Thursday Random Eight (05/28/2009)

Sajada Al Ubaid - Ala Honak (Take It Easy): From the Choubi Choubi! Folk and Pop Sounds from Iraq release from a few years ago, this is a Middle Eastern folk-sounding tune from a fairly interesting collection of songs.

Amon Tobin - Remix By AFX - (with AFX): From the Recorded Live: Solid Steel Presents CD, this is Tobin at his finest.

Cheer Accident - Track 29: The crazy experimental / progressive band puts out a nice, chaotic release from Introducing Lemon.

Cerberus Shoal - Falling to Pieces, Pt. 2: In a way, this is very fitting as I discovered Cerberus Shoal and Cheer Accident on the same day years ago. From And Farewell to Hightide, this is an arty collection of songs that works very well as a package. I can't say I've ever found a Shoal release that I liked as much as Hightide.

Amon Tobin - Searchers: An eerie track that exemplifies that, while you'll always get a fun beat out of Tobin, you also always get a wide variety of styles depending on the album you are listening to.

Stewart Copeland - Liberto: A track from Copeland's fun African music collection, adding to the uniqueness of today's random eight.

Everly Brothers - Not Fade Away: A tad bit psychedelic from the duo who were much more than the generic pop stars some of their songs would lead you to believe they were.

Frequencies - Untitled: An electronic collaboration with Mick Harris (Napalm-Death) and Eraldo Bernocchi, this is a dark ambient release from the man who strayed from the extreme metal sound.