I’ll Meet You On The Outside

The Kat Cosm “My Letter Of Fate I Write For You Tonight” – This is a tender, sentimental ballad set to an arrangement that feels woozy and slightly out of it, making it a fine match for my current condition: doped up on cold medication, with a heavy head full of fluids. Even without feeling ill, this song has a way of making the whole world feel slower. It’s only two and a half minutes long, but it somehow feels much longer than that, though not in a boring when-will-this-end sort of way. (Click here to buy it from Staubgold.)

Le Tigre “On The Verge” – My expectations for the new Le Tigre album had been drastically diminished by their cringe-inducing lead single “New Kicks,” so it’s good to hear that the majority of the record is actually pretty good, and in some ways an improvement on their typical formula. There’s nothing on the album as obviously brilliant as “Deceptacon” or “Keep On Livin’,” but the album is somewhat more consistent in terms of quality. “On The Verge” is the highlight of the record, and it is basically everything that I’d want from a Le Tigre song – blustery electro rock with Kathleen Hanna on full blast doing her punk cheerleader thing. (Click here to pre-order it from Amazon.)