It seems like the garage rock revival has no end in sight. Bands like Vivian Girls, Ty Segall, Girls and Jay Reatard are all people are talking about these days. And it seems that San Francisco — and girls — are representing. This video from Girls captures the sort of dreamy nostalgia that this band evokes. Randomly, it appears to have been filmed in the penthouse of my friend’s apartment.

I have also been really into Grooms’ new album Rejoicer, full of moody, strange rock songs reminiscent of Pavement, Sonic Youth and Polvo.

Grooms

RCRDLBL.COM lets me listen and legally download songs from featured bands on its site. And surprisingly enough, many of them are bands with members I know. This makes me happy.

GIRLS is a San Francisco band consisting of two members: Christopher Owens and JR White. Their sound is quirky folk rock which reminds me of the spirit of 90s alt-band PAVEMENT.

I went to LA club The Echo last Sunday and thoroughly enjoyed NITE JEWEL, the brain child of Ramona Gonzalez. Her music is kind of an atmospheric disco:  a combo of danceable beats and shoe gaze rhythm. Here’s her video:

While on Pitchfork, I came across an amazing remix of the Fleetwood Mac song “Seven Wonders” by a DJ who goes by the name PICTUREPLANE. The song is called “Goth Star” and it is now a fixture on mix cds I make for anyone. It’s my jam!

JAY REATARD is a name which keeps coming up in discussions with friends.  It’s a name you don’t forget.  It made me curious. While I really wanted to not like it at first, after downloading songs from different albums he has a noise pop style he is working, which I appreciated.