Got a little down there for awhile. Alternative stations were dropping like flies last month, including a rather good one in Reno. Things seem to be stabilizing and I'm taking grim pleasure in seeing the main culprit -- Merlin Media facing ratings for their ill conceived and ill executed all news stations that are 1/3-1/6 of what Q101 and RXP were getting.
So back into the fray, with some tunes that I like hearing and I would like to hear more of on alternative radio.
1) Helena Beat -- Foster the People I know I slagged on their giant Top 40 hit. but this one is catchy good. Falsesetto vocals and depressive lyrics, and really sick, twisted video.
2)Face to the Floor -- Chevelle The best hard rock on the planet because they're the least flashy -- and really put thought into their lyrics.
3)How Come You Never Go There -- Feist Who apparently is feeling a little bit feisty. This is far liviler stuff that what appeared on the last album.
4)Blood Pressure -- Mutemath They used to make tons of songs like this in the 60's --strutty little tunes with unison harmony. I'm smelling breakthrough hit here.
5)Cruel -- St. Vincent No one else is doing this -- even when she approximates rock, as she does here -- she seems to be singing pop from another planet. Really twisted video that hammers home the lyrics about domestic disquiet.
6) Tragedy's a Coming -- Primus Yes, they're back, and taking funk to dark places that even George Clinton fears to tread.
7) Colours --Grouplove Usually hate this neo-hippie stuff. I'm old enough to have caught the tail end bands like Rusted Root and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros sound too second hand. Maybe because that's not all they got up their sleeve --they've got 80's roots as well. Maybe because they rock the folk rock.
8) Get It Daddy -- Sleeper Agent Punk energy without the anger and angst.
9) Up All Night -- Blink 182 Jimmy Page called. Wants to know if he could borrow that killer riff.
10) I Might -- Wilco Nice little rocker from Wilco. Got a soft spot in my heart for any song featuring organ.
11) Paradise -- Coldplay In full lush mode. Lovely anyway.
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