« Radiohead Headlines Bonnaroo, Trey & Dave wondering where they went wrong | Main | 2005 Music Bloggregate »
February 03, 2006
Rainy Friday Video Jukebox
The rain in NYC is keeping us from enjoying another freakish winter 60 degree day so I thought I'd give everybody some choice viewing material as long as we're cooped up. Maybe its not raining where you are, but with all of us "killing time at our day jobs by trolling indie rock blogs" types, I'm certain that it's raining in your hearts.
Wolf Parade - "Shine a Light"
Finally a prominent artist touches on multi-head discrimination.
Jens Lekman - "You are the Light"
In which Jens gets arrested ODB style for illegal body armor. Skunk!
Giant Drag - Kevin is Gay"
I still think it's hilariously smart/stupid for Annie Hardy to rip off a My Bloody Valentine guitar lick in a song with a title questioning Kevin Shields' sexuality. Plus meowing.
Xiu Xiu - "Pox"
1000 miles over the top, as you might expect. Also has the honor of being MS's first not safe for work link, which is doubly impressive because it features entirely children's dolls.
Serge Gainsbourg - "Couleur Cafe"
We finish up with a classic from the dirtiest Frenchman in history.
While we're talking about Serge, I just couldn't help putting up this clip of him wasted on a 1984 French talk show w/ Whitney Houston. As awesome as that sounds.
Tags: Wolf Parade, Jens Lekman, Giant Drag, Xiu Xiu, Serge Gainsbourg
Posted by Jeff Klingman at February 3, 2006 09:54 AM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.merryswankster.com/movabletype/mt-tb.cgi/119
Comments
"kevin is gay" is not a mbv rip-off riff nor is it named after kevin shields. read any interview or the news section of giant drag's website from back when the incident happened. a guy named kevin hacked onto the website and the song title was a retort to that.
Posted by: doi at April 28, 2006 02:41 AM
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)
