This video clip looks like it is straight off cute overload, but the sweetness is offset by Of Montreal’s dark sense of humour and heavy bass-line. This song is Wraith Pinned to the Mist (and Other Games), from the album The Sunlandic Twins. I wonder if somewhere a student writing a thesis on their song [...]

Start Wearing Purple

Jun 15th, 2008

by myrmecos.

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Yes, the computer is still in the shop. But there’s still Gogol Bordello and what is quite possibly the world’s best song: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_81l4DXlwM]

I wanna work in THIS lab…

May 31st, 2008

by myrmecos.

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…the one that studies how Gomez works. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceX71za3GhY]

Calexico

May 24th, 2008

by myrmecos.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE9nrznrOU8] We went down to the Rialto last night to catch a benefit concert by Calexico. Best show I’ve seen in ages. They pull off an unexpected blend of mariachi, folk, and straight-up rock, including a Neil Young cover featuring two full mariachi bands and a slew of guest vocalists on stage. Calexico is perhaps [...]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

May 2nd, 2008

by myrmecos.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kV5XkBQsKU] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is another Aussie band that has made it into my regular rotation. Nick Cave was recently interviewed by Terry Gross, where we learn that his parentage includes a librarian and an English teacher. This may explain the sophistication of his lyrics. In any case, I like it.

Missy Higgins

Apr 26th, 2008

by myrmecos.

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Jo-anne has made a project of reorienting me towards a more Australian temperament. Her tactics are subtle but persistent. If I send her off to the video store, for instance, she comes home with some Aussie movie or another. The most insidious of her methods includes buying CDs of Australian bands and playing them until [...]