
Rock Sift Favorites
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My favorite sifts in the way of rock'n'roll music.

Hailing from Walnut, CA, The Ready Aim Fire! is one of my favorite indie bands right now. I was inspired to post this when watching gorgonheap's post.... continue reading
posted by JAPR
"Over 170 pictures were burnt to achieve this effect. The footage of burning too was shot with still camera and later stitched together to form movement. Shot and directed by Patryk Rebisz" Plus-Minus... continue reading
posted by JAPR
Issykitty and I saw The 88 as an opening act a few years ago and were really impressed. This is the kind of old fashioned songwriting that you don't see much anymore, and the performance is very endearing.... continue reading
posted by dystopianfuturetoday
This is an early video filmed in Hyde Park. What a long strange trip it's been.
posted by silvercord

Hang-Ups is Goldfinger's second album. Many of the album's tracks feature more of a ska sound than their debut. The album's first single "This Lonely Place" was not as successful as "Here in your Bedroom",... continue reading
posted by gorgonheap
Yellowcard's video for their hit off the album Ocean Avenue.
posted by thesnipe
It's fashionable in certain quarters to bash Rush, but I don't care. I love this song, both the music and the lyrics. And that's Aimee Mann (Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry") doing the female vocals. Enjoy.... continue reading
posted by kronosposeidon
Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション, Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon) is a Japanese rock band signed by Ki/oon Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
posted by gorgonheap
I really dig this song. An awesome cover of it that caused me to sift this: http://www.videosift.com/video/Worst-Cover-Song-Ever
posted by JAPR
Due to some error in the space-time continuum, it seems that four versions of While My Guitar Gently Weeps have been sifted, but none of them are the actual version featured on the White Album. The... continue reading
posted by Fjnbk

The infamous Radio Radio incident on Saturday Night Live where Costello promised he wouldn't play the song (NBC didn't like its obviously radio industry-critical lyrics and or there was a conflict with... continue reading
posted by gluonium
From YouTube - "Live at the Shelter in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. Excerpted from the Mock Orange/Band Apart -US/Japan tour -2007. Aired in November on Shower TV in Japan." This is one of my favorite songs... continue reading
posted by shanedawg2k7 1 decade 7 years 1 month ago • 2,467 views
This got played a ton for a while, and some folks might have had it played out, but it's not here, and it deserves to be. I think this rendition is very nice: it's from the Bullet in a Bible concert.
posted by oxdottir

Arguably the first punk song ever. Helter Skelter debuted on the Beatles White Album. This is a live performance by Paul McCartney. And one of the best versions I've heard.
posted by gorgonheap
This was the first song I heard by them, courtesy of a good friend of mine, and I became a fan right away. I finally got to hear it live at the San Francisco show last week, but couldn't find a good vid... continue reading
posted by JAPR