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Miike Snow, Florence & The Machine, new Placebo, etc...and FBLs for a few days
Posted 8/26/2009 9:00:00 AM
FBL Tue 8/25
Men At Work "Overkill"
PJ Harvey "Down By The Water"
Soul Coughing "Rolling"
Sublime "Doin' Time"
Ataris "Boys Of Summer"
Rocket From The Crypt "Born In '69"
The Might Be Giants "Birdhouse In Your Soul"
Dandy Warhols "Bohemian Like You"
Reel Big Fish "Beer"
Incubus "Pardon Me"
Soul Asylum "Somebody To Shove"
Daft Punk "Around The World"
Save Ferris "Come On Eileen"

UKTX
Bloodshy & Avant are a Swedish production and songwriting team, with songwriting credits on the likes of Britney Spears' "Toxic", and production nods on tracks for Madonna and Kylie Minogue, among others.   Like Pharrell Williams, Peter Bjorn & John, and other production whizzes before them, though, they sought another outlet--and named it Miike Snow (not a typo).   Bloodshy and Avant are joined in Miike Snow by Yank singer Andrew Wyatt; their self-titled debut came out this past spring; "Animal" is the one getting love on UK radio these days.  Here's some pretty good live footage from an SF show this year:

 


FBL Mon 8/24
Deftones "Passenger"
Weezer "The Good Life"
Living Colour "Cult Of Personality"
Siouxsie & The Banshees "Peek-a-Boo"
Faith No More "Midlife Crisis"
Mad Season "River Of Deceit"
Concrete Blonde "Joey"
Nine Inch Nails "March Of The Pigs"
Specials "Ghost Town"
Love & Rockets "No New Tale To Tell"
Clash "I Fought The Law"

UKTX
Florence & The Machine are essentially Florence Welch and whomever she chooses to team up with.  Debut album Lungs came out back in July and has picked up a Mercury Music Prize nomination.   You heard first single  "Kiss With A Fist" several months ago; today, check out "Rabbit Heart":



FBL Fri 8/21
Harvey Danger "Flagpole Sitta"
Smiths "Girlfriend In A Coma"
Monster Magnet "Space Lord"
Siouxsie & The Banshees "Dazzle"
Prong "Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck"
Our Lady Peace "Clumsy"
Chumbawamba "Tubthumping"
Green Jelly "Three Little Pigs"
Foo Fighters "Breakout"
Blondie "Dreaming"

UKTX
The Temper Trap's debut Conditions arrived in the UK earlier this month, and will hit the States in October.   We've featured "Sweet Disposition" before (and you may have heard it all over 500 Days of Summer).   Here's a video reminder:



FBL Thu 8/20
Peter Murphy "Cuts You Up"
Operation Ivy "Soundsystem"
U2 "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me"
Yaz "Only You"
Deadeye Dick "New Age Girl"
Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love"
311 "Down"
Ramones "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg"
Uninvited "Too High For The Supermarket"
Ministry "N.W.O."
Human League "Don't You Want Me"

UKTX
Hockey hails from Portland, Oregon, but the band's broken through in the UK after some Brit industry decisionmakers saw 'em here at SXSW last spring.  Their first album is still a month-plus away (9/28), but they're two singles deep on UK radio.   You've previously heard "Too Fake" a couple of times on UKTX.   Today, we feature the follow-up over there, "Song Away":



FBL Wed 8/19
Siouxsie & the Banshees "Kiss Them For Me"
Fugazi "Waiting Room"
Talking Heads "Psycho Killer"
Crash Test Dummies "Mmm Mmm Mmm"
Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl"
Normal "Warm Leatherette"
Bad Religion "Stranger Than Fiction"
Echo & The Bunnymen "Lips Like Sugar"
L7 "Pretend We're Dead"
Brand New "Sic Transit Gloria"
Cure "Pictures Of You"
Simple Minds "Waterfront"

UKTX
Fresh off news of a cancellation of their whole North American tour (including Austin's LZR date next month), Placebo comes with a follow-up to their first single from the summer's Battle For The Sun.   "Ashtray Heart" follows "For What It's Worth" to the singles bin and to UKTX.   Here's to Brian feeling better and rescheduled American stops soon; here's the new video to hold us over:


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