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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
 

 

I finally got around to catching the Lovely Sparrows last night.  They played as a six-piece over at the Salvage Vanguard Theater here in town, and it was pretty great.  You all really need to remind yourselves that the very good (trust me, I've been listening to it a lot) Bury The Cynics will be out in September.  Now, onto the fun that is the Mae Shi.  I've thought that the band was pretty awesome since I saw them kill at SXSW with an insane set at Emo's, but it wasn't until Pitchfork posted up something new yesterday that I realized I needed to actually mention how much I like them.  Oops.  You won't find the track below on HLLLYH, but it does give an nice indicator of what you can expect if you decide to go out and pick it up.  Enjoy.

:The Mae Shi - See U Again (Miley Cirus Cover):  I knew I was in trouble with this song when I listened to it the first time, laughed and then promptly felt the need to put it on repeat for a while.  Is it the humor of covering a Miley Cirus song that gets me?  Maybe it's the wide range of electronic sounds?  The pulsing beat?  Or is it just simply one of the more catchy songs I've come across lately?  I really don't know, but I get the feeling that I don't really want to.  This is guilty pleasure at its best.

This isn't any necessary live footage of the the guys performing, but the way it's shot does a good job in cluing you in on how kinetic they can be onstage.  The song is called Run To Your Grave.

 

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