City Weekly is asking locals what’s playing on their iPods and assorted digital toys'brand-new tunes, classic favorites, etc.'right now, and why. This week, Deseret Morning News movie critic Jeff Vice revisits his rock-writer roots with 10 current faves: “I’m such a technophobe that I don’t own an iPod. In fact, my car stereo has a cassette player, and I usually home-record tapes from CD to listen to on my way to screenings … especially when I have to venture out to Jordan Commons.”
nnnDeath Cab For Cutie, “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”
(2005, DeathCabForCutie.com)
nn“Yeah, and I watch the increasingly craptacular The O.C., too. Wanna make something of it?”
nnThe Decemberists, “The Mariner’s Revenge Song”
nn(2005, KillRockStars.com)
nn“It’s the Moby-Dick of indie-rock epics. Except that it’s listenable … and lingers in your head for days!”
nnThe Knitters, “Born to Be Wild”
nn(2005, Rounder.com)
nn“If X and Dave Alvin can make this song tolerable, imagine what they could do with ‘Freebird.’”
nnNada Surf, “What is Your Secret?”
nn(2005, NadaSurf.com)
nn“A song so poppy, with so much of a hook to it, that it’s no wonder the snobs at PitchforkMedia.com hated it.”
nnPeelander-Z, “The Lariat”
nn(2005, Peelander-Z.com)
nn“I say ‘Youth.’ You say ‘Wheee!’”
nnPublic Enemy, “911 is a Joke”
nn(1990, PublicEnemy.com)
nn“If anything, Chuck D’s scathing lyrics have only gotten more prophetic, more powerful, over the years.”
nnThe Rodeo Boys, “Pancakes Pancakes”
nn(2005, TheRodeoBoys.com)
nn“One of only a handful of local bands always guaranteed to bring a smile to my face.”
nnJosh Rouse, “Winter in the Hamptons”
nn(2004, JoshRouse.com)
nn“The best Smiths song that neither Morrissey nor Johnny Marr wrote.”
nnTeenage Fanclub, “It’s All in My Mind”
nn(2005, TeenageFanclub.com)
nn“Scotland’s most underrated band continues to produce catchy power-pop that no one in the States ever hears.”
nnThe Utah County Swillers, “Can’t Trust Nobody”
nn(2005, MySpace.com/UtahCountySwillers)
nn“Sweatin’ Willy & Co. tell it like it is.”
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