hump day tune roundup

sonic youth - Destroyed Room: B-sides and rarities collection. It does have one previous album track from 1995, the Diamond Sea, but this version has a different sprawling ending clocking in at over 25 minutes. Mostly instrumental (save for a couple of tracks), the songs vary from minimal dissonance to unrealized heady jams. Think sonic musak.

archie bronson outfit - Derdang Derdang: Remind me a bit of Clinic's pulsey vibe, but without the eerie keys & surgical masks. Their video for 'cherry lips' revitalizes the dying fancy of the hula hoop. You can check it out on their space.

swan lake - Beast Moans: A super group of sorts made up of Dan Bejar (destroyer & new pornographers), Spencer Krug (wolf parade & Sunset Rubdown), and Carey Mercer (frog eyes). The result, as you might expect, sounds a lot a mixture of all said bands, but mostly Destroyer meets Rubdown affair. This one's hot.

trans am - Sex Change: It's usually hit or miss with these guys. I still go back, becuase they are a fierce live act. I caught them at the EARL long ago, and when they blew out the PA, the drummer kept playing while they tried to fix it - Perseverence with a capital P. On disc these guys come accross as potentail instrumental soundtrack auteurs from 20 year old movies. My fave track is '4,738 regrets'. Damn that's a lot.

dave fischoff - The Crawl: This guy read the book and passed the exam on how to sound just like Her Space Holiday.

young love - Too Young to Fight: WTF? I cried tears of ridicule when I listened to this.