Thursday Random Eight (04/09/2009)

Oleg Kostrow, Supersonic Future - In Three Hands (V Tri Ruki): Another fun track from the Moscow: The Sex, The City, The Music compilation. A bit slow yet bouncy, this compliments the CD's rather diverse collection nicely.

The Paper Chase - The Most Important Part of Your Body: A typically dismal song from a fun band who never met a minor chord they didn't like.

Steve Westfield & The Slow Band - Reject Me First: From the release of the same name, this was released during the height of "lo-fi" music. Featuring Lou Barlow on one track (which was what caught my eye years ago when I first bought it), Steve Westfield isn't quite as subtle as Sebadoh was at the time, but the songs are very well constructed and typically entertaining.

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps: Has anybody ever heard of this song before?

Voivod - Meteor: From the Negatron album, an aggressive thrash song at a very good period on Voivod's history.

Boredoms - Eeedoms: Been a while for the Boredoms on the random eight. The Chocolate Synthesizer release, which hosts this track, is particularly annoying at times, and this track full of trumpet-ie goodness is not an exception. But, I like annoying, and the Boredoms, so it all works well.

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs: A great track from one of my favorite musicians. From the Frank's Wild Years trilogy, this is really Waits in his prime.

Deerhoof - Running Thoughts: Been a while for Deerhoof on the random eight as well. This is another math-beat engaging track with interesting progressions and stray sounds that all mix well together. Deerhoof falls into a short list of bands who I look forward to new releases from these days.