John Wesley Was A Perfect Friend Of Mine

New Times

2011-02-04T20:31:00.000-08:00

None of these videos are the song on the list, but exist on this post to give you an idea of what the artist's music sounds like. And to give you more than one song to which you can listen.

1. Gold Panda - You

2. Bibio - Under The Pier

3. Destroyer - Streets Of Fire

4. Francis and The Lights - Darling, It's Alright

5. Crocodiles - Girl In Black

6. James Blake - I Never Learnt To Share

7. Broadcast - Unchanging Window

8. ::M∆DE::IN::HEIGHTS:: - All The Places

9. Kanye West - Monster (Feat. JAY-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, & Bon Iver)

10. Yu(c)k - Georgia

11. Destroyer - Breakin' The Law

12. Chat - It's So Cold

13. Lykke Li - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

14. Serge Gainsbourg - 69 Année Érotique

15. The Decemberists - All Arise!

16. Amiina - Púsl

17. Deerhunter - Helicopter

18. Vio/Miré - Writing In The Dark

sossamon + more

2011-01-27T22:12:00.000-08:00

Alright, this was hastily posted. The YU is an awesome non-profit in Portland, OR that's purpose is to provide a space for artists to work. I want to have a smaller-scale space of my own when I grow up.
PROGRAMS PLANNED AT YU
* Multiple-gallery exhibitions of contemporary art
* Performance, screenings, music, lectures and conversation
* Artist residency program
* Publishing
* Community engagement

FACILITIES at YU EXISTING AND ANTICIPATED
* Two galleries dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary art
* Virtual wing dedicated to the exhibition of new media, hosted in the safe
* 100 seat flex-space for lectures, performing arts, screenings, readings and more
* Four resident spaces for guest artists
* Café, bookstore and adjacent open-air courtyard
* Offices, work and meeting spaces, and storage rooms
* Audio recording studio
* Letterpress and small offset printmaking studio
* Wood and metal production shop
* Library reading room
* Large kitchen
* Speakeasy
* Sauna, steam room and laundry facilities
* Large freight and ADA accesible elevator

yucontemporary.org

http://www.hookandlinemag.com issue 07 is an awesome web-zine I found out about through Sharon Van Etten, because they did an interview with her. They also interviewed Shannyn Sossamon, which is an interesting read. But it persuaded me to look up her music-composing history, and I found this:

http://vimeo.com/user1041948

2010 Wrap-up

2010-12-08T11:38:00.000-08:00

Alright, time for my three cents.
In my third year of compiling my favorite albums of the year, I have finally realized that I always finish mine, and then in reading and listening to others, realize what I'd missed. Since most of the media outlets come out with their lists at the beginning of December, I've been trying to play catch-up. This has allowed me to create a list that isn't redundant. You won't find any Arcade Fire, Best Coast, Sufjan or Wavves this time. Enjoy something not blasted about on Stereogum or Pitchfork.

Reading Rainbow - Prism Eyes

I discovered Reading Rainbow through a really cool pseudo-Daytrotter site called Shaking Through, where they bring in a band, usually one with little "professional" recording experience, and let them loose in their studio for three days to record a song, so that they have a good quality, high production value or whatever recording. It's just to try and give good, unknown bands a little helping hand, in that they get some experience and exposure. Anyway, this is supposed to be about the band Reading Rainbow. A married couple, Robbie and Sarah make dirty-noisy-poppy pop. Their sound is pretty huge for only two people due to Robbie using 35 amps at a time, Sarah's constant drum beats, and their almost constant double-vocals.

Party Photographers - Party Photographers 7"

Party Photographers are another Shaking Through artist. It's great fuzzed-the-hell-out pop. This can hardly be called a release, but I really, really like it.

Happy Birthday - Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday is the side project of Kyle Thomas, who typically works under the moniker King Tuff. He enlisted Chris Weisman and Ruth Garbus, the sister of one of my favorites, Merrill Garbus, the genius behind tUnE-yArDs.

Dark Dark Dark - Wild Go

Dark Dark Dark are flippin' awesome. There are a few quotes here that describe their sound, but suffice it to say that they create slow, haunting, emotive songs. The songs are piano-driven, with large doses of accordion, choir-style backing vocals, and they feel like they've been filtered through early-'90's mom-glasses.

U.S. Girls - Go Grey

U.S. Girls are tape-based noise-pop. I don't know or understand how she makes any of her music, but it's great. Experimental noise isn't everyone's professed absolute fav, but you shouldn't judge this by labels. Excellent sonic creation going on here, Friends.

Anna Von Hausswolff - Singing From The Grave

I've expressed my love for Swedish music before, and here I am proved correct once again. Singing From The Grave is a piano-balladeer's masterpiece. It's surprising that this is a debut; she has a very fully realized voice, and the arrangements are powerful and excellent.

jj - nº 3
jj is another excellent Swedish export. They make some of the sweetest pop songs around, with lush sonic landscapes using layers upon layers of barely-there instrumentation and electronics or the occasional sample. As I've quoted previously, they "sing in lower case," which is one of my favorite descriptions of anything I've encountered. Definitely for fans of The xx, or anyone else who might like music.

Thee Oh Sees - Warm Slime

All-time greats in the indie world. This prolific indie-noise-pop band releases yet another gem. The song Warm Slime is a three-minute pop song followed by ten minutes of jamming, and you couldn't ask for more.

Scout Niblett - The Calcination Of Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett is a minimalistic blues singer-songwriter. She creates raw, powerful music, most of the time, with solely an electic guitar. Her streched voice is the perfect pairing, and the result is well worth a listen.

