Shelley Segal "The Dad Song"

June 18, 2012 By 1 Comment

Friend of Camels With Hammers Shelley Segal put up a song for her father on Father’s Day. Last week, in the wee hours of Friday morning in the US, but in the late afternoon in Australia, I interviewed Shelley. Her album, which does not include the song above is An Atheist Album. And in case [...]

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An Interview With Shelley Segal

June 15, 2012 By 1 Comment

This interview with Shelley Segal is part of my blogathon for the Secular Student Alliance. Her album is An Atheist Album Please support the cause of freethinking in high schools and colleges. See links to the many diverse conversations from the blogathon, updated throughout the day, at the blogathon conversation table of contents. Daniel Fincke: [...]

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The Walkmen's "Heaven"

June 4, 2012 By 2 Comments

Below is the new video from The Walkmen for the title track of their new album Heaven, which came out last week. The song basically sounds like every other Walkmen song. Which means it sounds fantastic. I got to see them live in the winter of 2010. A real treat, don’t miss them if you [...]

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"Hey! The Zooey Deschanel Show"

June 3, 2012 By 2 Comments

Noël Kristi Wells does a mean Zooey Deschanel impression: That’s her take on acting, here she is on music: More episodes: Episode 3: Womanhood Episode 4: Christmas Episode 5: Love Episode 6: The Internet Episode 7: Fashion and (bonus episode 7 laugh outtakes) It’s worth noting these parodies began before Zooey’s show “New Girl” premiered. [...]

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"Sorry OK Yes" Reminds Me of the Black Keys

May 27, 2012 By 1 Comment

Check out the catchy crunchy electric guitars on this song “So” by the band Sorry OK Yes. Especially give this a listen if you love the old school Black Keys (as I do). That’s the basic vibe here. Their stuff can be purchased here, though I don’t see anything for this song there. I haven’t [...]

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Menomena's "Evil Bee" (Camels With Hammers Blogathon Insomniac Theater)

May 25, 2012 By 2 Comments

One of my favorite, relatively unknown bands is Menomena. Here’s an awesome video for their song “Evil Bee”: Your Thoughts?

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Beach House's "Zebra" (Camels With Hammers Blogathon Insomniac Theater)

May 25, 2012 By 2 Comments

I saw Beach House at the Pitchfork Music Festival in 2010 and they were incredible. This song is from the excellent album Teen Dream [CD + DVD] Your Thoughts?

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"I Hate Your Blog"

May 24, 2012 By 2 Comments

This is the song I listen to to cheer myself up whenever I get attacked online: Thanks to Stephanie for introducing me to it. Your Thoughts?

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Shelley Segal's Salamander Song

May 24, 2012 By 1 Comment

Shelley Segal got dumped and then her new salamander died. At the 14:18 mark of the podcast below, you can hear the blunt and amusing song that resulted from this confluence of events. (via That Weird Atheist Girl) Your browser does not support the audio element. // <![CDATA[ var audioTag = document.createElement('audio'); if (!(!!(audioTag.canPlayType) && [...]

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Best of Tegan and Sara's "Carpool Confessional"

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So, as I noted before, as Tegan and Sara have been recording their new album they have also been making weekly videos of their daily car trips to and from the studio. Last week’s video brought the exciting news that the album is done. And for their last “confessional” they recapped many of the most [...]

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