As per usual there is a little something for everyone from the obligatory 80s covers to tits and acid and perhaps most excitingly, Tom Jones is back. And he thinks you look good on the dance floor.
off we go
1. Rilo Kiley “Moneymaker”
I have a love-hate relationship with Jenny Lewis (mostly involving me loving to hate her lyrics while being oddly attracted to the melodies themselves) but this is a departure: It sort of is a Karen Oh disco thumper, and not a half bad one at that. Totally worth shaking your moneymaker (and coming up with shitty puns) to.
MP3 here via Wongie’s Music World
+ the video (because even if you don’t love her…you love her bangs, admit it)
2. Simian Mobile Disco, “Tits and Acid”
Because, lets face it: if you give us a song about nudity and drugs and doing drugs while nude, we will dance to it. And you probably will too.
MP3 Here via LA New Shit
3. Animal Collective, “Fireworks”
A week too late for the 4th of july, but still as impressive (and original) as always, Baltimore’s favorite costumed band is back! Rejoice.
video here, MP3 here (a video rip, be warned)
via Blogs Are For Dogs
4. The National, “Pretty in Pink” (Psychedelic Furs cover)
This song made Molly Ringwald forgo the fact that Andrew McCarthy was sort of a spineless (and chinless) rich kid (we always felt the ending of that movie was such a goddamn cop-out, but that’s a whole other blog) and The National does it proud. Next covers playlist we make, this is on it. Beautiful.
MP3 here via Daytrotter (where a few more National songs are available for your snatching)
5. Tom Jones, “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” (Arctic Monkeys cover)
This week Arctic Monkey’s redid Shirley Bassey so why couldn’t the original panty-peeler Tom Jones remake them. Oddly compelling.
MP3 here via I guess I’m floating
6. Avril Lavigne, “The Scientist” (Coldplay cover)
Because you know, why not? (the blog we found this at waxes lyrical about Avril being one of the finest voices of her generation and her and ballads going like milk and oreo cookies and yadda yadda yadda…but it sounds sort of scratchy to us.)
7. Stars, “The Night Starts Here”
Stars are back. All is good with the (lo-fi) world now.
MP3 here via I guess I’m Floating
8. Ash, “You Can’t Have It All”
Normally, I do 7 songs for 7 days of the week, but Ash was my favorite band for about a month when I was 17 (and they were 18), back when they did the ever amazing “Life Less Ordinary”, then they sucked for a little bit and now they are back with a GOOD new album. I am stoked. So, who says you can’t have it all?
MP3 here via Music Slut
i like hearing boy songs sung by girls. thanks avril!
p.s. i adore andrew mccarthy. big CRUSH!
and what about spader?
i think there is an alternate version of the movie where andie ends up with the duckman!
nice version of pretty in pink too!
July 12, 2007 at 2:07 pm