Paranoia With A Side Of Despair

Electric Six “Mr. Woman” – Dick Valentine keeps singing “you can’t be sure if you are going up or down,” but he knows the answer. It’s right there in the music — you are going down, down, down even if you think you’re coming up in the world. Most Electric Six songs are bleak, but “Mr. Woman” is full-on post-Apocalyptic scorched earth madness. Everything and everyone in the song is poisoned by cynicism and idiocy, culture has devolved into voyeurism and gossip, and the entire planet is nothing but a nuked junkyard where only the cockroaches and robots can survive. It’s extremely dark, but it’s a fun ride as the song plunges straight into the ground. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.)

MESH “Let The Dance Begin” – This would be a good, fun electro funk tune with or without the vocals, but damn — this guy sounds like the Monopoly Man freaking out at a hipster dance club! Seriously, it sounds like he’s just pounded eight cans of Sparks, has stripped down to just his slacks and top hat, and is grinding on the dance floor with some 19 year old girl who looks exactly like an American Apparel ad. It’s pretty wild. (Click here for the MESH MySpace page.)