Though The Maine’s is definitely cornier than both sides of Interstate 80 through Iowa, the band is basically blowing the fuck up: currently on tour with Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte, the band’s debut full length, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop scanned over 12,000 records in its first week to land the band a spot in the top 40 on the Billboard charts and thats just the start: its a proven fact that once Video Matt interviews a band their weekly scans increase by 2349%, so expect next week’s numbers to be on Diamond status. Add to that, the fact that the band is now employing the Cadillac of Minivans of Tour Managers, Peter Digby Sellers, shit is coming together like fucking Voltron for these AZ kids. Check out the interview above then put your stunna shades on and get hyphy only without the whole hip-hop part.

The first full-length from New Zealanders and HBO stars Flight of the Conchords debuted this week at #3 on the Soundscan charts, the highest debut for a comedy album ever, surpassing Dane Cook’s 2005 release Retaliation. Congrats to our friends over at Sub Pop for stacking some more cheddar. As usual, I slept on Flight of the Conchords for awhile (I can’t afford HBO, man) but finally took the time to check out some of the clips of YouTube and now I realize why people go ape shit over these Kiwi bastards: they’ll seriously make you laugh your balls off.