Kristen Sollee: March 2, 2008

february/march ennui

the end of winter, not yet spring, a few songs to describe this middling part of the season. best embodied by the japanese concept of ‘hiesabi’ or chilled melancholy, withered beauty.

1. Bauhaus – “Mirror Remains”

   Off their new album Go Away White. Listen.

2. Lords of the New Church – “Russian Roulette”
3. Entertainment – “A Seduction Walks”

   Off their new album, Gender. Listen.

4. Killing Joke – “Love Like Blood”
5. IAMX – “The Alternative”

   Listen.

6. Chris Isaak – “Talk To Me”
7. Patti Smith – “Pissing In A River”
8. Danzig – “Sistinas”
9. Recorder – “Lil Boombox Rocker”

   Listen.

10. Roy Orbison – “Blue Bayou”