Warpaint - The Fool

Warpaint is like someone passed through The XX, jj, and ended up in a room, drowsy, with a need to play themselves to sleep, in the absolute best of ways. I can apply my description that I came up with for The XX to Warpaint: they sound like you're listening to them through a microscope. It's so intimate, it feels like you need to get down real close and turn things up to hear the minuscule music being created. It's sonically equivalent to
microscopic photography. Fun fact, one of their founding (previous) members is Shannyn Sossamon, who you may know as Jocelyn from A Knight's Tale, or, if you're really cool, Mikal, from Wristcutters: A Love Story. Her sister, Jenny Lee Lindberg, is the bass player and a founding member.

Silje Nes - Opticks

Hailing from Norway, Silje Nes is another excellent, quiet singer-songwriter. This one is full of depth and layers to explore with listen after listen.

Ödland - Ottocento

Ödland is a French band hailing from Lyon, and you can learn all about them here. This is their first album, following an excellent EP, and to me, it sounds very French. That's the most accurate description I can think of, and you'll understand when you hear. It's fantastic and imaginative, quirky and poppy.

Eternal Summers - Silver

If I remember correctly, I found Eternal Summers while on Reading Rainbow's blog, and am I glad I did. They're a guitar and drums duo from Virginia, who create some of the best fuzz-pop I've heard this year. Plus, Nicole plays a Parker Fly, so, bonus points. The video below typifies their sound, but I absolutely love this song as well. My only complaint is that an Eternal Summer song is far shorter than eternal; most of their songs are about two minutes.

Dawn Landes - Sweetheart Rodeo

Dawn Landes is a Texan singer-songwriter, who is the slightest bit country, but in the best of ways. Also, she finishes Sweetheart Rodeo with a cover of Françoise Hardy's Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles, which I love, not because I've heard it before, but just because I love French things maybe a bit too much for speaking it so poorly.

Fang Island - Fang Island

Fang Island sounds like you got dropped into the middle of a riot, and upon seeing you, the rioters were so excited to see you, that they started playing instruments just to welcome you. This album if 100% energy, 100% of the time, and it's wonderful. This is one of the most random-weird videos I've seen, by the way.

Standard Fare - The Noyelle Beat

I love Standard Fare. They make some of the most optimistic indie-pop, cultivated in large part by the pony-tail-sounding female vocals and the extraordinarily round, bell-ish guitar. The ultra punchy bass doesn't hurt, either.

Dustin Wong - Infinite Love

Probably the best modern instrumental album I've ever heard.

Glasser - Ring

Glasser is Cameron Mesirow. The songs on Ring are, as I understand it, essentially the same as she originally created them in GarageBand, just with some added production. They're essentially beats and singing, which is great! She earns comparisons to Björk, Fever Ray, and Florence and the Machine. I think the most cop-out, but also most accurate comparison is that she's like an easy-to-get-into Björk (although I don't understand how everyone doesn't just love Björk, but that's an argument for a different time). This video is really interesting, and goes to show that some people are far too smart.

Circle Pit - Bruise Constellation

Circle Pit are a glam-punk duo that sound a lot better than the genre label I've given them. They go well with the recent chill-wave, west-coast noise-pop that's recently flooded the market, but they have a pretty unique take. They are more classic punk than most of the stuff around now, in the best of ways.

Love Is All - Two Thousand And Ten Injuries

Sweden's Love Is All is sax-driven indie-pop. If I were to sum up their sound with one word, it would probably have to be wild, or maybe un-tame would be more accurate. Another sweet thing I just found out is that they 'like' tennis on their page, which is awesome, because I like tennis, so, you know, they're just like me, right?!?! Anyway, Two Thousand And Ten Injuries is nothing less than a solid, upbeat, make-you-move album.

Òlöf Arnalds - Innundir Skinni

Òlöf Arnalds is an Icelandic artist, who has toured extensively with múm. She plays tiny songs that wash over you like a patch of soft sunlight.

Buke & Gass - Riposte

I'm sorta breaking my rule with this one, but it's too good to leave out. I found out about Buke & Gass on NPR, I think while listening to NPR's end of the year wrap-up. Buke & Gass are Aron and Arone, who play a bass-ukulele (the Buke) and a hybrid, half-guitar, half-bass (the Gass). They play these sweet instruments through homemade amps and effects their friend makes for them. When they play live, the male (who plays the Gass) also plays a bass drum, and the female has various percussion objects strapped to one of her legs, and they end up with a surprisingly full sound, somewhere between Deerhoof and Micachu.

Wise Blood - `+`

Wise Blood is one of my favorite things I've found this year (thank you, Cymbals Eat Guitars). It's sample-based electro-jam, and I can't get enough.

"B.I.G. E.G.O." from david parker on Vimeo.

C'est La Vie...

2010-11-28T18:52:00.000-08:00

It's been too long! I need to get more on top of this thing. At one point, I was thinking that I'd start doing shorter, more frequent posts..hmmm? And throw in the occasional long, theme-based creation?

As for the theme of this one, well, nothing really has changed since Sans Titre. I tried, but it hasn't been going well. This one is has less applicable content, but sounds and feels more like it should. A more accurate atmosphere.

1. Be Thou My Vision - Pedro The Lion - The Only Reason I Feel Secure
Video

2. Intro Jars - Half-Handed Cloud - Stowaways
Video of a different Half-Handed Cloud song

3. The Illinois - Fang Island - Fang Island
Video

4. Face Tat - Zach Hill - Face Tat
Video

5. Riot - Noveller - Beneath The Basin
Video of a different Noveller song

6. Cripple - Belly Boat - Dear Robert Hanoy
Video that uses a different Belly Boat song as the soundtrack

7. Letter From A Concerned Follower - Pedro The Lion - The Only Reason I Feel Secure
Live Video

8. You Flagged Us Down With A Wave - Half-Handed Cloud - Stowaways
Video of an even differenter Half-Handed Cloud song

9. Paris Blue - Lykke Li - Get Some Single
Video

10. BMB (alternate version) - DM Stith - BMB
Video for the album version of BMB

11. It's Oh So Quiet (Alternate Take) - No Age - Stereogum Presents... Enjoyed: A Tribute To Björk's Post
Video

12. 21 - Party Photographers - Shaking Through Volume 1
Party Photographer's Shaking Through episode

