New Music of the Day, November 25:

School is Cool, "Fight of the Century"

For such a small country, Belgium sure does produce a lot of great English-language indie rock. Some of the credit for that probably has to go to radio station Studio Brussel and its long running alternative music program De Afrekening. I've definitely discovered a lot of great Belgian bands on the compilation CDs De Afrekening puts out every year, including School is Cool. Their new single "Fight of the Century" is a short, punchy burst of indie pop, perfectly balancing sweet harmonies and xylophone sounds with hoarse vocals, ragged call-and-response chants, and buzzing guitars.