I remember hearing a story about a legendary Dublin music obsessive who had two enormous piles of CDs in his living room towering like monoliths. He would take one from the unlistened pile, give two plays all the way through - “I think two is fair” was the quote, and then stick it in the listened pile.

He may or may not have made some notes in a ledger as he did so.

Well, I sniggered to myself when I heard this story, but these days, thanks to the magical internet and a busy schedule, I find myself in a similar position. Luckily an iTunes playlist called ‘Intray’ is a lot less hassle than a ginormous pile of CDs.

So I thought I’d stick up some randomish selections from my intray.

Calexico - Grampy

Never really got stuck into the whole alt.country/TexMex indie rock thing but I’m making up for lost time now. This is from the soundtrack to obscure indie flick Committed.

The Whitest Boy Alive - Borders

Erlend Oye and Kings Of Convenience were always a bit too fey IMO, but the Vs. remix album and Oye’s classic DJ Kicks were pretty tasty. The Whitest Boy Alive is his new project, started as electronica but turned into a normal band, and so far, they see much less drippy than Kings Of Convenience. This rocks in a slightly Thurston Moore style.

Foals - Olympic Airways

Faves from a few posts ago have got an album out.

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