Hey Little World MP3 File

Mica Levy a.k.a. Micachu is apparently the new big, white indie-rock hype coming out of London. I can only assume that Micachu and her band, The Shapes, will be performing at SXSW. There's already a bandwagon apparently forming around her, and it's probably hyperbolic and completely overblown. Other songs didn't grab me at all, but "Golden Phone" is admittedly a lot of fun. Give it more than 30 seconds to shake-off its excessive artiness and the pop-essence of the song emerges, and it's, to repeat myself, a lot of fun, even it's just some jittery beats, [...]

I was alerted to HBO's Eastbound and Down like only a week ago. That was long enuf for me to watch all six episodes which are freakin' stellar. I laughed my g-ddang a$$ off. My favorite tv show of the year by far.

Please note that TheShimm is not endorsing JoJo. She is quite striking, looks-wise, but her R&B-pop music is not that interesting. But Dan Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles interprets this shitty little R&B he-did-me-wrong pop ditty into a acoustic-folk-pop song worth remembering. I really like the concept and really love how this mundane song becomes something incredibly affecting in his hands. Having talked to a couple music fans of mine, i feel like i'm in the minority on the genius of Grizzly Bear, Dept of Eagles and Dan Rossen. They seem [...]
Too Little, Too Late MP3 File
Too Little, Too Late MP3 File

"I sure wish i was as talented as i was gay," (not that there is anything wrong with that).
Instant Pleasure MP3 File

If you want my honest opinion, go out this weekend and buy the Meat Puppets' II and Up on the Sun , their 2nd and 3rd albums which are totally classic. You won't be disappointed; this is Pangea from theShimm talking here. But if you're a no good free-loading, economically screwed individual (like Pangea himself), then download "Away" and mutter away to your cheap-ass self about how you need to listen to more early Meat Puppets.

Passion Pit is likely to be a star of blogs and SXSW, but that doesn't mean you have to care. You don't. You can listen to the sped-up vocals in the first 10 seconds and decide this isn't music for you. Let the hipsters and the bloggerati have at it. Ok, you close-minded fool with limited ability to appreciate rock music....Let's digress for just one second. I don't do this whole blog thing for nothing. I work under the presumption that rock music is still a living and breathing thing. Sometimes it doesn't [...]