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Kyle’s Six Pix Vol. 38

Aug 3, 2008 Foals, Guillemots, Mike Doughty, Saul Williams, Tapes 'N Tapes, The Jealous Girlfriends

Originally posted on Cuzoogle on May 1, 2008

Holding my Breath, Bits and Pieces Edition

6. Saul Williams, This track is about a year old, but one of my friends went to see him live and keeps playing this song. It got stuck in my head and now I hear it in a Nike commercial all the time. Saul has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a masters’ degree in acting. That’s a pretty killer combination.

5. Mike Doughty, I was a huge fan of his band, Soul Coughing. It’s good to see he’s still working away. It’s odd that he stole the chorus from such a famous song, but he is well known for having an odd sense of humour. Once he announced he was running for senate on the “soy gluten” ticket.

4. Guillemots, This track is just too catchy. I worry about ending up like Sir Ian’s character in this video. Alone, in a suit and surrounded by concrete is no way to live or die. The band likes to wear animal masks when they play live and most of their songs, like the band name, are references to birds.

3. Tapes ‘N Tapes, I got introduced to this band a couple of years ago and I continue to be impressed with their shit. If you haven’t seen the MTV show “Human Giant”, you should. It’s pretty funny and Tapes ‘N Tapes have made appearances begging people to blog about them and to post MP3s.

2. The Jealous Girlfriends, A little shout out to Telly Tunes for this recommendation. She knows her “loud, quiet, loud” bands and these guys remind me of My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth. If I had found a live track with better audio, you would be able to pick out the Mazzy Star style vocals.

1. Foals, These guys have made the Pix before. I have a soft spot for spacey, indie britpop. This band has existed in about three previous incarnations, which they disbanded every time due to things getting too serious. They sound like my kind of musicians.