[This is Dan, he, and others, might write guest posts when I cannot. He posted in the past. He is...white-skinned. - Jordan]
Fuck Me USA - "Tan Thigh" Yeah yeah yeah, I know what they sound like. But there's so much catchiness in this song, just forget about that other stuff for a second. In the first 6 seconds, it becomes like a bunch of cymbals running their fingers through your hair, with this moping bass. And then wakes up and turns into this dancy, strutting, cowbelly thing that is more welcome when you know it's coming. I don't really have a whole bunch to say about it, I just wanted to share it with you, so you can maybe listen to it on the way to/from the bus stop. [band site]
Modest Mouse - "Untitled [Live]" Live tracks suck. and this is no exception. But this sucks in such an awesome way, it's incredible. You have to really like Modest Mouse to enjoy this musically, but you don't need to be a fan of the band itself to appreciate the sheer talent they are demonstrating between the times of 4:26-4:45. Probably the best 21 seconds in jam-song history. Isaac Brock has just come off a lyrical stumble, he's making this crap up as he goes along, and you can tell he's getting tired. But he comes back at the song, a sucker for punishment (break my jaw, now!) I guess. And the drums begin to build "you said then / what you meant then / what you did then / what you wanna have sex...", they know something is coming, the guitar is getting louder "...you could not pull it off but you tried to...", even the feedback builds to the climax "you said well..!..I don't need..!.." and then Brock just lifts the song up to the sky, like he's lifting up a car or something, "I don't need to wear myself a bikini today!!"
Then the band does one more little verse, wrapping it up, they know it's not going to better than that. And it doesn't. [the good MM fansite - r.i.p.]
As you can see, I haven't posted any songs today.
This is because I have a 48,000 page paper (one word per page) due at 3 in the morning (my school is a night club), and so was unable to fulfill my posting duties on this day. However, to continue my futile attempts to satiate your insatiable appetite for The Good, I will provide an extra special extra weekend post.
I will also take this moment to urge you all to buy the Arcade Fire album, if you haven't already (it's all I listen to now). I heard a rumour that Funeral is sold out across North America, but even if this is true, many more copies will soon be printed in order for the band to fulfill their destiny.