You Can Put Your Trust In Me

Prinzhorn Dance School “Up! Up! Up!” – Since the artists associated with DFA have all been pushing toward an increasingly slick and sophisticated sound, it’s something of a surprise that the newest act on the label breaks the DFA aesthetic down into something so primitive and essential. “Up! Up! Up!” sounds like the burned-down remains of a punk song, and in that context, the vocals seem more like the calls of rescue workers stumbling through the wreckage. The music is extremely spare and bleak, but there’s just enough dark wit and campy horror film drama in the mix to keep it from getting too bitter and dreary. (Click here for the Prinzhorn Dance School site.)

Golden Bug “St. Tropez” – Okay. This song is called “St. Tropez” and it’s the middle of May — logically, it should follow that there will be no tan lines tonight. (Sorry. I couldn’t resist. I have no idea how many people will get that reference. It can’t be very many.) Anyway, this song has got nothing to do with obscure indie rock b-sides, although now that I think of it, its chopped up guitar riff has a similar sort of staggered swagger, and so I begin to wonder if that’s a coincidence, or something that suits “St. Tropez,” which is a place I’ve never been and will likely never see in person. (Click here to buy it from Juno.)