Mick Lewis’s Top Ten — June 25

by Mick Lewis
25 June 2006

1. Keane – Under the Iron Sea (Interscope)

   Debuted last week at #1 on the U.K. charts—will it do the same over here?

2. Dion live @ The Orleans Ballroom (Las Vegas) – Sunday, June 18th
3. Dirty Pretty Things – Waterloo to Anywhere (Interscope)
   Carl Barat settles any lingering doubts as to whether the spirit of The Libertines’s music has been lost with Pete Doherty’s excruciatingly banal descent.
4. Built to Spill – You in Reverse (Warner Bros.)
5. The Boy Least Likely To – “Faith”

   I won’t hold it against these twee-pop revivalists that James Blunt is a big fan. Check out their chirpy banjo/glockenspiel-tinged version of George Michael’s “Faith.”

6. Paul Simon – You’re Perfect (Warner Bros.)
7. Paul Schneider – Forever Debts (Semaphore)
8. Neil Young – Living with War (Reprise)
9. Headlights – Kill Them with Kindness (Polyvinyl)
10. Gnarls Barkley Candid Camera

    St. Elsewhere has jumped to #11 on the U.S. charts, and “Crazy” is on its way to becoming a classic—it’s grabbing everyone who hears it—check out this video of an adolescent living out the song in the supposed privacy of his own room (thanks to Victoria Tsigonis for sending me the link!).