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July 14, 2006
Follow Down The Path Of Least Resistance My new Hit Refresh column is up on the ASAP site. This week: David Bazan, Poni Hoax, and a song from Yo Gabba Gabba. A Sunny Day In Glasgow "C'mon" - People in the NYC area hungry for a LCD Soundsystem "I was there!" moment ought to consider going to the world's first A Sunny Day In Glasgow show this Sunday at Cakeshop. However, if you do go, please keep your expectations modest. Band leader Ben Daniels explains: Now, you should know, there is no way this show will not be a total disaster for the following reasons:(Click here for the A Sunny Day In Glasgow MySpace page.) My DJ sets @ Insound Pre-Siren Fest Party, Supreme Trading Set 1: Erase Errata "Rider" / Clinic "The Second Line" / Elastica "Hold Me Now" / Can "I Want More" / Loose Joints "Tell You (Today)" / Girls Aloud "Biology" / Relaxed Muscle "Sexualized" / Missy Elliott "Can't Stop" Set 2: M.I.A. "Bingo" / Ce'cile "Hot Like We" / LCD Soundsystem "Give It Up" / The Rolling Stones "Let's Spend The Night Together" / The Beatles "Drive My Car" / The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" / Stevie Wonder "Sir Duke" / Jagged Edge "Stunnas" / Prince "Head" Set 3: The Silures "21 Ghosts" / The Knife "We Share Our Mothers' Health" / Edu K "Bundalele Baile Jean" / Lady Sovereign "Love Me Or Hate Me" / CSS "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" / Christina Milian "So Amazing" / Vanessinha & Alessandra "Gira" / Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man" / Spektrum "May Day" / Basement Jaxx & Dizzee Rascal "Lucky Star" Elastica "Hold Me Now (BBC Session)" - I just sort of made it up as I went along this time, with mostly pleasant results. It was especially fun to drop in an Elastica song, which I've been wanting to do for a long time but just never went through with it. I find it a little perverse that I chose to break out the big crowd pleasing hits when virtually no one was paying attention, but eh, whatever. It was nice to get away from a lot of songs that I play very frequently, anyway. If you haven't heard "Stunnas" yet, you really really really should. I wrote that one up for MTV. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.) I only managed to catch the last 30 seconds of the Professor Murder set, so I have no opinion on that at all. The Big Sleep were heavier than I had been led to believe, and I was kinda into what I saw of their set, though they would be wise to draft some kind of charismatic singer into their band. I saw about 20 minutes of Oh No! Oh My! and they were okay too, but in more of a "local band" sort of way. They definitely have some spark of talent, but it'd be nice if they developed more of a unique voice before they get super hyped. I'm not sure if it's the best thing for a young band to get popular entirely on the strength of sounding a little like a bunch of other bands who are moderately popular on the indie circuit. It is sort of weird to me that out of all the bands of the mid-to-late-90s, Modest Mouse ended up being the one every little indie band decided to emulate. If you told me that in 1998, I would've thought that you were insane. |
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