Why Defrost A Frozen Kiss?

Busdriver “Lefty’s Lament” – It’s hard for me to hear Busdriver’s overstuffed verses and nerdy cadences without comparing him to America’s least respected rapper, MC Paul Barman. The style and sense of humor is almost identical, though Busdriver is blessed with a context more palatable to the majority of hip hop fans – ie, he is not an Ivy League educated Jewish suburban bohemian and thus does not need to overcompensate with selfdeprecating humor. The first half of this track is fine enough, but be sure to stick around until the faux-smooth r+b chorus kicks in around the two minute mark, since that is very obviously The Good Part. (Click here to pre-order it from Amazon.)

OOIOO “Be Sure To Loop” – Wow, OOIOO have a best-of album already. I suppose that it’s a smart idea, since it’s good for a lot of people to have an easy entry point for artier bands with more than a handful of albums. This is my favorite OOIOO song by far; a J-Pop style Krautrock epic that works the same magic as early Stereolab by stretching out a simple bubblegum hook into a droning pop mantra. (Click here to buy it from Polystar.)

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