about right-wing "think tanks" who are ALWAYS wrong (it can be seen here).