Record Reviews: Modest Mouse B-Sides
Felix Da Housecat
He Was King
SOUNDS LIKE: Chi-town DJ’s euro-dance record after years of techno, electroclash and house records; still requires binky and cargo pants.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Rave music is like porn: you know it when you hear/see it.
FOR FANS OF: Cut Copy, ecstasy
Tantric
Mind Control
SOUNDS LIKE: Days of the New-founded
radio-friendly adult alternative rock with a husky-voiced, long-haired rings-wearing douchey lead singer.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Too soft for punk, it’s probably your God-loving that makes this record stink.
FOR FANS OF: Daughtry, Linkin Park, Nickelback
Tom Brosseau
Posthumous Success
SOUNDS LIKE: The North Dakota veteran’s newest is his biggest, most indie-rock sound filled out by organs, banjo and accordion.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Joins Lawrence Welk, Peggy Lee and Louis L’Amour in the N.D. Hall of Fame.
FOR FANS OF: Nick Drake, open mic nights
Modest Mouse
No One’s First, And You’re Next
SOUNDS LIKE: Some B-sides and unreleased tracks from previous two records, surprisingly acceptable and not re-packaged bullshit.
FREE ASSOCIATION: The old stuff is good, for sure, but Johnny Marr’s keepin’ ‘em relevant.
FOR FANS OF: Good News..., We Were Dead...
Japandroids
Post-Nothing
SOUNDS LIKE: Two brilliant Vancouver boys drumming/
wailing on guitar and shout-singing in unison about girls, drinking, the rain.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Two-person lo-fi fuzz rock has never sounded so friggin’ awesome.
FOR FANS OF: Thermals, No Age, rock
YACHT
See Mystery Lights
Sounds like: The brains/beats behind the Blow, Portland arty-boy Jona Bechtolt’s second DFA LP is a delight of rhythm and electricity.
FREE ASSOCIATION: The perfect soundtrack for parties, sex, exercise, trips, studies and more.
FOR FANS OF: The Blow, LCD Soundsystem
Still Life Still
Girls Come Too
Sounds like: Debut LP from Toronto indie rockers—soaring guitars, healthy percussion, catchy hooks and swelling vocals.
FREE ASSOCIATION: MAN, Arts & Crafts keeps spewing out epic indie poppers. Broken Social Who?
FOR FANS OF: Grizzly Bear, Canada
Joe Henry
Blood From Stars
Sounds like: Indie songwriter mainstay who’s changed his style from jazzy blues to folksy country; his third thoughtfully sad LP for Anti-.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Boozy, rainy day breakup music that makes you write an epic love letter.
FOR FANS OF: Tom Waits, Nick Cave
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