Top Ten Songs of the Week 3/2/09
Here’s this week’s hit parade! This is how we do every Tuesday:
1. Jay Bennett – I’ll Decorate My Love
Opening salvo on the former Wilco multi-instrumentalist’s bitter, brooding new solo cd (available for free download here).
2. Edison Woods – Wind Song
A new one from the lush, atmospheric, often haunting chamber-rock group — minimalist, stark, haunting, with especially nice vocals from composer Julia Frodahl. Eventually this will be a part of a marvelous album called the Wishbook Singles.
3. Marissa Nadler – Mexican Summer
Ethereal noir shoegaze song from the haunting Boston chanteuse. She’s at Joe’s Pub on 3/4 at 9:30
4. Thalia Zedek – Hell Is In Hello
Another sweet intense guitar maelstrom from the former Come frontwoman.
5. The New Familiars – The Storm
Hypnotic delta blues gone grasscore – wild stuff. They’re at Public Assembly on 3/14.
6. The Mess Around – Drunken Words
“Bullshit I can’t? Bullshit, I care?” Whatever. Play this as loud as you can without going deaf or, if you’re at work, without getting fired. They’re at the Charleston on 3/20.
7. The Brooklyn What – Sunbeam Sunscreen
It wouldn’t be a Top Ten without a Brooklyn What song, would it. This is a tasty live version. They’re at Don Pedro’s on 3/5 at 10.
8. The Bombers – One Foot in the Grave
Sonic Youth meets Ted Leo.
9. Elextra – Afro Punk
Spooky surf dub en Espanol. They’re at Ace of Clubs on 3/11
10. Wet Coma – Song About Revenge
AC/DC parody, predictable but funny. They’re also at Ace of Clubs on 3/18 at 8.