I'm in the mood for some Shuffle-a-gogo. You know the drill: set your MP3
player of choice to shuffle and write down the first ten songs. Here's what I
got.
1. JULIAN COPE - Reynaard the Fox (Fried 1984) The lead
track from Julian's second album hints at much of what come from throughout
rest of his career. In just over six minutes he goes from super catchy pop to a
bizarre dramatic reading to a crazed garage instrumental freakout.
2. ROBYN HITCHCOCK - Out of the Picture (Black Snake Diamond
Role 1981) A straight forward Byrdsian pop song from Robyn's debut album
featuring some wonderful jangly guitar.
3. E JOSEPH and the PHANTOM HEART - Changing Trains (All the
Medicine in the World 2009) Pleasant power pop from a Baltimore guy that had
previously worked with Splitsville and Myracle Brah .
4. EDWYN COLLINS - Dilemna (Understated 2013) Wonderful pop
from Edwyn's new album, which is a lock to make my year end best of list.
5. GUIDED BY VOICES - Go Rolling Home (Lets Go Eat the
Factory 2011) I love GbV when they make melodic pop. This isn't one of those
songs.
6. GARBAGE - Cherry Lips (Absolute Garbage) New wavey
electro pop from 2001's Beautiful Garbage. I didn't realize how many Garbage
songs I loved until this hits collection came out.
7. WHITE RABBITS - Percussion Gun (It's Frightening 2009)
Indie rock from Brooklyn.
8. the EQUALS - Fire (First Among Equals) British R&B
pop from Eddie Grant's fabulous and woefully underrated first band. In my quest
to own every song from the band's 60's output I've had to buy a few comps to
pick up another song or two, which was the case here.
9. FRANK SINATRA - Come Fly With Me (Sinatra 80th) A
swinging number from Frank's Capitol era. I've always loved that vocal pause he
inserts into "down to Ac.......apulco Bay".
10. OPAL - Supernova (Happy Nightmare Baby 1987) Brooding
psychedelia from David Roback (Rain Parade) on guitar and Dream Syndicate's
Kendra Smith. Sadly this was the band's only album. This is high on my list of
late-night headphone faves.
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