This track, “Everybody’s Down,” from Get Hurt, by LA’s No Age, makes me want to ball my hands up into tight fists and jump up and punch holes in the ceiling. That’s how I felt the first time I heard Oneida, so, see, that’s a *good* thing.

::: No Age - Everybody’s Down :::

Buy Get Hurt here (12″ vinyl).

Shifting gears (quite) a bit, I had a WTF moment the other day when some random commercial came on and grabbed my attention by having a Joel Plaskett soundtrack. Specifically, it was from 2005’s La De Da; it was the song “Television Set,” and it was backing this new film titled, appropriately enough, The TV Set. Now, I don’t know much about the film, but it did remind me that I’ve been meaning to mention how, over time, La De Da has sneakily become one of my favorite records of the past few years. Specifically, it’s a pretty great record for a road-trip, and I’m sure that’s thanks in part to what I know of the great story of the record’s synthesis.

::: Joel Plaskett - Television Set :::

Joel (well, the JP Emergency) has a new record coming out next week on Maple Music called Ashtray Rock. They’re taking pre-orders right now.

Another great road album? 2003’s Drive It Like You Stole It by Austin’s Sally Crewe & the Sudden Moves, which I once described as Exile In Guyville multiplied by Kill The Moonlight. Still a good assessment, methinks. Anyway, I’m mentioning this because SC + Co. are coming up to NYC this week to do a.) a WFMU set (4/13) and b.) a show at Magnetic Field in Brooklyn (4/14).

I also want to note that there’s a Fulton Lights show coming up at the Mercury Lounge on 4/16. If it’s anything like the FL Tonic show, it should be a great way to spend your night.

When Idolator does their Track Marks feature on Elk City and their new album, New Believers, they better list me as “First Mention,” because I posted that shit over 2 years ago. I keed, I keed, but still, I’m just saying: EC’s been getting a lot of online coverage of late, and I’m glad about that, because although their sound has changed, like, *a lot* since 2000’s Status, they’ve still got “it,” and this latest record, out next week on Friendly Fire, is certainly worth checking out. I still like rocking this track, even after 2 years:

::: Elk City - Cherries In The Snow :::

Well, that didn’t take long. The band that Pitchfork, JT, and everybody else just recently posted about, Grand Archives, has signed to Subpop. (Tip-off via my current favoritest read, Line Out @ The Stranger.)