Hey, just noticed the Girls from Seattle are headed to the New Frontier Lounge on May 9. About time they made it down South. The Girls are actually a bunch of dudes who play party hearty punk and new wave anthems. They first piqued my interest when I saw 'em rock the Comet Tavern last summer following the Capitol Hill Block Party. And now I'm totally hooked after surfing to their MySpace page and laughing my @#%@#@ off at that "monkey hate clean" line they drop in "Dope Disguised as Nuns" (a funny hook lifted from "SNL.") With Hotels and Sons of Ivan. Mark it on your calendar, yo!
DEVIL DOLL BOOKING

NME has details. Cool! They still rocked when I caught 'em a year and a half ago at the Puyallup Fair.

This week I watched “The Future is Unwritten,” an insightful and sometimes moving documentary on the late Joe Strummer. And as a result, it’s been all Clash all the time for me this week. Here are three songs that you should download now if they’re not already in your collection.

From back when the Clash was more of a conventional punk band, this anthem has really been stuck in my head this week.

“The Future is Unwritten” features a cool scene with Topper Headon describing the day he came up with the piano riff for one of the great pop tracks of our time – you know, right before his band mates kicked him to the curb.

This is a lesser known Clash gem. But some of you young'uns may still recognize this as source material for M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” (which you can hear on my "essential 2007 mix tape" here.)