13. Shame - Japandroids - Heavenward Grand Prix
Video

14. i'm the one / money on my mind - jj - let them
Video

15. Always on My Mind - Reading Ranbow - Shaking Through
Reading Rainbow's Shaking Through episode

16. Ghost Train - Summer Camp - Young (EP)
Video

17. Second Best - Pedro The Lion - Control
Live Video

18. Lights Out - Owen - I Do Perceive.
Video

19. It's the Only Time - The Girls At Dawn - The Girls At Dawn
Live Video

20. The Curse - Cults - Daytrotter Studio 10/20/2010
Live Video

21. These Days (Nico) - Elliott Smith - Covers [EP]
Video

22. I'm Not Living In The Real World - Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
Live Video

23. Amazing Love - Pedro The Lion - Rare
Curse Your Branches live at KEXP

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2010-10-09T13:38:00.000-07:00

This list is mostly sound for sound's sake.

1: The Mountain Goats - Attention All Pickpockets
2: Active Child - She Was A Vision
3: The Fragrance - Awake My Soul!
4: The Books - Chain Of Missing Links
5: M83 - Moon Child
6: Sufjan Stevens - Enchanting Ghost
7: Manchester Orchestra - I Can Feel A Hot One
8: Mates Of State - Sleep the Clock Around [Belle & Sebastian]
9: The Shangri-Las - (Remember) Walking In The Sand
10: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - You Done My Brain In
11: M.I.A. - Tell Me Why
12: Mates Of State - True Love Will Find You in the End [Daniel Johnston]
13: Sufjan Stevens - I Want To Be Well
14: jj - Masterplan
15: Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Today/Tomorrow
16: Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul

Commentary, anyone?

1: The Mountain Goats - Attention All Pickpockets
This is a song taken from a live recording of one of the potentially millions of shows John Darnielle has played, in proportion to his several thousand songs. He's the epitome of prolific. While some of his lyrics may lack illusion, (not many, but it can make it hard to wade through his immense catalog) this song just grabbed me when it shuffled up. It clamped me in it's simple, yet unyielding chorus of simplicity.

2: Active Child - She Was A Vision
I put an Active Child song on my last list, too. Active Child is the moniker of Pat Grossi, who uses vintage synth sounds, big electronic drums, and a voice very similar to Justin Vernon, to make huge, soaring sonic creations. They're more than songs. A song is too small for this. They're veritable works of art.

3: The Fragrance - Awake My Soul!
This is a track from a live show, and it just seems really nice! I was indirectly introduced to this band via the ol' FB, when I saw a friend had "like"d it, so I checked 'em out. Really good indie pop, with a bit of traditional instrumentation in the form of some well-placed accordion.

4: The Books - Chain Of Missing Links
I was subtly mocked for only knowing about this band recently. Hey, give me a break, alright? I was into ska and Death Cab in high school, for goodness-sake. The music is really good sample-based glitch pop, and I love the spoken samples they used. I especially like "realize that your eyes are made up of atoms that are microscopic and are mostly space," and "realize for a moment that the average human brain only uses 5% of their brain. The other 95% is available. For food." Zombie attack? I think not. Maybe food for thought, or knowledge?

5: M83 - Moon Child
Well, at least it sounds big. That's mostly what I'm going for these days.

6: Sufjan Stevens - Enchanting Ghost
I had thought this would be the most important release of the year, but, as we all know, Ol' Suf threw us for two loops right in a row. A loop-de-loop, if you will. Anyway, this song happens to be off the All Delighted People Ep, which has some departure from his recent musical ways, mostly in his singing style. At times, his voice is so full of emotion and expression, something we haven't really heard before from this master of the cool, whispery vocal. This song happens to be pretty similar, musically, to Seven Swans or especially the song John Wayne Gacy, Jr., but lyrically is pretty dark.

7: Manchester Orchestra - I Can Feel A Hot One
Here is a heavy song, both in content and sonic frequency.

8: Mates Of State - Sleep the Clock Around [Belle & Sebastian]
The Mates Of State recently released the album Crushes, a compilation of cover songs. I became apprised of it's existence because of their cover of Tom Waits' Long Way Home. 98% of the Waits fans were absolutely hating on it, but I think it's a nice little pop version of the song. Anyway, this Belle & Sebastian cover is a lot like the original, but not in a bad way. Quite enjoyable.

9: The Shangri-Las - (Remember) Walking In The Sand
Classic '60's girl group pop. According to what I've read, The Shangri-Las were a bad-ass group, who could take care of themselves on the road due to their gun-toting habits.

10: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - You Done My Brain In
I don't know if I can make a playlist without including something awesomely weird. Bonzo is always a good choice for that. You can look up their sweet history on wikipœdia.

11: M.I.A. - Tell Me Why
I had really low hopes for MAYA when I heard XXXO, which isn't really as bad as my first impression made it, but this album was a pleasant surprise. I feel like it's more groove-hop than her previous efforts. And since she signed Sleigh Bells to her label, she used a sample from their song Treats, so, you know, bonus.

12: Mates Of State - True Love Will Find You in the End [Daniel Johnston]
Daniel Johnston has to be one of the most covered artists around. In the indie world, for sure. Maybe it's because he writes great, honest little songs, but he's the dumpiest man in all music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxQPeC_yr-M Anyway, Kori and Jason did a good job with this song, as with most of Crushes.

