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From the WFPK studios, welcome to another Weekly Feed. Kyle Meredith back again with another week of blogs, tunes, anonymous posting, anonymous fighting, leaked albums, and the occasional good discussion. But we'll let the music do the talking. Away we go...
Modest Mouse – Perpetual Motion Machine
M2 have released two previous seven inch singles to lead up to their EP, No Ones First And Your Next, but the third is hands down my favorite so far. It carries the dirge style feel of the sound that sent them into the mainstream after their major label Good News disc. Instantly catchy. If you’re a fan of the bands later years, this should settle just fine with you.
Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Band
The title track from their forthcoming disc, this Portland crew carries a member from The Shins as its spokesman, but you won’t find the hallow, spacey sound that made the Garden State alumni famous. Instead, its Americana done North West style. And it kind of works. Their first single, My Unusual Friend is ultimately the better of the two, but this one has its sweet spots just the same.
Thom Yorke – All For The Best
It took me a few moments to pick my jaw from the floor when I read my RSS feed telling me there was a new Thom Yorke. Then I listened, and I discovered that maybe the floor is where my jaw should stay. You’ll be able to find this one on Ciao My Shining Star – The Songs of Mark Mulcahy due out in Sept. A very sad story, Mark is an amazing singer/songwriter (most noteabley to some as the lead singer of fictional band Polaris – the house band for The Adventures of Pete & Pete), who lost his wife recently and was left to raise his two new twins alone. But when you’ve made friends like R.E.M., Yorke, The National, Dinosaur Jr., and a host of other top notch names, well at least financial help is in place. Look for this comp to rival the Dark Was The Night, and possibly win.
Anna Ternheim – What Have I Done
Probably my favorite new find of the week, this Swedish dish has crafted a tempered groove that feels both out of the past while being securely planted right here. Like, a little bit Dido from the 90’s and a little bit Lykke Li.
MGMT – Destrokk
A track from their debut EP, Cantora Records has given it the reissue treatment with a new master and shine and is currently flying off of the shelves. A nice holdover until we hear how this duo can follow up one of the biggest indie dance records of this half of the decade. Seriously, I want them to make another masterpiece, but to follow songs like Electric Feel, Kids, and Time To Pretend? Good Luck. Joe Henry – Death To The Storm
It only took me a minute to fall for this one. Someone doing a Tom Waits impression and actually pulling it off. Actually, that’s kind of unfair. It’s better than that. Like Elvis Costello singing a Tom Waits tune. A pretty perfect mix. Nailed it.
Datarock – True Stories
A helluva fun CD - we played the first single “The Pretender” a couple months back – Datarock have just dropped the second taste. Listen closely. Every lyric is a Talking Heads song title. And that’s awesome.
The Dodos – Fables
This is yer run-of-the-mill jangly indie-rock, but it’s really grown on me with repeated listens. A entire stream of the album is up on the bands site, after the inevitable premature leak.
Peter, Bjorn, and John – It Don’t Move Me (Weird Tapes Remix)
Their latest didn’t grab me as hard as I really wanted it to upon its release, but with this new remix EP, it was a good reminder to go back and re-listen. It may have only existed a few months, but its already aged well.
The Hidden Cameras – Walk On
The hook lies in the epic riff the strings are playing. Actually the whole songs is pretty strong on imagery, and that’s just with the music. Thinking more about it, I don’t even know if I’ve paid too close of attention to the vocals. Pretty, mesmerizing music. The album Origin:Orphan is out on Sept. 22.
WHY? – This Blackest Purse
From their new disc Eskimo Snow, this song chorus doesn’t come in until nearly halfway through, but it never seems to meander. The story and music build and build from a slow walk to a bright spotlight, even when the lyrics don’t mirror it back. I guess I’m having trouble articulating on this one. Something about it just works.
Bloc Party (Alex Metric Remix)
I wasn’t crazy about the original, and it didn’t seem like many other folks were either, which is what makes it so surprising that this is such a Blog Dominator. The key? Alex Metric. Between Metric and Don Diablo, if you want a remix and you don’t ask them, you may as well consider your track D.O.A. Either way, this is still pretty bland. Jay Reatard - Wounded
Mr. Prolific. Jay keeps churning out the pop and people keep eating it up. Not sure if we’ll be singing his praises in 20 years, but its good fun for the time being. Catch this single on the disc, What Me Fall. Thanks, as always, for listening, reading, and commenting - both here and on our Facebook page. If ya like what you heard, pass the word to a friend or two, yeah? The Weekly Feed is produced by Kyle Meredith (that's me) and Todd Smith at MixWorks Studio in Louisville, KY and is distributed by WFPK and Louisville Public Media.
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