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I’m still head over heels in love with The Rosebuds. They’re so unpretentious. After last year’s Night of the Furies (which was probably my second-favorite album of the year, after Kala), they’ve come back with Life Like, another stunningly great ten-track album. It’s a little louder than Night of the Furies, with more of Kelly Crisp singing and less of Ivan Howard’s vocals; a couple, the duo take turns singing over arrangements that make you wish it was still acceptable to call things “pop-rock.”
The album came out Tuesday on Merge; I’m not posting any mp3s because I’m still having all manner of dumb computer issues, but check out their Myspace, which is streaming about half of the album, including the title track, the creepy Cape Fear, and the wonderfully nerdy Bow To The Middle.
Also on my stereo a lot this week is Difficult Fun, the bouncy debut album by Swiss group Larytta. It sounds like a bunch of European computer dorks wanted to create a pop album, but only listened to white R&B Justin Timberlake and ABC. I’d compare it to Jamie Lidell, too, except that the Jamie Lidell album made me want to commit murder and this makes me just want to dance around while I clean the kitchen.
Difficult Fun’s out this Tuesday on Swiss label Creaked.
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Last night when I was DJ-ing, I learned a couple of important lessons:
1. Saint Etienne’s version of I’m Too Sexy, when played at 10:15, will not only cause people to step away from the dancing area; it will, in fact, cause them to leave the bar altogether.
2. DJ-ing with an ipod is boring and more frustrating than it should be.
3. Drunk girls really like the Cannonball Jane cover of the Jets’ Crush On You.
4. Drunk girls also really like Essential Logic, Kleenex, The Rich Kids, and No Protection by Pansy Division.
5. But they loathe the Teenagers’ remix of Womanizer.
6. Also, Czech exchange students are the best dancers.
7. And being a rock DJ is way more fun than being a dancy DJ.