13: Sufjan Stevens - I Want To Be Well
Now THIS song is off the most important release of the year, and quite possibly this era. I Want To Be Well has the orchestral flourishes that anyone familiar with Sufjan will recognize, but it's layered with the electronic beats and glitches of The Year Of The Rabbit, which is probably his least known album, along with A Sun Came. This song is one of the reasons and an example of why people think Suf's losing it. Lyrics like this:
"Apparitions gone awry
They surround me, all sides
But from within I see an unholy change
I'm not f*****g around
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not f*****g around,"
I don't think he's going crazy in the least, but he said some months ago that he didn't see the point of making music anymore, and that the album was an obsolete medium. I think he's fed up with the industry, which is not a new sentiment, and I think he probably hates his fame. He seems to be doing a good job staying out of the spotlight, since no one knew about the Ep until it was up for streaming and purchase. I bet that's part of the problem, though, the staying out of the spotlight. He would have to become something of a hermit, and that would make most people a little nuts. He clearly has been busy in his isolation, as The Age Of Adz is the most complex of his creations to date.

14: jj - Masterplan
I love me some far-North-Western European music. Iceland is the King, and Sweden is the Prince. In this case, here is a fine, fine product of Sweden. Better than Volvo or Saab, jj create an ethereal, bright sound that is nicer than nice. It's just indie-electro-pop, but it's done so incredibly well, it's hard to think of enough light, airy descriptives to do it justice. I read a review that said the lyrics are sung in lower case, which is about as abstractly accurate as anyone will come.

15: Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Today/Tomorrow
Wildbirds & Peacedrums had to be brought to my attention by my sister, because they were opening for my beloved St. Vincent, but I couldn't go to the 21+ show at the time, so I never investigated on my own. Wb&Pd are a duo from, where else, Sweden. It's real drum-heavy; just sic beats, Friends, if you know what I mean. The guy plays a kit, and the girl plays other percussion stuff, and it's GREAT!

16: Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
The opus of The Age Of Adz, Impossible Soul is 25 1/2 minutes long, with 5 parts, noise-pop parts, BQE-meets-The Year Of The Rabbit, and auto-tune (not throughout, but in part 3). I think this backs up my earlier-stated Sufjan theory:
"Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Have you failed to feel delight? (NO, I DON'T WANT TO FEEL PAIN)
Have you failed to feel delight? (NO, I DON'T WANT TO FEEL PAIN)
Instead of the life, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts,
Part 3 sounds like the song is panting, trying to catch its breath, while he sings about how "it wasn't safe to breathe at all"
Part 4 is probably the most up-beat of the whole album, as well as encouraging...but it almost seems false, like he doesn't believe it. It is an essential part of a truly great piece of musical creation. Anthony said that he alienated a lot of his fans, which is true, but if you ask me, anyone he loses because of this wasn't worth having anyway. He's giving a big screw-you to any and all convention, and purely creating. It's not so much that he's pushing boundaries as he's working without boundaries.
Part 5 is nice and quiet after everything on this album. It sounds a lot like the opening track; quick-fingered acoustic guitar, but it's pretty intense lyrically:
"I'm nothing but a selfish man
I'm nothing but a privileged brother
And did you think I'd stay the night?
And did you think I'd love you forever?
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
I gotta tell you, girl, I want nothing less
Girl, I want nothing less
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure"
I love, LOVE it.

Evening

2010-09-14T23:35:00.000-07:00

I have recently discovered that I truly love reading. I don't do it nearly enough and am honestly quite slow at it. Nonetheless I absolutely love sitting back drinking some coffee and enjoying a nice book. While reading I like to have a playlist playing in the background. I also want the playlist to stand by itself so that it isn't just simply monotonous background music, but something that I can enjoy on its own. If I am just in the music listening mood.

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.

Sans Titre

2010-08-18T22:42:00.000-07:00

As usual lately, this is for the one with the photo of the colorful turkey. I'm trying to be at peace with the way things are. I think I'll get better at it. The post title is the link.

July, July!

2010-07-21T23:07:00.000-07:00

We've got noise pop today, Friends! Noise pop, a lil' hip hop, and some folk. This month's list has some truly new stuff, most notably Wavves, Dirty Projectors and Björk, Dum Dum Girls, and Best Coast. This is my typical weird, one might say, and I will. I could do a song-by-song narrative, but I find that somewhat banal, not unlike a J. Peterman catalog. Thoughts? Do you want me to tell you a bit about each song, or is a little blurb, with little reference to the songs themselves, more adventurous, and therefore more fun? Someone tell me.

The longest day of the year!

2010-06-21T15:08:00.000-07:00

Well, here's the last few days, leading up to today. I feel like this one's pretty obvious.

(Link to the list is the title.)

C'est Mai et ecole est presque terminé!!

2010-05-19T20:46:00.000-07:00

School may be almost finished for the 2010 year, but I still have homework to do. So I'm going to do it now. But YOU should download this playlist. It's a good one.

Sasquatch! festival 2010!!

2010-04-21T13:28:00.001-07:00

This is kinda right on the heels of my last list, but this one kind of doesn't count. This is a list of every band that's playing Sassy that I have on my computer, minus a couple that I don't really care about, because they made the list too big to upload. Sasquatch is sold out, but if you want to look and drool, be my guest:

http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/

Also, the list is in day playing order according to above website.

Avril - The slow approach of spring

2010-04-13T21:47:00.000-07:00

I don't have much to say. Here is a list that occupies space on whomever's harddrive downloads it. One might say it already occupies that space; it always has. You just haven't realized it yet. Maybe it will remind you that the days are lengthening, and the air is getting warmer. Maybe not. I guess it's up to you. Maybe you feel about it the same way you've always felt about it.

March Madness And All That Jazz

2010-03-16T20:28:00.000-07:00

Spring seems to be peeking, let's hope it's not peaking just yet.

Chimpanzees: Chimpanzees are amusing but terribly shallow. They frequently have twins. Male chimpanzees are called Soko or Bam. Females are called Malapunga.

