Barbara Morgenstern, Mother of Pearl
Go-Go’s, Vacation
Pacific Theater, Wicked Fire
Giant Drag, Blunt Picket Fence
Phantogram, Mouthful of Diamonds
The Gits, It All Dies Anyway
V.V. Brown, Quick Fix
Giant Value, A Good Thing
The White Stripes, Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Go Betty Go, Unreal
Holly Miranda, Joints
Lisa Germano, If I Think of Love
SPC ECO, Shine on Down
Lisa Gerrard, If I Think of Love
Spc Eco, Shine on Down
Lisa Gerrard, The Rite
You Say Party! We Say Die!, Laura Palmer’s Prom
Gemma Ray, Dig Me a River
Joan of Arc, TRACK 5
Hannah Georgas, Chit Chat
Sonya Kitchell, Mr. Suicidal
Fuzzy, Lemon Rind
Soft Cotton County, I Can’t Sleep
Fur Cups for Teeth, Edie Idol
Balbec, Pedro Bonita
Free Kitten, Noise Doll
The Mood Swings, Crush
Edith Frost, Waiting Room
J. Perdiod and Nneka, Walking
Frente, Labour of Love
Charlotte Gainsbourg, In the End
Fonda, Theme from “The Operatives”
Flashing Red Airplane, It’s a Long Way Down When You Know the Way
Florence + the Machine, Girl With One Eye
Posts Tagged ‘gemma ray’
Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 48, December 13 2009 Playlist
December 13, 2009Brilliant Colors, Short Sleeves at Night
Polite Sleeper, Eleven Months
Nouvelle Vague, Master and Servant
Polynya, Fields
KT Tunstall, Black Silk Ribbon
Marianne Pillsbury, Boo Hoo
Hawnay Troof, Like Her
The Pipettes, Pull Shapes
El Perro Del Mar, Change of Heart
Pizzicato Five, Love’s Theme
The Slits, Babylon
The Pillowfights, Afternoon
South China, Escape
Picnic, I’ll Be There
A Fine Frenzy, Happier
Liz Phair, Go On Ahead
Waumiss, Nightingale
Gretchen Phillips, Peola
Gemma Ray, 1952
Persephone’s Bees, Nice Day
Etienne Jaumet, For Falling Asleep
Peaches, AA XXX
Espers, I Can’t See Clear
The Peechees, Tea Biscuit to Show
Old Canes, Next Flood
Jemina Pearl, Heartbeats
Little Dragon, Blinking Pigs
Peggy Sue, Lover Gone
Drink Up Buttercup, Heavy Hand
The Peekers, Gather It All
Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 47, December 6 2009 Playlist
December 6, 2009Hindi Guns, Loaded Gun
Run for Cover Lovers, Transmission Standard
¡andale!, Black Is Bad
Ruby, Paraffin
Pariah Piranha, Reading Rainbow
The Rondelles, The Upshot
Brilliant Colors, Over There
Royalchord, Too Easy
Amos the Transparent, The M.O.B. Catalogue
The Rocking Horse Winner, Tomorrow
Hey Young Believer, Grand Design
Mia Riddle, Texas
Gemma Ray, Fist of a Flower
Miranda Lee Richards, Hidden Treasure
Thao With the Get Down Stay Down, Cool Yourself
Rilo Kiley, Go Ahead
The Slits, Trapped Animal
Lou Reed, Lady Day
Hawnay Troof, Like Her
The Reputation, Cartography
The Middle East, Blood
The Rentals, Naive
The Corner Laughers, Dark Horse
Red Five, Hold Me Down
Drink Up Buttercup, Why Can’t I Touch It
Red Aunts, Ruby (What I Won’t)
Real Estate, Cebe and Me
The Reaction, It’s About Time
His & Her Vanities, Wait It Out
The Randies, Put Out
Rainer Maria, Already Lost
Amy Ray, Black Heart Today
The Raveonettes, D.R.U.G.S.
Rancid, Civilian Ways
The Quails, Shine a Light
Quasi, California
Puffy Amiyumi, Love So Pure
Proud Simon, Everyone on the Train Could Use a Little Change
Pre, Teenage Lakes
The Pristeens, Someday
Pretty Girls Make Graves, 3
The Primitives, All the Way Down
Plastiscines, Bitch
Polite Sleeper, Eleven Months
Gemma Ray “Lights Out Zoltar!”
November 22, 2009Sugar’s sister? No, Gemma Ray is just some bird from London, as Americans refer to the British when they want to sound British.
The songs are enjoyable enough. They’re harmless to listen to in that you could be in the minivan on the way to the farmer’s market, where the combined pollution created by your driving there and the farmer driving there in his big-ol’ trailer for 120 miles more than offsets that those pomegranates are “organic.”
“Fist of a Flower” is the best song ever. I am a sucker for repeated lyrics mixed right after each other. You know those commercials where they show cake batter being poured into a pan and how it goes back and forth over each other, making a little cake batter mountain? That is what this song does. I want to lick the beater! This isn’t as ethereal as the Cocteau Twins, but if they ever took guitar seriously, they would make a song like this. And then when they toured, Gemma Ray could open for them. Well, I’m glad that that’s settled.
“1952” is a duet with some dude, and he is also pretty good. This track is a little darker than the others, but again, the vocals make it work, and how. It’s quite remarkable.
If you want more of a Kate Bush-meets-Alannah Myles feel go for “Dig Me a River.” I prefer the tracks that emphasize her singing, so I will take the strangely named “If You Want to Rock and Roll.” This song doesn’t rock because it’s too good for that.
I’m sold. I’d like another serving of Gemma Ray, posthaste.
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