Random 10 for May 22, 2008

1. Supergrass, “Diamond Hoo Ha Man.” From the band’s bravura new release, Diamond Hoo Ha, which trades the contemplative tone of Road to Rouen for pure nasty glam.

2. Hot Chip, “Playboy.”

3. The Last Shadow Puppets, “The Age of the Understatement.”

4. John Legend, “Stereo.”

5. M.I.A., “Sunshowers.” From Arular, a somewhat less accessible disc than Kala, “Sunshowers” nevertheless offers one of that disc’s most pop-oriented moments.

6. Interpol, ‘Rest My Chemistry.”

7. MC Paul Barman, “Vulture Shark Sculpture Park.”

8. Bryan Ferry, “I Thought.”

9. Beulah, “I We Can Land a Man on the Moon…”

10. Goldfrapp, “A&E.” For fans of Alison’s more electro output, “A&E” splits the difference between her ultra-glam dance songs and the pastoral balance of Seventh Tree. While Tree has gotten an unusually chilly reception, I’m a sucker for anything that could pass as a soundtrack to the original “Wicker Man.”