Sunday, April 30, 2006

the m's without the m's.

I was having trouble deciding between two or three bands this morning, when I noticed their common thread. Upon noticing this I realized what had to be done. More music. I'm to make a menu of musicians whose melodies muster up merriment in my mind. It's difficult to tell what that mutual manacle is, isn't it?
Tomorrow is May Day. And I may be taking a day off for my first practice for Marvin's Room, and to decide on the best songs for Tuesday's Spotlight. So, may your Monday be magical. What follows is twenty songs that represent a cleaning of house as well as a presentation of new finds. It's really Maps and Atlases that led me to the M Day.

Make Believe's "One Zero"
Tim Kinsella and his long-time friends and fellow musicians apparently wanted to play their old Owls songs in an abandoned warehouse while taking a combination of hallucinogenics and steroids.

Man Man's "Engwish Bwudd"
I'm just now getting around to listening to Man Man, in preparation for Pitchfork, and... Well...Wow.

Manitoba's "Bijoux"
Manitoba=Caribou and You=Love Manitoba.

Maps and Atlases' "Every Place Is A House"
These guys were a MySpace recommendation from some message board. Sam Zurick-esque guitar. Very much the kind of Chicago music I've loved inexplicably for a while.

Marching Band's "Home Alone IV"
You tell me. This is just quite good.

Maritime's "Tearing Up The Oxygen"
We, The Vehicles just reassures everything we thought might be the case when we heard Glass Floor. Pitch perfect pop.

Willy Mason's "Hard Hand To Hold"
First generation Team Love folkboy whose debut was just re-released by Astralwerks and is now touring with Radiohead.

Mata Hari's "Jacob Trilogy: I. Mop Up On Aisle Five"
Nate Kinsella of the Joan of Arc tree plays with this mellow organ-drum enlightenment three-piece.

Mates of State's "These Days"
Their cover of Nico's cover of Jackson Browne's (you love it from The Royal Tenenbaums) classic.

Matmos' "Roses & Teeth For Ludwig Wittgenstein"
The new single from the band whose first album was an electronic masterpiece created from found sounds of cosmetic surgeries. The new album will destroy and they'll be at Pitchfork.

The Meligrove Band's "Everyone's A Winner"
New solid indie-rock band on V2.

Colin Meloy's "Charlie"
Colin's neat and Colin's sweet and Shirley Collins' song is a dandy.

Menomena's Eleventh Hot Air Track
Music Saves was given permission to distribute a CD-R of Under An Hour B-Sides and clips. Throwaways are even evidence of Menomena's potential to one day own planet Earth.

Stephen Merritt's "Sounds Expensive"
This show tunes album sounds quite promising.

Metric's "Monster Hospital"
Emily Haines' (of Broken Social Scene) rock band that demands attention.

Minmae's "Everyone knows Jusus Wore a Chain"
Le Grand Essor De La Maison Du Monstre is out on May 9th. Sickeningly Sweet.

The Miracle of '86s' "A Less Important Place"
Kevin Devine's original guitar rock band before he released his incredible solo records. Miracle of '86 was just too good.

Mitch and Mickey's "When You're Next To Me"
Eugene Levy has been in every movie, and most are head-shakers, but when we works with Christopher Guest, it's a whole other story. He and Catherine O'Hara are Mitch & Mickey in A Mighty Wind, which tops Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman as my favorite.

The Most Serene Republic's "Where Cedar Nouns and Adverbs Walk"
These Arts & Crafts outsiders have just released a split 7" with Polyvinyl saviors and next-huge-thing Headlights, and they're pretty spectacular themselves.

The Mountain Goats' "This Year"
These guys continue to impress me. They've been playing for over a decade and the world is just now catching up to them.

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