paint it black


Thrash Mountain has dimmed it's lights and it's not just because we can't pay the electricity bill. Here's a small selection of tracks I've been digging lately with a common theme of blackness in track titles. Because I'm sophisticated like that.

British India are an Australian indie band creating waves at the moment. I find a few of their songs irritating, but this one's neat. Plus, everyone loves a chorus that includes a million 'go go go gos' in all of its two and a half minutes of glory.

British India - Black and White Radio
(myspace)

Same genre, but on the other side of the globe, Arcade Fire make my ears swell up, and shortly after, melt. They also swap instruments regularly during their live sets which is no doubt impressive . Show ponies. Here's a reasonably dark, dirty and grunge/electronic remix of their debut single.

Arcade Fire - Black Mirror (Andrew Maury Remix)
(myspace)

Back to Australia, I present a hip-hop track based around a foundation of little neat guitar riffs, and it's probably about as close as you'll get to a rap ballad. It's gloomy and haggard. But what else were you expecting from a song about depression? A good listen with a story to tell, metaphor galore.

Urthboy - Black Dogs
(myspace)

Lastly, we arrive at Radiohead frontman's solo project, one of my favourite songs of '06 past. It's a tangle of minimal electronic beats, carefree guitar picking and steady yet distinctive vocals. There's certainly something appealing about how casually he can build a chorus around the phrase 'fucked up'. We really are going down the drain in the way of keeping a positive tone about the tracks posted here, so I'll cut it off it here before we unwillingly merge into the area of black fringes and razorblades.

Thom Yorke - Black Swan
(myspace)

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