Random 10 for August 4, 2008
1. The Shins, “Australia.” This has precious little to do with our southerly friends with reverse-swirling toilets, and everything to do with stealing balloons from car dealerships. Glorious, glorious balloons.
2. Beth Orton, “Conceived.”
3. Gnarls Barkley, “No Time Soon.”
4. Eric Matthews, “Flight and Lion.”
5. The New Pornographers, “Use It.”
6. Ween, “Roses Are Free.” This is not an official video, but it looks like something that could have sprung from Deaner and Gener’s Scotchgarded imaginations. Great for fan work.
7. The Flaming Lips, “Race For the Prize.”
8. Yes, “Your Move (I’ve Seen All Good People).”
9. Photocall, “Silver Clouds.”
10. Cut Copy, “Lights and Music.” Cut Copy’s aesthetic is essentially Daft Punky robo-rock with an infusion of humanity. Ultradisco created by guys who look like they’d rather be in Jack Johnson’s band, but that’s oddly refreshing in itself.
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1. “The Chamber,” The Last Shadow Puppets – Another successful StaticBlog recommendation; you know what they say, George – if you can touch just one life…
2. “Past, Then and Now,” Eric Sarmiento
3. “Long Legs,” The Magic Numbers – why aren’t these guys bigger than they are?
4. “This Here Giraffe,” The Flaming Lips – from one of the greatest summer albums of all time, “Clouds Taste Metallic”
5. “My Very Best,” Elbow
6. “Prove It,” Television
7. “Four Women,” Nina Simone
8. “Swinging the Body,” Mike Patton – from his killer score to “A Perfect Place”
9. “Mint Green Bee,” Gustafer Yellowgold – Parents of the world, this is kid music done right.
10. “Romance in Durango,” Bob Dylan
1. Buddy Holly, “True Love Ways” (what is that? an oboe? a flute? I don’t know, but it melts away my troubles.)
2. The Beatles, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (’Love’ version)
3. The Clash, “Garageland” (pronounced GARE-ageland, you know)
4. Paul Simon, “American Tune”
5. The New P*rnographers, “Falling Through Your Clothes”
6. Michael Nesmith, “Texas Morning”
7. Bob Dylan, “Bob Dylan’s Dream” (much wistfulness this morning)
8. Bob Marley & The Wailers, “Could You Be Loved”
9. Milky, “Willow’s Song
10. Future Bible Heroes, “Lonely Days” (brilliant Buggles knockoff band by S. Merritt)
Future Bible Heroes, and in particular “Lonely Days,” always felt to me like a Thompson Twins knockoff — it sounds like a track that John Hughes would have used during a bittersweet moment.
1. Fear, “I Don’t Care About You”
2. The Minutemen, “Spillage”
3. Prince, “Purple Rain”
4. Squeeze, “Someone Else’s Heart” (apparently it’s Wayback Monday on my iPod today)
5. The Chemical Brothers, “Let Forever Be”
6. Midnight Oil, “What Goes On”
7. The Flaming Lips, “Take Meta Mars”
8. Combustible Edison, “Spy Vs. Spy”
9. The Runaways, “Cherry Bomb”
10. Nellie McKay, “Cupcake”