Wobbly Things

Supergrass “Kiss Of Life (Tom Tom Club remix)” – I don’t think that it is unreasonable to not expect very much from new singles tacked on to greatest hits cds these days – they tend to be pretty weak, and usually throw off the balance of the entire compilation with their chronological and/or qualitative incongruity. However, this remix of Supergrass’ “Kiss Of Life,” which was recorded for their new singles compilation, ends up being one of the best songs of their career. Supergrass and the Tom Tom Club aren’t a very natural combination – it seems as though their names were both selected at random out of a hat – but they compliment each other rather well. Supergrass’ song is an epic, sweeping thing which gains some velocity from Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth’s busy polyrhythms. The song has a great cinematic feeling to it which would probably work rather well in the context of some huge sci fi action film. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.)

Big Cherry “Come In Bonzo” – This is a selection from a new super-limited edition compilation on Spain’s Toytown label collecting 21 obscure singles from European psychedelic bands dating from 1969 up through 1974. “Come In Bonzo” is a weird, swirly bubblegum number contrasting a cheerful, childlike chorus and a droll monologue/rap from some guy with a deep voice and a British accent. (Click here to buy it from Forced Exposure.)

MP3 Blog News: Telephone Thing is a new mp3 blog offering up M.I.A.’s “Fire Fire” and a Dizzee Rascal/LFO mash-up; Steal Music has apparently been going on for a while now but it’s new to me; and Cloud Two is a brand new site which posts music by the curator as well as other artists.