
Guest List: Justice
Welcome to the latest edition of Pitchfork's Guest List. Each week, we ask one of our favorite artists to fill us in on what they've been up to lately: which tracks they can't stop spinning, what books they can't put down, and what new bands they've caught on tour. This week it's Xavier de Rosnay, half of the French house duo Justice, who previews his favorite new international bands, inexplicably claims a rental car as his favorite music venue, and doesn't joke around about religion.
>> Favorite Songs of the Past Year
ZZT: "Lower State of Consciousness"
Midnight Juggernauts: "Into the Galaxy"
The White Stripes: "Icky Thump"
James Morrison: "You Give Me Something"
Klaxons: "As Above, So Below"
>> Favorite Older Songs at the Moment
Gilbert O'Sullivan: "Alone Again (Naturally)"
Syreeta Wright: "Your Kiss Is Sweet"
Donna Summer: "Wasted"
Earth, Wind and Fire: "In the Stone"
Todd Rundgren: "International Feel"
>> Favorite New Band
Midnight Juggernauts, who are an electronic pop band from Melbourne; and the Fucking Champs, a highly technical baroque metal band.
>> Favorite Song Ever
Probably "Tryouts for the Human Race" by Sparks; or "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.
>> Best Recent Concert
Fancy, a French rock band. They're so good at their instruments they can focus just on the show. And above everything, the songs are great. A proper experience.
>> Last Great Film I Saw
Ocean's 13
>> Last Great Book I Read
The Bible (this is not a joke).
>> Favorite Piece of Musical Equipment
Apple Macintosh G5
>> Favorite Record Shop
Our favorite ones are the mainstream ones like HMV, Virgin Megastore or FNAC. We bought five [pairs] of the same headphones cause we break a lot of those. Sony MDR-something.
>> Best Purchase of the Past Year
A Ricoh camera.
>> Best Thing I Did This Year
Putting out Justice's debut album before I turn 25.
>> Favorite Venue
The car we rented in L.A. when we played Coachella 2007.
>> Favorite TV Show at the Moment
"Lost"
>> My Ringtone
A shitty jazz ringtone included in my phone by default. I put it very loud; it's so unbearable it wakes me up every morning, which is something I need.
Part Five: #20-1
Pitchfork's weeklong countdown of our favorite tracks of the 1960s concludes with the presentation of the last 20 songs, the greatest of the decade.
We spoke to the singer-songwriter behind one of the year's best records-- the exquisite, brave Ys-- about why its songs are so long, how Van Dyke Parks and an orchestra became involved, and how she handles replicating the complex music live.
- The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s
- Top 50 Albums of 2007
- Interview: Neutral Milk Hotel
- Interview: Radiohead
- Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
- 100 Awesome Music Videos
- Top 100 Tracks of 2007
- Interview: Spoon
- Top 100 Albums of the 1990s
- Interview: R.E.M.
- Interview: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
- Live: Coachella 2008
- Top 100 Albums of the 1980s
- Guest List: Beach House
- Interview: Portishead
- Guest List: Fuck Buttons
- Interview: She & Him
- Interview: Rivers Cuomo
- The 20 Worst Album Covers of 2007
- Guest List: Xiu Xiu
- Guest List: Goldfrapp
- Guest List: The Mountain Goats
- Top 50 Albums of 2006
- Top 100 Albums of the 1970s
- Guest List: Bon Iver
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