This song slipped by me in 1998, when it was originally released on Mezzanine, but I heard it during an episode of “Cold Case,” and now I’m hooked. It’s a moody, ethereal track that features the Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser on vocals.
Listen to a song clip here.
Check out this track from the Guillemots, a UK-based band who played at SXSW this past Thursday. They’re on MySpace, where you can check out a few other tracks from their album. I’m sold on this track alone…
…I swear, I never heard a word about this song back then.
And given that it features appearances by Arcade Fire’s Win & Regine, Redd Kross’ Steve McDonald, Beck, Joey Waronker, Rilo Kiley’s Jenny & Black, David Cross, Roky Erickson, Devendra Banhart, Sloan’s Chris Murphy, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Sparks’ Russel Mael, Sum 41’s Stevo, Malcolm Mclaren, Peaches, That Dog’s Anna Waronker, Postal Service’s Jimmy Tamborello, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O, and others, I really can’t believe I didn’t…
Mind you, it’s totally goofy. But in a fun way.
I heard a rumor that Bullz-Eye.com was going to be springing for a trip for all of its contributors to attend this year’s Lollapalooza in Chicago, which is tipped to have 120 acts over the course of its three days – Aug. 4-6 – in Chicago’s Grant Park. It’s possible I may have started this rumor, but, with a little work, I think we can really get it rolling…
Clever little fookers, weren’t they, to use the @ sign instead of a proper “a” in their name…? They ended up as almost as much of a punchline to the mid-’90s Britpop movement as Northside did with the same movement in the early ’90s, but damned if Menswe@r’s one US-released album, Nuisance, hasn’t held up for all these years.
The Wire-influenced “Daydreamer” was the first single, but soaring tracks like “The One” and “Sleeping In,” or the rocker “125 West 3rd Street,” have equal repeat-play value, as does the ballad “Being Brave.” The B-sides are of equal value, if you’re of a mind to hunt them down. (Major points for covering PiL’s “Public Image.”) They put out a second and final album in 1998 entitled “Hay Tiempo,” but it was only released in Japan and, frankly, I’ve never even seen a copy of it; if you can find it, you’re a better man than I am…and should probably zip it and E-mail it to me post-haste. Interesting footnote: the band’s guitarist, Simon White, went on to manage Bloc Party.
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