May 28th's Well Air-Conditioned Hot Spot Vspot

by B Condon 12:55 PM

So what am I doing on "National BBQ Day" that salutes our soldiers for mindless genocide on another country? Sitting in a unshowered state and in my pajamas making this blog of course! Pass a Mike's hard lemonade please and turn on The Ultimate Summer Playlist.

It's About Time Dressy Bessy!

What's bright technicolor with sunglasses, bitching guitars and a babydoll dress singing about Alice in Wonderland? Um, no one but Tammy Ealom, lead singer of Dressy Bessy, who just this past week released Summer Singles Volume 1 (Radio) featuring acoustic and perky sounds of "Hey Alice!" and "Little Pieces" as well as a video for the prior song. And just so you know, "Hey Alice" has gone into my summer music canon. 

Stream "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats"

Fans rejoiced and some major reviewing magazines scrunched up their noses in a "really?" as if Spektor didn't have enough B sides so the aptly named "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" is a perfect album. name, although it would have been well-suited for a two disc album filled with her live songs finally produced in the studio as some of my personal favorites "Baby Jesus," "Raindrops," and "Loveology" have never been released in the studio. Spektor, if you're reading this... make this happen! But as for one of the years top 100 albums? Well, judge for yourself at NPR's First Listen.

Whatever Happened to Messina High?

In the home-stretch of post production, Messina High or the "10 Things I Hate About You" of "Much Ado About Nothing," just fancied up their website with what to expect for the look of the film. There are still unknowns in the film which, like I said in the Aural V-Spot Memorial Day Vspot (I swear, sheer coincidence) but I think this is something to look forward to other than their lack of spell check to Buissness  from business. But, they got stills! And pictures! But still nothing too specific. 

Alexis Krauss's Sexy Self in Demons Concert Video

I really think there's nothing else to say to introduce this video. Nothing.

The Continuing Story of The Future of What

The last time we heard from Blair and the boys, they were forming The Future of What and hanging out in the record studio creating magic, or rather, Moonstruck EP which will be coming June 26. If you need a sampling or proof of this, grab a free download of their song "I Wait For You" at rcrdlbl.com because it's worth the download.

Always Summer Camp

If the Chinese had a special new year for this summer specifically, it would be "The Year of the Summer-Named Musical Duos" while Beach House and Best Coast's new albums "Bloom" and "The Only Place" is blowing indie and college radios into kibble, but Summer Camp already had their gigantic summery album with "Welcome to Cordale" so what more could they possibly do? Well, with Always EP they have a sound all their own with a little Beach House fuzziness and a whole lotta electro. Listen for yourself.