Narrowing this down to one song a week is proving to be more difficult than I thought. I’ve been bouncing between 3 different songs since last week, trying to decide on the one to post. Ultimately I chose “Arrive” by Horse the Band. These guys have been making some amazing chip-tune flavored post-hardcore for the past decade. Many of their song titles and lyrics have had a Nintendo Theme (Pol’s Voice, Cut Man, Birdo). Their most recent album “Desperate Living” has a more refined sound than their previous releases, making it somewhat more accessible. I say ‘accessible’ but don’t misunderstand me… Horse the Band still have all the ingredients that make them so awesome. It took me a while to pick a song on this album because, to be honest, I love every song on there. If you like this track I highly recommend you check out the rest of the album and their other releases as well. Enjoy!

Our first podcast of 2010! We start out with a bit of talk about what we plan on doing for the entire year, and then move right into our 24 themed trivia in which the punishment is for us to put our fingers into a bug zapper. It was pretty brutal, thankfully yours truly only had to do it once while everyone else… well, you’ll see. We then move onto some thoughts about the current season of 24, speculate over Lost (mainly last Tuesday’s premier, so that convo is a little out of date now) and hope into a large helping of Nerd News and wrap it up with the normal Whore Daddy/Clutch section. Enjoy!

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Dear John – Channing Tatum plays a soldier who falls for a co-ed, played by Amanda Seyfried, while he is home on leave. Their relationship is tested after the September 11th attacks when he re-enlists in the military to help defend his country. Based on a book by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook).

From Paris With Love – a young employee (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) in the office of the United States Ambassador teams up with an American spy (John Travolta) to stop a terrorist attack in Paris. Travolta’s off the wall tactics clash with Meyers’ by-the-books style. Directed by Pierre Morel (Taken).

Couples Retreat – Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell play a married couple who are going through some problems. They discover a tropical island vacation therapy package and talk their friends into joining them. Vince Vaughn/Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau/Kristin Davis, and Faizon Love/Kali Hawk play the other couples. Co-written by Vaughn and Favreau.

The Stepfather – Michael returns from military school to find out his mother is living with her new boyfriend. He tries to adjust to his new soon-to-be stepfather and get to know him but he notices some suspicious things that he could be hiding along with a possible connection to some murders.

A Serious Man – from the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men) comes the story of a Jewish man who has everything in his personal and professional life start to go wrong. His wife is leaving him, he is being blackmailed at his school, and the advice from his Rabbis isn’t working. He is on the brink of a meltdown.

Sunny Day Real Estate is and always will be one of my favorite bands. This song is off of their final studio album “The Rising Tide” and really shows how their style evolved. SDRE came onto the scene in the early-mid 90’s when most of the Hardcore/Punk scene was dominated by the Revelation Records and Victory Records style. Somehow this band struck a chord with that audience and became the blue-print for many ‘emo’ bands that followed them. Emo has a nasty stigma attached to it these days, but back in 1994 it just meant “Hardcore music with melodic vocals”. Anyway, hope you enjoy this one and if you’re interested in more SDRE go check them out.

Just reserving this space for Shamoozal Radio, which should hopefully start around 8ish, but you know how we roll, it’ll probably really be around 8:30 – 9. Hope to see some of you there!

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Edge Of Darkness – Mel Gibson plays Thomas Craven, a homicide detective who is investigating the death of his daughter. He not only uncovers her secret life as an activisit, but also a corporate cover up and government collusion. Ray Winstone is an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence. Directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale).

When In Rome – Kristen Bell plays a young New Yorker who is unlucky with love. While in Rome, she steals some coins from a popular fountain of love and causes the owners of those coins to fall in love with her. Josh Duhamel, Will Arnett, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, and Danny Devito play the dudes.

Believe it or not but it’s been well over two months since we recorded our last edition of Shamoozal Radio. The gang reunites this Saturday, the 30th, around 8pm(ish) eastern time and we’ll be talking about the regular assortment of nonsense. Of course we’ll be recording the entire thing live and we’ll have the MP3 up afterward. Hope to see you there!

Saw VI – the sixth installment picks up right where the fifth left off. Agent Strahm is dead and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the new successor to Jigsaw. The FBI is finally getting closer to unraveling Jigsaw’s grand scheme so Hoffman must set his new game into motion.

This Is It – a compilation of interviews, backstage footage, and dress rehearsals of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold out London concerts before his untimely death. Director Kenny Ortega documents some of the last moments of Jackson’s life as he prepared for a big return to the stage.

Whip It – Ellen Page plays a chick who doesn’t exactly fit in with other girls her age. She discovers a women’s roller derby league in Austin, Texas that may be a cure for her misery. Also starring Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis and more. First time directorial effort by Barrymore.

This week on NMM we have “M4, Pt. II” by the band Faunts. Anyone who has had the pleasure of completing Mass Effect will recognize this song as the music that plays over the end credits. The song works perfectly for Mass Effect. The whole game has an 80’s sci-fi movie feel to it and this song does the synth-space rock thing pretty well. I was immediately hooked on this band and decided to go check out their other releases. I was sad to see that there is no Faunts on the OST for Mass Effect 2, or any other rock music for that matter. This is the shorter music video version of the song, the actual track is twice as long with some pretty cool instrumental interludes. Anyway, if you like this track you should definitely check them out.