Baboons: Scientists tell us that all animals who sit down a great deal have ischial callosities. That is a lie. The family life of the Baboon in know as hell on earth.

Stork: The Stork is a sad looking bird with a strange sense of humor. He is fond of practical jokes. He rests his bill on his chest while thinking up more fun. The Stork is voiceless because there is really nothing to say. He makes a snapping sound with his bill which is said to denote mirth.

Canary: The song of the Canary has inspired numerous poems, acts of heroism and outbreaks of homicidal mania.

Excerpts from a sweet-ass book.

Février sweets: They'll rot out your teeth, they're so sweet!

2010-02-11T21:39:00.000-08:00

The second month of the second (calender) year of this blog! A stretch, you say? I agree. Anyway, as you may have surmised from the title of this most recent installment, you may need dentures after listening to this. Looking at the list as I'm typing, I'm not exactly sure just why I've the impression that this list is so sugar-filled, as I did add a bit of 'meat and potatoes,' but it was my gut feeling, so I'm going with it.

Well, down to business.

This list begins and ends with a band I believe I first heard of from UnderTheRadar. I've described them as the chillest M. Ward you could hope to meet, and I'll add here that there's just a hint of creepiness to go along with that. Oh, they're called Timber Timbre, and their S/T record is severely good.

From there, things pick up. Some crystally, shimmery Velvet Underground leads into the electro-groove of Y∆CHT.

Some more slight creepiness envelopes Caroline Weeks, but she plows the acoustic road for the Swede Kristian Matsson, a.k.a. The Tallest Man On Earth. I've been absolutely loving this guy for the past few, and for good reason. He plays some real nice bluegrassy folk, and he's got the perfect bit of scratch in his voice.

Codes In The Cloud drive things back up with some excellent, beautifully executed, if not terribly original post-rock.

Dawn Landes follow with this fantastic track of coma-inducing sweetness. Entitled simply "Love," this song feels like a modern Rubber Soul (maybe Revolver) demo. I had to follow that up with another from The Tallest Man On Earth. I had to. I can't get enough!!!

This next song is maybe the sweetest song here, off Stuart Murdoch's brainchild, God Help The Girl. A Down And Dusky Blond just feels ideal. However, the lyrics are somewhat less than cheery. That kind of thing just kills me.

Now that you're all shimmery from that twee, it's time to get dirty. In the tradition of the JAMC and The Magnetic Field's Distortion, Pink Mountaintops sound like huge pop with mud dumped all over it.

I've been loving this next band almost as much as The XX lately. And that's saying a lot, since The XX have made their way onto their third consecutive list of mine, but well get to that later. Sleigh Bells are the talk of the country!! With a total of merely seventeen minutes of music floating around on the interweb, they've received tons of blog recognition, and were even featured on the oddest music show around, ABC's Amplified. Apparently, one of the journalists over there has a very respectable taste in music, and has turned it into a segment he does around his 'real' stories. And I'm beside myself with excitement, because I'm going to go see them open for Yeasayer on April 20th (nice...) (get yourself some tickets!). Which is why they're followed on this list by a song off of Yeasayer's new album, Odd Blood. It's deliciously strange; throbbing bass and drums, swirling guitars and keys and synths, and extremely enjoyable falsetto.

Yeasayer swirls down into a beautiful cover of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, done by Yim Yames (Jim James). It's simple and spacious and beautiful. The mood continues its slow decent with The XX, featuring one of their most sensual songs, Infinity.

The list is wrapped up with one more Timber Timbre song. "I was a spook for you, another ghoul." As always, the title is the download link.

Pluie de janvier

2010-01-17T23:30:00.000-08:00

I've been obsessing about some new-ish stuff recently, so I made it into a bloglist with songs in between to make it flow. It starts pretty electronically, with some Black Moth Super Rainbow, into Sleigh Bells into The Knife. Then I took it down to a chill-factor of about 4 (on a scale from 1 to chill) with a song by this very nice band, Pearl And The Beard, followed by a song I found after much searching one day; by Avey Tare And Kría Brekkan (David Portner of Animal Collective, and his wife Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, who was the tiny voice of múm, one of my absolute favorites).

The Daredevil Christopher Wright is fantastic, and this Daytrotter version of his song is one of the ones that's been on repeat in my cluttered brain. I highly recommend getting both of their Daytrotter sessions, both of which have songs off their debut, and I also recommend getting their debut, In Deference To A Broken Back.

Wildbirds & Peacedrums are the band lucky enough to open for St. Vincent in March when she comes to Seattle. They're pretty sweet, and I insist every one of you 21+ people go see St. Vincent. I am forever bitter that I am not able to go myself.

Alamaailman Vasarat is a crazy avant-garde folk-metal Finnish group, you gotta look up a picture of these guys.

This month's installment is wrapped up by the last four songs. I start with one off the new Magnetic Fields album, which is super glossy and poppy (read: high-quality). It's followed by one of my favorite Langhorne Slim songs.

The final song is by what has taken over my heart since I posted my Top of 2009 list. The XX. Their music blows my mind. It's SO simple, yet unbelievably effective. A time doesn't exist where I would object to listening to it. It's very English, in my humble opinion, and at the same time, very sexy, akin to Feist's Let It Die. I have listened to their stunning self-titled debut most nights as I fall asleep for the past couple weeks. Truly great.

Enjoy this list, I believe Anth will have one out right soon as well. A few of you have left a few posts on our group wall, but I just wanted to say that you're all welcome to tell us what you think. Also, you should point your other music-loving friends in our direction. That is all. Live Free or Die Hard, Friends.

Top o' the year to ya!

2009-12-13T23:11:00.000-08:00

Here's my favorite song (or one of them), countdown-style, off each of my top 25 albums of the year.

#25(Track 1)(Duo): Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependance - 24-25

Not a whole lot to say here, just very nice, quiet acoustic music, with some of the best man-man harmonies around.

