Monday , November 16, 2009
Heavy Rotation: Little Joy, Yoko Ono, Electric Six + More!
Little Joy, "With Strangers"
Liz is right: Little Joy is like the worst name ever for a band. I don't care if it's some bar or whatever, it's still a little silly to say. Still, their record remains the only Strokes-related solo project I've remotely enjoyed -- I like the garage-Brasilia feel of it all, which is perfect for when you're longing for springtime. I actually like to pretend that this is a real Strokes record, which then makes it my second-favorite Strokes recording ever after Room on Fire, which everyone knows is the best record from them. Or maybe not -- but apparently it is a belief shared by all three of us at nogoodforme. The Strokes: uniters, not dividers. Who knew? (Kat)
Xiu Xiu, "I do what I want, when I want"
Xiu Xiu are one of those experimental bands that always veer a little close to pop in certain songs but kind of just refuse to go there. I guess they're too arty and intellectual for that, but it's actually at these quasi-pop moments when they're their most interesting. I mean, if I wanted to caterwaul while attacking my guitar with a drill -- I could do that pretty easily and make it interesting just by virtue of being able to make up my own rules. (But I would never do that to my guitar -- I love it too much.) It's a little more fascinating to hear a band that clearly chafes at pop convention try to work within it to make it interesting for them. This track is one of their most accessible, but it's still off-kilter and odd and, in true Xiu Xiu fashion, I have no idea what it is about. (Kat)
Electric Six, "Infected Girls"
Because our last Heavy Rotation was (mostly) all mushy-Valentiney, let's try a little s-e-x this time around. "Infected Girls" is gross and awesome; I wish I was clever enough to come up with lyrics like "I gave you my heart, I gave you my soul / Now I'm just another number at the Centers for Disease Control." Plus something about about the pre-chorus melody reminds me so much of the music from the diner scene at the beginning of Footloose - dig? (Liz)
The Strokes, "On the Other Side"
This song is about why I think Little Joy is the worst name ever for a band. It's about the feelings this Little Joy makes me feel, and it ultimately serves me the same spiritual purpose as when the Beach Boys sing about gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip. I HAVE SO GOTTEN BUGGED DRIVIN' UP AND DOWN THE SAME OLD STRIP! But instead of catastrophizing about how Hipsters are The Dead End of Western Civilization, I think I'll just hang out at the beach more and then eventually move there. Thanks for helping me figure out my life yet again, Strokes dudes. (Liz)
Billy Nicholls, "Life is Short"
Billy Nicholls' Would You Believe is a masterpiece. It is joyful, and a really cool album to love. It includes songs with such cool names as "London Social Degree" and "Portobello Road" (which I once listened to as I walked down the real Portbello Road; life was good that day) and is on Immediate Records, the coolest record label of all time. "Life is Short" sounds like a psychedelic carnival explosion of bubbly pink grapefruit soda and reminds you that, yes, life is short, which is why you should probably spend it to listening to "Life is Short" by Billy Nicholls as frequently as possible. (Laura Jane)
Yoko Ono, "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)"
This song is amazingly badass, which comes as no surprise, since Yoko Ono is one of the most amazingly badass human beings ever to grace our fair planet. One of my hobbies these days is walking down the street, strutting my shit like a true playa would do, listening to this song obscenely loud on headphones, and imagining that it is playing out loud, emanating from my body, and that everybody I pass can hear it. In February 2009, "Don't Worry Kyoko" is the theme song to my entire existence. BTW, if you are one of those babies who "can't handle" Yoko Ono's vocal stylings, open your mind, bro! NO MORE YOKO HATE! (Laura Jane)
PS: The best thing you've ever seen, and in my hometown no less:
Tags: being a playa, Billy Nicholls, Electric Six, Footloose, hipsters are the dead end of Western civilization, hobbies, Immediate Records, NO MORE YOKO HATE, Portobello Road, struttling, The Beach Boys, The Strokes, Yoko Ono
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yoko ono = bjork in terms of misunderstood vocal stylings
By caitlin on February 26, 2009 5:32 PM
Nikolai Fraiture is such an innovative bass player, I mean bassist.
By Laura
on February 26, 2009 9:14 PM
Yoko Ono is so fucking cool, I don't have words.
By Kristen on February 27, 2009 9:29 AM
I know. She's like 70 years old, and still way cooler than me!
By Laura
on February 27, 2009 12:10 PM