LCD Soundsystem, "All My Friends"
This is my favorite LCD Soundsystem song, by a fair ways, as the melancholy mood and nostalgic lens here is just kind of irresistable. And that piano, this is just such a damn jam. Please enjoy.
Trans Am, "Diabolical Cracker"...
Pinkwash, "No Real Witness"
I feel like every time Pinkwash comes up, I say something equivalent to "hey, this is neat, I keep forgetting about this!" I wish I could say that I'd grown past that, but no, I do still keep forgetting about this....
Mogwai, "Friend of the Night"
The other day, I mentioned that Rave Tapes wasn't my favorite iteration of Mogwai. Mr. Beast is more my speed - it's more conventional in a lot of ways, but it's more lyrical. You know, in an instrumental kinda way....
Squarepusher, "Iambic 5 Poetry"
Budakhan Mindphone is an EP that was released just a few months after Music Is Rotted One Note, where Tom Jenkinson broke free of the gravity of drum'n'bass and moved into really doing his own thing. The lever that broke him...
Hockey Night, "For Guys' Eyes Only"
[don't mention Pavement don't mention Pavement don't mention Pavement]
Hey, that doesn't actually sound much like Malkmus! It's more like Spiral Stairs.
[nailed it!]
Beck, "Sexx Laws"
Midnite Vultures starts off like this, letting us know that we are...