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Ever wanted to download and keep the videos you see on YouTube and other video sites? Here’s a nifty little tool my friend Sean turned me on too, KEEPVID. Pretty neat Web app. Play with it.

Buddy just sent me this video of Queens of the Stone Age lead singer ruining some kids day. Pretty damn classic:

Every now and then a I happen upon a band that I missed and wished I hadn’t – Swervedriver and Hum come to mind. A band that probably said, “fuck sounding like The Velvet Underground or the Beach Boys… let’s just kick some ass.” This band- Th’ Faith Healers - had a very unique sound and energy that is sorely missed in today’s Indie Rock scene. Anyway here’s a video featuring one of their songs, but not much of them. Just members of other Brit Indie Rock bands of the day (probably around 1990-1991). So quinch your lips; scruntch your nose; squint your eyes; and bob your head to Th’ Faith Healers’ - My Looser. Hell yeah.

After Josh’s last post, I had to find something to restore my faith in man-kind. Edward Van Halen performing Eruption, circa 1994.

I hope I’m not the only one that finds this fucking hilarious. Just look at their faces, these are grown women. Haha. I think Sara Gilbert makes an appearance around 1:42.

Sorry to be so main stream. But I thought this was a pretty cool little video featuring all your YouTube favorites from Weezer’s upcoming album. I think it’s going to be called ‘The Red Album’… or something:

I tell you. That North Carolinian record label that could - Ramseur Records is starting to rack up quite the artist arsenal. The Avett Brothers, The Everybodyfields, and now the quartet of Bombadil. Damn guys - movin’ on up.

There’s one thing I know. If I were to have successfully made it through college and rocked in a local band that actually made waves - I would be soaking my feet in some hot water with maybe some aroma therapy shit, whistling tunes about how life is great. But, that shit didn’t happen - college worked out, but being in a band is as much, if not more time consuming, than a collegiate level course load. That’s why Bombadil’s predicament should have them in pedicure heaven.

Currently schoolians of Duke University - Bombadil spend their time in between classes writing poppy folk tunes that feel whisked from the mountains and hollers of North Carolina. With a whimsical take on lyrics, a flick of the acoustic guitar, and a pinch of porch swinging casualness, Bombadil may take over as this summer’s soundtrack. Welcome them in with a tall glass of iced tea.

RIYL: The Avett Brothers, Langhorne Slim, New Motels

Bombadil - Buzz, A Buzz {From A Buzz, A Buzz}

IN A WORLD WHERE THE BLAND ARE LEADING THE BLAND. LOOSERS TAKE ALL.

That’s the tag line from the upcoming motion picture Let It Be. Starring… who else… Atlanta garage-rockers The Black Lips! From what I can tell, it looks to be a dramatization of a Replacementsesque band in a fictional late-80s American underground rock scene. It is scheduled to begin production this month, and will be filmed throughout the Southeast. It will include notable music of the period and some new tunes. I am so fucking excited about this about this movie. Let’s just hope it doesn’t turn out to be Empire Records or That Thing You Do.

Check out the Web site HERE