Friday Fix: Welcome to the Tweekend!

Thanks to the Let’s Trade Mix Tapes blog for a tip on Future Perfect Radio, a music streaming site that I’ve been enjoying all week. FPR offers several channels devoted to different types of Indie music by genre and by location (a Michigan channel was recently added).

After clicking around my options, I settled on the Twee-Pop channel, which has taken me through much of my work week. It’s happy. It’s simple. It’s heartfelt. And often And it doesn’t require too much explanation, but I’ve found that it’s almost as much of an acquired taste as John Cage for some. so here are three tracks to take you into your tweekend.

One Happy Island – “Earth’s Circumference”

From Secret Party that the Other Party Doesn’t Know About, which could hold the distinction as the best indie-twee album name ever. The band is currently touring on their way from their home town to SXSW (who isn’t?!) and will be playing a show in St. Louis on March 16 at CBGB. Of course, no Detroit date.

Billie the Vision and the Dancers – “I Saw You on TV”

This Swedish group has been on Post-Rockist Radar for some time now, and never seem to get played out, which is odd, because songs like “I Saw You on TV” seem to have a definitely shelf-life due to its repetitive, sappy chorus. But somehow, it stays rather fresh, I think, though it’s certainly a dangerous song to play to a group of music connoisseurs of the experimental kind, likely to drive them insane with its rabid simplicity and joyfulness. This is not music to sulk to.

Belle and Sebastian – “The Model”

A list of twee-pop songs without Belle and Sebastian would be like publishing a version of the Bible with no mention of Jesus.