STRICTLY GLOBAL

Dude, seriously, I love music so much.  Like, one day, you hear the greatest jam ever, and you think no other song can ever top that-ever.  But then, the next day, you remember that Crystal Castles put out their new album, and now that you've chosen to live your life on Ramen so you can buy merch from touring bands for the rest of time, you can easily afford new music once again.  God I miss Tower Records.  Anyway- that's my deal- I get insta-crushes on new songs and bands every week.  And hopefully you do to, and will wanna cheat on your favorite band with some of the new stuff we got going on this week on Strictly Global.

Like a blast from the near past, UK's the Futureheads have just released their fourth studio album this week called The Chaos.   Did ya know they got their name from a Flaming Lips album?  Hit To Death in the Future Head. Wowsers. Their US tour in support of it starts in June, so hurry up summer- get here already!  Coincidentally, I recently caught up and chatted with one of Yukon Blonde's guitarist/singers, Jeffrey Innes, and we shared our love of the Futureheads' first album (s/t).  That full interview will be comin' soon ya'll, so giddy up.

Perhaps you want to take your music relationship to the next level with some Danish pop-rock.  Then might I suggest Efterklang, who recently released their 3rd studio album Magic Chairs.  No dates booked in the US as of yet, but they claim the Icelandic ash clouds won't prevent them from canceling the millions of dates they have lined up throughout Europe in the coming months.  So if you happen to be in Greece this summer, make sure to bring me cause I'll be your new best friend and we can check out their live show.  It'll be the bestest, Bestie.

Or maybe you wanna change the pace and mix things up with your music marriage.  This can be done via ^|SiCk0|^ who may or may not be human. "Originally"from Hamburg, Germany- ^|SiCk0|^, melds synthesizers with effect boxes to create chaotic noise fit for hockey riots (CAPS!!??) and late night Area 51 drive-bys.  Thanks to Intolerance Records for intro-ing this insanity to moi. Me likey.