Random 10 for Dec. 13, 2007

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1. New Young Pony Club, “Ice Cream.” Confectionary electro-pop that is huge in Britain but was marred by an annoying Microsoft mersh. Fans of CSS or Diplo should line up.

2. Mercury Rev, “Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp.”

3. Vince Guaraldi, “Fur Elise.”

4. Amy Winehouse, “Teo Licks.”

5. M.I.A. featuring Timbaland, “Come Around.”

6. Lily Allen, “Mr. Blue Sky.” No word on whether this Electric Light Orchestra cover is Lil’s next single. It’s serviceable enough, though her way with covers tends toward meeting the obvious needs of a song without stretching or adding anything new — her version of the Pretenders’ “Don’t Get Me Wrong” fell along the same lines. What we need is honest-to-goodness new material. But hey, can you beat that photo? It’s like Lily and Wino jumped into the Seth Brundle machine together.

7. Silver Jews, “Let’s Not and Say We Did.”

8. Curtis Mayfield, “Pusherman (Alternative Mix).”

9. Slobberbone, “Engine Joe.”

10. Ween, “Pink Eye (On My Leg).” From “The Mollusk”: a nice little waterlogged 4/4 synth figure punctuated by deathly moaning and dog barking. Just like Mom used to make.