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Tapes ’n Tapes, “The Loon” (XL Records)
Sprinkle some Pixie dust, think some anxious thoughts, and watch your
feet hit the Pavement. (Oh, how very clever! Playing “Guess that influence!” via Disney!) Originality is a fickle creature. Derivations are
not always, cannot always be off-putting. (Don’t make me quote
Plato.) The own-two-foot-ed sound is as rare as, eh ... Bigfoot? “The
Loon” doesn’t exactly blow open the door on the discussion, but it’s
not unlistenable, either. The real bummer is that “Insistor,” a TexMex shuffle that sounds more like Tapes than its tapes, is still my
favorite song, and I downloaded it almost two years ago.
Everything old is new again,
again. That’s the unofficial mantra
for much of today’s music. That’s
also why the music of some of
the hottest young acts at this
weekend’s Street Scene salutes
bygone styles and decades. Want
proof? We have it:
— KYLE PROEHL
SEE MORE ALBUM REVIEWS FROM STREET SCENE BANDS
ON TODAY’S ALBUM REVIEWS PAGE IN NIGHT&DAY.
Hard-rock/metal
Wolfmother (Time Warner Stage,
7:30 p.m. Friday): Headbangers,
rejoice! The classic 1960s powertrio sound is reborn in this brash
Australian band, whose songs also
reference Deep Purple, Budgie
and Uriah Heep.
Cameron Wittig
Bonus points: Lead vocalist
Andrew Stockdale looks like
the drummer from Grand Funk
Railroad — and sounds like the
bastard son of Robert Plant and
Aussie (um, Ozzy) Osbourne.
◗ MIX THIS
Slacker-rock
TAPES ’N TAPES (Zarabanda
Stage, 4:30 p.m. Saturday): If
you’ve never heard Pavement or
The Pixies, this lo-fi Minnesota
band’s music is perfect for you.
Bonus points: The group’s album
“The Loon” includes lowbrow and
lofty song titles alike (“Cowbell,”
the hip-hop savvy “The Illiad”);
a partial nod to Moby Grape
(“Omaha”); and silly lyrics the
young Prince could have written,
like: I’ve been a better lover with
your mother.
Neo-psychedelia
WEST INDIAN GIRL (Zarabanda
Stage, 3:30 p.m. Saturday):
Move over, Blue Cheer. This Hollywood quintet also is named after
a potent type of LSD, but its music
soothes (rather than assaults) the
senses. Think early Pink Floyd
and Flaming Lips, by way of Sigur
Ros and Air.
Bonus points: The band’s song
“Leave Tonight” suggests Simon &
Garfunkel on Quaaludes.
— GEORGE VARGA
◗ MIX TAPE
COVER GUY SEAN O’DONNELL
TELLS US THE 10 SONGS HE’D PUT
ON HIS PERFECT MIX CD:
WE ASKED OUR STREET PEEPS TO OFFER UP
SOME FAVORED DOWNLOADS OF STREET SCENE
BANDS TO PIQUE YOUR INTEREST:
1. “Misfit,” Elephant
1. “If I Could Talk I’d Tell You,”
The Lemonheads
1. “Paper Kitten Nightmare,”
Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s
2. “Pilot,” The Notwist
2. “Dig for Fire,” Pixies
2. “I Decide,” What Made Milwaukee Famous
3. “This Charming Man,”
The Smiths
3. “I Know You Love Me,”
Smoking Popes
3. “Cowbell,” Tapes ’n Tapes
4. “Obstacle 2,” Interpol
4. “Once in a Lifetime,”
Talking Heads
5. “I Don’t Wanna Fall in Love,”
She Wants Revenge
READER AND ESCONDIDO
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
SAHARA GEORGE SENT US
HER PERFECT MIX CD:
5. “Jezebel,” Iron & Wine
5. “Range Life,” Pavement
6. “I’ll Follow You Into the
Dark,” Death Cab for Cutie
6. “Look Back in Anger,”
David Bowie
7. “Wonderwall,”
Ryan Adams >
7. “Soldier,” Neil Young
8. “Just Like We Do,”
Eisley
8. “I’ve Had Enough,” The Who
9. “Publish My Love,”
Rogue Wave
10. “True Love Waits,”
Radiohead
10. “New Slang,”
The Shins
9. “Plenty for All,” Hot Snakes
Phillip Andelman / Lost Highway
SEND YOUR PERFECT MIX CD TO
street@uniontrib.com.
4. “Your Summer Dress,” Dirty on Purpose
6. “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret,”
Queens of the Stone Age
7. “Triumph,” Wu-Tang Clan
8. “I Gotcha,” Lupe Fiasco
9. “Miles Away,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10. “Kissing the Lipless,” Shins
HEAR THE STREET’S MIX AT
2 P.M. TODAY, 10 P.M. TOMORROW
AND THIS WEEKEND
ON AMPLIFYSD.COM.