Silversun Pickups

Rob is always singing the praises of the Silversun Pickups. I'd never heard of them before, but thought I'd check them out to see what all the fuss was about.

And I have to say, I really like their music! They really do sound a lot like Smashing Pumpkins. Incidentally, Rob used their song Little Lover's So Polite for his Carnival performance in January 2009 (which I won't link to because it's really racy). When I first watched it, I really thought it was a Weezer song I'd never heard before.

In 2006, the Silversun Pickups made an appearance on Dave Letterman where they performed Lazy Eye (and they're really good live, not that animated, but their sound is very similar to their recordings - not overly reverbed). I don't know where the video was shot, but it reminded me of this bar in Santa Monica I used to go to in college, and the story that played out in the video was so familiar it was scary - the bar, the red curtains on the wall, the retro furniture. Except it was a beat up Nissan Sentra instead of a cool motorcycle at the end. And the bar was filled with fraternity boys. And the band playing was this old guy who used to sing Van Morrison and Jimmy Buffett covers.

But I digress.

This is my favorite song of theirs (and the video was directed by none other than Joaquin Phoenix: