Guilty Pleasure: Cash Cash

Ah, another edition of CER's Guilty Pleasure, our irregular mention of an electro-pop band that is so infectious, poppy, and directed towards teenagers that I feel guilty listening to it as much as I do. This time it's Cash Cash, which I'd describe as a hybrid of The Cab and Hellogoodbye. Just looking at their hairstyles makes me hate myself. Still, I couldn't stop myself from buying tickets to their December 9 show at the Roxy. Sure, it will be full of 16 year olds, but I can't think it's going to be anything other than one hell of a fun time.

Go ahead, try listening to this song more than once.

Cash Cash - Party In Your Bedroom music video from cash cash on Vimeo.

Guilty Pleasure: Cobra Starship's New Single "Good Girls Go Bad"

Cobra Starship has been a guilty pleasure of mine for a while. Being from the great state of New Jersey (and going to the same high school as frontman Gabe Saporta), I had been a Midtown fan (Gabe's previous band) since early 2000 when I first heard their debut album, "Save the World, Lose the Girl." And while it was sad to see them effectively disband back in 2005, it was plain to see that Midtown wasn't going to break out like it seemed they would in 2001.

Cobra Starship, on the other hand, is finally making Gabe the star he always wanted to be. The single just hit #40 on the Top 40 radio chart, and their Myspace page has over 15 million hits.

Their new single ("Good Girls Go Bad") features Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl. I've never watched Gossip Girl and I didn't know who Meester was before hearing that she'd be recording a track with CS. She sings a verse and her voice fits in perfectly with the tone and topic of the song.

Stream it here and feel guilty with me.

So let's destroy the credibility of this blog before it even starts

I like "No Way Out" from This Century. I only heard about them because they're playing with The Movies at Space 15 Twenty (across from Amoeba Records) on Thursday the 26th. The song is fluffy, of little substance, and clocks in at just over 2 and a half minutes. But I've just listened to it 5 times.

http://www.myspace.com/thiscentury

(The rest of their songs aren't worth your time)