The Chalets - "Fight Your Kids"

The percussion reminds me of one of those impressive hand-clapping games girls used to play in the schoolyard. You know, where the words that go along with them end in a dirty word that midway through become a non-dirty word and start the next line.
And his vocal melody makes me think of an air horn; a nice-sounding one.
I read on a blog this band compared to Modest Mouse (???) in the sense of "Thank God for the Chalets, that Modest Mouse was sucking." Well, if you're thinking that, stop, it's wrong. a) the comparison is unworldly b) this song is, in my opinion, their best, but I would skip it if it were on a MM cd.

[Buy]

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Soltero - "The Prize"

Ahhhh. My hands are behind my head, and my feet are up on the table. I'm typing this with my toes so forgive any spellinaeknjfnjgvinvnfjsahad. No song needed a light "tra-la-la" as much as this song; it would be the soft tiara upon the lovely forest-princess head that is this lovely tune. It asks you out, and you have no reason not to go. You don't even need a coat.

[Buy Hell Train tomorrow!]

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The Squid and the Whale - a perfect movie. not in a long time have I been so simultaneously aware and unaware of a script. marvelous.