B I LL IEHO L ID A Y

these girls are truly incredible. you should see them live, too!

jenny lee lindberg (center in this video) is a phenomenal bass player, you really have to listen to believe it. even when the songs start off as moody dueling-guitar jams --- just listen.
KRIMSON --- WARPAINT

INSTANT KARMA

lennon's instant karma covered by the inimitable white rabbits with the inimitable mr. britt daniel (can i marry your voice please). i am only blogging about three bands now, have you noticed?

I LIED

there are days when i try to deny that my heart beats to the tune of merchants of soul. those are days when i lie to myself.



MYSTERY ZONE --- SPOON. here is a song from transference.
MONKEY FEELINGS --- SPOON. here is an old and fantastic b-side.

because i am required to mention white rabbits in this post:

percussion gun on TV with britt daniel on piano (don't tell me you didn't recognize him in the lower left with his distinctive nose and all). i died a little bit when i went to watch this and jimmy kimmel said "with a little help from britt daniel from spoon." oh god, universe! you're trying to kill me!

ALSO WHITE RABBITS. I'M ONLY GOING TO BLOG ABOUT TWO BANDS EVER AGAIN OR AT LEAST UNTIL TRANSFERENCE LEAKS

(bonus points for one of my favorite band photos ever)

WHITE RABBITS FOR DAYTROTTER
as always, the little essay by sean moeller is a perfect encapsulation of what makes this band so fucking great. foxhunting especially sounds fantastic recorded here. i love what this band do with their multitude of instruments - that whole fuzz section at the end with the piano sounds so ethereal and terrifying. i am beginning to realize why they called their album "it's frightening."

also, i mean, how many radically different incarnations of percussion gun have we heard? there's THE LOUD VERSION, the QUIET SEXY VERSION they played for kexp, and now THIS quiet sexy version, and then there's the version for la blogotheque which is IN THE MIDDLE. i wish more bands would reinvent their songs like this.

these dudes are boss. boss boss boss.

MORE VAMPIRE WEEKEND JAMS OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND EMBRACE THE FACT THAT NO ONE READS THIS BLOG AND I CAN JUST TALK ABOUT VAMPIRE WEEKEND

CALIFORNIA ENGLISH

i am unsure if that is autotune, bad sound quality, or if ezra is singing in ewe (a language spoken in ghana. i can sing some songs in ewe. just putting it out there). rolling stone described this once as a "frenzied punk scramble" --- i guess, but throw in some ska flavor and autotune. these boys just fuck with genres like nobody's business.

HOLIDAY

if you are feeling all "WHAT DA FUCK" after calif. english i'm sure holiday will make you feel better. pretty classic with that perfect quick energy. when i saw them play this live i didn't realize how brilliant it was - i saw them do it acoustic, and electric that pickup out of the break sounds much better.

TRANSFERENCE

is spoon's seventh album, january 26 2010.



tracklisting:

01 Before Destruction
02 Is Love Forever?
03 The Mystery Zone
04 Who Makes Your Money
05 Written in Reverse
06 I Saw the Light
07 Trouble Comes Running
08 Goodnight Laura
09 Out Go the Lights
10 Got Nuffin
11 Nobody Gets Me But You

this is shaping up to be the best january ever!
WRITTEN IN REVERSE --- SPOON. how sick will this be on the album?

JAM

HELP I'M ALIVE --- METRIC