Barbara's Best (#1)

Welcome to my weekly posts of daily music selections! This weekly post will offer up some of the best new, old, and live tracks that will I think will make your week just a little bit more enjoyable... now onto the magic:

Sunday: Close out your weekend with Camera Obscura's The Sweetest Thing. This Scottish band's (named after Nico's 1985 album) indie pop croon will have you holding that someone special close on a dark Sunday evening under a blanket with a cup of hot tea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSanTYPm2g

Monday: Start your work week off right (and loudly) with Fenech Soler's Lies. This kick-ass electronic dance anthem will have you dancing at your computer by 10am and distract you from your boss's non-sensical shit demands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0takBpMWtM

Tuesday: Pick your head up off your keyboard to rock out to Atlas Sound's Walkabout. The lead singer from Deerhunter veers off on his own course to create a surreal sound that is like MGMT plus a 60's pop ballad that will leave you with chills up your spine and smiles in your ears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QHbOg-Sd1M

Wednesday: Throw some magic into your hump day with The Magic Wands' Black Magic. This drum machine infused handclapping, guitar riffing masterpiece created by a ray-ban wearing duo will leave you singing and dancing on your subway ride home from work and keep you grooving on your next subway ride out to party the work week away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwS1TQVmY8

Thursday: Watch out for those New York City womanizers at Thirsty Thursday with The Big Pink's Doninos. The band billed as Britain's next big thing by the NME rocks the beat with this electo-rock tale of conquest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGnNlQ-KNv4

Friday: (Live Track of the Week) Switch gears from the work week to the party weekend with The Dead Weather's I Can't Hear You. Alison and Jack seethe sexual tension as they brawl on stage and her voice challenges his guitar in a battle of rage, grunge and whiskey. (And of course I had to do a track with Mosshart tearing it up...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcfIiwNx5c8

Saturday: (Classic Track of the Week) Walk the streets with nostalgia of the old drugs, theft, and broken dreams that used to rule NYC with The Velvet Underground's (and Nico) Run Run Run. This tale of 1967 Manhattan characters complete with guitar riffs decades ahead of the time is an integral part of one of the best albums ever produced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bp-ihtgzdE

DISCLAIMER: I have chosen the above songs for the MUSIC and NOT the accompanying videos (in fact I listen without watching) so please do not judge the track based on the visual aspect of the clip.... well except maybe Friday's clip... Until next week's musical masterpieces of magic...

xx bb