Artist: The Granny Smiths

I am such a sucker for this sort of thing-precious (but not overly) all-girl harmonies and shouts, jangly guitars, ramshackle drums-always a winning formula. I found this little ditty from B.C.'s The Granny Smiths over at the always-trustworthy Said the Gramophone (along with the precious yarn, the post features an interesting photo of Kurt Cobain watching a leaping cat). The song is getting some serious spins here at TDoL HQ , and I'm pretty sure it'll find its way on to every summer mix I make till the day I die. The trio [...]

• The Granny Smiths - Boom Boom

The Granny Smiths - "Boom Boom" I went gay when you left. Well, I tried, it didn't stick. I sold my pants and my clothes. I shaved "ex-greatest" into my head. I got a tattoo, temporary, of a whirlpool. I was stoned and staring at it in the mirror and just saying "Portal in, or way out?" over and over. Being apart feels like everything. When we get together, you and i, we can still remember what it's like to be apart and that's perfect. When we met it was so easy to remember what it was [...]

• The Granny Smiths - Boom Boom
• The Granny Smiths - Boom Boom

Newport is a strange enough place. Throw in a crutch and an accent, and it gets even stranger. Full to the brim with Freddie Cougars. Back down there the other day for a DJ gig. Had an hour to kill beforehand. Went to get something to eat. Walking to the restaurant. More hop-along with the crutch. A [...]