Loose Ends

Here are a few things I found in the pockets of last year's pants, although some of them are older than that.

The Double are a recent Matador signing. Indie pop carried along by noisy squalls of guitar, organ, and plenty of slappy vocal delay.
The Double - Idiocy
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The Casual Dots combine the talents of several DC luminaries, and manage to sound almost exactly like the sum of their parts (or their parts' former bands). To me, this is an asset. No surprises here, just some herky, jerky, Autoclave-y, Slant-6-y, Frumpies-y, Bikini Kill-y tick-tocking.
Casual Dots - Clocks
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Formerly at the front of Factory Records' French/Belgian electro-sambaists Antena, Isabelle Antena (née Powaga) continues to make sultry music with French words. She may be doing it as we speak. This track dates from the Antena period, ca. 1982, and can be found, thanks to LTM Records, on a collection of Ms. Antena's work with and without the band.
Antena - Camino del Sol from L'Alphabet Du Plaisir: Best of 1982 - 2005
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Bonus:
Loose Ends - Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)
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