Random 10 for June 23, 2008
1. Rilo Kiley, “Dreamworld.” Over the past couple of years or so, the Los Angeles indie pop scene seems to have been attempting to excavate the Topanga Canyon glory days of Rumours. “Dreamworld” formalizes it — I’m not even sure Lindsey Buckingham can write a Fleetwood Mac song like this anymore.
2. Aloha, “If I Lie Down.”
3. Otis Redding, “Change Gonna Come.”
4. Of Montreal, “The Repudiated Immortals.”
5. 3rd Bass, “The Gas Face.” Yes, that’s Busta in the beginning — what class — and MF Doom when he was known as Zev Love X. “L-Roy” Cohen gets the gas face, as do the rest of us.
6. Duffy, “Distant Dreamer.”
7. The Raconteurs, “Rich Kid Blues.”
8. Fight Bite, “Swiss Ex-Lover.”
9. Lily Allen, “Blank Expression.”
10. Shivaree, “Goodnight Moon.” The continued relative anonymity of Shivaree singer Ambrosia Parsley is ample proof that fame is an arbitrary thing indeed.
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