1. Jens Lekman \u2013\u201cA Postcard to Nina\u201d<\/p>\n
A Scandinavian Curtis Mayfield tune, R&B tremulous and open-hearted, in which the singer offers to serve as beard to a German lesbian, and a lesson in the realness of fake things.<\/p>\n
2. Sleigh Bells \u2013 TREATS<\/p>\n
Sure, it heralds the whitewashing of M.I.A.\u2019s sound, replacing her favela dubstepping and worldbeat from the Planet of Slums with pseudo-samples of songs you already have on your iPhone. Where Maya had aborigine children, Sleigh Bells are content to offprint The Pixies. They manage to take an old P-Funk cut and leave it sounding like \u201cSugar Sugar.\u201d But I like The Pixies\u2014and The Archies, too\u2014and an ecstatic whiteness is better than most.<\/p>\n
3. Jay-Z \u2013 THE BLUEPRINT<\/p>\n
\u2026because I\u2019ve been watching Season 4 of The Wire<\/em>, and I miss Stringer Bell, and this helps.<\/p>\n 4. Cat Power \u2013 \u201cColors and the Kids\u201d<\/p>\n 5. Willie Nelson \u2013 NAKED WILLIE<\/p>\n 6. Keegan DeWitt \u2013 \u201cSay La La\u201d<\/p>\n 7. Modest Mouse \u2013 NO ONE\u2019S FIRST & YOU\u2019RE NEXT<\/p>\n 8. Karen O & The Kids \u2013 \u201cHidaway\u201d<\/p>\n 9. Beeda Weeda \u2013 \u201cBaserock Babies\u201d<\/p>\n 10. Hayes Carll \u2013 \u201cShe Left Me For Jesus\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. Jens Lekman \u2013\u201cA Postcard to Nina\u201d A Scandinavian Curtis Mayfield tune, R&B tremulous and open-hearted, in which the singer offers to serve as beard to a German lesbian, and a lesson in the realness of fake things. 2. Sleigh … Continue reading