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A weekly playlist for the listener with a one-track mind.
XO featuring Gordo Brega: "Idle Hands"
The local rapper and Diamond District co-founder follows up his "Realmatic" mix tape with the new, slightly breezier "Monumental." This track features an assist from Brega (the self-described "King of Spanglish Hip-Hop") and what sounds like a Harlem River Drive sample.
Yim Yames: "Behind That Locked Door" (George Harrison cover)
My Morning Jacket frontman and unlikely blue-eyed soul singer Jim James was always a solo artist waiting to happen. This track, issued under the name Yim Yames, for some reason, hails from his 2001 Harrison tribute EP, which will finally see release in August.
Nick Catchdubs and Mr. Ducker: "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter '09"
Like its predecessor, the second installment of this nostalgia-inducing '90s alt-rock mix tape is like a Rhino box set in zip-drive format. It's got lots of stuff you loved about the '90s (The Pixies! The Flaming Lips! Uh . . . Ween!) and some other stuff, like Whale's "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe," that had been mercifully forgotten. At least until now.
Liz Phair: "Faith & Tenderness"
It's been six years since Phair morphed into Avril Lavigne's grasping, hot-pants-wearing older sister, but we're still not over it. This promising-but-not-redemptive new track is available only as part of a Banana Republic promo campaign, but considering that Phair's past few albums were best suited for play in Hot Topic stores, it's sort of a step up.
The Magnetic Fields: "Waking Up in Vegas" (Katy Perry cover)
Can the mighty Magnetic Fields turn Perry's latest hit into something tolerable? No. No, they can't. But the sight of a bored-looking Stephin Merritt singing harmony while wearing a sparkle hat somehow makes it all worth it.
-- Allison Stewart
