Fifty Through June: Part Two of Five

and it continues:

one: metronomy - radio ladio
-----ive been hard pressed to find any metronomy that didnt make me want to lick the bowl, but as far as staying power, once this track is in my head, its hard to pry loose. also check out the video.

two: the whip - divebomb (crystal castles remix)
-----another good dirty revamp by brooklyn's crystal castles, driving and chunky, just the way i like it, from the whip's divebomb cds on french tastemaker kitsuné.

three: the thermals - a pillar of salt
-----the anthem we all needed in high school, yet can still rock the fuck out to way too late way too loud and way too much...also a goofy fun video with a ben gibbard cameo. love for the thermals.

four: the dodos - jody
-----the dodos...i cant for the life of me get my hands on their debut 'visiter' on frenchkiss, at least not for free (yeah im awful, and yeah damn ruckus) but from all ive heard of it, i need it. psychedelic shit is making a comeback, just ask yeasayer, mgmt, and these guys.

#####oh and this brings up a big point. yes, there have been no death cab tracks. or mgmt, or yeasayer, or bon iver, or crystal castles (originals). and to spoil the surprise, there wont be any. well i lie a little tiny bit, which youll see. but the omission of these is intentional. i havent listened to the new death cab album. the other four are omitted because theyre in a class of their own. and thats for another series, later this month.

five: sam sparro - black & gold*
-----i saw this dude, sam sparro, on the latest new music drop on ruckus and promptly ignored it, forgetting for a moment the old adage 'dont judge a book by its cover'... then i saw this track by chance on itunes as the single o'the week, i say by chance because i get on the itunes music store maybe once every other month. but shit, free is free, and its much more convenient to click 'get song' on the itunes store than downloading an album on ruckus and going through the motions to strip drm and add it to itunes. anywho... i grabbed it on a whim, a greedy cheapskate whim, and dear lord. dear, sweet, sweet lord. this is groovy beyond groovy. infectious, love the bass, love his voice, and i cant but dance in my pants everytime i hear it--which is often. is it just me, or are there hints of gnarls somewhere in there? maybe the best parts of gnarls and aqueduct, with some added sex sprinkled on top.

six: the presets - this boy's in love
-----i believe ive heard the occasional presets track here and there, scattered throughout the blogs, and nothing ever made an impression. but i got a hold of the latest album, apocalypso, out on australia's modular recording label, and through the glut of new tunes i had thrown on random, this suddenly burst forth, with its driving, needy beat, screaming, demanding, and on a mission.
-----hahahaha hey guess what? the presets got rolling stone's attention...

seven: goldfrapp - happiness (metronomy remix featuring the teenagers)
-----so ill admit to some willful ignorance with regards to goldfrapp, having seen the name keep popping up, yet steadfastly ignoring it for no discernible reason. the only reason i ever stumbled upon this was that it combined two of my absolute favorite remixers, metronomy and the teenagers, into the most 'world be damned-i have to hear this now' track ive ever found. and it delivered, although i dont hear the footprints of the teenagers other than the glaringly obvious trademark vocals. no steady bass work a la every other teenagers mix, but a more syncopated rhythm coupled with metronomy's awkward yet compelling synth lines. this song is like candy

eight: half cousin - the absentee (fujiya & miyagi remix)
-----if you dont know fujiya & miyagi, dont recognize their infectiously groovy bass handiwork (kindly presented without the oomp-tss oomp-tss in so much shit), or never wondered who soundtracked that miller light commercial, then shame on you. i was lovestruck by the karate kid lovers thanks to the hood internet's jams, two of which make great use of collarbone (the miller track) and transparent things, off their 2006 deaf dumb and blind recordings lp. oh, and i feel bad...but i dont know shit about half cousin. maybe another day eh?

nine: hot chip - over and over
-----can you seriously hear wind chimes anymore without freaking the fuck out, knowing youre about to get down and dancesweaty?!? repetition has never been so perfectly pitched, plus the boys in hot chip made green screen look like a barrel of fun in one of their ever optically illusionary videos. oh and i hear hot chip's joe goddard is working with little boots (score...)...

ten: passion pit - sleepyhead
-----i wish this had a smoother intro, but ill take what i can get as long as it gets like this. i just heard about them the other day, first on good weather for airstrikes, then transparent magazine the next day. passion pit smears a greasy rainbow across the sky, just doubledogdaring you to get up out of bed and do your thang all in your pjs, shake that ass around and airkaraoke like your life depends on it..............dont lie...youre doing it right now..

and le video: little pictures - this house can fit us all
-----damn bigstereo for always being so good. dont know anything about new zealand's little pictures, mostly because im too lazy to read about them. i did try to hoard some more tunes, and preferably this one, but to no avail. no luck on the hype machine, rapidshare, ruckus, google, fuckin anywhere. so i have nothing in mp3, just this catchy vid, so handle with care.