Heavy Rotation: Week Ending February 26, 2010

01. T. Rex – Electric Warrior, (A&M.1971)
02. The Brother Kite – Waiting For The Time To Be Right, (Clairecords.2006)
03. Four Tet – There Is Love In You, (Domino.2010)
04. “Olympians” by Fuck Buttons, (ATP Recordings.2009)
05. The Raveonettes – In and Out of Control, (Vice.2009)
06. Talking Heads – Remain In Light, (Sire.1980)
07. “Closer to Heaven” by Polara, (Susstones.2009)
08. Various Artists – Top 50 Favorite Songs of 2009, (personal mix.2010)
09. Best Coast – Make You Mine, (eMusic Selects.2009)
10. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast, (Kanine.2010)

We close February with a mix of old and new jams as I grow jittery, increasingly paranoid and distrustful thanks to the long winter of Minneapolis town. The music helps me cope and it's running the fookin gamut --> the classic T. Rex weird-ass-blues-boogie-pop (on the surface Electric Warrior is a pile of shit – cuz I hate that goddamn blues-boogie, but take time and listen and it's such a freakout) to Fuck Buttons weird-ass electronic experimentalism (I dream for “Olympians” to be played during NBC's coverage of the Winter Games).

The new Four Tet is so, so, so good – especially, “She Just Likes To Flight”, such a gorgeous, dare I say, beautiful melody; already one of my favorite tracks of the year. eMusic has a bunch of classics available for download with the a few major label digital distro agreements they signed. I scored Remain In Light there (a record I've bought about 4 times) – another record I should hate (and at times, I actually do!) with it's worldbeat-percussive-slap-bass-white-kid-funk … ugh … I cannot deny “Crosseyed and Painless”, and “Once In A Lifetime” is such a classic (it's RIL's “Money” - totally doesn't fit, except “Money” is a terrible shitty fuck of a song).

The kind folks over the highway (I-35W) and down the street at Susstones Records hooked me up with the debut EP from the mysterious BNLX. Four solid tracks of boy-girl power pop meets Primal Scream/Ministry. The hooks are huge and everywhere on the record. As I've tweeted (“Do Without” is available for download at the Susstones site): if you like "Do Without", you are gonna LOVE "Row and Row".

If you are in Minneapolis (or near or willing to travel), come check out the debut live performance of the mysterious BNLX on Saturday, March 20th. It is the EP#1 release party at Sauce Spirits & Soundbar (Lyndale & Lake) with Red Pens, Mercurial Rage, Blue Sky Blackout. Music is at 10pm, $5 gets you all that rock.

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