This one goes out to all the kama`aina kids on the mainland that have been waking up in actual “winter” environments over the past few months and wondering what and why the hell did they (and by “they” I mean “we”) end up so far from home. Here’s the Sandals theme from Bruce Brown’s 1966 docu-surf masterpiece the Endless Summer to start the weekend off right. Many thanks to Heather from I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS for helping me track down the song!

On another note, I’ll be guesting on DJ Elhaam’s Guilty Pleasures show on East Village Radio this Monday, February 22nd 2010, from 8-10 PM EST (aka 3-5 PM Hawaii time). My mom is coming to town, so expect some surf-rock in the mix. Love you Mom!

The Sandals - Theme from The Endless Summer by supabz

Anyone that can get down like this to the Thompson Twins’ ‘In the Name of Love’ for the sake of Spring is alright by us. Darwin Deez plays tomorrow at the Market Hotel- keep an eye on ‘em, they just might be the indie answer to the Pussycat Dolls. AMAZING.

The Thompson Twins : In the Name of Love mp3 (YSI)

Please see the below post regarding all things ’sexy’ in the music biz and why I usually avoid it. Whatever, we’ve got the archives and might as well put ‘em to use- although I have yet to grace the photopits for Girl Aloud and Sugarbabes. Vote for the NME Shockwave ‘Sexiest’ Musician Awards *HERE* and enjoy a song to kick it off, thanks to Earfarm.

The Waitresses : I Know What Boys Like Mp3 (YSI) ….. OK ON WITH THE SHOW!

We had to kick it off with Sheffield Vamp of Vamps Kate Jackson - The Long Blondes

Meg White - The White Stripes

Tahita Bulmer of New Young Pony Club NEEDS TO WIN IT ALL! SHE IS AMAZINNNNNNNG.

New Young Pony Club plays Ice Cream LIVE at Studio B Brooklyn - Abbey Braden

Charlotte Cooper - The Subways

Florence and the Machine - Take that Kate Nash!

Florence and the Machine Live at the Reykjavik Art Museum / Iceland Airwaves Oct 16 2008 - Abbey Braden

Katie White - The Ting Tings : When will someone sit this lovely girl down and tell her she doesn’t need makeup? She could get like, an hours more sleep a night, and then she wouldn’t look like a footballer’s wife in training. Stop the insanity!

The Ting Tings Great DJ LIVE March 18th 2008 - Abbey Braden

Alison Mosshart aka ‘VV’ from the Kills = The Hotness

The Kills LIVE at SXSW Fry My Little Brains March 12 2008 - Abbey Braden

Alice Glass of Crystal Castles has already walked off with the NME Cool List title. Sexy? Maybe if you’re into DANGER. She does have that certain Je ne sais quoi- Ms. Glass could claw or spit in audience members faces and they’d still lap it up.

CC “Courtship Dating” LIVE at Studio B - Abbey Braden

Speaking of scratching, I bet in a back alley smackdown Ms. Jemina Pearl (formerly of Be Your Own Pet) would totes be the victor. Look up the lyrics of Becky if you need, or simply watch the raw thrashing of ‘Bicycle’ after the jump. (Click title for rest of entry)

Ugh. Voting for anything ‘most sexy’ usually makes me do a 180, probably because keeping a professional facade in this industry is something I really try and maintain. Hence no booze during festivals etc etc and no starf*ckery behavior backstage allowed. However, in flipping through the nominations (go *HERE* to cast your ballot) for the NME Shockwave Awards for ‘Sexiest Male’ this year I realized that splitting open the concert archives might offer some help to decide the verdict. Please note there are no photos relating to the Strokes or Interpol- there are facking enough floating around. Will I vote? Probs not, but knock yourselves out. Ergo I give you the skinniest (mostly) white boys alive - aka some of the top nominees:

WAIT someone made me promise to post these songs to accompany the slideshow. We have NO SHAME anymore obvs.

Haddaway : What Is Love Mp3 (YSI)
Right Said Fred : I’m Too Sexy Mp3 (YSI) ….. OK ON WITH THE SHOW!

