Mick Lewis’s Top Ten — April 30

by Mick Lewis
30 April 2006

1. Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger (Warp)
   I’m getting more and more into this remarkable debut.
2. Clearlake – Amber (Domino)
3. Maximo Park – Missing Songs (Warp)
   Great demos of “Apply Some Pressure” and “Graffitti.”
4. Sondre Lerche and The Faces Down Quartet – Duper Sessions (Astralwerks)
5. Sondre Lerche – Two Way Monologue (Astralwerks)
6. The Cloud Room live on Last Call with Carson Daly
   Daly is a risible talk show host, but he does have good indie bands on every so often. They did “Hey Now Now,” of course, but it had a new feel to it.
7. The Go! Team – “Ladyflash”
   I can’t stop playing this song in my head.
8. Dirty on Purpose – Hallelujah Sirens (North Street)
9. Art Brut play Knitting Factory May 17 & 18!
10. The Office (Thursday, NBC)
    It’s back with new episodes—last week’s was an unrelentingly hilarious look at corporate policies regarding illegal drugs.