musique non stop

so anyway, it's what is good time and this is good:



more than good, because i think for all that the Pixies were a great band (and they were, really, because you have probably forgotten how moribund rock was before they set it back alight), few bands took what they did onwards. maybe they realised how impossible a task that would be. anyway, Les Savy Fav made a good fist of it in their early days, and these days make just really good arty pop. which is a good thing, because the world should not be allowed to run thin on arty pop. and it won't, if Vampire Weekend have anything to do with it.

now you tell me, which of these is poppermost. this:



or this:



we're not looking for which is better, cleverer or you like it best. we're looking for which is the most pop, the one that you'd hear from more car stereos this summer. votes in the comments pls.

more arty pop in an electroclash stylee is Hot Chip. i'm in two minds whether i could get into this, but for wallpaper, it's okay:



more my cup of tea is Holy Fuck. this is more art than pop, but it's pretty funky for all that. you could probably shake your rump to this, if you like that kind of thing:



also rumpshakable is !!!, which sounds a lot like something else but you just can't put your finger on what. answers on a postcard:



much easier to place is Foals. they're Bloc Party meets Battles. they're not really in the class of Battles, who are just fantastic, but they easily beat Bloc Party's second album. but what doesn't?



it's not all funky. oh no. i haven't forgotten to metal it up from time to time. current favourites are very much Dillinger Escape Plan. they made their name with mathcore, which is way out in leftfield. actually, it's mostly off the pitch. it's all ultrafast chops and weird time signatures. but their most recent album, Ire works, branches out in a big way, with pop metal, IDM and postrock clashing on what is a tremendous album. a personal favourite is this:



recently, i've found most of the Brilliant Corners' early stuff online, and i can't tell you how happy that made me. thanks to matthias for uploading What's in a word? this is a bit later than that, but there isn't much on youtube. you'll get the idea though, although What's in a word? has more jangle and a lot more trumpet:



probably did this one before, but never mind. i'm putting it on just about every mixtape atm because it's my out and out favourite song. this month anyway.



finally, here is something late night and wonderful. switch the lights off, fire up a bowl and lay back. if this doesn't make you sigh a little, well, you and i are on different planets after all:

posted by Dr Zen @ 8:26 pm