Spider Bags - Dog in the Snow 7"

So proud of my disposable camera (RIP).

At this point, I think it's fair to say that my three favorite bands of all time are Mates of State, Titus Andronicus, and Spider Bags. Well, our good friends in Spider Bags just released an epic 7" with an awesome jam called "Dogs in the Snow." It's been streaming on their myspace for quite sometime, and I'm really excited to finally have you all check it out! Spider Bags is an awesome band from Chapel Hill, NC made up of 2/3 New Jersey punks: Daniel McGee and some other dude. Daniel McGee is from this awesome (RIP) band called DC Snipers and it seems as times passes, his jamz are progressively touching his punks roots. I totally dig his earlier albums, but they sound insanely different from what he's making these days. "Dogs in the Snow" is a scuzzed out punk jam with tons of reverb and a catchy hook. You'll dig it. And if you don't, bad things will follow.

Things You Might Love, Things You Might Despise Pt 2222

My suggestions: CAPGUN COUP and Spider Bags.

So we finally got the new Tegan and Sara album in! I really really hated them back in the day, but corporate retail has brainwashed me and every single day for a year I had to listen to The Con while I folded clothing and made skateboards. I feel like as they've matured musically, their voices have become less annoying. So this album is the medium between The Con and So Jealous with So Jealous being the best of the three. 'Paperback head' is a good jam. 'Northshore' is a terrible jam. So are the rest. Tegan and Sara, you should have ended at 'So Jealous'. http://www.myspace.com/teganandsara

So I'm going to tell you how awesome I am. I'm awesome like Oprah interviewing Ellen DeGeneres. Recently Birdman records released a new Spider Bags record called 'Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World'. Well, hold up Pitchfork, WUSB totally had that shit back in March. WUSB, aaf. I will be putting this 'new' record back in CR1 again. Maybe now you'll trust me that ex-DC Snipers, Daniel McGee, will find a place in your big juicy musical heart. So if you have no idea, DC Snipers is an infamous DIY punk band from NJ. The band split up and bunch of them ended up in NC (Spider Bags). So now they make jamz that are less punk and more country although it still bites like punk. Can I say that? Can music bite? Anyway, give them a chance. Just do it. http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags

The new Capgun Coup record is perfect. I've mentioned them before when I was begging you to play digital jamz, but now there will be a physical copy. The record takes you on swoops through lo-fi punk jamz like 'Bad Bands' and then into warm, super whiny, acoustic jamz like 'It Breaks No Heart of Mine,' that you can't help but love. But then there are beautiful musical pop jamz like 'Fish'. But wait, then there are surf punk jamz like 'When I'm Gone'. Some songs are more lo-fi than others, and it's always with the right feel. This record might just be perfect, but then again this only the second time I've listened to it! Please give this one a listen. Don't be a fool and simply listen to a song or two in cue and then pass it up; there's a variety of songs and one will definitely float your boat. http://www.myspace.com/capguncoup