SSM "Ain't Love" from SSM Live at High Noon Saloon Madison, WI June 23, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE!

Until the Craftacular in mid-June I'd never heard of SSM. While I was there, sitting at Emily's table and eating lunch, I saw a poster featuring a spaceship and three naked women with cockatiel heads. Since I like spaceships, naked ladies and cockatiels, I decided to check the band out. Turns out that they make a pretty interesting mix of Detroit garage and New York dance-punk, which compares favorably with the likes of Thunderbirds Are Now! and LCD Soundsystem. This doesn't really explain why they were on a bill with the Dials and the BellRays, but such are the vagaries of the indie rock touring circuit. Suffice it to say that I wasn't going to go to this show, but the poster (which is also the cover art from their recently released record) and the tracks they have available online were enough to get my $10.