DEFUNCT!

New show, go to http://mm-razz.blogspot.com for details.

Back on air?

...most likely!

A bit needs to be finalized, but this young man could be back with a morning show. 8-9 Fridays. Which means I get to:

1. Be on the radio
2. Keep my evenings free for studying

Everyone wins! With the sunrise comes a new blog template. Beige as a nice alternative to black.

I've also been keeping track of the 2 tracks that soundtrack my days ...these days. You can find it over on RateYourMusic.com: A-Sides & B-Sides (+ asides and besides).

June 4 - Credo

Oh yes. #1 reason this week to travel to serialized-inked-paper-land.

The muzak continues this week with Iggy Pop's French new LP Preliminaires (yes, in French) and like that album William Shatner put out a few years back it's a gimmicky lounge record that is much better than it has any right to be.

I Was a King is billed as "Teenage Fanclub merged with My Bloody Valentine" and our friends at AAM seem to nail it right on -- it's great noisy, catchy power pop. Played "It's All You" off of their new 7".

Speaking of MBV-inflected pop, dig NY-based China Girl I found out about from my perpetual lurking over at rateyourmusic.com (where you can now rate films!). The opening notes to "Hook and Trust" are tone-for-tone match of Bowie's "Diamond Dogs", great stuff. Points for being relentlessly obscure.

A little bit from The Tears' first record, which features Brett Anderson & Bernard Butler, the creative force from the first Suede LP. Also, new electro by The Field, Grizzly Bear, and SO MUCH MORE!!

Playlist:

• I Was a King - "It's All You" - 7"
• Lotus Plaza - "A Threaded Needle" - The Floodlight Collective
• St. Vincent - "Marrow" - Actor
• The Electric Prunes - "Credo" - Mass in F Minor [composed, arranged by David Axelrod]
• Faux Hoax - "Hippies Will Rule" - Your Friends Will Carry You Home [7"]
• China Girl - "Hook & Trust" [listen here]
• Iggy Pop - "Les feuilles mortes" - Preliminaires
• Fredda - "Barry White" - Les filles: Le pop [compilation]
• The Field - "I Have the Moon, You Have the Internet" - Yesterday & Today
• Jarvis Cocker - "You're In My Eyes (Discosong)" - Further Complications
• Suede - "Daddy's Speeding" - Dog Man Star
• The Tears - "Beautiful Pain" & "The Asylum" - The Tears
• Grizzly Bear - "Southern Point" - Veckatimest