The World Atlas
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] World Atlas – Girl on a Boys’ Bike World Atlas‘s self-titled EP sounds like it is a lost Belle & Sebastian EP from the Jeepster years that has finally been released in the States after years of being a highly sought rarity. In fact, it sounds so much [...]
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Wins
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize Last year I discovered The Flaming Lips’s Yoshimi Wins live release on the dear, departed Lala. When the service shut down, this is the first album that I downloaded from eMusic so I could keep spinning it at work. The pace [...]
White Ravens – Sparks
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] White Ravens -Sparks I’m still undecided about what this song. Fun or obnoxious? Lively or dull? Scissor Sisters style hooks with, with – with what? I leave it to you. From the forthcoming album, Gargoyles And Weathervanes. Via The Mad Mackerel.
Jeremy Messersmith – Wasting Time
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jeremy Messersmith – Wasting Time From the amount of polish on this song, it is hard to believe that it is a cast off b-side from an album still being recorded. I can’t wait for the full album from the collaboration between Jeremy Messersmith and Dan Wilson, formerly [...]
Hello Saferide – Retrospective
Hello Saferide – The Quiz Hello Saferide – Loneliness is better when you’re not alone Hello Saferide – Lund “What would you say if I asked of you / out of loneliness, out of loneliness / Could I be with you?” Hello Saferide is led by Sweden’s Annika Norlin, who also has worked a day [...]
Year Change – Semisonic
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Semisonic – This Will Be My Year Semisonic had more good songs, but it never had another good year. Nonetheless, this song always stands me in a positive mood. Over the next week, I’ll post some of my other favorite “year change” songs. I hope you enjoy them.
Pearl and the Beard – God Rest
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Pearl And The Beard- Voice In My Throat [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Pearl And The Beard- Donny And Johnny Percussion and harmonies are the central are the dominate layers of the giant cake that Pearl and the Beard have named God Rest Your Weary Soul, [...]
R.E.M.’s Nightswimming Remixed
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Download R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People was perhaps my favorite album in high school. At the time, I identified strongly with the earlier, darker songs (e.g. “Try Not To Breathe”). Only sometime during college did I come to accept the quiet beauty of Find The River and Nightswimming. Via [...]
The First CD I Ever Heard
R.E.M. – Pop Song 89 Editor’s Note: This started out as a post for Star Maker Machine but I misread the prompt and wrote about my first CD listening experience instead of a first music purchase. Instead of tossing the post, I’m throwing it here. A more traditional post is in the works. Strewn across [...]
Gary’s in the ‘nix
Gary Wilson – Gary’s in the Park I have to admit, I was laughing out loud the first time I heard this one. It’s a bit out of place on a Stones Throw compilation largely featuring hip-hop and mellow, groovy downbeat tracks. Just the same, Stones Throw has a large stable of creative artists, and [...]
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