The Loving Sounds of Static - 7/15/08 1-3am storming the bastille

hey rockers. the theme for the second half of my show was french or french-themed rock/pop/electro. tracklist follows, star means new bin, multiple stars are for high recommendations - that'll have to do until we have the new commentary system. enjoy!

• alaska in winter – “balkan lowrider anthem” dance party in the balkans* (not as weird as it sounds, very pleasant)
  
• drakkar sauna - “the family who prays” wars and tornadoes***** (louvin bros. cover record - faithful!)
• from bubblegum to sky – “je m’apelle” a soft kill*
• mirah – “the sun” the old days feeling* (very pretty and features some "big name" guest instrumentalists)
  
• adem – “to cure a weakling child + boy/girl song” takes***** (james called me at this point, very nice cover)

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• sj esau – “depth perception lack” small vessel****** (if you're into syd barrett, that is)
• marc ribot’s ceramic dog – “party intellectuals” party intellectuals******** (wild, funky, rockin', and all kinds of good)
• mark farina – “Christian malloni – on our way (tommy largo remix)” fabric 40*
• m83 – “up!” Saturdays=youth* (synthtastic)
  
• nomo – “brainwave” ghost rock************* (big RIYL holy fuck!)

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• sebadoh – “homemade” bubble & scrape* (still emotional!)
  
• twink – “alabaster island” a very fine adventure************ (bonus points for great name, fantastically sugary but not brainless toy-tronica)
• tape – “reperto” luminarium*

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bastille marathon commences with french rap/electro set:

• mc solaar – “a dix de mes disciples” prose combat
  
• iam – “empire du cote obscur” l’ecole du micro d’argent (the dark side of the force!)
  
• air – “californie” premiers symptomes (can't really forgive these guys for their latest records, but hey, i love the older stuff)
  

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french house/techno set plus "raï"-ified cover of the clash:

• mylo – “paris four hundred” destroy rock&roll (fun record, very good for driving)
  
• justice – “d.a.n.c.e. (mstrkrft remix)” (this one's a double whammy)
  
• stardust – “music sounds better with you (radio edit)” music sounds better with you (ultimate dancefloor cut, no joke)
  
• daft punk – “crescendolls” discovery
• rachid taha – “rock el casbah” tekitoi (hypemachine this!)

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peppy french electro, (fake) french punk, french-architecture-inspired rock, and 60s french girlpop:

• stereolab – “french disko” refried ectoplasm (one of my favorite bands of all time)
  
• uk subs – “party in paris” singles 1979-82 (silly but fun)
  
• plastic bertrand – “ca plane pour moi” (see above)
  
• pixies – “alec eiffel” trompe le monde
• france gall – “poupee de cire, poupee de son” (little known fact: german version is even better than the french one!)
  

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winding down set/running out of time, french cafe music and spooky conceptual klezmer:

• paris combo – “on n’a pas besoin”
• (faded out/talked over for bbc prep) david krakauer’s klezmer madness – “the haunted French opera house” klezmer, ny

and that's all she wrote. had a great time in the studio tonight!