New Cardigans single: I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer. [via Torr]

I recommend the Gray Monk Pinot Auxerrois. Cause it's been a long, slow collision.

Sometimes I play Radio DJ at work for coworkers. Here's today's playlist, called Radio Yobbo, cause it features all Brit/Scottish bands. It probably could have been far more extensive, the grime section is a bit lacking, but my work libary isn't as big as my home library. Also, I would have made it a podcast, but it's a bit too long for that, and seriously, only dorks make podcasts.

1. Blur - We've Got A File On You (1:00)
2. The Futureheads - Carnival Kids (2:44)
3. Ludes - Your Dog Don't Bark (3:15)
4. The Subways - Oh Yeah (2:58)
5. Mclusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues (1:51)
6. Art Brut - Good Weekend (2:49)
7. Hard-Fi - Cash Machine (3:42)
8. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure (3:19)
9. Nine Black Alps - Cosmopolitan (2:36)
10. 22-20s - Such a Fool (3:56)
11. The Libertines - Death On The Stairs (3:24)
12. The Zutons - Times of Trouble (2:34)
13. The Duke Spirit - Darling You're Mean (4:43)
14. The Dead 60s - Riot Radio (2:23)
15. The Clash - Train In Vain (3:09)
16. Undertones - Teenage Kicks (2:26)
17. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods (3:27)
18. Bloc Party - Helicopter (3:40)
19. Franz Ferdinand - Take me out (3:59)
20. Kasabian - Club Foot (3:35)
21. Electrelane - Two for Joy (5:58)
22. Wolfman - For Lovers (ft. Peter Doherty) (3:51)
23. Babyshambles - Babyshambles (2:20)
24. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot (3:53)
25. Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Pastimes And Lifestyles (4:03)
26. Razorlight - Golden Touch (3:29)
27. Joy Division - Transmission (3:39)
28. Ash - Orpheus (4:16)
29. Moneybrother - Reconsider Me (3:32)
30. Leon - Getting Into You (2:44)
31. The Go! Team - The Power Is On (3:14)
32. Dizzee Rascal - fix up look sharp (3:44)
33. M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gone (3:47)
34. Basement Jaxx - Cish Cash (feat Siouxsie Sioux) (4:18)
35. cry.on.my.console - yeah yeah yeah, you fucking stink! (the most boring mashup ever!!!) (4:52)
36. The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward (3:51)
37. Lady Sovereign - Random (3:05)
38. Gorillaz - Dare (4:04)
39. The Smiths - Panic (2:20)
40. Wire - Kidney Bingos (4:06)
41. The Veils - lavinia (5:31)
42. The Thrills - One Horse Town (3:14)
43. Doves - Some Cities (3:22)
44. Keane - Everybody's Changing (3:35)
45. Athlete - Half Light (3:43)
46. Eskobar - You Got Me (3:38)
47. Oasis - Acquiesce (4:32)
48. Delays - Long Time Coming (3:57)
49. Muse - Time Is Running Out (3:56)
50. Placebo - Slave To The Wage (4:06)
51. The Kinks - Picture Book (2:39)
52. Belle and Sebastian - Your Cover's Blown (5:58)

Track Reviews

Audioslave - Be Yourself
Get me a seashell and I'll moan into it. I bet it'll sound exactly like Chris Cornell.

Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights
Apparantly the correct lyrics are "Come here baby, I love your company", but I always thought it was "Cocaine baby, I love your company", and frankly, my version is way better.

Coldplay - White Shadows
Melody in the chorus is a rip of Midnight Oil's "Beds are Burning". Oh Chris, how can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

The Dandy Warhols - Love is The New Feel Awful
from forthcoming Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

The lyrics are fine and have that distinct Courtney Taylor-Taylor-Taylor-Taylor feel, but the arrangement around them are stuck at about 2 the whole time. At no point does the song build up or get any more exciting. It's like listening to Interpol or The Strokes with only one guitarist. Both those bands need the interplay between the two guitarists for the music to be interesting.

I'm no guitar player, but even I can fuck around on the guitar and make this song more exciting. Hey Courtney, add this riff to the chorus after the double kick-drum beat thing:

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5--7--5--2
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Cause you know, I'm sure bands love hearing how to make their songs sound better from some guy who only knows how to play power chords. I know this is like Frondi telling Ben Affleck that Gigli "isn't gonna work", but it'll at least bring the song up to a 3.

Television - Marquee Moon
Now this is a fucking great guitar rock song. In no way can my shitty guitar playing make this song better.

Let dudes live

Picked up my Superman edition of Sufjan's new album a couple days ago. Album has delayed and has to be rereleased without Superman because DC Comics complained.

"That's why I think we should make out! It'll be research!" This is the kind of thing I'd say.

Sarah McLachlin's nipple wants you to Make Poverty History. Will do nip!

I Support Whatever's Trendy

Who wants an ugly G-Unot t-shirt? Available in 5X, cause that's straight up gangsta.

Olderish AllHipHop.com interview with The Game:

AllHipHop.com: Can you reflect on the beefs in your short career?

Game: Half of them dudes ain't even on my level. The beef with 50 is pretty much squashed. That's a dead issue. We're on the same label, it's a conflict of interest. [And we] both work with and need Dr. Dre. So we don't never gotta speak again, [but] I don't got no beef with dude. Let dudes live.