The Cab - all very young, have been described as "a boy band that plays instruments." Their first single is kind of ridiculously catchy.

Tyga - most recent Decaydance member, is the cousin of Travis from Gym Class Heroes. I think he raps?

Doug - As far as I can tell, the only thing he's done so far is a CD of Michael-Buble-esque covers of Decaydance artists' songs. He's got a nice voice, and his cover of Fall Out Boy's "Dance, Dance" is really pretty cool.

No no, they need to cover "Last of the Famous International Playboys" by Morrissey.

They can cover both! And now I'm going to think of other Cohen songs they could cover... like The Partisan. Oh, GeeWay singing in French...

If you like The Hush Sound, I also recommend The Pierces. Jilli, their album is called "Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge," the cover is pale pink and black, and they sound kind of like Rasputina crossed with, um, Gwen Stefani.

No, come back! It works!

eta that The Pierces are totally not in bandom... but they played on Gossip Girl so they're still fannish.

I saw The Cab with Cobras - I liked them. I could see them again this weekend, if it weren't Passover.

(gotta run, y'all) Hi Amy! Bye Amy!

Funny Bandom(esque) Story:

So, smonster and I went to back-to-back MCR concerts a couple weeks ago. First night in the pit, second night one level above the pit, for lo, we were tired and the baby fans do not know how to mosh. We had a most enjoyable time at both concerts, but we were, as noted, tired on the second night. We got home after the second concert, decided that our MCR needs were met, and put on Fall Out Boy (to make for an easy transition). As the guitars really kicked in on "The Take Over, The BReak's Over", we both threw out devil horns and started headbanging. We were well-trained (and punchy) at that point.

If you like The Hush Sound, I also recommend The Pierces. Jilli, their album is called "Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge," the cover is pale pink and black, and they sound kind of like Rasputina crossed with, um, Gwen Stefani.

Okay, this intrigues me. I will have to give them a listen.

"Take Over" is definitely worthy of some devil horns.

Because it's too awesome not to share: The Hush Sound's video for "Honey": [link]

The Cab are SO YOUNG. They're just week little babies. Decent act live, though.

I *will* drag you to see Cobra Starship when they come back through. You must see the excellence of the G.A.B.E.

For reals.

Cobra Starship: tongue so far in cheek that I'm surprised Saporta hasn't bitten it off yet.

And yet! A core of substance. Saporta's wickedly smart, and the whole thing is almost performance art. Though I will reluctantly admit that sometimes, the lyrics, while not aimed at slagging on women, do have that sort of Dean Winchester Sexism to them. (Even though they're one of the acts with an Actual Factual Female Member.)

Briefly interrupting bandom talk for further thoughts on Symphonic Stones:

Symphonic Street Fightin' Man is glorious and almost sounds like something Beethoven would have written, had he been hanging out with Keith Richards.

Also, the version of Ruby Tuesday features vocal by Marianne Faithful. It is just as awesome as you think that would be, except the mix on the chorus sucks, because the horns kind of drown out Marianne's voice.

Also, the version of Ruby Tuesday features vocal by Marianne Faithful.

I could be wrong, but I think "Ruby Tuesday" was the last song Brian Jones wrote for the Stones. (Deb would know.) Anyway, that's one reason why it sounds rather atypical for them (conversely you could say that it does sound sort of like "Lady Jane" so maybe the Stones "typical" isn't as narrow as I'm arguing.)

I'm very sad that that CD seems to be missing from the SF library. It sounds fun.