Top 5 Tunes

M.I.A. / Bonde Do Role Edition.

Meant to post this a month ago but never got around to it.

1. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
2. Marina Gasolina by Bonde Do Role
3. Solta O Frango by Bonde Do Role
4. Boys by M.I.A.
5. Galang by M.I.A.

The last M.I.A. song is also used by The Arbiters in their fantasic mashup, Missing Sweet Love Thing, which is finally back up on their myspace page and available for download.

And, on the subject of mashups, finally tracked down that Strokes/Christina Aguilera mashup I was trying to think of a few days ago: A Stroke of Genius

Top 5 Tunes

The Top 5, Hoochie Pop Edition!

Editor's note: myspace, I discovered not too long, is a great place to legally listen to music without having to buy it. The only price you pay is waiting for all the cruft on a typical artist profile page to load -- and the cost against your good taste exacted by the aesthetic of some profile designers.

But an even better place to listen to a song on command for free: youtube. So most the links below go to youtube pages.

1. The Party by Justice (with Uffie)
2. Konichiwa Bitches by Robyn
3. Lip Gloss by Lil Mama (and a positive message, to boot!)
4. It's the Beat by Simian Mobile Disco
5. Rehab by Amy Winehouse

Also receiving votes:
Thats Not My Name by The Ting Tings
Grip Like A Vice (Blackaffair Remix) by The Go! Team
Sweet Dogs by Trolle//Siebenhaar

My Blogboard Top 5

My musical tastes at the moment, let me share them with you:

1. Don't You Evah by Spoon
2. Volver a Comenzar by Café Tacvba
3. En Cada Lugar by Frederico Aubere (mp3)
4. The Salmon Dance by The Chemical Brothers (not the remix)
5. Running Away by The Polyphonic Spree

And, finally, in honor of the rain forecast for L.A. tomorrow (the first in months!), Loudon Wainwright III's Grey in L.A.

What's cool is that you can listen to all of these (for the time being) on myspace.

There's also a mesmerizing song they've been playing on KCRW the last week or so that I really like. One of those hybrid, jazz-sampled, dub-mix sort of things where the title doesn't necessarily have any relation to the lyrics and the band could be from London, Sweden, or Van Nuys. I tried to track it down on the KCRW playlists. I suspect that it's Sugar Mama by Bitter:Sweet, but I haven't been able to find the song online to confirm. But I'll look out for the name next time I hear it.

Update: just heard it around 9:10pm on KCRW. Not Bitter:Sweet. But Trolle//Siebenhaar – Sweet Dogs (unremixed version on myspace page.)