… Some of this puffs-of-smoke confusion seems easy to explain. —many are technically insolvent, or “upside down,” as they say in the household-mortgage sector—but have not yet been forced to reckon fully with their insolvency. I heard a senior Administration official remark that seventy-five per cent of the country’s banks are probably upside down. – The New Yorker, 2/27’09.

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” It’s Delicate Rhythm ”

01. Calexico – Victor Jara’s Hands
Carried To Dust (Quarterstick, 2008)
02. Gravenhurst - She Dances
The Western Lands (Warp Records, 2007)
03. The Shins – New Slang
Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop, 2001)
04. The XX – Teardrops (MySpace)
(Demo, 2008)
05. The Sea and Cake – New Schools
Car Alarm (Thrill Jockey, 2008)

note: This list seemed like a good idea yesterday morning. It was suppose to be “best of this week”. But let’s be honest, I only listen to less than 8 albums, so it’s hardly best of anything except that’s all I have the chance listening. They are happy accidents tho’. The Calexico, Gravenhurst and The Sea and Cake albums are very well done and worth owning. The kind that I load to CD and leave it alone to play in weekend while reading news and marveling about the collapsing planet. In other word mellow “indie” rock. Soundtrack of our time. whatever indie rocks means. Enjoy.

image: Vogue Nippon March 2009