Fresh Smut Peddlers

I resisted the hype as long as I could, but I'm heavy into the New Pornographers' Twin Cinema. (Check out the album site; it's been cleverly created to look like an Internet Movie Database entry.) I'd heard ad nauseum how great it was and, being disappointed in their last one, Electric Version (also because of the hype), I initially passed. Funny what a record being available on iTunes for $9.99 will do for your interest in it. Now I'm properly hooked. There's a little too much Neko for my taste, and -- to quote one of the songs -- there are probably "Three or Four" too many tunes, but this one's found its rightful place in the year-end top 10.

I'll also have to revisit Electric Version to see what, if anything, I missed.

Faves: "Twin Cinema," "Use It," "Sing Me Spanish Techno"