Losman's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Blog

I love the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It's lowest common denominator charm and moronic characters rival some of the best comedy since the late, great FOX show Arrested Development. Catching up with the new season on FX, I happened to notice the promos to the upcoming season of Nip/Tuck...which are brilliant. I don't even watch that show, but these promos are compelling me too.

The most brilliant thing about them is the music. The first time I saw the promo, I heard a woman's voice singing "Wicked Game" by Chris Issacs. I thought to myself, man that's a brilliant cover. Curious to see just who was performing the cover, I went to my computer and googled "Wicked Game Nip/Tuck", and found that the band Giant Drag was responsible for this great rendition.

I had always meant to check out Giant Drag after the release of their much-lauded 2006 debut Hearts and Unicorns, but never got around to it. Now, I can't get it out of my stereo! Annie Hardy, the band's main creative driving force, has a voice that lingers somewhere between Liz Phair and Juliana Hatfield land. The music is a really compelling mix of dreaming guitars yet tough as nails chord progressions, all wrapped up in gleam of indie-coolness. Annie must have grown up listening to a lot of Breeders, Mazzy Star, Beach Boys, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, and of course probably her most obvious influence, and the name-check for countless other musicians, My Bloody Valentine.....yeah, this is definitely right up my ally.

Thanks FX....you turned me on to a great, new band. Your original programming rocks! But really, do you have to keep showing those cheesy movies from the '90s...just asking.