You can take the boy out of the indie...

[boyofbadgers]

Three things:

1. I've had the new Arab Strap album on repeat for the last couple of days. It's easily the best thing they've done. Aidan has found wuv and is grudgingly optimistic about it. All still partially cloaked in a fug of stale beer and last night's used condoms of course but he's positively joyous in places. Hell, he even SINGS for most of it.

2. Listened to Seamonsters this morning and am now unreasonably excited about seeing The Wedding Present next week. I hope they'll be as good as they were the last time I saw them, at the late lamented Duchess in Leeds. In 1993. Argh.

3. As noted in catsgomiaow's poll, my favourite Xmas song right now is No Xmas For John QuaysLittle Drummer Boy. What I didn't say is that this is almost entirely due to Low's uber-indie slo-core version of the song.

It appears that November has made me come over all indie. And with no Poptimism on the horizon to cure me either. Help!

Comments

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

But but but...'I'm So Happy You Failed'! 'Let's Not (And Say We Did)!'

They may not have the timeless, eerie beauty of Artists' Rifles but Laptop are a great deal of fun.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I was thinking more of Pop Mechs and Low Birth Weight than Artists' Rifles. I liked the latter a lot at the time but in retrospect it feels like the beginning of the end for them.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The song I was listening to was "Nothing To Declare", its clumsy electro has aged pretty well really.

The Piano Magic connection just isn't there to my ears!