The Click Wheel Five V

I enjoyed Moistworks' version of the Click Wheel Five yesterday, and thought it time for another installment of my own.

The Cure - The Walk (Acoustic)
from Greatest Hits

I don't really like the inclusion of acoustic recordings of all the band's hits on this compilation. They're not the intimate re-readings or hushed affairs one would expect from the (Acoustic) tag; instead it's the same song with horrible acoustic-electric guitars and xylophone and the same drums as before-- a disaster. Though, I suppose, it's not so disappointing when it's an alternate version of a song I don't really know anyway.

Pavement - Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent (live)
from Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe

I don't listen to a lot of Pavement in the colder months. Something about their gum smacks and gold soundz makes much more sense in the loose clutches of heat and boredom, and with that said, I'd like to celebrate their return.

Pretty Girls Make Graves - The Nocturnal House
from Elan Vital

R.I.P. RIPPERS

Richard Hawley - Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
from Coles Corner

"It was a performance entirely and wonderfully out of time, flawlessly and tastefully executed without an ounce of pretension. I can't imagine anyone not liking Hawley's music, which isn't to say it's innocuous or uninteresting. It's just that, despite its obvious strength, music this classically good can feel well-known, and in the neverending search for the new and different it's much too easy to dismiss Hawley as an (admittedly teriffic) oldies-fetishist. Ironically, it is his music which stands out from the majority, nearly flawless and particularly stirring."

Okkervil River - The Next Four Months
from the For Real single

Writing this morning, looking out the window, blue sky's efforts to overcome some weird and unwelcome coastal grey were distinct and commendable. Okkervil River in the Black Sheep Boy-era were a band of black and fire-red, and that does not bode well for my morning. Daybreak recedes.

Kinda boring, I know. We'll do better next time.