raveonettes
heard ‘love in a trashcan’, the single off ‘pretty in black’ on sirius’ satellite radio’s “left of center” channel. i liked the late 50′s/early 60′s hollow bodied guitar reverby sound and imperfect two-part harmonies. as it became a staple on a couple of the “left of center” shows, it got stuck in my head and i decided that i’d look them up. they’re danish and “pretty in black” is their 2005 release. i grabbed it, right away. the rest of the album is really good, though not as catchy as the single. it has a 50′s “teenage dreamboat” sound to it, including the cover of ‘my boyfriend’s back.’ i had to look at the writing credits a couple times, just to verify that the songs weren’t all covers. touring heavily, they opened for depeche mode on ‘playing the angel’ tour. even though i made that show, i missed the raveonettes. my coworkers were all about seeing depeche mode and for all they knew, “depeche mode” had decided to have drunken rodeo clowns open for them. (ok, maybe not. they (and i) would have decided to watch that.) anyway, their 50′s-revivalist sound holds up to repeated listens quite well.