The Twang are an indie rock band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2001. The band garnered national acclaim when the influential NME magazine produced an article on music acts (which also featured fellow Midlanders Ripchord and The Enemy) in the West Midlands, and has led to band coming second in the BBC News website’s Sound of 2007 poll. The Twang’s second album, Jewellery Quarter, was released 3 August 2009 and reached #20 on the UK album chart. Lead singer Phil Etheridge is an Aston Villa supporter, Saunders is a Birmingham City supporter whilst the rest are West Bromwich Albion supporters as stated in a Live Lounge session on BBC Radio 1 presented by Jo Whiley.

This song title reminds me of one thing:

We’re In Barney sound bite

The Twilight Sad is an indie rock band from Kilsyth, Scotland, comprised of James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar, accordion), Craig Orzel (bass, glockenspiel) and Mark Devine (drums). The band’s debut album, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters, was released on FatCat Records in 2007, drawing widespread critical acclaim. The band’s second studio album, entitled Forget the Night Ahead will be released on September 21, 2009.

I would have never guessed they were from Scotland

I set off for the Boston House of Blues on Tuesday September 15th to see the long awaited It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia live show of “The Nightman Cometh”. I guess you would have to be a fan of the to remotely understand this video, but the season 4 finale included a musical written by Charlie, the depressed character from the Show. The wonderful cast of Danny DeVito, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson decided to set out on a 5 city tour in which the cast of the show would perform the season finale live. From Charlie’s yellow tuxedo to Dennis’ cod piece to the Troll toll, this was one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Thanks to whoever posted this video to YouTube.

I had the pleasure of seeing Matt & Kim at the Boston House of Blues back in June. Although the song has gone “mainstream” in the past few weeks thanks to Bacardi, I think back to that concert in June and the song is just as catchy now as it was then. Enjoy.

Here is a cover by Hello Milwaukee of the Hayden song “Things Are As Bad As They Seem.” Us “border boys” had the great pleasure of hearing a lot of Canadian music due to Can-Con. Thankfully this Hayden song was one of the great tunes I got to hear on CFNY out of Toronto.

The cover

The original

I like the original better. It reminds me of driving in my station wagon as a 16 year old.

I love every single thing about this video/song
-The special effects
-Her sneakers
-Her hair
-The hook
-The hook sang by a robot around the 2:17 mark
-Her eye shadow
-Even the BBC watermark in the top left corner

If you can name anything wrong with this video I will personally harm you.