Mrs. Munt Has Got It Going On

Thanks to Mrs. Munt from Queer Granny, Fluxblog has a new look. I hope that you like it.

Let’s celebrate with some new songs, shall we?

Fountains Of Wayne “Stacy’s Mom” – If you can believe it, this song is just as catchy and twice as cheesy as the New Pornographers song from the last entry. If you’re allergic to goofy power pop cheese, don’t bother with this. If you want a dorky, Weezer-like love song about a suburban Jersey guy’s girlfriend’s mom, you will probably end up playing this song over and over again. And singing along, too.

The Pop Group “Where There’s A Will” – This is taken from the Wild Dub (Dread meets Punk Rocker) compilation, and is definitely the best Pop Group song that I’ve ever heard. It sounds sort of like Mark E Smith at a disco, if that makes any sense. Or maybe: !!!, but way better.

Electrocute “Sugar Buzz” – This is a nice electro-pop song from a new band on the Emperor Norton label. There’s not much to say about it, really. They do a cover of Sexual Harassment’s “I Need A Freak” too, but I prefer this original song.

I just thought I’d mention that I’ve come to really like Hail To The Thief all the way through. It’s been adding up very slowly over the course of many weeks – I liked a little more than half of it right away, and I came to love “2+2=5” and “Go To Sleep” pretty soon after that. Last week I came to really like “I Will” and “Sit Down Stand Up,” and just last night I finally was in the right mood for “We Suck Young Blood” and “The Gloaming.” So there it is, one more really great Radiohead album.