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WOW @ October.

Yeah, I’ll grant that. But they approach it from a slightly different aesthetic, and it hardly diminishes the point to note that there is a second act mining the same territory. Beyond that, others? I mean, maybe you could say The Big Pink, but that’s based on very scant evidence, and they also come from a different aesthetic. Burial? He’s got a narcotic, seductive sound, and it could be classified as “sexy-sounding,” but not in the same way The Raveonettes sound when Sharin Foo coos, “Your lipstick smeared sad/I adore you/I always have,” before rushing to intensive care after his overdose, and pleading, “If this is the Last Dance/Then save it for me, baby.” That kind of dangerous sexuality, embedded in blasts of noise rock tied to songs with Phil Spector’s pop sensibilities, is something that’s rare in non-mainstream rock.

Not sure when it showed up but it was new to me.

Yeah, ^^^^ this. I don’t really understand why they’re a dark-horse act, but they are (in the US, at least). I suppose the knock on them is that they ride — in style and texture — too close to their JAMC influence? I mean, I get that, but I don’t see why it applies to them, while it doesn’t apply to other acts with the same level of slavish devotion, often bordering on pastiche (e.g., Interpol’s Joy Division impersonation).

The other thing is, you often read critics these days dismiss indie-rock as being too polite and mannered. But The Raveonettes bring a sexy, dirty-ish feel to nonmainstream rock, and they have the added tension of a boy-girl act. And who else in indie-rock is doing that these days (whether with a boy-girl act or with all of one gender)? Offhand, I can’t think of any other indie-rock act I’d describe as “sexy-sounding,” at least not in the way The Raveonettes are. Anyway, FWIW (not much, I know), I think The Raveonettes should be given a lot more credit.

And this is a fantastic album, BTW.

and Matos/Daniel: Darkstar is feckin awesome. all the singles available here are worth your credits, and can’t wait to hear that track.

There’s a lot of gems on the first disc (the one with the new material). One is that Flying Lotus song, with those undulating, thick-sounding synths (I like how the other synth lines fly over the winding one, like lazer beams shooting above ocean waves). Another is that spider-y Zomby track is also cool. And the beats under that Samiyam song are like an pounding irregular heart murmur.