I ran across this video the other day. It claims to be Nirvana’s first ever performance of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, and I believe it. Kurt would often make up the lyrics has he went along, and this version obviously has different lyrics. It kills me that I never got the chance to see Nirvana live.
I never thought there would be a time when I WISHED Auto-Tune was used. And no, I didn’t make it through the entire video. Props if you can.
20 years ago today “Smells Like Teen Spirit” made it debut on MTV’s 120 Minutes. Music would never again be the same, at least for me.
I hated Hanson back in the day, and if I wasn’t told, I wouldn’t even have known this was Hanson. It’s a pretty decent Weezer cover.
I probably mentioned the Foo Fighters Garage Tour in the past. This video is a nice little mini documentary about their garage shows. A buddy of mine entered the contest, but sadly didn’t win, so I wasn’t able to see the Foo Fighters in his Garage. We will be seeing them on September 14th though. It should be a great show. I have seen the Foo Fighters four times, and it’s always great. How great would it have been to see them in my buddy’s garage though?
The other night Motion City Soundtrack performed, in my opinion, their biggest hit on The Daily Habit. It’s hard to believe it’s been eight years since I first heard this song. I think I have seen them in concert eight times since 2003. I’m averaging once a year. That’s not too bad. I saw Motion City Soundtrack last October, and will be seeing them yet again in a couple weeks at the Minnesota State Fair. I can’t wait.
This past week The Swellers released the first video off their yet to be released album. I can’t wait until June 14th when it comes out.
It’s another great Garfunkel and Oats song, and it sounds like go kart rides are much better with girl parts.
Three bands that I love and have been listening to a lot lately just recently released some stripped down acoustic versions of songs that I really love and thought I would share because you might not have heard of these three awesome bands.
First up is Punchline. I have blogged about them in the past before. I saw them play in 2004, and have been hooked ever since. I am surprised they haven’t gotten bigger yet. This song, “Whatever I Want, Whenever I Want”, is off their newest album that came out last year called Delightfully Pleased. Great song, great album, but a little too much background noise in the video, but it’s still good shit.
Next up is We Are the in Crowd. They are a relatively new band. They only have one album out, but it’s great. I predict they will be a household name soon. This video is a well produced acoustic version of “Never Be What You Want”, off of their album Guaranteed to Disagree.
The third band is Mixtapes. They have one album out and two EPs—all are fucking great. This song, “You’d Better Bring More Dudes”, is off their newest EP that came out earlier this year, Hope is for People. You can also check out more songs from this set here.
Today the new album from Farewell Continental, ¡Hey, Hey Pioneers! comes out. If you don’t know who Farewell Continental are, they are the side project of Justin Pierre, the lead singer of my favorite band Motion City Soundtrack. You can buy it here or here, and read all about it here, and watch their first video off the album below. You know you wanna buy it. All the cool kids are doing it, so you should too.
I was never much of a Bjork fan, but this video takes me right back to the early 90s. It got some major MTV play, probably too much back then.
Since I’ve been blogging about music lately I thought I would share some new music I am looking forward to. In my world everybody knows who The Wonder Years and The Swellers are, but they might not be as popular in the real world. I’m a big fan of both of these bands, and they both have a new album coming out June 14th.
First up is The Swellers’ song “The Best I Ever Had”, from the upcoming album Good For Me.
Next is The Wonder Years’ song “Don’t Let Me Cave In”, from the upcoming album Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing.
I couldn’t tell you what Miley Cyrus sings, but I hope it’s better than this. If Kurt Cobain hadn’t been cremated, he would be rolling in his grave now.
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