Death Grips - I've Seen Footage

Death Grips' Official Site
I've never listened to them before, but this song just kinda grabbed me tonight and I sort of liked it! How do YOU like them? Let me know and I'll 'see' ya next time!

Catcall - "The World Is Ours"

CatCall's Official Site

Catherine Kelleher of the punk band Kiosk is about to go solo. I've always wondered where she'd end up because you could just tell she had that 'it' factor. Here's the first video off of the upcoming album, The Warmest Place.


If you like the song, here are a couple others that I've enjoyed from Catcall. Enjoy!

Catcall - "Satellites":


Catcall - "Swimming Pool":

The Spinto Band - "Summer Grof"

The Spinto Band's Official Site

The Penelopes - "Sally in the Galaxy"

The Penelopes Official Site

This video and song is a mix of things I like: superheroes, childhood imagination, a twist and when people get what they deserve after they bully someone. Enjoy!

The Penelopes - Sally In The Galaxy (Official Music Video) from Saman Keshavarz on Vimeo.

Parov Stelar - Jimmy´s Gang

Pavrov Stelar Official Site

Parov Stelar - Jimmy´s Gang (Official Video) from Etage Noir Recordings on Vimeo.

The Lucksmiths - Sunlight In a Jar

The Lucksmiths Official Site Some of you will probably wonder why I'm posting a video from a band that broke up several years ago. Some of you will be wondering why you haven't heard of this indie 'twee band'. This song should make everyone happy. Those that remember the Lucksmiths will get reminded how you couldn't stop smiling to this song. Those that've never heard of them? You'll know why we're smiling. Enjoy!

Jane Birkin - Orang Outan

When I started this blog it was meant to be about those long forgotten gems that have all but disappeared from the collective hive mind. Originally this blog was to be geared more toward the novelty section in the back of the record stores of old. What ended up happening is a lot of emails asking me about current bands that I enjoy or bands that I see getting traction and eventually worming their way into our ears. THIS song by Jane Birkin instantly brought me back to what I was thinking about when I started this blog. It's a perfect example of the stuff I was looking for. The more I listen to this, the more I enjoy it! Enjoy!

Punks Jump Up - Get Down

Punks Jump Up Official Site

Five Years Older - Should Have Known Better

Five Years Older Official Site I'd heard about this music video yesterday. It lived up to its word-of-mouth expectations but the music is also really cool!

Five Years Older – Should Have Known Better from Five Years Older on Vimeo.

Oh Yeah Wow - Set Sail:The Boat Song

Oh Yeah Wow Official Site This song just really fits this blog. That is all.

Set Sail- The Boat Song from Oh Yeah Wow on Vimeo.

LeftBoy - Outro

LeftBoy's Outro Official Site
LeftBoy's SoundCloud Profile

  LeftBoy (aka Ferdinand Sarnitz) is quietly creeping into the mainstream.  Using videogame references and an art-house approach to what sounds like someone who knows what they're doing with a lot of free sound tools, LeftBoy's sound grabbed my attention with the song 'Videogames' not too long ago.
  While a lot of people won't like this right away, I suggest giving his stuff a couple listens.  I think you'll get hooked like I did on this guy.
   I'm going to post a warning for some of you who I know have kids and listen to this blog.  Make sure the little ones aren't around for this particular track.  You, on the other hand, should probably load 'Outro' into your workout playlist because it's that kind of a track.
  Enjoy!
 

Evelyn Evelyn - Have You Seen My Sister, Evelyn?
Evelyn Evelyn Official Site 

Not since the Born Again Floozies have I been so in love with this type of sound.  Like you've discovered a strange old library full of audio recordings.  Once I learned that this was actually Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley, I was sold.  Check out their site to download their album.  If you're like me and enjoy old radio serials or stories told through audio with sound effects?  You have to listen to the track "The Tragic Events of September".  You'll love it.

 The Studio Killers (Ode to) The Bouncer
Studio Killers Official Site

Someone shared this with me and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since!  And being a fan of indie-animation didn't make matters better.  Just a ridiculously catchy song and strangely cool video! Enjoy!
Listen to more of The Studio Killers at their SoundCloud Profile!

Those Transatlantics - In Your Neighborhood

Official Site: Those Transatlantics
Those Transatlantics are just some fun, catchy, well-written pop candy. Love'em! Formed in Michigan around 2003, the TT are a little band that I wish more people would find out about. Those Transatlantics simply seems to be one of those bands that's going to have its little clandestine following but will continually fly under the rader of the general public.
Enjoy the great video awesome hook of "In Your Neighborhood".

Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny

Official Fan Site: Haysi Recollections
Just thought I'd turn on the nostalgia machine tonight. As I'm digitizing my vinyl collection, I'd almost forgotten that I owned this! Way back in 1981 Jeremy Healy and Kate Garner along with Paul Caplin created the 'undergroundish' group Haysi Fantayzee. While the group did really well overseas, even breaking into radio rotation, they just never quite caught the mainstream over here in the states for some reason. The only place you could find them was on Mtv's 120 minutes late on Sunday night and that didn't last for longer either. It's rare that I get nostalgic about a band, but Haysi just sort of fit that unique mold that causes them to never quite break out beyond a few ears. Whether singing about the apocalypse or John Wayne's racism, the band's lyrics were probably the thing that kept them a little inaccessible to the mainstream audiences here in the states.
If you're interested in what ever happened to these 'interesting' looking performers, check the links below to see what they're currently up to.
Ladies and gentlemen? Haysi Fantayzee!

Kate Garner
Jeremy Healy

Polyphonic Spree - Running Away

Official Site: Polyphonic Spree
Because I felt bad for posting such a heavy-handed, kinda moody post last time concerning one brilliant Amanda Palmer, five minutes later I decide to post this song by the Polyphonic Spree. Consisting currently of 23 members, this Dallas band performs what they like to call "choral symphonic rock". "Running Away" is the kind of song you put on either like a silly kid goin' to some big event like prom for the first time or when you're older to just forget all the things that begin to weigh you down in this world. It's one of my favorite songs of what I like to call "friends having a good time together montage". You'll see what I mean when you hit play and imagine photos from the past collaging in your head. I've also used this song to show, again in montage, the remodeling of our first home. Somehow the song just kinda fits change when we share that change with friends and loved ones. The video for the song is also a montage. During a ten-day period that the band was on the road, over 70,000 still shots were taken to create what you're about to watch.
Hopefully you'll enjoy this palette-cleansing song and accept my apologies once more for the previous posts' tone.
Let me know if the song inspires YOU to make a slideshow or montage of your own! That'd be kinda cool to see!
Take care,
Tijuana Taxi

Amanda Palmer - Oasis

Official Site: Amanda Palmer
This girl, brought to my attention because only because I follow her current beau, Neil Gaiman (yes, THAT Neil Gaiman) on Twitter, has just completely floored me! I LOVE intelligent, strong women with a sturdy opinion and a ferocious sense of who they are, but also have this enchanting, unique charisma that draws you to them sort of like when you see a rainbow off in the distance. Never before have I been so taken in with lyrics, skill at the piano and personality than I have with Palmer. This whole thing may sound biased. Take a listen to the words the girl speaks. You'll know what I mean. There's a brutal honesty that most of us hide from those around us. It's an honesty that, if we could all articulate instead of being so scared to reveal, would make all our lives better for it. While this blog covers mostly pop-type bands, once in a while an artist comes along that you just HAVE to share with others. Amanda Palmer is one such artist.
Below you'll find the addictively 'poppy' Oasis. The second video dwells on a much more serious subject. Just listen to the words and each one of you will find something different and very personal in those lyrics. The third video I highly suggest you watch. It's Amanda Palmer, in a bar, with a ukelele performing an impromptu version of Radiohead's Creep. If, for some reason, you doubt my rambling about her charisma? Just imagine yourself doing this! Would YOU have that special something enough to quiet an entire bar of rowdy drunks? Would YOU be able to make a moment like this happen? We all know we're creeps in one way or another and that we're just tryin' to fit in somewhere...anywhere. Palmer is just letting you know that it's okay because there are others just as lost as you.
Next post? Maybe in the next five minutes? Something MUCH less heavy. Don't be angry with me, please. I just felt that everyone should get a chance to hear this amazing performer in all her modes!
Enjoy and take care,
Tijuana Taxi
Enjoy the beautiful, stunning and way-too charismatic Amanda Palmer.

The Invisible Cities - Watertown

Tonight I'm feelin' kinda melancholy. Listening to The Invisible Cities' song, Watertown just seems right tonight. If you'd like to hear more of them, you can actually download their entire album for free. Visit them at their official site: The Invisible Cities for more information and the free download. Make sure to leave a comment letting them know that you found about them from Tijuana Taxi and this blog. I'd appreciate it! Enjoy!

Monsters Are Waiting - The Last Goodbye

Since 2005, Monsters are Waiting have been putting out some really dreamy indie-pop that just makes me wanna open the windows all over the house on a cloudy autumn day to hear lead singer Annalee Fery's voice mix with the rain and distant thunder. Andrew Clark's (guitar/bass) riffs remind me of much older bands like New Order, Flesh for Lulu and Echo and the Bunnymen. Trust me, once you start listening to the little band from Echo Valley, California...you won't stop. Here's one of my favorites, The Last Goodbye from their first full-length album, Fascination. Please visit their official website and purchase their stuff. Make sure you let them know you found out about them from this blog and Tijuana Taxi! As always enjoy and care,
Tijuana Taxi

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele!

Our first selection. Meet Dent May and his Magnificent Ukelele! If "Oh, Paris" doesn't win you over, you're a cold, cold person. One of my favorite songs to just put on anytime. Enjoy!
Dent May Sites:


Dent May MySpace
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