I hope you enjoy!
So here we are:
1: Swift Coin - Land of Talk
2: Modern Beats - The Zephyrs
3: Jim Cain - Bill Callahan
4: Hope - The Submarines
5: Down in the Valley - The Head and the Heart
6: All That is Beautiful - Bellman
7: Upside Down - Banjo or Freakout
8: Sea Above, Sky Below - Dirty Three
9: Blasts of Holy Birth - Lewis & Clarke
10: The Wind and The Dove - Bill Callahan
11: There is an End - The Greenhornes
12: Soft Cover People - Walls
13: Amerikanadian - The Ox Magnolia
14: Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - Cat Power
15: More than ever - Bedhead
16: A Letter to the Patron Saint of Nurses - Richmond Fontaine
17: I Flirted with You all my Life - David Bazan
18: I'll Follow You - White Fence
track one:
Land of Talk is a Saddle Creek Record band hailing from Canada.
The album that boasts Swift Coin, Cloak and Cipher, features the artists: Stars, Arcade Fire, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, and a few others.
Boring Commentary:
track two:
For more information on the Zephyrs' album When the Stars Come Down They Come Down on Your Head, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Sky_Comes_Down_It_Comes_Down_on_Your_Head
track three:
Bill Callahan has quickly become one of my favorite artists. He is the brain child behind the 1990's band Smog. I highly recommend his albums under Smog Red Apple Falls and Rain on Lens.
track four:
The Submarines have one of the most interesting stories I have ever heard in the music world. The group consists of John Dragonetti and Blake Hazzard. The two began dating and recording music, however they broke up but continued to record together. They both brought the songs they wrote from the break up to the studio and realized that they were still in love and are now married.
track five:
This album is quickly becoming my favorite album of the summer. They are playing quite a few shows around the Seattle area including an opening slot for The Weepies and later for David Bazan.
track six:
This album, Mainly Mute, is a great ambient mix perfect for those winter days that are quickly coming to Seattle.
track seven:
Banjo or Freakout I discovered through the bands side-project Walls (which appears later on in the playlist).
track eight:
Dirty Three are the frontiersman of the "post-rock instrumental" idea. I am suspicious that the band Explosions in the Sky (a current "post-rock" band) used this track as inspiration for the piece they wrote for the Friday Night Lights Soundtrack titled: The Sky Above, The Field Below.
The trio began to make beautiful instrumental music in 1993 and all three members have gone on released amazing solo albums as well. I highly recommend the groups guitarist Mick Turner's album Moth.
track nine:
Check out Lewis & Clarke's other albums: Bare Bones and Branches and Light Time.
track eleven:
This song doesn't do a great job of representing The Greenhornes sound as the group is typically much more upbeat and have a great 90's Brit-pop sound.
track twelve:
The side-project of Banjo or Freakout that I mentioned above.
track thirteen:
This is The Ox Mangolia's first full-length release.
track fourteen:
Cat Power has been making music since the early 1990's, and everything she puts out is sheer gold. Recently I have been listening to this EP and her cover's album.
track fifteen:
This maybe one of my best finds of the year. The whole album plays effortlessly, and has a great vibe to it.
track sixteen:
Richmond Fontaine, puts out some of the finest Alt-Country music I know. They have been making music since 1994.
track seventeen:
I Flirted with You all my Life, is a cover of Vic Chessnut. Vic and Bazan were both part of the Undertow Orchestra, a supergroup of Undertow Orchestra artists.
track eighteen:
Check out more of White Fence is a one man show of Tim Presley. Tim has recently settled down with the band The Strange Boys.
