
As a part of our year-end 2k11 coverage , I just wanted to remind everyone of the awesome bands that I've written about this year. These are all the Introducing pieces that I did throughout 2k11 about amazing new up-and-comers etc, in descending order: introducing: mr elevator & the brain hotel introducing: toto & the bad eggs (feat jerry tropicano, brown brogues & sex beet members) introducing: hypocrite in a hippy crypt introducing: [...]

I have been embarrassingly and obsessively listening to The Teen Velvettes a.k.a. Michael Cotter from Sealings so much that everyone in my house whistles and hums his songs subconsciously when they get ready for work. Every song sounds so damn perfect like it's come straight out of the 50/602s, that it's hard to decide which ones to share (if you dig these, really do listen to the rest here ). STREAM : The Teen Velvettes - "Everybody's Got Someone But Me" + "When I Was Looking At You" + "I Like You Too Much" [...]