Random 10 for March 31, 2009
1. Fol Chen, “Cable TV.” Highland Park (Cali) quintet delivers bubble-synthy goodness about the joys of cheap hotels — “the carpet’s filthy, but the ice is free.” The video looks like what would happen if Jive/Zomba reduced Britney Spears’ video budget to one digicam and random Spandex. I think I just came up with a good band name.
2. TV On The Radio, “Hours.”
3. Portishead, “Deep Water.”
4. Siouxsie & The Banshees, “Cities in Dust.” The ultimate in doom. My chief memory of this song is driving around San Diego in July 1986, and 91X playing this track constantly for all the bummed out surfers. Not exactly beach music, unless your particular beach is situated on a coast of infinite misery and certain annihilation.
5. Apples in Stereo, “Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4.”
6. The Buzzcocks, “Boredom.”
7. Miles Davis, “Boplicity.”
8. British Sea Power, “Carrion.”
9. Ween, “Where’d the M———- Cheese Go At?”
10. Golden Silvers, “True Romance (True No. 9 Blues).” This is where the cheese went. I love the Dr. Fink-style keyboards, but seriously — between La Roux and this, I’m starting to think that the entirety of Great Britain has “Life On Mars”‘d itself into 1982.
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