Anyone with thick-rimmed glasses and western print button-up shirts are anxious for the new Death Cab For Cutie album to drop on May 13th, 2008. “I Will Possess Your Heart” is the first single of Death Cab’s new album, “Narrow Stairs.” It is pretty typical Death Cab, with a slow start and haunting melody. Ben Gibbard has been the man of the last half decade in the indie-music scene. Not only has Death Cab been a monster, but his side project The Postal Service did very well. The Postal Service’s sophomore album is still in the works, but many are eagerly waiting that album as they are for “Narrow Stairs.”

I haven’t heard anything off the new album yet, except for this track. I am guessing that the album will be leaked very soon. All the material on the internet isn’t the real album. I know the pirates of the internet are foaming at the mouth awaiting this album.

Here is the video for “I Will Possess Your Heart.”

I hate to admit it, but I watch VH1 sometimes late at night. It is a pretty bad choice, but sometimes it is the only channel that is showing something new at 4am, which is usually a couple hour block of music videos. I was up pretty late a few nights ago and a “You Ought To Know” artist video was about to come on and it was Justin Nozuka’s “After Tonight.” I sat there during the whole video and I really liked what I watched/viewed.

From what I know about the guy, he’s 18 and sounds a lot like Jack Johnson/Matt Costa. I think he should sell quite a few albums since the chill/acoustic/surfer jam music has been doing well the last couple years. I think everyone should check out this song and make an opinion for yourself…or just trust mine and say you like him, that would work.

A friend of mine messaged me a few months about this band called the “Flobots.” She just went to a concert and she was all pumped that she got to see them. With me being a person that thrives on his music knowledge, I never heard of them and I was intrigued. She sent me a song off of their album called “Handlebars.” I have to admit that I didn’t give the Flobots much dap when I first listened to them. They were just “okay” to me, but the song kept creeping into my playlist and I started to really like it.

With this newfound enjoyment of “Flobots,” I started finding out more and more about the band. They were recently signed to a major label, which is good news for you guys ’cause you will be hearing more from them in the near future.

What is their sound, you ask? I would say that it is a mix between Atmosphere and Cake. I only say Cake ’cause the lead singer’s voice sounds like John McCrea’s, but they have a violin and trumpet in the band. The Atmosphere comparison comes from his lyrics. He spits them out very angry in some songs, but it doesn’t overpower you enough that you would be turned off.

Check out Flobots – “Handlebars”

Mayday Parade has been touring non-stop over the last 2 years. If you like the pop-punk/emo genre, chances are this band has opened up for one of your favorite bands. They have been in Columbus at least 5 times over the past year. I have yet to see them and I regret it since tickets aren’t exactly going to break the bank.

I was a big fan of their EP and that’s how I first heard of them. They have released their debut full-length album about a year ago and they were also featured on the “Punk Goes Acoustic 2” compilation. Fearless Records, their record label, has been smart with all of the bands on their roster. They get them out there touring and feature them on their popular “Punk Goes” compilation series. Sugarcult and Plain White T’s are two bands that went on to do great things after signing with Fearless.

Check out the song “When I Get Home You’re So Dead”

I first heard of this band about this time last year. I heard their song “Oh Yeah,” on the radio and they even played here in Columbus. I almost went to the show for a few reasons. The first reason is that I liked the song I heard on the radio and the second was that it was only 5 dollars. I ended up having to work that night and couldn’t make the show. I am probably lucky that I didn’t attend the show ’cause my head would have probably exploded.

The Cliks are made up of lesbians and transgenders. I didn’t know this when I planned on going to the concert. I think I would have had a great time, but I think I would have just been confused the entire time. Everyone needs to remember that I come from a very small town in Indiana (red state), and even though I think of myself as a very open-minded person (democrat), I think it would have totally blown my mind. When I heard “Oh Yeah,” I thought it sounded like a very angry female. I didn’t know any of the biography. I’m not sure if the rest of their album is good, but this song keeps getting playing on my media player ever once in awhile.

Here is the song “Oh Yeah,” by The Cliks

I’ve always liked Eddie Money. When I was extremely young, my mom used to turn on MTV and leave me in front of the TV. She didn’t abandon me, she knew me too well, I would just sit there and not move. This was the mid-80s when MTV was nothing but music videos. Eddie Money’s videos were played a lot, usually at least one an hour. My favorite video was “Take Me Home Tonight.”

I don’t know why I thought Stevie Nicks was in this video, I think the girl who sings with Money sounds a lot like her. Nicks also had a lot of videos that ran on early MTV too, so I could have just crossed her up.

Anyways, the reason why Mr. Money has the “Song Of The Day” is due to MTV’s “Rock The Cradle. His daughter, Jesse Money, is a contestant on this “American Idol”-like singing competition. I wish I had a decent picture of her to post on here, but I couldn’t find anything. By this time next week, I’m sure you’ll see a lot more of Jesse Money on some blogs.