Tunesday

What's in my brain today:

1) "Wash the Day" by TV On The Radio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_dfHPorYNw). Damn, I really like this band now. I know, I know, I am super-late to the party, but at least I made it, right? This is TVOTR at their best: booming, thumping and yet melodic.

2) "Common Burn" by Mazzy Star (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ayH09psxc). GUYS, do you remember "Fade Into You"? You don't? Here you go, idiot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI. This song (and the movie Angus, in which this song is prominently featured) like, defined eighth grade for me. I know Mazzy Star only plays three chords or something for reasons unknown to me, but they're like, THE BEST three chords ever. This new jam from them captures their old dreamy sound while incorporating some new, jazzier and honestly, lighter elements. Good stuff.

3) "Ingenue" by Life in Mono (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otRmKa9WNbM&feature=fvst). Okay, so I just dove down into an eighth-grade wormhole. But do you remember the soundtrack to Great Expectations? I was obsessed. I was also obsessed with the movie and even though it was panned, you could still see how potentially brilliant Alfonso Cuaron was. I mean, setting the Dickens novel in the NYC art world of the 80's? All the green designer couture? So good. Anyway, I could not get enough of this soundtrack. Whatever, just consider yourselves lucky I didn't use the Chris Cornell song I wanted to post.