Monday Blog Reel

Summer Cats: "Super"

the bird and the bee: "My Love"

Lily Allen: "22"

Sally Shapiro: "Love in July"

Sean Bones: "Dancehall"

Although we usually like to run these joints on Friday, today seems to be a fairly slow news day and there is a surprising plate of nice videos that have been hitting recently. Even though we really despise the whole cat themed thing (apologies to Karp) we're still making this video from Slumberland artists Summer Cats our lead. Besides their penchant for annoying felines, this band knows how to write a catchy summer pop jam, and in fact wrote a whole album of them. Songs for Tuesdays comes out tomorrow (Tuesday). Hah. Oy.


the bird and the bee "My Love" - which is unembedable because EMI apparently hates marketing. Yet, somehow the Lily Allen video is embedable below because it's labeled Parlophone?? 

Only Summer Today

Andrew Gombert/European Pressphoto Agency

After getting rained out at the US Open yesterday at Bethpage Black (go screw yourself USGA), we're officially only listening to good summer music today. So get ready.

[mp3] Summer Cats: "Hey You"

So here is the first installment of such. Luckily the band is actually called Summer Cats and they just got signed to Slumberland, who has risen to fame on the back of the success that Pains of Being Pure at Heart have had this year. Summer Cats are from Australia and play a sort of 60's garage pop, complete with buoyant basslines, distorted keyboards and super catchy vocals from Scott Stevens (not that Scott Stevens). Their debut album Songs for Tuesdays comes out July 14th and will absolutely help you to break out of the funk that this June weather has caused. See track listing and video after the jump.



Summer Cats
Songs For Tuesdays
(Slumberland)
Street date: July 14, 2009

1. Let's Go!
2. Hey You
3. Super
4. Fulton Gurls
5. In June
6. Wild Rice
7. Christopher Wren
8. Maybe Pile
9. Lonely Planet
10. Camel Cords
11. Waking Up
12. St. Tropez
13. Paperweight