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Track List – October 26th
Or, the Halloween Weekend Post-Party Hangover Extravaganza.
Also known (in Japan) as “The Show Where I [Metaphorically] Drooled All Over My Brand New Boards of Canada Vinyl Like a Huge Music Snob.”
This dapper dinosaur is a BoC fan too.
In all seriousness, I really enjoyed this show. I went in without much of a plan, but I discovered some great stuff right there in studio which I’ll definitely be playing more of in the future! The John Vanderslice album, in particular, is really interesting. Let me know what you thought of this week’s playlist, and remember that next week I’ll have Teagan Johnston in studio with me!
As always, the format is Artist – Song (Album).
The Dears – Ticket to Immortality (Gang of Losers)
The Mountain Goats – Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton (All Hail West Texas)
Jordan Klassen – Go to Me (Repentance)
Neko Case – Wild Creatures (The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You)
Jets Overhead – Heading for Nowhere (No Nations)
Boy – Skin (Mutual Friends EP)
Dark Dark Dark – Wild Goose Chase (Bright Bright Bright EP)
Benny Goodman – Why Don’t You Do Right? (Best of Ken Burns Jazz)
Boards of Canada – Peacock Tail (The Campfire Headphase)
Procol Harum – A Salty Dog (Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
Basia Bulat – The City With No Rivers (Tall Tall Shadow)
John Vanderslice – A Better Whirlpool (Vanderslice Plays Diamond Dogs)
OneOhTrix Point Never – Americans (R Plus Seven)
The Magnetic Fields – The Night You Can’t Remember (69 Love Songs)
Josh Ritter – The Curse (So Runs the World Away)
Gold Motel – We’re On the Run (Summer House)
The Polyphonic Spree – You Don’t Know Me (Yes It’s True)
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October 2013: Gold Motel – “Summer House”
Some bands are just so perfectly twee that you can almost hear their skinny jeans rubbing against their Keds while they bop to the beat. And it’s easy to make fun of this stereotype, but I think it’s mostly because it’s tough to do twee indie pop-rock very well nowadays. The difference between bad and good indie pop can be tiny, but it’s always there.
Gold Motel is an example of how to do twee right. Summer House (2010) is upbeat and adorable; singer Greta Morgan (once of The Hush Sound) and her bandmates are mostly Chicago natives who wrote the music inspired by their time in the Southern California indie scene, and it shows. You can almost see them performing a gig outside under the palm trees, with mustaches and ironic wifebeaters all over the place. Morgan’s voice communicates all the upbeat cuteness you could want out of a summer-y record like this; the drums are upbeat and the guitar riffs are catchy. Tracks like “Safe in L.A.”, “Stealing the Moonlight”, and “Don’t Send the Searchlights” are particular favourites of mine. If you’re looking for something to cheer you up as the winter slowly approaches, Summer House is a poppy, bubbly dose of sunshine.
Gold Motel on Bandcamp: http://goldmotel.bandcamp.com/album/summer-house
Twitter: https://twitter.com/goldmotel
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