LIST 20 - 13/09/09

How much does the new Muse single sound like a variation of the Doctor Who theme tune initially? A lot. But I still like it, for all that the lyrics have the merest whiff of impotent rebellion about them.

Elsewhere, there's a dramatic instrumental from Japan, stompy folk from Bristol, instrument-swapping all-female japes from Norway, the most twee Scottish duo ever, a popular American hobo, and an extraordinary experimental track from over 40 years ago. Oh, and two helpings of They Might Be Giants!



LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Galaxy of the Lost (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaHJJgoR0-s

MUSE – Uprising (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCdMMd3dpk4

BLITZEN TRAPPER – Furr (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqtlcHiSHTE

FUJIYA & MIYAGI - Ankle Injuries (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5XVeENmLMk

MONO – Follow the Map (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89zzHCfZ_zs

THE IMPOSSIBLES – The Drum (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H8Sg6s0dM8

ORTZROKA – Planets (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkD4jF8LXjo

KATZENJAMMER – Hey Ho (On The Devil’s Back) (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IBCqovBk5Q

THE WHIP – Divebomb (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY9vcpdhv74

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – Roy G Biv (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf33ueRXMzQ

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – They’ll Need a Crane (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XdqMGBZjGM

BABEL – Pearl Street Raga (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlwRwPIoFDs

SUGAR CRISIS – We Are Here to Save You (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKZtyBfAZ7A&feature=related

THE ORCHIDS - Another Saturday Night (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hxkrUz0k88

PLASTIC OPERATOR – Folder (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX6rzEX3CK0&search=plastic%20folder

WHITE NOISE – Here Come the Fleas (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRacpYt5F0&NR=1

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR – Set Guitars to Kill (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU_wQb1qs-4

TILLY AND THE WALL – Beat Control (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVNycEoGtnQ

CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE – Killers (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MqBZxYgtQ0

SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE – Rockist part IV (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfi8ZMu1mXM

SEASICK STEVE – I Started Out With Nothin’ (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=113FzU6Uf9U