Our Plans Fell Through

Oxford Collapse “Electric Air” – The dudes in the Oxford Collapse spend most of their time in “Electric Air” singing the words “I can’t remember things” again and again, and the funny thing is, even though the song gets more rocking and they sing other words, I somehow have a hard time remembering that when the song is through. The music just whips by you, like a car zooming down the road, heading off to some exciting thing that is almost immediately forgotten. It’s a song about road trips — and it seems specific to family vacations — but it’s refreshingly unsentimental, and just focused on this strange yet relatable mix of thrill, boredom, and confusion. (Click here to buy it from Sub Pop.)

Fluxcast #3 – As promised, here is the third episode of the Fluxcast. This is my favorite one so far,  and it includes music by artists such as Plus-Tech Squeeze Box, Scissor Sisters, Christina Aguilera, Guided By Voices, Lykke Li, Hans Appelqvist, and the Meters. This project is still a work in progress, so feedback is very helpful. Enjoy. I’m looking into having this set up so that you can subscribe to it via iTunes or whatever.