Thursday Random Eight (02/27/2009)

Deerhoof - The Moose's Daughter: I've been pretty vocal about my enjoyment of Deerhoof. I captured this from a WFMU broadcast; at about 5 minutes, it is one of their lengthier tracks which runs through a number of distorted and progressive beats.

Smog - Sweet Smog Children: A bit of a dud from the Wild Love album that I rave about. It almost seems like transitional filler between songs.

Boris - Untitled: A fifteen minute experimental track from the Smile album ranging from quiet piano to crazy guitar playing. Boris is a recent find for me; it is typically heavier and louder music but isn't afraid to expand into different elements of sound from both an instrumental and vocal approach.

Amon Tobin - Wires & Snakes: Probably my favorite artist releasing music today. Just about everything has a great beat, interesting progressions, and always original.

Tom Waits - Singapore: There are a lot of simply fun songs from Tom, and this one is right at the top of the list.

Material Issue - Chance of a Lifetime: Guess he missed it.

Lucienne Boyer - Parte-moi D'autre Chose: I bought this CD because of a Boyer song on the City of Ghosts soundtrack. Occasionally I have a fondness for old recordings and, in retrospect, it makes me sad that I let an old Victrola with a large record collection leave our family when it could now be collecting dust in a corner of our house.

Neil Young - Guitar Solo 2: Another track from the Dead Man soundtrack; a noisy, distortion-heavy track.