#24(Track 2)(Solo): Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free - Say Yes

Langhorne is real poppy folk. High Quality.

#23(Track 3)(6-piece): Volcano Choir - Unmap - Seeplymouth

Volcano Choir is a collaboration between the band Collections of Colonies of Bees and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. CCB is kinda math-post-rock, and when that is mixed with Justin's haunting vocals, the result is fantastic.

#22(Track 4)(Duo): Zorch - Demo - Gimme the Axe

I've been going through a bit of a noise pop phase, and this duo are some of the all-stars this year. This is less noise and more electronic-sounding than you might expect.

#21(Track 5)(Duo): Sleigh Bells - Demo - Beach Girls

I have this other duo listed as noise pop, but they're slightly to the hip hop side of center, along with extensive use of electronics, rather than piles of distortion.

#20(Track 6)(Solo): tUnE-YaRdS - BiRd-BrAiNs - LITTLE TIGER

tUnE-YaRdS is Merrill Grubus, a total lo-fi genius. If I remember right, this album was recorded on a four-track, using a drum machine, guitars, ukes, and random things for percussion. Mind = Blown.

#19(Track 7)(Sextet): Passion Pit - Manners - Sleepyhead

It's likely that you've heard this song from the electro-pop band that started as Michael Angelakos' belated Valentine's Day gift for his girlfriend. Best falsetto around. I went (alone) to see them last Wednesday (12/9/09), and they were absolutely fantastic. Most dancing I've done in a long time.

#18(Track 8)(Quartet): Post Post - Meta Meta - Say When

Some nice bright, shine pop out of Philly. I'm definitely a sucker for (slightly stretched) girl vocals, something that can be found here in droves.

#17(Track 9)(Solo): Micachu - Jewllery - Lips

Micachu is another make-music-out-of-whaterver-she-finds artist. She's one of those musicians that music-lovers like myself envy; musician parents, studied violin and viola, offered a scholarship to study composition at a music school. Anyway, she makes some of the coolest, weirdest music I know of.

#16(Track 10)(Duo): A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Déliverance - The Man Who Sold His Beard

A Hawk and a Hacksaw are like a more potent Beirut. They're another duo, the drummer from Neutral Milk Hotel, and a violinist. The go-to band if you're feeling Easter-European.

#15(Track 11)(Sextet): Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains - And the Hazy Sea

One of many great New York bands this year, they're kind of like "New Punk," if that makes any sense. Loud guitars, liberal use of keys, loud-quiet-loud and back and forth.

#14(Track 12)(Sextet): The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love - Margaret In Captivity

Another great album from the great band, The Decemberists. They're one of my absolute favorites; I've seen them five times. This track comes from their ambitious rock opera, which can only mean good things coming from them.

#13(Track 13)(Duo): Slow Club - Yeah So - When I Go

Another duo, this time hailing from Sheffield, England. They've got quality range, from some of the nicest folk you can imagine, to some of the poppiest folk you can imagine. What more could you ask for? (Significant other not included.)

#12(Track 14)(6-piece): Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career - The Sweetest Thing

Glasgow's all-stars. They've been around for quite a while, and always deliver some of the best, slightly twee, pop you could ever want. I struggled to choose between this song and their other song, French Navy, both so incredibly good, that I want you to go YouTube French Navy while you're waiting for this to download.

#11(Track 15)(Solo): M. Ward - Hold Time - Fisher Of Men

Anthony observed one day that music is making more references to God and Christianity lately. Here's an example of that. Hold Time is my favorite of M.'s, and I'm beginning to have trouble coming up with original adjectives and similes worthy of describing this album.

#10(Track 16)(Sextet): Noah & The Whale - The First Days of Spring - My Broken Heart

I first heard some of these songs when I went to see them this last April, and was truly impressed. To compare to their last record, Peaceful The World Lays Me Down, The First Days of Spring is much more subdued overall, very much akin to the song Peaceful The World Lays Me Down. Well, except for the orchestra-filled tracks, which brighten things up considerably when they happen along.

#9(Track 17)(Trio): Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster - Body

Bright, pounding indie-rock. Very sing-along-worthy, again, not much to say about it other than you'll get a good feel for what it's all about from this song.

#8(Track 18)(Trio): The XX - XX - Crystalised

Tied with Edward Sharpe for my favorite artist of the year. They're the next generation of shoegaze. Boy-girl vocals, with some of the simplest melodies and instrumentation around combine to make some of the best music of the year.

#7(Track 19)(Solo): David Bazan - Curse Your Branches - Please, Baby, Please

This is one of the saddest records I've ever heard. It's all about David's loss of faith in God, his alcoholism, and how it's tearing up his family.

He says in the opening track: "Wait just a minute, You expect me to believe that all this misbehaving grew from one enchanted tree?"

He goes on to describe his family: "...My faithful family, some of whom are already fasting to intercede for me."

Things don't get much heavier than that.

#6(Track 20)(Duo): The Dutchess & The Duke - Sunset / Sunrise - Let It Die

A duo from Seattle this time, The Dutchess & The Duke are ranked high on my list again this year. They almost sound like they belong in the '70s, mixing folk with a bit of super-crunchy blues guitar here and there.

#5(Track 21)(10-piece): Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - From Below - 40 Day Dream

My other favorite new band of the year. I can't get enough of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. They are a huge band, TEN members, and they create something of an event with each song. I first heard about them from the All Things Considered SXSW wrap-up podcast, where they were described to as a band that couldn't be recorded and be as good. Well, judging by the quality of album they managed to release, I figure I have to see them, or my life will never be complete.

#4(Track 22)(6-piece): Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - Temecula Sunrise

They're a band that has been around for a while, and for good reason. The basis of this album is crazy, spastic-yet-beautiful guitar, combined with cooing-to-wailing guy-girl vocals. That's enough adjectives for one band. A must-have.

