I realised watching this awkward (sometimes vulgar) highscool comedy the other day, slipped in-between the laughs are notes of funky and upbeat tunes that emanate every bit of cool the protagonists aren’t.
See here for insatiable funk gold and very rocky numbers. Thank god for the found soundtrack…
The Bar-Keys – Too Hot To Stop (opening)
The Rapture – The Echoes (played in the house party scene where Seth becomes a blood brother)
The Remains – Why Do I Cry? (backgrounded when McLovin is in the back of the police car)
He loves the era of Love, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who…etc, etc, etc. These old rustic pop songs often soundtrack slow-motion scenes beautifully. This entry is an accolade to Wes Anderson, on the back of his Fantastic Mr. Fox film that I am led to believe is entirely different to his normal vein of quip, witty indie flicks that are a little bit clever and a lot of cool…
The Rolling Stones – 2000 Man (from the close of Bottle Rocket)
The Kinks – Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worrying About That Girl (from Bill Murray’s bomb into a swimming pool in Rushmore)
Paul Simon – Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (from the boy’s rebellion with Gene Hackman in The Royal Tennenbaums)
Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To My Lovely (from The Darjeeling Limited)
David Bowie – Queen Bitch (from the close of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou that is a very cool tribute to Buckaroo Banzai)
With Joss Stone slagging off Lily Allen recently in the media which I mean, come on, we don’t really care about because Joss Stone covers tunes and Lily Allen writes her own – oh, and Joss Stone is uglier with a deep, husky man voice – so anyway I thought I would cheer Lily Allen up by creating 10 reasons why she’s the sexiest babe in pop music.
Shit, I know responses to Vitalic’s latest stuff has recieved mixed responses. Yes, sometimes it seems to go more pop than techno, more electro disco than dirty techno. But I don’t know, I think they’re electroclash grooves of disco-inspired antiquated eightie’s synth electro that is sometimes a bit 8-bit / Crystal Castles and then a bit Donna Summer, really really works. Personally I think Vitalic have climbed their goddamned peak.
Your Disco Song = banging, but could take or leave it in the end. Poison Lips is better. Terminateur Benelux is like Prodigy without having to listen to Keith fucking Flint scream ‘Take me to the hospital’ (Come on, we all know Warrior’s dance was the best tune on that album and Keith fucking Flint didn’t say a fucking word). When it comes to dance music, all you need is a gargantuan tune and any shitting vocal sample you like, don’t care. Let’s get on with it… Where’s the big bass line?…Why, right here:
Miiiiiikee Snow (how’s that for I’s, Mike?) is playing it all, all right – an accomplished pop album out on release that buzzes with a noteworthy innovation and a super catchy single… ‘I’m still, I’m still an animal’… a chorus that unfortunately, whisper it quietly, I find pretty fucking annoying.
However, his best move so far has been passing his Black & Blue track in to the trusty hands of Tiga (which was then passed in to my not so trusty hands by my good friend, Celia).
This tune, no doubt, was made for the club.
Listen here for acidic squeaks, bellowing tribal toms, vocal swells, reverb and a rocking sub bass line that you no more hear than you feel, if your subwoofers up to the job anyhow. Careful, this tune is so filthy you’ll need a hazmat suit to listen to it.
Mmmm…. Sub Pop Records. Think Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, etc etc etc….
But here are a few reasons why Sub Pop is as strong as ever, even in the noughties, bar on-the-radar reasons like Postal Service, The Shins, Iron & wine, blah blah blah, fucking blah.
No Age – Losing Feeling
Sub Pop’s most promising outfit. These guys can swirl their sounds like any Slowdive or My Bloody Valentine can. This could easily feature on Lost in Translation’s soundtrack (ah 6 years old that film and I’ll never stop name dropping it, just try and make me).
Kinski – Rhode Island Freakout
Sonic Youth inspired? It grows into a super beast towards the end, trust me – a summer open-roof tune.
Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You
Bit more recent than Kinski and a bit more reflective of Sub Pop’s current focus on Shinsy folk-inspired collectives.
Sera Cahone – Baker Lake
I included the vid to this one because it’s pretty beautiful, just like the tune. Ah, the sound of brushed snares, plucked banjo and acoustic guitar chords.
Shit, I know responses to Vitalic’s latest stuff has recieved mixed responses. Yes, sometimes it seems to go more pop than techno, more electro disco than dirty techno. But I don’t know, I think they’re electroclash grooves of disco-inspired antiquated eightie’s synth electro that is sometimes a bit 8-bit / Crystal Castles and then a bit Donna Summer, really really works. Personally I think Vitalic have climbed their goddamned peak.