Heavy Rotation: Week Ending November 2, 2007

01. The Murder City Devils –EmptyBottlesBrokenHearts, (Sub Pop Records.1998)
02. The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse, (Jagjaguwar.2007)
03. Editors – An End Has A Start, (Kitchenware.2007)
04. “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” by Spoon, (Merge Records.2007)
05. We Are Wolves – Total Magique, (Dare To Care Records.2007)
06. Lyres – On Fyre, (Ace of Hearts.1984)
07. “I Taught Myself How To Grow Old” by Ryan Adams, (Lost Highway.2007)
08. Los Campesinos! – The International Tweexcore Underground EP, (Universal/Wichita Recordings.2007)
09. Schlagwerk Nordwest – Karlheinz Stockhausen:Tierkreis-12 Melodien der Sternzeic, (Bella Musica Edition / Zebralution.2006)
10. Joy Division – Closer, (Factory.1980)

Another week, another day deeper in debt! "Cash - the eternal fork out - To keep everything normal is well beyond the capacity - All monies will try and escape thee - Beware of thy lazy right hand". Oh hell. It’s been a week of crazy work, intense marketing analytics coaching, and much music. I’m in digesting mode – taking in all the records and songs above and absorbing them into the core of my absurd gut and forming opinions. I will comment on one item: “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” by Spoon is quickly climbing into a favorite of the year. I will say that I have never been much of a Spoon fan. I appreciate their records, but never felt too compelled to listen. I warmed up slightly when “I Turn My Camera On” from Gimme Fiction became a blip-hit a couple of years ago. “Cherry Bomb” is bloody infectious tense-pop in the vein of the great early 80s Elvis Costello jams. The hook is crafted so so utterly precise, it’s sung with a sly smile-slash-grin, the guitar, drums, and bass launch the gorgeous licks all over the place. Tremendous tune.

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