Video: Kia's 2010 big game commercial

If Horatio Alger were alive today, he'd be tempted to write about Slayer. Defying logic, popular fads and the moral majority, the band is an American thrash-to-riches story, having not just survived, but thrived on a regimen of non-compromise. Future musicologists will no doubt struggle to explain how four guys from Huntington Park forced Reign [...]

How You Like Me Now - The Heavy Who wouldn't love the adorable sock monkey in this commercial who fantasizes about hitting the town with his buddies, while riding in the back of his family's Kia Sorento. The tune that makes the fantasies of our friend the sock monkey, come to life is How do you [...]

• The Heavy - How You Like Me Now?

I was startled to hear the English indierockers, The Heavy, featured on a Superbowl commercial. I thought the ad was pretty charming (this is the one where life size toys recreate The Hangover in a Kia SUV), and the band is certainly worth hearing. There are many current bands that claim 70s soul and Curtis Mayfield influences and make it modern with feedback and grunge, but TH get it right. Their album last year, 'The House that Dirt Built' has many (I think) better songs especially with 'Sixteen' and their closing track 'Stuck.' They've already been getting attention [...]

One ticket giveaway ends and another one begins today here on ENS. And it's not like we would give away tickets to a show we weren't excited about, but this one has us really stoked. The show is on a Monday night next week, so you only have a few days to get your hands on a pair of tickets to see Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings along with The Heavy . Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings recently released a brand new album called I Learned The Hard Way [...]

• Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
• The Heavy - Sixteen

You may have noticed, the Stupor Bowl went down yesterday. I heard it suggested that they move the game to Saturday, allowing America a day to recover before trudging back to work. My brain, liver and intestines would like to publicly endorse this idea. Wings n' beer are not just for breakfast anymore, but that doesn't mean you won't regret overconsuming them the next day. I now realize the error of my ways yesterday and hope to make smarter, safer decisions in the future. Here are some other thoughts I had throughout the day. [...]