First post - Why I love the New Pornographers

This is a cover of "Your Daddy Don't Know" by the 80's band Toronto (performed by The New Pornographers). Pure 80's cheese, fake mullets and all = totally awesome!

I love this band... their musicianship is outstanding, and they still know how to have fun as evidenced by this video. This video is not necessarily typical of their music, but just look at the level of effort they went to for a joke.

I seem to go through cycles listening to this band. At times, it seems they're all I want to hear... while other times their music sounds flat and repititious. Their music is intelligent, layered, textural and poppy. I used to hate music that had a pop sound, but can now appreciate how difficult it must be to make something sound cohesive and poppy. I've been listening to them for several years, and picked up Challengers when it was released in 2007. Challengers is definitely more mellow than their previous albums, I actually had a hard time getting into it at first. Only recently, I gave it another listen and have been completely absorbed by it's consistency and subtle genius. Pretty much any band with Neko Case is a surefire winner in my book.

If you've never heard these guys, I highly recommend starting with Electric Version, followed by Twin Cinema, Challengers, and lastly Mass Romantic.

visit http://thenewpornographers.com/ for more. Support this band.