New Music Thursday

Congratulations to the Democratic party for winning the House and the Senate yesterday (as well as the governor's races, the state legislatures, the Missouri stem-cell research vote, the minimum wage law votes, the abortion ban vote in South Dakota, and yeah, basically everything).  But I promise this will be the last political post for a while.  And if the Dems screw up nearly as badly as Bush did these past six years, you'll hear about it here.  I'm an equal opportunity hater and up until 2 years ago was buying all of Bush's bullshit.  But this blog has maybe gotten too political and serious of late (at least according to Switsky, but he whines a lot so he's not the best of sources), so I'll try to lighten things up in due time.  For now, though, I just got back from class and it's late and I've had a crazy busy week, so you're just getting some new music mp3's instead.  Enjoy.

Oh, and go Rutgers tomorrow night.  F Louisville.

• Mogwai has released a new soundtrack to a movie called Zidane: A 21st century portrait, which is about the French soccer star Zidane who head-butted the Italian in the World Cup Finals.  That's all I know about it, but here's a couple brand new Mogwai tracks.  Buy it here.
  
  • Download Mogwai - "Black Spider".mp3
  • Download Mogwai - "Black Spider 2".mp3
• And here's a few assorted tracks that have made my top 10 of this week.  Like I said, it's late.  I've got nothing else to add.  These are just great songs by a bunch of different bands.
  
  • Download Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eyes".mp3
    
    • Yes, the singer sounds a lot like Billy Corgan at times... I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing.  Buy Carnavas here.
  • Download The Thermals - "A Pillar of Salt".mp3
    
    • Yes, this sounds like Bad Religion from 1990 or some other "classic" punk outfit.  But it's damn good.  Buy the new album here.
  • Download The Hold Steady - "Teenage Liberation".mp3
    
    • This actually sounds quite a bit like Bruce Springsteen at times.  Again, not sure if that's a good thing or not.  Buy Boys and Girls in America here.
  • Download Swan Lake - "The Freedom".mp3
    
    • This is the latest track from the new group involving Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown) and Dan Bejar (Destroyer) and it's been in my Top 10 for 2 solid months.  I absolutely love this song.  The debut album from Swan Lake, Beast Moans, is available November 21st.  And that is definitely a good thing.  Buy it here.