Dengue Fever - Cement Slippers

Dengue Fever is coming out with a new album. This is what the cover will look like. The first single off the album is a track called "Cement Slippers". Got a great beach vibe, fuzzy guitars and saxophone. Vocals by Chhom Nimol and guitarist Zac Holtzman are great. Reminds me somewhat of the old "Rock Lobster" song from The B52's. Give it a listen.

The new album Cannibal Courtship is coming out in April.

More Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever Official Website
Cannibal Courtship Preview
I Caught Dengue Fever (Oct. 30, 2010)

The Decemberists Hit #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of February 13, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	3
2	Hands	The Ting Tings	2
3	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	5
4	Back To December	Taylor Swift	1
5	Grenade	Bruno Mars	4
6	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	9
7	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	7
8	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	6
9	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	11
10	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	13
11	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	14
12	Price Tag	Jessie J	19
13	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	10
14	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	8
15	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	16
16	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	17
17	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	12
18	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	20
19	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	--
20	Valentine	Bobby Bare Jr	--

CHART NOTES:

"Down By The Water" from the rock group The Decemberists climb to #1 this week, up 2 from #3 last week. This song has been on the chart since January 2 after being a free giveaway on iTunes during the last weeks of December. The track is from The Decemberists' newest album The King is Dead and features R.E.M.'s Peter Buck on guitar and Gillian Welch on vocal harmonies. The song represents a break from the band's British influenced style. It picks up more of a country-rock flair to the track. I hear the entire album is in this vein and await the arrival of my CD of it from Amazon.com.

The Decemberists have hit this chart before with the following singles" "O Valencia" which hit #7 in 2007 , "Valerie Plame" hit #14 in 2008 and "The Rake Song" #12 in 2009. My favorite album by the band is The Crane Wife which came out in 2006.

RECENT #1 SONGS:

Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup
A Year Without Rain - Selena Gomez & the Scene

FEATURED VIDEO

THE DECEMBERISTS "Down by The Water" Live on KCRW

CLASSIC VIDEO

J. GEILS BAND "Love Stinks" (1980)

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 6

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of February 6, 2011

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Back To December (2nd week @ #1!)	Taylor Swift	1
2	Hands	The Ting Tings	3
3	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	7
4	Grenade	Bruno Mars	2
5	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	6
6	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	4
7	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	9
8	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	5
9	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	13
10	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	10
11	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	12
12	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	14
13	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	15
14	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	16
15	Hold My Hand	Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet)	8
16	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	19
17	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	20
18	Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus)	Ciara	11
19	Price Tag	Jessie J	--
20	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	--

Mel's Weekly Top 20: February 1, 2011

This video features Mia Martina with Edward Maya. Same mix as the Vika Jigulina version. Different vocals and a better video IMO.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of January 31, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Back To December	Taylor Swift	2
2	Grenade	Bruno Mars	1
3	Hands	The Ting Tings	3
4	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	4
5	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	5
6	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	9
7	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	10
8	Hold My Hand	Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet)	6
9	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	11
10	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	7
11	Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus)	Ciara	8
12	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	14
13	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	19
14	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	15
15	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	16
16	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	20
17	Rhythm Of Love	Plain White T's	12
18	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars	13
19	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	--
20	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	--

CHART NOTES

Taylor Swift, one of country music's hottest young stars, gets her first #1 hit on Mel's Weekly Top 20 with "Back to December". The song has been slowly going up the chart one position at a time over the past 2 months. Today it finally reaches the top replacing Bruno Mars' song "Grenade" the former #1 for the past 2 weeks. We'll see how long Ms. Swift holds on to to the top.

The rest of the top 5 stay unchanged with positions 3, 4, and 5 remaining the same with The Ting Tings, Yolanda B. Cool & Dcup and The Black Eyed Peas all standing strong.

The dance record by Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina called "Stereo Love" moves up 3 points from 9 to 6 with The Decemberists following close behind at #7 (up from #10) with "Down By the Water". I think both songs will be in the top 5 next week.

Biggest mover is "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele, up from #19 to #13.

Two debut songs are "Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)" by The Daylights and Ellie Goulding's remake of the classic Elton John hit, "Your Song" at numbers 19 and 20 respectively.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 23

The Decemberists - Down By The Water

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of January 23, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Grenade (2nd Week @ #1!)	Bruno Mars	1
2	Back To December	Taylor Swift	3
3	Hands	The Ting Tings	4
4	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	2
5	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	6
6	Hold My Hand	Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet)	5
7	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	7
8	Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus)	Ciara	10
9	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Alicia	11
10	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	15
11	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	13
12	Rhythm Of Love	Plain White T's	8
13	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars	9
14	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	16
15	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	17
16	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	20
17	Baby Lee	Teenage Fanclub	12
18	Just A Dream	Nelly	14
19	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	--
20	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	--

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd week in a row with "Grenade". This is his second consecutive #1 record on the Weekly Top 20. He hit the top spot late last year with "Just the Way You Are", which is still listed on this week's chart at #13, losing a few points from #9 of last week.

The Decemberists break into the top 10 with their latest single "Down By The Water", a track that sounds a lot like an R.E.M. song. Reason being is Peter Buck from that group is playing on it. It's one of my current favorites and could go higher on the charts.

Debut singles this week include "Raise Your Glass" by Pink at #20 and "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele at #19. This is Adele's first appearance on the Weekly Top 20.

BONUS VIDEO

Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic - Smooth Criminal