#3(Track 23)(Duo): Japandroids - Post-Nothing - Crazy/Forever

The best slamming, driving, turn-it-up-way-past-what-your-speakers-can-handle record for some time. It's just two guys on drums and guitar, making the best garage-pop since De Stijl.

#2(Track 24)(Solo): St. Vincent - Actor - Save Me From What I Want

Alright, so I have a crush on Annie Clark. If you know about her, you probably do to, so leave me alone. She's guitar alumni from The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan's Illinoisemakers. She released one of the best albums of 2007, Marry Me, which, along with the obvious attraction of such a sentiment, is really a quote from Arrested Development. The Perfect Girl? Maebe. Nay, Surely. (Get it?) Anyway, she sends the blistering guitar a bit back in the mix this time around, and replaces it with bodacious beats and glistening guitar. Top it all off with her irresistible croon, and you have the second-best album of this, frankly, amazing year of music.

#1(Track 25)(Trio): The Antlers - Hospice - Wake, Or, Letting People In

This is the most emotion-filled, heart-wrenching album I have EVER heard. It's the product of Peter Silberman hibernating in an apartment in Brooklyn for several years, telling a story about a person losing a loved one to cancer, and having to witness it. The album delves into the relationship, that clearly wasn't anything near easy:

"I wanna bust down the door, if you're willing to forgive. I've got the keys, I'm letting people in."

"But something kept me standing by that hospital bed, I should have quit, but instead I took care of you."

"Please, please calm down. Steady out, I'm terrified. Sorry, I want us to ally, but you swing on little knives. They're only sharp on one side."

"Sylvia, can't you see what you're doing? Can't you see I'm scared to speak, and I hate my voice 'cause it only makes you angry."

"I'd happily take all those bullets inside you and put them inside of myself."

"There's a bear inside your stomach. The cub's been kicking from within. He's loud, though without vocal chords, we'll put an end to him. We'll make all the right appointments, no one ever has to know."

Sylvia - "Pull me out... Pull me out... Can't you stop this all from happening? Close the doors and keep them out."

"In the middle of the night I was sleeping sitting up, when a doctor came to tell me, 'Enough is enough.' ...That there was nothing that I could do to save you, the choir's gonna sing, this thing is gonna kill you."

"I've woken up, I'm in our bed, but there's no breathing body there beside me. Someone must have taken you while I was stuck asleep."

I marvel at this every time I listen to it. It's one of those things you want to listen to over and over and over, as if that would help ease the protagonist's pain. You never can, but it's well worth the try.

...And Now For Something Completely Different:

2009-11-18T17:50:00.000-08:00

A man sitting on a Flamingo, dressed as a Crested Grebe. The Flamingo, Emily, didn't like that at all, so she pecked and pecked and pecked at the Grebe. She pecked so vigorously, that she turned straight away into a pincushion. Have you ever seen such a nice, soft, large pincushion as the one you just imagined? Doubt it.

Tomorrow, Ponchie the bear sat on his favorite stump, and considered his small life. He thought that Captain Janeway was a good captain, as StarFleet captains go, but she was never as tough before or after the time that Macrovirus invaded Voyager.

If you had three hands, which is your best?

Enjoy some music. Life's weird, Friends.

D-Ling instructions

2009-11-09T13:14:00.000-08:00

So, neither Anth or I gave you instructions on how to download/add to your library correctly.

What you download is a folder, that's zipped. If you use Safari, it will automatically unzip it for you. I think Firefox doesn't, and I don't know about any other browsers. Anyway, if you can't just right-click and select "Unzip," then you need a little program that unzips it, which shouldn't be hard to find.

Now that you have your unzipped folder, you need to make a new playlist in your iTunes. You want to drag the folder right in to the playlist, so that it will import in the correct order. If you just drag it in to your main library, or if you use the import command, the songs will import, but they'll be totally random.

That should be it, Friends!

lone

2009-11-08T23:20:00.000-08:00

So let us begin. Well first and foremost I send out my deepest apologies with the tardiness of my first post. But alas here it is.

I should start with a statement of how I prepare my playlists. I often set one according to the mood that I have been in as well as what sort of setting has been encompassing me. As of lately that has been a calm mood with late night readings of 300 B.C. philosophers and early Christian church Theologians. Hot licorice tea has been accompany me as well as I struggle through developing my beliefs. I hope that the playlist will help you contemplate.

Please enjoy.

Track One: Blue Skies: Noah and the Whale
My favorite track off of Noah and the Whale’s new album The First Days of Spring. Recently released on Cherrytree Records (US) and Vertigo Records (UK).

Track Two: Heart Skipped A Beat: The XX
A new band from UK, the XX are a powerful luscious band that found a new beauty in simplicity. They band met while attending London’s Elliott School which also boasts of the grounds in which bands such as Hot Chip, and Four Tet were created.

Track Three: Pale Blue Eyes (Closet Mix): The Velvet Underground
A classic band that I have recently discovered, The Velvet Underground’s Pale Blue Eyes may be one of the prettiest songs I have heard in a long while. The song is featured on the band’s 1969 self-titled album. The Album was produced by the band and featured two different mixes the first by the band engineer, Val Valentin. The second mix by Lou Reed the bands front man. Sterling Morrison thought that Reed’s Mix sounded like the band was playing in a closet, hence the term closet mix.

Track Four: Our Way to Fall: Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo was first started in the the mid 1980’s and was a pioneer in the “lo-fi” sound the band is known for. This track is taken from their 2000 release And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out.

Track Five: Options (Solo Electric): David Bazan
Track five was a late addition to the list. It was originally on the Album Options from Bazan’s original project Pedro The Lion. The track featured in this list is actually taken from David Bazan’s mildly new DVD release Alone at the Mic.

