Thursday-ish Random Eight (10/01/2008)

The first eight songs of the morning after setting the iPod to shuffle play...and just to make it more random, it occurs on Wednesday this week.

Flaming Lips - Talkin' 'bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues: The fun opening to Hit to Death in the Future Head; still my favorite era by the Lips.

Archers of Loaf - Let the Loser Melt: This was truly one of my favorite bands to see live around the late 90's. This song, originally on Vee Vee, is from the live release, Seconds Before the Accident, which is neat but doesn't really capture the energy this band had in person.

Motorhead - Overkill: Yeah, Lemmy!

Galaxie 500 - Listen, the Snow is Falling: What a great band. It was very nice that most of their music was reissued a few years back as it makes for a great part of my music collection.

Deerhoof - Look Away: Another band that is becoming a favorite of the iPod random play. This lengthy track is more like a story than a song, changing directions in rhythm and sound with no clear direction but in an interesting fashion.

Nuno Canavarro - Untitled (from Plux Quba): This is an experimental album from the Portuguese composer that meshes ambient, electronica, and just plain weird noises into a fine collection.

Replacements - Message to the Boys: The greatest rock and roll band ever, if you ask me. This song was one of two released as a reunion of sorts on a recent "best of" album. Frankly, it sounds a lot more like Westerberg's solo work than it does old Replacements music, but a new song is a new song, so I take it for what it is worth.

Smog - Sleepy Joe: For most bands who start performing weird (if not bad) experimental music and move to a more mainstream sound (in this case, kinda alt-country), there always seems to be one release that captures the midpoint of that transition with a great set of tracks. Wild Love is Smog's (Bill Callihan) is that release; just a great mix of music and misery, and Sleepy Joe is one of the more fun tracks on the record.