June 7, 2010: A little rain

"A Little Rain" was basically the perfect song to play tonight, if I do say so myself

As if the grey weather wasn’t down enough, Carrie is off looking for birds in the wilderness, so I was alone. But hey: sad bastard music is some of my favourite music.

1. “God Only Knows” – PDF Format, Building Blocks Singles Club, Vol. 1
   - It’s between this song and this medley for best-ever 8-bit cover, definitely
2. “You Fell For It” – Whitsundays, Saul
   - Edmonton’s psych-pop kings are having their official album release on Friday, June 18 at the Pawnshop. I’ll be there.
3. “Live in Dreams” – Wild Nothing, Gemini
   - Pretty damn fine ’80s-enthralled dream pop
4. “Our Athletic Friends” – Boats, Cannonball, Cannonball
   - As mentioned on air, basically the finest mix of nasally vocals and pop songcraft since Wheatus (I link to that video because it’s got the Generation Kill bit, one of my favourite uses of pop music in television history)
5. “Star Eyes (I Can’t Catch It)” – Danger Mouse + Sparklehorse, Dark Night of the Soul
   - This is an early contender for album of the year. Easily. This song was co-written with David Lynch, who also knows a little something about using pop music in filmed mediums
   
6. “The Meaning of the Ritual” – Villagers, Becoming a Jackal
7. “A Little Rain” – Tom Waits, Bone Machine
   - I know Rain Dogs and Swordfishtrombone get a lot of credit, but this is a pretty ridiculously good album, too
8. “Girlfriend” – Ty Segall, Melted
   - Something to pick up the mood just a bit. Thank god for the garage rock revival
9. “Roadrunner” – The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers
   - Greil Marcus once called this “the most obvious song ever written,” and I don’t really disagree with the man, but I also think that’s kind of what makes it awesome. It should come standard on every used, late-model car a 17-year-old buys.
10. “Year’s Not Long” – Male Bonding, Nothing Hurts
    - Doesn’t get any less fantastic the more I play it
11. “USA Boys” – Health, Disco 2
    - Health is one of the rare bands that’s almost always better remixed, but this is just fine as is
12. “Soft Skin” – Cosmetics, Soft Skin/Black Leather 7″
    - I refer to what Aaron Levin has to say on the subject
13. “Zoal, Face Dancer” – Grimes, Geidi Primes
14. “Edmonton, AB” – Forestry, Forestry
    - As soon as I find one more song that uses Edmonton in its title, I’m playing an entire set

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