At #1 we have Radiohead’s Johnny Greenwood aka the band’s effing backbone. J’adore. PS His hair is full of secrets shhh!

Currently #2 :
Dirty Pretty Things’s Carl Barat smoulders in general. Former bandmate Pete Doherty is on hot on his tail in the ranking…

At #3 is Pete Doherty, aka Dreamboat around these parts. I don’t have any live shots of him, I do however have a photo of a collage found in the garbage waiting to be picked up on St. Marks Place & Ave A. Dreamy! On with the rest of the noms:

Both mop-topped doppelgangers Miles Kane and Alex Turner of the Last Shadow Puppets (and the Rascals + the Arctic Monkeys respectively) made the top 20. Of course. There would have been a kray-kray high pitched statutory riot if not.

The Last Shadow Puppets MEETING PLACE LIVE at Cakeshop NYC - Abbey Braden

It’s time to pretend that I didn’t call ‘Electric Feel’ ‘Electric Eel’ in front of MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden this summer backstage at Lolla. Whatever, he was wearing like, mom sunglasses + a chick shirt ergo = incredibly laidback about it all.

The Late of the Pier kiddettes are here and they’re *TINY* (they make MGMT look like pedos) but their sound is HUUUGE:

Late of the Pier Space and the Woods LIVE - Abbey Braden

Jack White is close behind… no new White Stripes album this year, but fresh in readers’ minds = the James Bond song…

PS After the jump see his current hair do and the rest of the noms. Know before you vote! (Click the title for rest of entry)

Dude I feel like I’m four years old again and running around in circle until I pass out from dizziness. After the Presets bid adieu to everyone at the end of the this tour we all thought that was the last we’d see of the lads until the next album came out. NOT SO (I hit the roof when I got the news), and it’s been killing me because I had to keep my mouth shut about it until they sent out an official announcement. Did you know this last album APOCALYPSO was self-produced? They just swept the ARIA awards (the Australian version of the Grammys) for Best Cover Art, Best Video, Producer of the Year, Best Dance Release, Best Group, and ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!! Talking ‘em up makes me seriously reconsider the order of my top 10 list of 2008.

2009 tour dates are as follows:

Fri-Mar 27, 09 Tallahassee FL Club Downunder 18+
Sat-Mar 28, 09 Miami FL Ultra Music Festival
Sun-Mar 29, 09 Gainesville FL Common Grounds 18+
Mon-Mar 30, 09 Atlanta GA Masquerade (Hell Stage) All Ages
Tue-Mar 31, 09 Carrboro NC Cats Cradle 18+
Wed-Apr 01, 09 Washington DC 9:30 Club All Ages
Fri-Apr 03, 09 New York NY Webster Hall 18+
Sat-Apr 04, 09 Boston MA Paradise 18+
Sun-Apr 05, 09 Montreal QC Studio Juste Pour Rire 18+
Mon-Apr 06, 09 Toronto ON The Mod Club 19+
Tue-Apr 07, 09 Cleveland Heights OH Grog Shop All Ages
Wed-Apr 08, 09 Chicago IL Metro 18+
Thu-Apr 09, 09 Kansas City MO The Record Bar 18+
Fri-Apr 10, 09 Denver CO Bluebird Theater 16+
Sat-Apr 11, 09 Murray UT Murray Theater All Ages
Mon-Apr 13, 09 Vancouver BC Commodore Ballroom 19+
Tue-Apr 14, 09 Seattle WA Neumos 21+
Wed-Apr 15, 09 Portland OR Hawthorne Theater All Ages
Thu-Apr 16, 09 San Francisco CA Mezzanine 21+
Mon-Apr 20, 09 Pomona CA The Glass House All Ages

Tickets for the NYC Webster Hall show go on sale this Friday via Bowery Presents *HERE* & we are SERIOUSLY considering attending WMC so we can catch the Miami set….

YOU KNOW while we’re at it this has been gnawing at me: One of my fave down tempo jams off of APOCALYPSO is:

If I Know You - The Presets

Which for some reason makes me think of me and my mom’s fave ‘driving to school’ jam circa like, the last week of 1986: