Video Rewind: White Mice By Mo-Dettes

I'm surprised this video had 20,000 plays w/o me being aware of it. Mo-Dettes' (pronouncd MOE, not mod) LP is one of my favorites of all time. 'White Mice' is like one of the best songs on it, although it's perfect all the way through. Anyway, this is my jam. Thank you to my good friend Lil' Duenas for bringing this to my attention.

Bonus Tracks : Mo-dettes & Quix*O*Tic

In the past I've written about two of my favorites. Mo-dettes (most recently) and all of Christina Billotte's bands (about a year ago) like Slant 6, Quix*O*Tic and Casual Dots. I thought I'd upload for your enjoyment two of my favorite jams that I'm pretty sure you won't find on the interweb. And if you can cool, whatever.





So 'Tonight' by Mo-dettes is a bonus track from the cd remaster and rerelease from Cherry Red. It was originally an A-side from a 1981 single. It's shockingly good. The back up vocals? Ehhhh, PERFECT. The french lyrics? ALWAYS PERFECT. So jam on this please:

Mo-dettes - 'Tonight'





Secondy, I offer the ridiculously good first song off the first record by Quix-O-Tic. Song is called 'Make All The Ghoul Girls Cry', the LP is called 'Night For Day'. This is the best of the best of the best. Weird post punker, almost surfy slowed down Cramps guitar, haunting vocals and piles and piles of melodies. And weirdo lyrics that I bet you can't figure out. Listen.

Quix*O*Tic - 'Make AllThe Ghoul Girls Cry'

So basically I'm rehashing old bloggingz but I just got these songs on cd and I wanted to share. Aight?

The Mo-Dettes - The Story So Far 1980

One of my favorite albums of all time and greatest vinyl finds personally is the album 'The Story So Far' by The Mo-Dettes. Founded by Kate Korus (original Slit, short time Raincoat), the four piece made perfect post punk pop between 1979 and 1982. And you can dance to every song...if you do that sorta thing (I don't). They only released one lp and a couple singles. All perfect. These songs have been lost for a long time but Cherry Red recently remastered the album and released on CD with 5 bonus tracks. YES.


Take a peak at the sadly short video below and see what I mean. Also, their Myspace has some songs including one of my favorites, 'Satisfy'.








And lastly here's a fun fact. Evidently, the Dolly Mixture song, 'How Come Your Such A Hit With The Boys Jane?' was about Jane Crockford, bass player of The Mo-Dettes. Whoa!! Meaaan.