Tagged!
Editor's Note: I wrote this entry Wednesday night but forgot to save it (D'oh!), hence no post yesterday.)
I was tagged yesterday by the Upstate Life, so below is my list of 10 songs I'm rocking out to at the moment. Yes, I'm aware there's not much "new" music on it. That's because I currently have 21 23 CD's in my "to listen" pile, hence I'm somewhat behind on that "new" stuff. I'm also in one of those phases I get into where I would rather go back in time and search for music as opposed to troll MP3 blogs for the latest thing. *shrug* Click on the song title to download.
1) ...Trail Of Dead - "Let It Drive"
Trying desperately to like their latest record but it's just not clicking. This song came on the iPod the other day and I was digging it, so it's been in heavy rotation lately.
2) The Ravonettes - "You Say You Lie" (MP3)
Best guitar riff the Bunnymen never wrote.
3) Stevie Nicks - "Stand Back"
The night I got home from seeing Mac Attack, I downloaded a ton of Mac/Nicks. This song has been on repeat ever since. Love it.
4) The Cloud Room - "Waterfall" (MP3)
This is the only one of the NYC blog buzz bands that I've thought was anything special (Yes, I'm looking at you CYHSY). But I've only heard this one song from TCR so take that with a grain of salt.
5) Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict A Riot"
I finally succumbed to this song. The verses are still complete and utter shite, but when they kick in with the chorus, it goes to 11. Not unlike old Supergrass actually. A great chorus in search of a decent verse. The "la la la's" don't hurt either.
6) Super Furry Animals - "Frequency"
Off of their new record. This track has gotten mentioned exactly once in all the reviews I posted for Love Kraft and that was in passing. It's my favorite song on the record, and for once it's not the most complex to play, so maybe I'll get to hear it played live.
7) Steve Winwood - "Valerie" (MP3)
Gl*mrocker is obsessed with this song and so was I after I downloaded the track and heard that opening synth riff. Fucking classic. "Come and seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee me." Why hasn't some cooler-than-you indie band co-opted a cover of this as their set closer? It would bring down the house!
8) Spoon - "Was It You" (MP3)
OK, I'll admit I bit at the whole play the Spoon record backward hoax. But when I tried it out (yes, I like it better backwards, I think the album opens with more energy that way), this track really stood out. You have to spend time with Spoon records, otherwise you'll miss gems like these buried in side two. I asked this way back in my first post ever (cringe), but why isn't Spoon the biggest band in the world?
9) Soul Coughing - "City of Motors"
I pulled out Irresistible Bliss earlier this week since I have an upcoming interview with Mike Doughty for DCist. And then yesterday I saw this picture I kept singing "Manuela said she saw the brakes fail" in my head.
10) The Supremes - "You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Straight fucking butta. Obvs.
I'm supposed to pass this on to other bloggers, but since I'm already on the back end of this thing, if anyone else wants to do it, leave me a url in the comments as I'll update this post with links next week.
Some other things of interest:
Moz back in the studio next week!
This might only appeal to the 14% of my readers that live in the UK, but if you visit this site, you can order the Elbow record I keep raving about and get the album (in either MP3 or CD format) up to a week earlier than the 9/12 release date.
Arcade Fire to open for u2 in Montreal.
Brilliant. Why didn't someone come up with that idea earlier? We need to call Ladbrokes and see if we can get some odds down.
The Foo's cover Lyla at their Reading warm up gig. I have an MP3 of it but forgot to upload it. Next week.
Did you know the universe was really created by a flying spaghetti monster?
Wired on Google Talk. So far, so good for me. But I'm just happy to finally have IM at work.
Fleetwood Mac completely kicks, and Stevie is an effing GODDESS. "Stand Back" is easily one of her most kick ass songs evs. The live extended version on her box set ("Enchanted") is worth the ninety-nine cents... PS - That Editors album blew me away. "Camera" is my fave track.
Cooler-than-you indie bands are too late. Dance producer Eric Prydz sampled "Valerie" in his song "Call On Me." It's a big club track.
You've heard The Cloud Room's "Hey Now Now" also, because I've played it at bluestate before. It's a very catchy tune. Check it out.
That Supremes song is so awesome. I was obsessed with it for a while after a friend put it on a mix CD for me.
I sort of tagged you also, but I didn't think you'd want to do it, so I didn't formally tag you.
http://mentalswordfighting.blogspot.com/2005/08/do-bloggers-get-writers-block.html
Thanks a lot, now "I Predict a Riot" has been stuck in my head ever since reading your list. Guess it's better than Mike Jones' phone number looping over and over.
I've taken the liberty of tagging myself in: www.driveblind.net. I like your style, Leafblower.
the supremes sure picked the right name for their group...
Shriek! You're interviewing Doughty!?
I'm still deciding whether to see him with his new band at 9:30 on 9/14. Definitely leaning towards it.