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Music Mo'nday: April 16

By Rob Cohen, April 16, 2012, 9:21am, Qmmunity

Time for your weekly music hot flash. Kazaam!

Side note: Screw you, YouTube, Vevo, and Vimeo for making it so annoying to make all the videos the same size.

"Blood for Poppies" - Garbage

Garbage: the most "alternative" band I could find back at the tender age of 15. I somehow convinced my mother to send me alone from Brownsville to their show in Nacogdoches. They we're on a campus tour with shit, I mean, Lit, and it was only 20 bux. Picture a young, queer twink in a Garbage T-shirt walking out of the Houston bus stop round 4am with a big bag of chips. If I remember correctly I wound up giving some guy $10 just to leave me alone. I weaseled my way up front and center, next to a crass, non-fan jock couple, getting bouncer boobs mashed in my face during Lit. It was oh so worth it though, to finally be in front of my goddess Shirley Manson. I could swear she was singing to me, her red armpit hair glistening as she gyrated. It was fucking awesome.

I grow out of bands a lot (no one over 23 should have Death Cab on), but I always like to check back in. I'm sorry to say that they found a way to make an even lamer song than "Why Do You Love Me." This wretched, rusty clunker of a comeback single sounds like Limp Bizkit took a wah-wah caca in my ears and shows no sign of progress from the group. I am not ready to give up on them just yet, though. The new album better be good!

"I Want You" - Prinzhorn Dance School

This sparse, post-reverse-psuedo-über-meta-whateva-punk duo takes The XX out of the bed and onto some dirty New York alley. Who wouldn't want to hear they're wanted sans pretense?

"Beautiful Life" - JJ

JJ take way more drugs than a touring funk band and melt hip-hop down into beachy aural goo.

"Seaqz" - Mouse on Mars

Vastly under-appreciated bleepbloops don't need no dubstep gimmicks to fray your wires. Just when you're getting bored, the track blooms with glittery jazz hands. Never doubt their commitment to Sparkle Motion.

Local Top Faggy Fives

DJ Young Creature's 5 Awesome Cover Songs from Alien She, April 7

"Sunday Girl" Family Fodder
"I Think We're Alone Now" Lene Lovich
"My Way" Nina Hagen
"Into The Groove" Ciccone Youth
"Lola" Raincoats

Mouthfeel Top 5

"Take It Easy My Brother Charles" Jorge Ben
"Party in Slow Motion" Dancinatra
"We Are the One (Natural Self Remix)" Hot 8 Brass Band
"Home Again" Menahan Street Band
"Nadine" Fool's Gold