Revenge Of The Slits

Same Old Song-Tulipomania

I don't know a damn thing about this band. This is a grimey bluesy song that makes me want to know a whole hell of a lot more. I love ramshackle songs that barely hold themselves together. That's this song. Somewhat funky, but again, in a sort of non-committal away (its like a tentative kiss).

Earthbeat-The Slits

And they are back! After some 25 years...what are they now, say 30. They were like 12 when the first record came out. This is mature, but not in a VH-1 behind the music way. It sounds like you think the Slits would sound after 25 years. I want to hear the CD...now. This track: imagine if the original lineup of Bananarama was abducted by the natives in the King Kong film...then released a record. Now imagine that as a VERY GOOD THING. There you go...genius.

If you don't know who they are, you should be embarassed. And not mildly. Where there are the Slits, you will find the Go-Go's. And Bananarama. But not the Spice Girls.

Take Care, O Pilgrim-Inch Time

One of those tracks i just cannot describe. So somebody is fucking around on synths....with some vaguely hip-hop track playing. And somebody else keeps pressing some alarm and buzzer. And then your friend comes over and starts fucking around on his sax. And it all works. Beyond-the-wicked of cool, yet vaguely menacing.

The Light-White Magic

After hearing/reading so much about White Magic in the last 3-4 weeks, via papers and reviews, i finally got to hear something. Apparently you can lump them in with Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom and new folk. i am fairly dubious of that whole category to begin with (not necessarily the artists, both examples i like, but the whole category). This is the Siouxsie Sioux of folk, which must be an oxymoron. All i have to say about White Magic track is this...think of some 8 year old playing a very simple piano track while his piano teacher, who is secretly a witch, starts doing incantations. That about sums it up...hey, actually my Siouxsie Sioux reference was not bad. Hear more.