5 Songs for September

3 New Songs and 2 Classics:

NEW:

"Parachute" - Shugo Tokumaru

Perfect end-of-summer song. It has burrowed into my brain the last couple weeks, causing me to walk around singing "PRA-chute! PRA-chute! PRAAA-chuuute!!" all day, which my girlfriend finds somewhat entertaining.

Streaming from his MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/shugotokumaru

"Cape Canaveral" - Conor Oberst

Oberst's voice is so much more restrained on the new "solo album" than on his Bright Eyes records, which I view as a good thing. This is the best song off the new record.



"Furr" - Blitzen Trapper

Judging by this song, Blitzen Trapper are moving away from spazzy Pavementesque rock and towards Dylanesque folk.



CLASSICS:

"September Gurls" - Big Star

Because it's September and this is the maybe (or definitely) the best power pop song ever . . .



"The Hardest Walk" - Jesus and Mary Chain

I'm a little disappointed in myself for going so long without investigating JAMC. Psychocandy is basically just 60s pop fuzzed-out with some nasty-sounding distortion - it's a great concept that JAMC execute perfectly.