Monday's Playlist: Film Gris

This week's playlist is another soundtrack to a non-existent movie... "Film Gris" is my imaginary Tanantino/Ritchie-esque tale of hyper-vocal gangsters, Mexican werewolf smugglers, corrupt FBI agents, a desperate Texas ranger and a mysteriously dark femme fatale all looking for the same big score just north of the Tijuana border. It's not quit a film noir, so I thought "Film Gris" fit the bill a little better. All of the songs have a kind of timeless quality to them... whether they're dark ballads (like the Richard Buckner and Nick Cave songs), subversive spy anthems (a la Radiohead and Portishead) or neo-psychedelic garage rock (as with The Bees and The Coral). "Close Behind" by Calexico makes the perfect closing credits to the unseen narrative that winds its way from the frenetic opener to the southern twinged latter half of the soundtrack.

1. Chicken Payback - The Bees (from "Free The Bees")
2. How Indiscreet - Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire (from "The Swimming Hour")
3. Honey White - Morphine (from "Yes")
4. Big Exit - P.J. Harvey (from "Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea")
5. Another Man's Vine - Tom Waits (from "Blood Money")
6. Shadows Fall - The Coral (from "The Coral")
7. Bright Blue Tie - The Fiery Furnaces (from "Gallowsbird Bark")
8. Lyrics of Fury - Tricky (from "Pre-Millennium Tension")
9. Half Day Closing - Portishead (from "Portishead")
10. Paperbag Writer - Radiohead (from "There There")
11. Fried Neckbones & Some Home Fries (Dan The Automator remix) - Willie Bobo (from "Verve Remixed 2")
12. Boys, The Night Will Bury You - Richard Buckner (from "Since")
13. Tumbling Down - Allison Moorer (from "Miss Fortune")
14. Cada Beijo - Bebel Gilberto (from "Bebel Gilberto")
15. The Guns of Brixton - Nouvelle Vague (from "Nouvelle Vague")
16. Latin Simone - Gorillaz (from "Tomorrow Comes Today")
17. Where The Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (from "Murder Ballads")
18. Blacklisted - Neko Case (from "Blacklisted")
19. El Payande - Lhasa (from "La Llorona")
20. Close Behind - Calexico (from "Feast of Wire")