Track Six: Sweedeedee: Cat Power (Cover of Michel Hurley)
The original version of this song is done by a Mr. Michael Hurley a singer songwriter, who first began recording in 1965. Charlyn Marie Marshall (Cat Power) covered this song on her 2000 release The Covers Record.

Track Six: The Book of Love: The Magnetic Fields
The Book of Love hales from the bands epic album 69 love songs. The album was recorded and released in 1999. It was a three volume concept album, primary composed by legendary songwriter Stephin Merritt. His other projects include: Future Bible Heros, The Gothic, and the 6th.

Track Seven:
Anther lovely song off of The Velvet Underground’s 1969 self-titled release. Also the Closet Mix. Please enjoy.

Track Eight: Still: Volcano Choir
Volcano Choir is a new project coming from Justin Vermon, the man behind 2007 break out band Bon Iver, and the band Collection of Colonies of Bees. The group had began collaborating on songs in early 2005 but never recorded anything until 2008. Bon Iver is currently working on the follow up to For Emma, Forever Ago.

Track Nine: We’re Computerizing and We Just Don’t Need You Anymore: American Analog Set.
This is truly one of my favorite bands. Lead by the lusious vocals of Andrew Kenny, this will truly make your heart melt, well maybe. This is taken from the bands 2001 release Know By Heart. If you are a fan of this I recommend the solo EP he did with Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab For Cuttie and The Postal Service), along with his new band The Wooden Birds.

Track Ten: Inside + Out: Feist
Here is a rare track that took me a little while to dig up. Taken from a live recording Feist did at the BBC, it is a cover of the band Apostle of Hustle. Please also see the work that she does with Broken Social Scene and their Self-Titled release.

Track Eleven: Tears Are in Your Eyes (Yo La Tengo): The Antlers
Here is a small cover song of one of the greatest break out bands this year: The Antlers. Coming from Brooklyn New York, The Antlers put out an album Hotspice early this year which all should own. In 2008 they released a small EP titled New York Hospitals featuring covers of The Magnetic Fields, To La Tengo (featured here), and one original.

Track twelve: Nowhere Near: Yo La Tengo
Here we again feature a song by the band Yo La Tengo this time coming from the 1993 release Painful. This album was a great shift in the bands creative forces they now were working on creating a much lighter ambient feel.

Track thirteen: Stars: The XX
Nearing the end of the playlist we come to another song from the band The XX. Featuring wonderful male female vocal harmonies, and creative and simplistic distances that kind of leaves you breathless. Please, please check them out this is easily in my Top Five releases of 2009.

Track Fourteen: My Broken Heart: Noah and the Whale
Another song taken from the New Noah and the Whale album. I like to think of this song as the encore of the playlist. Feeling a little empty with The XX’s Stars here is a song to hopefully fill you up a little bit.

Octobre, vous êtes ici.

2009-10-11T23:44:00.000-07:00

Essentially my summer in melodramatic musical form. There may be some who can guess the subject of this post, and if you're correct, good for you! Anyway, The next installment may be more cheerful.

Should I give a little info about the tracks? Well, since I'm waiting for it to upload, I'll say a small bit:

I chose each song for content, not just good sounds or something new and interesting. That said, there are some new and interesting songs on this list. #1 Sufjan Stevens: The second track of his latest work, The BQE, is quite the departure from the Americana-Folk he's known for. That track is a very good appetizer for the rest of the album, representing it nicely. #2 Dirty Projectors: Off one of the best albums of the year. At the end of the year, I'm going to have to remember to make a top-song-from-each-top-album list. #8 Slow Club: Another best of 2009, this is about as upbeat as they get, but the album ebbs and flows very well, with some fantastic slow songs as well. #9 Ödland: A French band, this album is basically the musical output of the art-collective the 4(?) of them have formed. One is primarily a photographer, one a filmmaker, and so on. I don't remember off the top of my head what they all do, but it's all SO good. #13 Yes Please: A girl (or more) from Olympia, who has moved on to other projects, leaving Yes Please in the dust for us to long after from the center of our hearts.

Link's in the title.

Blog #2 - June, here we are!

2009-06-03T21:37:00.000-07:00

Well, here's the second installment. Just an "amazing new-ish music" list. Nothing too elaborate, but fantastic none the less.

Track list:

1 I'm Going To Heaven With Or Without You (The Forest Fire) - the pAper chAse

2 Foni Tu Argile - A Hawk And A Hacksaw

3 Anchor Made Of Sand - Jenny Wilson

4 Riddle It - Roxy Rawson

5 Bucephalus Bouncing Ball - Bell Orchestre

6 Illustrations - Red Tag Rummage Sale

7 French Navy - Camera Obscura

8 Dé-programmé - Mansfield Tya

9 Slow Jet - The Dead Sea

10 WEHNYOUTELLTHELIONS - tUnE-YaRdS

11 Living In Danger - Anni Rossi

12 Have I Told You? - Dreamdate

13 Dig In - Tara Jane O'Neil

14 Midnight Sun Dream - Hanne Hukkelberg

15 Floating In A Lake - Teardrop

16 Act Of The Apostle - God Help The Girl

17 See Where Capella And Her Golden Kids - Caroline Weeks

18 Tonight - Lykke Li

19 Rock Yourself Out Chah Body - Hexlove

20 Azar One - Venice Is Sinking

21 Neo Dada - Jono El Grande

22 Talkin' Like You (Two Tall Mountains) - Connie Converse

23 The Sun Is In The North - If These Trees Could Talk

24 C Slash Sold At Ten Percent Discount - Rempis Percussion Quartet

(click title to get playlist)

Mix #1

2009-05-08T19:24:00.000-07:00

So, here we are, or, rather, I am, with the first installment of hopefully many mixes. This one evolved from just some random songs into something that eventually seemed to have a theme. So I expanded on that theme, and now you can listen, too.

(click title to get playlist)