My little liberal arts college wasn’t just a mo-effing talent factory when it came to writers (ahem… myself, Jerry Barrow, and Smokey Fontaine – cheap plug), but our bands are on the serious come-up. While the biggest name we know right now when it comes to alums is MGMT, there’s still a special place in my heart for the soon-to-bes, like Boy Crisis. And their new song is definitely going to be on Boner Jams 2009 mixtapes everywhere in a few months.

Now that hipsters are cool, it’s easy to hate on a lot of tight-pants-and-ironic-t-shirts music that seems to be coming only from Brooklyn these days. However, I can’t stop listening to this new track from Boy Crisis, and not because they went to my school, but because I honestly had no idea they went there before I heard their music (they don’t have real pictures on their MySpace – sue me)… so I can’t be biased.

Pitchfork Media says they’re one of the worst bands in the world right now, and that’s cool, too – I can be a hating ass hater, and often. But Eargasm and its predecessor, 5 Songs That Don’t Suck, have seen a number of hits weeks before they went mainstream, so Pitchfork and I are going to have to agree to disagree. This song is dope.

BOY CRISIS – “GANGLION OF LIGHTNINGS”