Crazy- Gnarls Barkley
I don't know much about the hip hop. I do know that the photo of the Gnarls Barkley kids dressed up Clockwork Orange-style gives me the creeps and that this song has been so quickly embraced by the scene that it has already generated folky acoustic cover versions on NPR, which is of course what all hip hop songs aspire to. Good for summer mixes (assuming summer shows up at some point). Serve with Curtis Mayfield, diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin the scene (with a gangster lean, incidentally).
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken- Camera Obscura
Man, Scotland must be twee as fuck. Maybe when you arrive at the Glasgow airport, they give you little square glasses, an old Tallulah Gosh album and a very nice sweater. I bet Glasgow makes Olympia, Washington look superpunkrock. These Glaswegians are so excited about getting sad! And being made sad by a guy named Lloyd, which is even worse. If you like Belle and Sebastian, it behooves you to like this band. If you love Belle and Sebastian, you are probably already on the Camera Obscura mailing list. "Let's Get Out of This Country" has lots of pretty songs full of strings and handclaps. Handclaps for sadness!
The Gap- You Say Party! We Say Die!
Just like the band's name, this song has a word-to-exclamation-point ratio of 3:1. I've heard these spunky Canadians compared to Le Tigre, but YSP!WSD! doesn't get all bogged down commenting on social issues, they just yell the name of the social issue at you and move on. YSP!WSD! doesn't even claim the gap between the rich and the poor is a bad thing. There's a gap! Dance!
Tomorrow, tracks 7-9. Tomorrow, the new Sonic Youth and Hot Chip albums hit the streets, along with a new and supposedly improved Best of the Replacements compilation, if you're interested in those types of things. If you're interested enough to buy them, you can do so here:
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