Sorry kids — it’s a travel day, and I just got to a connection. I promise an interesting concert review tomorrow, live from an undisclosed remote location.
1. The Ting Tings, “Shut Up and Let Me Go.” While I’m a sucker for Chic-style disco guitar riffs and bratty vocals, the fizz goes out of it pretty quickly. And where’s the official video? It’s as if Jobs told them to hold off on the vid so he could get more mileage out of the mersh.
2. Sparks, “When Do I Get to Sing My Way.”
3. Afghan Whigs, “Creep.”
4. Stereolab, “Italian Shoes Continuum.”
5. Whitest Boy Alive, “Inflation.”
6. Black Kids, “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You.” Re: 5 and 6 — I swear, I didn’t plan that. By the way, this is used to great effect in “American Teen,” which shows next month at the DeadCenter Film Festival.
7. The Police, “Bring On the Night.”
8. Busdriver, “Sun Shower.”
9. Marina Celeste, “Shivers Down My Spine.”
10. Common, “I Want You.” Word on Common’s next disc, Time Travelin’, is that the old soul sound will be replaced by icy synths, so the practically glacial “I Want You” must be the template. Either that, or Graduation.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
1. John Lee Hooker, “I’m Bad Like Jesse James”
2. Beirut, “Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)”
3. Freedy Johnston, “This Perfect World”
4. Young Fresh Fellows, “Everything’s Gonna Turn Out Great”
5. Tom Petty, “Wake Up Time”
6. Scratch Acid, “Holes”
7. The B-52’s, “Rock Lobster”
8. Los Lobos, “Corrido #1″
9. Rancid, “The 11th Hour”
10. Dolly Parton, “Me and Bobby McGee”