Tasty Tunes for April 2007

TRULY open-minded guests will appreciate snacking to a new complete re-mix of John Vanderslice's entire CD, Pixel Revolt. Banished are the trademark searing vocals, but studio alchemist Scott Stolter breathes strange new electronic life to the folk troubadour's songs, and best of all, the remixes are completely FREE at www.spinner.com. Run don't walk to this valuable website/resource.

Please don't say you dislike Lily Allen just because she's currently getting heavy rotation on MTV2 and FUSE networks. Smooth but edgy enough for your spiciest entrees, Ms. Allen is presently bewitching many a dinner at Cafe Drake in this little corner of NYC. A refreshing retro breeze from Swingin' 60s London, Allen instantly transports listeners back to the days of Carnaby Street, channeling a young Michael Caine at your next dinner party. The single "Littlest Things" is so exquisite as to revive even a fallen souffle.

Cafe Drake, along with pals Jen Ruske, Jen Lazzaro and Miki Shimada, recently trotted ourselves four blocks over to Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to witness the always soul-saving CocoRosie in concert. By any means necessary score yourself the brand new CD The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn. And keep an ear out for their opening act and musical accompanist throughout the hour-long set, French human beatbox TEZ. CocoRosie's latest release, as with their classic previous two, will appeal to any and all dinner and drink guests with discerning tastes. Any dissentors should be exiled from the premises and sent back to Z-100 Hell. Radio pop is after all good enough for some people.