Thursday Random Eight (11/13/2008)

Moscow Groove Institute - 1/4 South Vietnam (Metro Mix): From the "various artist" collection Moscow: The Sex, The City, The Music, this is one of a many entertaining, bouncy electronic tracks.

Skinny Puppy - Amnesia: Another song from The Process, the Puppy at their most industrial.

Ixox - Space Cadet: From Pierres Brulantes, a self-released CD by a French artist, a great composition and a prime example of solid self production.

The Replacements - Left of the Dial: My favorite band forever and ever and ever, this is one of the more notable songs from the Tim release.

The Boomtown Rats - Elephant's Graveyard: You could insert my rave about the Rats made a few weeks ago here. Even though the Mondo Bongo release departed from their earlier, more punkier sound, I never lost interest in their later recordings.

Philemon Arthur & The Dung - Jag Mar Si Illa: The award for the weirdest band of the random eight goes to this song with little chance of the remaining two unseeding it (even if a goofy Boredoms song shows up). The Wikipedia entry probably sums up the band better than I can: Philemon Arthur and the Dung is a mysterious music group from Scania, Sweden, consisting of two members known only by the pseudonyms Philemon Arthur and the Dung. The band formed in the early 1960s under the name The Popbeams, which they changed before the release of their first album. The duo's true identities are most likely known only to a few individuals at Silence Records, the record label that the band has worked with since 1971. Philemon Arthur and the Dung do not want their identities to be known, lest those who live in their small village find out who they are.

Jeff Beal - His Name Was Michael: From the Carnivale soundtrack, the HBO show that died an unfortunate death after two seasons on the cable network. The show had great, moving music.

Gang of Four - I Will Be A Good Boy: A nice, haunting track.