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Cage the Elephant: great live and a truly deep album

Check out the latest Go Deep.  Recorded April 5.  Bits of my Constellations and Drums interviews are included.  Here’s the playlist with a bit of commentary.

The Knack – (Havin’ A) Rave Up (Go Deep theme song)
LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls (Album comes in May)
Florence and the Machine – Dog Days Are Over (She’s all over the UK charts)
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach (Understand Mick and Paul from The Clash may join tour)
The Constellations – Step Right Up (Cool Tom Waits cover shows off their musical inventiveness)
Cage the Elephant – Free Love (On the verge of their 3rd radio hit, and the album is really deep)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM (Unique title track Beck-produced album)
Beach House – Zebra (Beautiful track from this major buzz band)
Codeine Velvet Club – Hollywood (Fratellis side project)
Codeine Velvet Club – Little Sister (Both tracks made show–I couldn’t bear to drop either one)
Mumford and Sons – The Cave (UK group doing great at home and also had #1 album in Australia)
Hot Chip – Keep Quiet (Pretty, softer  track from one of 2010’s top albums so far)
Dan Black – U + Me = (His live show is an upbeat surprise if one has only heard his “Symphonies” hit
The Drums – I Felt Stupid (Their debut full-length arrives in June)
Lightspeed Champion – Marlene (Former singer of  UK band Test Icicles)
Vampire Weekend – California English (Mainstream? Way better than most on that level)
The Knack – (Havin’ A) Rave Up (Go Deep theme song)