You may not be familiar with Will Dailey, but if you watch a lot of TV, chances are you've heard his music. The Boston-bred singer/songwriter's songs have been featured on episodes of NCIS, Harper's Island, 90210, Numb3rs, Gossip Girl, CSI: NY, The Hills, and more. Part of the reason that Dailey's songs seem to show up on TV can be attributed to the fact that he's signed to CBS Records, not the late imprint that was absorbed into Sony, but a new incarnation started in conjunction with the CBS TV network designed to exploit opportunities to expose music through television.

Since Dailey is so closely tied into television, it seems only appropriate that a promotional clip for his recently issued physical release, Torrent Volumes 1 & 2: Fashions Of Distraction/By The Blue Hills, parodies Peter Lemongello's infamous Love '76 commercial, which aired on late-night TV in 1976 and helped the crooner sell millions of albums. Check it out Dailey's painstakingly authentic parody followed by

Last Saturday I was spending a little time in the a.m. poking around Facebook when I received a chat message from one of my so-called "friends." I tend to believe the old adage that you can count your real friends on one hand, but in the virtual world anything goes, especially if you're using your favorite social network(s) as a promotional tool. That said, I still spend a few seconds pondering friend requests and don't just add anyone who asks. In other words, I'm not a virtual cheap date that will say yes to anyone.

The "friend" who contacted me via FB chat is named Allen Forrest. At first, I wasn't sure who he was. I don't consider myself a rude jerk, but I did initially consider ignoring him before I responded to his initial salutation and starting chatting with him. Turns out he's an independent hip-hop artist who records under the name Matchstik. He sent me some links and I clicked through. The dude is working it on seemingly every angle. He had the ringtones thing going, an

Once in a great while an act comes around that knocks you out on first listen. Esser is one of those acts. A couple co-workers sent a link to Esser's video for the track "Headlock" to me and before I knew it, I was a fan of this new artist I knew next to nothing about. Check it out below and let me know if Esser gets you in a "Headlock" after the first listen as well.

Esser, like one Steven Patrick Morrissey, sports a rather large quiff and goes only by his surname. For those keeping track of such things, his full name is Ben Esser. He's from London, he's 23, and once played drums for trio known as Ladyfuzz. Despite the fact he's a relative newbie, Esser has already gained the attention of fellow musician types. The Kaiser Chiefs invited him along as an opening act for their sold-out U.K. arena tour, and Gnarls Barkley frontman Cee-Lo recruited Esser to lend his production talents to his upcoming solo set. In addition, legendary Clash cohort Don Letts stepped on stage with Esser at a

Is it my imagination or does it seem as if the parade of new supergroups is never ending? In this space we've previously shone the spotlight on Tinted Windows and the Dead Weather, but we're bringing 'em back again so they can face off against some new entries in the new supergroup sweepstakes. Check 'em out below and let us know which combos you think are the bee's knees and which are a bad idea.

How do veteran rockers seem new after they're ousted from their multi-platinum bands? They form a new group and start all over again. That's the case with half of Chickenfoot, which is better known as half of Van Halen from 1985 through 1996, or the half without the Van Halen surname, namely singer/guitarist Sammy Hagar and bassist/backing vocalist Michael Anthony.

The ex-VHers are joined in the 'foot by Joe Satriani, who is considered a guitar God by those who consider such things. However, he might be best known to most as the guy that's suing Coldplay for copyright infringement, claiming