If you enjoy silenece, DO NOT watch this. Because it’s not silent. It’s filled with lots of singing and music playing. If you have little to no problem with silence, then go right ahead and enjoy Nada Surf’s lovely version of this Depeche Mode classic.

Bob Mould & Peter Buck covering Neil Young and Cheap Trick from a 1990 show in Georgia. Yup, it’s great.

Remember kids, no matter how hard you try, your band will never be as effortlessly cool as The Thermals. But don’t stop trying, second place is totally up for grabs.

I’m a big fan of PRIMER for always promoting great art and design, now thanks to them, I am a big fan of Scott Derby. “Fueled by comic books, cartoons, punk rock…” What’s not to love? Stellar video by The Philadelphia Experience!

In this age of elaborate and outré concept videos, it’s nice to see a simple live footage/life on the road video that captures the energy and fun the Larry Arms always produce. Enjoy some nice shots of The mighty North Star Bar in Philly too.

Antony Crook’s short film Thirty Century Man features a remix of the album track “How to Be a Werewolf” from Mogwai’s upcoming 1/18/2011 record, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. Mogwai! subpop.com/​artists/​mogwai

Man, The Go-Betweens certainly were a fun and extremely talented bunch of Aussies, as you can see in this video for “Was There Anything I Could Do?” Their poppy but nowhere near cutesy sound and style bring to mind other 80s bands like Let’s Active, Prefab Sprout, The House of Love and The Mighty Lemon Drops, who were a much-needed contrast to the Descendents, Bad Brains and Naked Raygun that were blaring through my Walkman headphones at the time. Rest in peace, Grant McLennan.

Planet Rock, population one. Thx to @michelemelcher for this find. Best shoulder & chin workout ever. Oh, and don’t forget to “crank under-handed.” John Jacobson teaches his original choreography for the song Planet Rock. Planet Rock is an original composition of John Jacobson and all credit goes to him. The original video is also available for free viewing on his website at http://www.musicexpressmagazine.com.

For those of you who are afraid of talking felines, here’s the equally mesmerizing, cat-chat-free original. via laughingsquid

Good to have Rival Schools back after a decade-long break. Their first long-player “United by Fate” is a masterpiece, love love love the song and video for “Used for Glue”. The video tells the the tale of young indie rock love  set to a fairly unromantic song. A welcomed contrast. Speaking of romance, here’s my [...]