Okay, so I’m excited that Nastia Liukin won the women’s all around in women’s gymnastics tonight… She’s a Texan you know.. From the dreaded Plano, like me, and a future SMU student…

But enough about the Olympics… let’s move on to politics!

John McCain and Barack Obama gave Blender their playlists (I think this is slightly stale news, actually) and John McCain loves Abba just like me! It may be one of three things we probably have in common, but the power of Abba is strong.

So strong, in fact, that the soundtrack for Mamma Mia is the current #1 record on Billboard’s Top 200, Pierce Brosnan’s (bless his heart) interesting singing aside!

Travis have a new label, their own Red Telephone Box, and a new video for the song “Something Anything.” Travis are so dreamy. Watch the vid below if you like. The album, Ode To J. Smith, is out on September 29.

Speaking of dreamy, The Cure have yet another new single out. This one, “The Perfect Boy,” is the last of the lot before the October 13 release of their thirteenth full length. To tide you over, here’s the video for “The Perfect Boy.”

It’s going to be a bitchin’ fall for Anglophiles… Travis, The Cure, and new Verve coming very soon. Good times.

Okay, fine people. That’s all for now. You can email us at musicblog@sxsw.com if you get a hankerin’.

Nights, lp

Original post by Linda Park