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Okay, I'm sick of whinging and moaning, so it's time I slap up some new MP3s Of The Time Increment.

Elliott Smith -- I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out
One of his trademark fiendishly-complex-acoustic-guitar-pickin' tunes. Packs more intelligence and melody into 2 minutes than most bands do on a whole album.

Elastica -- In The City
They broke up the other week, and their last album was only half-decent, but when they were on form, they were exhilarating. This tune's from back in the day, never appeared on an album, and does the business in under 90 seconds. Buzzy, catchy, insouciantly sexy post-punk guitar pop music.

Young Fresh Fellows -- Barky's Spiritual Store
What can be said. It makes you (note: not me) want to jump up and down pretending to play power chords, it has excellent falsetto backing vocals, propulsive drumming, and appropriately unimportant lyrics. They mail anywhere.

Spoon -- Lines In The Suit (demo)
"How come I feel so washed out/At such a tender age, now?". Lush acoustic demo of an angular song from Girls Can Tell. Nice massed harmonies.

And the piece de resistance. Radiohead -- True Love Waits (live)
Not the version from the forthcoming live record. Instead, a much earlier version which features a cool keyboard part that enhances the song greatly. This really is a spectacularly beautiful song.

What do these tunes have in common? Not much, except for being good and possessive of a relatively small file size.
| posted by Alex at 4:47 PM