I have this friend, Casey, who somehow seems to know every dangerously skinny man from Atlantic to Pacific. Thanks in part to this svelt-seeking penchant of hers, I was introduced to LA outfit the Cold War Kids. Saw them on tour with Figurines and Tapes n' Tapes a little over a month ago and was quite taken with them. Their almost percusive use of the piano in the first minute of Hospital Beds was what did it for me.













Cold War Kids - Hosptial Beds

the m's - my gun

sometimes, i get suckered in by suckerer ins. like three-part harmonies and wind-up guitar lines with xylophones tinkling over top, but especially the bridge 2:40 in. this track is also this summer's windows-down soundtrack to my '81 corolla.

And for our second go...Preston School of Industry. This song will have you up and dancing before you know it.


















Preston School of Industry - The Space In Between

welcome.

these sounds will be often updated. one track from one, another from the other.

and now, our opening acclamation: the inimitable john cale


















john cale - antarctica starts here