Thursday's Track Reviews

The Good:
King Khan and the Shrines - "Torture"; This song has been around for a while, but since the album is being re-released on a shiny new label we get to listen to it like it were brand new all over again! Oh, and it still freaking rocks!

Matmos - "Rainbow Flag"; The lead single from Matmos' brand new album is about everything you would expect from Matmos. Trance like beats, crazy sounds, all funneled together to give you a complete aural experience. It's pretty good, and if it's a sign of how the album is gonna be, well get excited now.

Neva Dinova - "Clouds"; I wouldn't normally expect myself to enjoy something like this. It's a little too Americana for my normal tastes, yet for some reason it's dark enough for me to really enjoy. Plus I like those little bits of guitar between each of the verses.

Dark Meat - "Freedom Ritual"; In my circle of music critic friends, Dark Meat is all the rage right now and rightfully so. The band apparently put on a kick ass live show, but on this track they show off some serious musical abilities. The opening solo is pretty sick, but then it kicks into a complete psychadelic trip that's even better.

The Bad:
Stars Like Fleas - "I Was Only Dancing"; I was pretty much done with this song about 30-seconds in but I made myself stick with it and surprise surprise it never got any better. Whiny vocals and sleepy music just don't do much for me these days.

Kites - "Easy Now"; There's nothing sleepy about this song from Kites, but that doesn't make it any more enjoyable. It sounds like a really bad Killers cover band. Ouch, I think I've said enough.

Morning State - "Never So Strange"; Is someone manufacturing an indie music for dummies book that I don't know about? Because it seems that about every three seconds there comes a band that follow the exact same structure as everyone else and sounds just like everyone else doing it. Morning State are this week's version of that band.

El Perro del Mar - "Glory to the World"; El Perro del Mar really impressed me with her full length debut, but so far everything I've heard off the sophomore effort has been a real disappointment. Perhaps it's the high hopes I held for her, but the song writing on this track and the other I've heard is really boring. Even her voice is tempered a little bit more and that just doesn't her justice. I really wish I had some nice things to say about it, but I just can't.

Video of the Week:

Los Campesinos! - "My Year in Lists"; I know it's a pretty straight forward video, but it's been a pretty slow week video wise and it's a really good song.