1. Roisin Murphy, “Primitive.” The former vocalist for Moloko, Murphy is truly one of the most forward-thinking performers and idiosyncratic voices in alternative pop. This clip was from her “Later with Jools Holland” performance, itself one of the best places to hear and see the future of music.
2. Ween, “The Golden Eel.”
3. Forward Russia, “Seventeen.”
4. The Clientele, “Bookshop Casanova.” The Clientele still make beautiful pop music, but the London group’s latest, God Save the Clientele, offers much more upfront and insistent rhythms that its much gauzier predecessors.
5. Maplewood, “Indian Summer.”
6. Liam Finn, “Lead Balloon.”
7. Lloyd Cole, “Impossible Girl.”
8. Ratatat, “Gettysburg.”
9. The Ruby Suns, “It’s Mwangi In Front of Me.”
10. Claude DeBussy, “Suite Bergamasque: Clair De Lune.” Possibly the most beautiful melody of all time. Cue the Bellagio fountains!
May 8th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Awww…i never before realized how much Alasdair MacLean reminds me of a younger Timothy Spall. Cute. Alasdair, if you’re reading this (??) I do love you and your music. Just don’t get all ratty on me.