Wrapped In Silver Thread

Lolita Storm “Dancing With The Ibiza Dogs” – This is brand new, but I honestly have no clue how this song is being released. I can find almost no current information about the band anywhere, and the only place the title turns up on Google is on a Plan B playlist. At any rate, this is top shelf material, particularly if you’re fond of Chicks On Speed but wish that they were more new wave. The song feels pleasantly out of time – it could easily pass for one of those old songs from the late 70s/early 80s which somehow sound as though they were sent back in time from a future still slightly ahead of where we are just now. I’m sure you know you the type.

Kenickie “Robot Song” – This is taken from Kenickie’s 1997 album At The Club, which was a record dominated by glossy indie (UK definition) rock which was very much of its time, but included this one bit of synthy robo-pop roughly four years ahead of the indie fashion curve. Though it is more than a little obvious to have the one electro-textured song on a rock album be about wanting to become a robot, it still works in spite of an overextended metaphor. The vocal breakdown which begins around the 2:14 mark is quite beautiful and affecting, and quite possibly the highlight of Kenickie’s entire discography. (Click here to buy it for less than a dollar from Amazon.)

ALSO: I will be DJing at a party called REFUSE! this coming Thursday at a club called Eleven on 152 Orchard St between Stanton and Rivington. The party begins around 10 PM, and it will be free, with no list or dress code. According to the current plan, I will be the first DJ of the night, with resident REFUSE! DJs Dirty Dietz & James F#cking Friedman to follow. If you’re in the area, please come by!