CDs i got in april

nick cave -- i already talked about this one.

The Dears - End of a hollywood bedtime story.
romantic noir pop. or something. they're from Montreal, canada. their music is big and grand and traumatic and crazy. crazy! the lyrics are about love and lies and shame and hollywood beds. think of 60s french pop, 70s Bowie, and maybe some Pulp. sick. beautiful.

Novillero - The Brindleford Follies
super canadian indy pop. yay. Rusty (an occasional Salteen) is in this band. he plays trumpet and keyboards and does backup vocals. me and cat met him one time in Caledon East, wherever the fuck that is, when he was playing with the Salteens. Rod Slaughter is the singer of this band and i happened to meet him years ago when he was with Duotang, and they were touring with Plumtree. we sat in the dirty hotel room with them and he entertained us by playing "The Game's Over" by Plumtree on his bass guitar, and singing it in a falsetto. but thats just name dropping. basically this band rules. they're a 6-piece. layered pop. four-part harmonies. lounge mod pop punk ska. you should listen to them too. this and The Dears can be ordered from No Records.

New Order - Republic
classic. the last album that New Order put out. i hear they're touring and/or making a new album right now, so that's good news. this album rocks in every way possible. i don't even have to describe it. if you arent familiar with new order, just go download "Regret" or "ruined in a day". If you like new order, i like you better.

wanker! hopefully i'll finish some more Locked in the trunk of a car today.