alt-J - In Cold Blood

April 30, 2017 | Kerri

01110011
Crying zeros and I'm hearing 111s
Cut my somersaults and my backflip
Pool, summer, summer, pool, pool summer
Kiss me
Hair the way the sun really wants it to be
Whiskey soda, please, your G&T is empty
Chairs, inflatables have sunk to the bottom
Pool, summer, summer, pool, pool summer
Kiss me

(Now you dive in)
Callie, let's dive, dive down
To the pool's bottom where we belong
Callie, we're sinking like a bleeding stone
All above crowd around so fucking loud

I first came across this trio from Leeds by seeing them perform on the big stage, second to the night's closer, at ACL a couple years ago. I realize that makes me less than hip, but I've been making up for that lack of alternative music knowledge with a vengeance since then - as this blog fairly proves. Anyway, they put on an impressive show then, and I'm really liking the new songs they've released now (this and "3WW") prior to the full album coming in June.

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Loose Tooth - Garlic Soup

April 29, 2017 | Keith

remain totally in control of the things you spew
releasing totally unconsciously
feel the shame you spew

recently i swam in a river
made of my own waste
i saved it for just this occasion

i was sent to relay the message
allow me to repeat
i was sent to relay the message
and the message is this
i was to relay this message
allow me to repeat

Loose Tooth is a garage outfit from Philly, and their latest release Big Day is a lot of fun. It's catchy in a bit of a challenging way that's really satisfying. They remind me a lot of early Built To Spill, and I think that's saying something--There's Nothing Wrong with Love is one of my all-time favorite albums. It was a bit hard to choose a song to share with y'all, so check out "Garlic Soup" and if you like it, give the full album a spin.

RIYL: Car Seat Headrest, Built To Spill, Pile, Two Inch Astronaut

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Lil Dicky - $ave Dat Money

April 28, 2017 | Keith

I ain't never hit a bar with a cover
Low thread count, hard with the covers
Free trial memberships though
I never join the shits though
Fuck you think this is though?
Frequent flying like a motherfuckin' finch tho
General Tso, half a dozen on the stick
Just so I can whet the appetite of dick
What you talkin' about?
My AC never doing nothing, blow fans
Walgreens card shoppin' all the off brands
Boy go hard when collecting, got Venmo
Save every motherfuckin' roach, tryna smoke
Check the clothes in my drawers, I ain't playin' around
It's LD, lil boy, Mr. Hand-me-down
Dirty drawers gettin' worn, can you blame me now?
You think I got $4.50 up in quarters on me well I fucking don't!

I've spent way too much time this week listening to Lil Dicky. Turns out his cuts are good for running. Who knew? Anyway, he's a bit more than the second coming of MC Paul Barman. But really, the reason I chose "$ave Dat Money" for today's MIS is so I could include the bonus video for "Pillow Talking". If you've not seen that, you're in for a crazy, clever, and surreal treat.

RIYL: The Lonely Island, Macklemore, MC Paul Barman