In and Out: A Song to Save Your Weekend

There are no kids in Vancouver band No Kids, just three grownups - multi-instrumentalists Julia Chirka, Justin Kellam, and singer/songwriter Nick Krgovich. (You may remember Krgovich from his Worried Noodles collaboration with Mt. Eerie's Phil Elvrum.)

I am majorly digging their brand of awkward indie R n' B and can't wait for their forthcoming album, "Come Into My House" (out February 19th via Tomlab), to become the soundtrack to my spring.

Whereas R. Kelly jams seem made for blasting out the windows of your Escalade, the layered vocals of Krgovich's nasal falsetto are perfect for bumping on some tinny speakers as you cruise past your secret crush's house on your fixed gear.

Check out the No Kids' single "For Halloween", which contains the priceless lyric, "I know you're not the only one for me/but you make that awfully hard to see/so I stay in making scrapbooks and going stir crazy". We've all been there, haven't we?

Preview: Worried Noodles at the Knitting Factory [New York, 12.05.07]

David Shrigley is an artist from Scotland with a very unique sense of humor. See, for example, the following photo:



Or these fancy salt and pepper shakers:



Thanks to the Tomlab label, we now also know that Shrigley has unique taste in music, as his Worried Noodles compilation CD features artists such as Grizzly Bear, David Byrne, Liars and Deerhoof taking their turn performing pieces from Shrigley’s 2005 “Worried Noodles” songbook – a book of lyrics to songs that Shrigley wrote, but never actually composed or recorded.

Take a trip to the Knitting Factory on December 5th and you’ll be treated to live performances of songs from Worried Noodles by album contributors Phil Elverum (aka Mount Eerie), Islands, Yacht, Tussle and more.

Now watch these Shrigley-animated videos and get excited! (Or just more confused.)

[Photos courtesy of David Shrigley's official website]