Radio Dick – Sunday Tea Edition
At the very moment you’re reading this post, I, Kevin, of Citizen Dick, do solemnly swear that last night’s White Denim concert was the cat’s ass, and I also swear that I won’t wake up until at least 12:30 this afternoon. Leave a message at the beep.
In all seriousness, this post was compiled and completed Saturday afternoon, just before rolling out to Coventry to pregame for the White Denim show. Exposion was my favorite 2008 album and Fits will most certainly be on my 2009 list in a month. I wasted no time producing the right mindset for the show. Low-fi and jazz anthems all morning long, rounding out with Exposion in its entirety, with enough decibels to warrant a police visit. The neighbors must have liked the tunes, because Johnny-Law never came knocking, and I rolled out to The Grog Shop several beers deep.
Which brings me to the musical portion of today’s Radio Dick. While I sleep off a hangover, you get to reap the benefits of this week’s list of tunes. I’ve long thought that the tail end of the year is an awkward time for releasing music, in that everyone’s kind of winding down and compiling lists and trying to digest all of the music from January to December. If I had a nasty-good album in the works at the end of the year, I’d probably opt to release it at the beginning of the year. I have conversed with plenty of folks on this topic, typically holding the opinion that the summer months produce the best music releases, while the end of the year arrives sort of flat. 2009 has been a great year musically, and my weak argument is being roundly rejected by some of the stellar releases ready to hit the market. This week’s list compiles a few tracks we neglected to get up on the site throughout the week, as well as a couple fresh tracks we just caught wind of within the last two days. All are solid, and receive our approval. Tegan & Sara’s track, “Hell,” seems to be cleared for posting, so we’re including it. “Cold Hands” by Pants Yell! is one of the songs I inserted into my White Denim pre-game mix yesterday, and for good reason.
Sleigh Bells is an interesting act, as they’ve released a couple tracks recently. The duo creates this big, bombastic sound that’s over-the-top on the first listen, but way too listenable to ignore. Their first track, “Crown on the Ground,” was leaked a few weeks ago, and “Infinity Guitars” steers into the same eclectically loud kick to the groin mentality. I’ve included another Fool’s Gold remix, and to be quite honest, I rarely remember how the original “Surprise Hotel” sounds. I continually bounce back to it just to remind myself. The Mad Decent mix of the song is superb. I’ve also posted Small Black’s “Kings of Animals” for just the right dash of snappy low-fi for today. The rest of the list rounds out some of the bigger leaks of the weak. Enjoy the tunes and, although this post really has nothing to do with Tea, I’ll probably be up and sipping on a hot batch of some by the time you finish with these tracks. I don’t deal with hangovers like I used to, that’s a certainty.
The Raveonettes – The Chosen One
His Clancyness – Misinterpret My Words
Sleigh Bells – Infinity Guitars
Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel (Mad Decent Remix)
Small Black – Kings of Animals
Air – Sing Sang Sung (Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix)
Dirty Projectors – Emblem of the World
Molina & Johnson – Almost Let You In
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