Now Everything Is Gone, It’s All Changing

Felix Da Housecat “What She Wants” – I tried not to post this song, but I couldn’t stop myself. There are fourteen other songs on Felix Da Housecat’s new pop album Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever, and none of them feature James Murphy from DFA/LCD Soundsystem. I wanted to avoid the Murphy song because I’ve posted so much DFA related music in the past few months, but after hearing it several times, I knew that “What She Wants” had to be today’s selection. It is clearly the best song on the album, and that bassline – oh good God, that bassline! I’m a DFA fanboy, what can I do?

Klang “Outside My Area” – This is taken from the new Sonic Mook Experiment compilation Hot Shit, and when I first heard this song in that context I couldn’t help but think “wow, these people must love Elastica!” And then, of course, I find out that this is actually Donna Matthews’ new band, so well, it kinda is Elastica. If you feel a great deal of nostalgic affection for Elastica (which would probably place you in a fairly narrow demographic bracket, unfortunately), you’re probably going to be into this. “Outside My Area” would’ve sounded fantastic on The Menace.