Blaaahg radio

Our long national nightmare is over: there are finally new songs in the BlogRadio.

• Evan Dando- Purple Parallelogram. This song was written with Noel Gallagher of Oasis when they were partying their way across Europe together after Oasis blew up huge. Now, I know many people think Dando's a total waste, and that Oasis is worthless and probably always has been. But, I'm a yuuuuge fan of both. The Lemonheads "It's A Shame About Ray" is in my top 5 albums of all time, and, to this day, the only tattoo I've ever seriously considered getting is the Oasis logo. So, having Evan and Noel write a song together is pretty major for me, and even though this song is pretty much a throwaway, I still think it's totally brills. Just the bounciest, brightest, poppiest thing the human race could ever collectively imagine. I'm really bummed the sound is so piss-poor, but it's supergreat still.
  
• Lily Allen- Alfie. 'Member that track of hers I posted a while back? The one that (I think) used a sample from that calypso song they use at the end of "Beetlejuice?" Well, her album finally came out; it's a gold record already in Britain. This is the last track on the album, and the first time I listened to it, I actually laughed out loud when the beat drops at about :24. Just awesome.
  
• Sun Kil Moon- Neverending Math Equations. Ok, so, Sun Kil Moon is basically just one guy, and this song is one cut from his last album, which is composed entirely of covers of Modest Mouse songs. I don't care for Modest Mouse, personally. Never have. I mostly find them intensely annoying, even when they made an appearance on The O.C. But a lot of songwriters find their songs to be fucking incredible. Whatever. So, I was skeptical when my buddy Will gave me this record. And I'm still only lukewarm on it, but I actually like this song quite a bit. It made me curious, so I checked out the original version, and it was the same old bunch of tuneless yelps and pointlessly angular guitars. I think it helps that this guy can actually find a melody, and then sing it.
  
• The Juan McLean- Give Me Every Little Thing. Acutally a relatively older track, a single from 2003. This guy used to be in a punk band, but he got sick of the scene and now he makes dance music. It's produced by the DFA, who produce other indie-dancey bands like The Rapture, and half of the DFA is the uber-rad LCD Soundsystem. Pretty great. Oh, yeah, so this is from the one CD I bought from that stack of great used stuff at the record store? When I had my moral quandary? Now you can dance to the sounds of my ambivalence. So 2006.
  
• Camera Obscura- Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken. Great title. I think it may be in reference to "Say Anything." Anyway, I love this song. Truck's officemate came by my office the other day to chat, and caught me chair-dancing to this song. And then didn't even ask what I was listening to! And that's why we'll never be together. That, and she rags on my driving. That dog won't hunt, Monsignor.