country sad ballad man

grand national finally saw a stateside release for kicking the national habit yesterday. expecting good things for them in 2006, they've already had huge success in the uk and throughout europe. i'm especially excited to catch them when they open for hot chip on the 11th

grand national - peanut dreams



well, i guess it's time to talk about destroyer.

i'm not going to jump into the already overcrowded critical discussion of destroyer, i'm just gonna say that "3000 flowers" transitions nicely into devendra banhart's "now that i know" in my itunes library. let's leave it at that.

destroyer - rubies

destroyer - 3000 flowers

vice records has picked up another nice addition to their tidy little catalog - electro-stompers justice. best known for their take on simian's "never be alone again" - which, for a while, was seemingly a required inclusion on any and all mix cds - but their new stuff is absolute fucking craziness. sort of what i imagine t. raumschmiere would be like if he was a little bit squelchier.

justice - waters of nazareth


lastly, just when you thought there wasn't room for any more bloc party remixes, disco-not-disco reader greg turned me on to this mix featuring peaches. it is out of control:

bloc party - helicopter (weird science mix feat. peaches)

and why not:

the lemonheads - into your arms