Playlist #14
Issue 27
“Black Cab”
artist: Jens Lekman
album: Maple Leaves (2003)
Petulant lyrics like “I killed the party again” could have been penned by Morrissey.
Listen/Download: http://www.secretlycanadian.com/artist.php?name=lekmanjens
“Gila”
artist: Beach House
album: Devotion (2008)
Haunting music and entrancing vocals.
Listen/Download: http://www.beachhousemusic.net/Beach_House/Media.html
“The Choice”
artist: Make Up
album: I Want Some (1999)
Gospel influenced rock.
Listen: http://www.last.fm/music/Make+Up/_/The+Choice
“Spiracle”
artist: Soap&Skin
album: Lovetune for Vacuum (2009)
Eerily beautiful vocals infused with fury and pain.
Listen: http://www.myspace.com/soapandskin
“For Real”
artist: Okkervil River
album: Black Sheep Boy (2005)
Lyrically bleak with vocals drenched in barely restrained violence.
Listen:http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid
=8099998&ap=0&albumid=9460363
*Compiled by Melanie Uyeda