A day late and a dollar short...been listening to a couple thigns the last couple days...


The Raveonettes: Lust Lust Lust
This was waiting for me last night in my mailbox when I got home. I think it's their best yet, and I'm already a fan. It kinda takes the heavy Jesus & Mary Chain feedback sound of their first stuff and couples it with a bit more breadth they first opened up to on Pretty in Black. The opening track is another one with a great Duane Eddy style guitar twang cutting through the fuzz and kicks things off right. The whole thing looses a bit of momentum as it winds down, but I'm gonna be listening to it a ton. Sure, they're not the most original band in the world, but I've got no problem with a band shamelessly wearing their influences on their sleeve if I like those influences. And, white noise guitar squall meets wall of sound meets old style rock 'n' roll melodies ain't gonna rub me the wrong way.



Working For A Nuclear Free City: Businessmen & Ghosts
I just stumbled across this one, but I believe it came out last year in England and then was issued with a whole second disc of material late in the year in the US. This one's a jumble of all kinds of stuff. They'd be one of those bands impossible to get a taste of in a singe song as they run from slow electronic instrumentals to all out rock songs and quite a bit in between over the course of 2 discs. From Manchester, I've heard them compared to Stone Roses, which makes sense, but they also throw a heaping healping of electronics into the mix. This thing is all over the place, but manages to stick together. The sprawl kinda reminds me of Spiritualized in parts, but with more drive and energy and less lazy hazy moments. Rampant excess and hard to pin down, and so far I'm quite fond of it.

And, by the way, looking forward to that comp Mike.