An Infinite Number of Monkeys

What if Jesus and Mary Chain asked Sonic Youth if they wanted to 'go to the movies or something' but then stood them up and went to the mall with the Pixies and mocked shoppers?
It might sound something like Crocodiles.

Also? I'm not crazy about Chilly Gonzalez's music--he plays the piano and raps rather nontraditionally about the music business and his life--but he's written the soundtrack and the script, produced, and starred in a film called "Ivory Tower" with Peaches about two champion chess playing brothers in love with the same woman.
And there's just nothing that's not awesome about that concept.

So when I checked the email from rcrdlbl.com and saw Zero 7, I almost skipped over Semi Precious Weapons's offering. Which would have been a mistake. These guys are fun, straight ahead, party time guitar rockin'. (As they say, "Tell me somethin' I don't know.")
Zero 7's new offering didn't interest me as much, but "Pop Art Blue" from an earlier single is going into my library--it's their usual strong beat/swirly moves/layers with vocals thing that I enjoy so much.
And for those of you looking for a good club beat, Eli Escobar out of New York, may be able to scratch that itch. I downloaded both cuts, with the thought that they'd work much better in a club when you're paying attention to other people than at home when you're just paying attention to them.

Here's a gem from the freebie pile: a new mix from Morcheeba's new album, Blood Like Lemonade.
And as a special NASA bonus, the lyrics were inspired by the thoughts of astronauts looking back at earth!
It's trippy. It's hoppy. I'd spin it if I were still Mister DJ.

This morning's bleeding edge cut comes from a Mancunian band called Delphic and this particular track suggests that they were immersed in New Order through their formative years; it reminds me very strongly of "Age of Consent" era Manchester dance music. So if you'd like to bob your head and shuffle around the kitchen, then download "Doubt" by Delphic. This might be classified as Gilbert Fun.

I've been posting links to the free downloads from RCRDLBL, and I'm curious as to whether anybody is finding them useful. Not if anybody is downloading stuff, but do people want to hear about these, in case there's something they might want to download in the future.
Like, if I said that the Midnight Juggernauts were a rockin' band, kind of Stone Roses kind of Simple Minds, that I enjoyed listening to almost enough to download some of their tracks, would you think "I wish this were FaceBook and I could screen these out" or "If I liked rockin' bands, I might click that link"?

Hussle Club, despite the annoyance of the spelling, was worth a listen. The track has a very eighties feel to it, like if Roxy Music and the Psychedelic Furs had dirty drunken sex in a discotheque bathroom.

And you know you want to hear a song like that.

School of Seven Bells

They're sort of swirly dream pop, in the vein of Cocteau Twins, but with slightly more coherent lyrics. I'm digging this (especially "Half Asleep") but not quite enough to actually download it. So I'm passing it on to you lot in case somebody on my list says "Mercy! Got to have me some of that!"