Hello again! It’s Monday.

As in “I Don’t Like Mondays” said the Boomtown Rats. What a tune, by the way.

But we love Mondays here at the Wiggle. Mainly because we love music. And music = Monday!

Song #1: Bittersweet – Sick of Sarah: Sick of Sarah are actually a relatively unknown band. I only actually heard of them because their song ‘Not Listening’ was used as the theme tune to a TV show on LOGO in the States. They’ve actually been compared to Heart, which is an accomplishment for any band. As an added bonus, every one of these girls is hot. Yeah, I said it.

This track isn’t actually my favourite Sick of Sarah track, but it’s still great. (If you listen to their music, make sure to check out ‘Not Listening’ and ‘Mr. Incredible’.) I love the vocals from front-woman Abisha Uhl – they’re unique and you can instantly recognize her voice when you’re listening. This band also seem to make every one of their songs distinctly catchy; something I enjoy immensely when listening to new music like this.

Song #2: Icky Thump – The White Stripes: I know pretty much everyone in the UK (not counting Matt) has heard of the White Stripes. And seeing as they’re from Michigan, I’d infer that they were pretty famous in the States too. But don’t quote me on that. They’ve actually had 6 studio albums and a staggering 26 singles, which is pretty good going, obviously.

This track is actually one of their later releases: it was released in 2007, with their latest release being in 2008. I’m guessing they haven’t split up, because the band are brother and sister, so I’m thinking they’re just having a little break. This track is possibly one of their most famous, however, even if you can’t remember how it goes from the title alone. When you listen, you’ll know it straight away. This is definitely one of my famous White Stripes songs and I fully recommend downloading this one.

Song #3: High Times (feat. Turbo Fruits) – Landon Pigg: Now here is one band I definitely know nothing about. In fact, after researching him, the internet tells me Landon Pigg isn’t a band at all, but rather a singer-songwriter. I actually only have this track because I downloaded the Whip It! soundtrack not long back, but apparently, Pigg became famous after good old Grey’s Anatomy featured one of his songs. Lovely.

I wouldn’t say this song was outstanding, but it is quite fun for an indie song. I also found out whilst researching that Landon actually starred in the movie this song featured in, which is really quite cool. I wouldn’t recommend this song if you were on a tight budget – there are hundreds of other songs I would download before this one. But if you enjoy easy-listening and happy tunes, this song should be high on your list of downloads.

Song #4: Famous Last Words – My Chemical Romance: I am quite embarrassed to say that My Chemical Romance were the first band I saw live. Actually no, I’m not embarrassed. In comparison to my friends’ first live bands, (Steps, Hear’say and Spice Girls), My Chemical Romance are pretty cool band to have seen live first. This track comes from their 3rd album The Black Parade. The album is generally not as good as their 2nd album in my opinion, but it’s good nevertheless.

This was always actually one of my favourite songs off this album, and is actually one of only 3 tracks from this particular album that have defied deletion from my iTunes list. I love the passion of this song and the video especially shows the fire in Gerard Way’s love for music. Literally. In all seriousness, I would recommend this song definitely. Especially if you were on of those loser-ish emo kids back in the day.

Song #5: There’s A Class For This – Cute Is What We Aim For: Ah, Cute Is What We Aim For. This band actually define my early teenage years. There’s no surprise when listening to their songs that they’re signed by the same label that signed Paramore, ‘Fueled By Ramen.’ They’ve not actually released an album since 2008, which may be why we haven’t heard from them in so long.

This track was actually CIWWAF’s first ever single release and it’s really catchy and typical of the era. I’d label them as a sort of post-Blink 182 band, which is a good thing. This song is actually really fun, happy and generally a good song to listen to to cheer you up when you’re down. Modern (ish) indie pop rock at it’s best.

Top Track This Week: Icky Thump – The White Stripes.