City Weekly is asking locals what’s playing on their iPods and assorted digital toys'brand-new tunes, classic favorites, etc.'right now, and why. This week, the in-house staff edition (yes, it is a rip-off of Staff Box in the front of the paper).
nnWolf Parade, “Lousy Pictures”
(2005, SubPop.com)
nnHaigen Pearson: “When I’m heading to work and strolling downtown in the early morning, I’ve been starting my daily soundtrack off with this catchy strut track.”
nnCoq Roq, “Bob Your Head”
nn(2005, CoqRoq.com)
nnBill Frost: “Coq Roq, the punk band dressed like psycho chickens in those Burger King commercials'I think they’re Metal Gods in disguise.”
nnDeath Cab For Cutie, “405 (Acoustic)”
nn(2000, Barsuk.com)
nnLindsay Larkin: “It’s one of the prettiest songs I know, so self-indulgently depressing. Best listened to while road-tripping.”
nnnBarry Manilow, “Mandy”
nn(1974, BarryManilow.com)
nnNatalie May: “I can’t explain why. I just like it.”
nnnFall Out Boy, “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”
nn(2005, FallOutBoyRock.com)
nnLisa Mitchener: “I realize I’m supposed to detest this track due to the fact it belongs to the entirely-too-trendy-but-once-indie-cool emo genre, but with lines like ‘I’m just a notch in your bedpost, but you’re just a line in a song,’ I can’t help but love it.”
nnnNada Surf, “Blizzard of ‘77”
nn(2002, NadaSurf.com)
nnJared VanAarle: “From Let Go'actually, the whole CD is great and I never skip a track.”
nnnManu Chao, “Clandestino”
nn(1998, ManuChao.net)
nnNaomi Zeveloff: “I like it because its dance-y rhythm belies the Spanish story of an illegal immigrant, a clandestine trying to make it in ‘Babylon,’ or the U.S. In light of the increasing tensions surrounding immigration in the valley, I find it particularly relevant.”
nnnSiouxsie & the Banshees, “Peek-a-Boo”
nn(1988, Vamp.org/Siouxsie)
nnJodie Johnson: “It’s like your little black dress; it transcends time.”
nnGuided By Voices, “Echos Myron”
nn(1994, GBV.com)
nnJenny Poplar: “GBV always float my boat in the summertime.”
nnnEmiliana Torrini “Lifesaver”
nn(2005, RoughTradeRecords.com)
nnAnna Papadakis: “Icelandic accent, amazing vocals (Bjork Esthero) and perfectly depressing lyrics. She may be the perfect woman.”
nnThe Doors, “Love Street”
nn(1968, TheDoors.com)
nnJosh Wangrud: “Entourage not only has some of the best pot-smoking antics on TV, but also has damn fine music. Like this classic jam heard at the end of last week’s episode, and now inside my brain where it refuses to leave.”