Note: You can't always embed videos from youtube, so you'll have to click on links for some of these. Enjoy...
Sky Larkin - Abstract lyrics and great guitar. She reminds me of Jimi.
Helen Love - Bubblegum Punk Pop Disco. Their 2007 release, "It's My Club and I'll Play What I Want To" is just brillo! Radio Hits Vol. 2 is also pretty good. The rest of their albums don't seem quite up to snuff.
Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked. ( <- Click for video, can't embed this one.) Anthemic Alt-Rock. Ida Maria
Maia Hirasawa - Matis and Maia. (Click for video.) Alternative showtunes. Maia Hirasawa
Mother Mother - Crazy arrangements. Crunchy chords.
Wild Beasts - Assembly. (Click for video.) Mellow tunes. Wild falsetto vocals. Wild Beasts
Flight of the Conchords. Hilarious parodists. HBO site.
Kate Nash - Birds
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"Darlin' don't give me sh*t 'cause I know that you're full of it. You're full of it, you're full of sh*t." Lyrical genius! Kate Nash
Dresden Dolls - Punk Cabaret. It's amazing what can be done with piano/voice/drums.
Deerhoof - Insane random. Like the Ted Chain.
Ben Folds - Nerdy Piano Rock
Be Your Own Pet - Funny punk rock.
Get Set Go - Funny pop rock.
Half Japanese - Funny avant-garde, free jazz, punk, country, blues...
The Hot Toddies - Funny rock, doo-wop, surf, etc...
Ism - Funny hardcore punk. MySpace
They Might Be Giants - Nerd rock.
Tiny Masters of Today - Kid rockers.
The Power Cords - Funny nerd rock.
Tullycraft - Funny twee pop. Some Lyrics.
Tunnan och Moroten (The Trashcan and The Carrot) - Funny Swedish bajs (poop) rock, dance, avant-garde.
We Show Up On Radar - Funny Brit twee-pop.
Way back when mp3.com was a really great website for sharing music AND getting paid, there was a band that had a Christmas song that went like this:
Santa you can keep all the toys and stuff
All I want for Christmas is a Jigglypuff
In the hopes that the brilliant folks who created this gem happen to search on their own lyrics and find me, please email me and send me a copy of that mp3 so I can put it up on my site. That was the only song that I remember from the long-gone days of mp3.com. I would really love to hear it again.
Criznittle - This guy put together some killer charts that I used to find most of my favorite bands.
CMJ - Indie charts. Pretty boring. Only found Flight of the Conchords here.