"Trains to Brazil" Guillemots

Its 1 o clock on a friday morning
I'm trying to keep my back from the wall
The prophets and their bombs have had another success
And i'm wondering why we bother at all

I think of you on cold winter mornings
Darling they remind me of when we were at school
Nothing really mattered when you called out my name
In fact, nothing really mattered at all

And i think about how long it will take them to blow us away
But i won't get me down, I'm just thankful to be facing the day

Cause days don't get you far when you're gone

It's five o clock on a Friday morning
one hundred telephones shake and ring
One of them is from someone who knew you.......

And i still think of you on cold winter mornings
Darling they'll still remind me of when we were at school
When they could never have persuaded me that lives like yours
were the hands of these eronious fools

And to those of you who moan your lives through one day to the next
Well let them take you next
Can't you live and be thankful you're here

It could be you tomorrow or next year

"Trains to Brazil" Guillemots (buy)

PS Check out Guillemots' gorgeous website before you die.

"True Affection" The Blow

More Portland. Khaela Maricich & Jona Bechtolt prove that you don't need bells and whistles when you've got good ideas. While most electro-pop acts are piling on the layers, The Blow have an uncanny intuition of where to stop. Particularly in this song, you can almost hear a digital wind blowing (BLOWing?) through the track, lifting Khaela's broken-hearted lament above the casio bleeps and 808 claps. Whoah, did I just write that? I must really like these guys.

"True Affection" The Blow (BUY IT)

PS I've adopted a new sharing system. I'll be using box.net to host mp3 so I don't have to rely on outside links. Also, I've added this nifty little widget on the right so you can play the songs right off this page. Let me know what you think.

"Kelly" Van She

80's revival done so right you'll wonder why we ever left.

P.S. Were Australians always this awesome?

"Kelly" Van She

"Lovers Who Uncover" Crystal Castles vs The Little Ones

This song by The Little Ones is pretty sweet. A little too sweet. Like a Mars bar. It's easy to like; all chocolate and caramel and (nougat?). But, about half-way through, you start wishing you bought the Snickers, so you could sink your teeth into a peanut or two. Well, Toronto's Crystal Castles bring the peanuts to this remix, adding the perfect amount of 8-bit crunch. You'll still get cavities, but it'll take a little longer.

"Lovers Who Uncover" Crystal Castles vs The Little Ones (BUY IT FROM ITUNES)



This remix was my gateway drug into Crystal Castles' other work. If you need another fix, check out this track from their debut 7 inch...

"Air War" Crystal Castles

"Air Aid" Menomena

Forgive me for gushing but these guys are officially my new favorite new band. And they're playing Pat's Pub on saturday night (feb 3) so don't sleep. Pretty sure this is my favorite song on the record. I love the retro prog-rock aesthetic. It could be a Yes, or Genesis or even Can song. I feel a definite prog-indie wave building (TV on the Radio, Grizzly Bear, Danielson) and I couldn't be happier. It's fun to get drunk and dance, but it's also fun to miss your ex-girlfriend and think about the nature of the universe. Maybe that's just me.

"Air Aid" Menomena
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I also anticipate a whole lot of choirs coming our way, unless Sufjan Stevens gets hit by a bus sometime soon.