…I happened upon Sub Pop records’ Youtube channel and saw a few videos I hadn’t seen. The first is a really decent version of Sleeping Lessons from the last Shins album. In my mind this was the standout track from that last album - by far. Anyway, I think it’s really cool that the intro sounds come from those wind tube thingies(I assumed they were synth lines). I’m a sucker for when a band makes a great sound out of something relatively mundane and unmusical like when the Arcade Fire used a page ripping from a book as the sound where jazz brushed might have been used on the snare drum or when Cibelle built the entire drum track of one song(Mad Man Song) from the normal clank of a cup and saucer over breakfast.

Sleeping Lessons by the Shins (live in rehearsal)

…the next clip is just silly. These guys have a really funny sitcom where they always pull together really high quality tongue in cheek songs that draw from the pop music tradition. I need to get the whole series on DVD as I have really enjoyed every episode I have seen.
Ladies of the World by the Flight of the Conchords