08. FRISKA VILJOR: TOUR DE HEARTS

FRISKA VILJOR on MySPACE.

[MP3] "Old Man"

[2007's #8: LUCKY SOUL: THE GREAT UNWANTED]
[2006's #8: MALAJUBE: TROMPE L'OEIL]
[2005's #8: I AM KLOOT: GODS AND MONSTERS]

09. TILLY AND THE WALL: O

TILLY AND THE WALL on MySPACE.

[MP3] "Blood Flowers"

[2007's #9: THE THRILLS: TEENAGER]
[2006's #9: THE FORMAT: DOG PROBLEMS]
[2005's #9: ED HARCOURT: STRANGERS]

10. THE INDELICATES: AMERICAN DEMO

THE INDELICATES on MySPACE.

[MP3] "We Hate the Kids"

[2007's #10: SEA WOLF: LEAVES IN THE RIVER]
[2006's #10: REGINA SPEKTOR: BEGIN TO HOPE]
[2005's #10: THE SPINTO BAND: NICE AND NICELY DONE]

11. LENKA: LENKA

LENKA on MySPACE.

[MP3] "The Show"

[2007's #11: WOODPIGEON: SONGBOOK]
[2006's #11: THE SUBMARINES: DECLARE A NEW STATE]

BEST ALBUMS 2008

Well, you didn't really think a little power outage was going to keep me from compiling a Best Albums of 2008 list, did you? Nah... not a chance.

As always, these are my favorite albums of '08, not my "objective" picks for albums of highest "quality," per se. So... take these with a grain or three of salt....

01. THE CORAL SEA/firelight
02. FADED PAPER FIGURES/dynamo
03. SONS AND DAUGHTERS/this gift
04. THE ROSEBUDS/life like
05. FRIDA HYVONEN/silence is wild
06. DUFFY/rockferry
07. ISLANDS/arm's way
08. FRISKA VILJOR/tour de hearts
09. TILLY AND THE WALL/o
10. THE INDELICATES/american demo
11. LENKA/lenka

KENT (PART 2)

[This post is appearing 54 hours after it was intended to appear as a consequence of a 36-hour power outage and a 59-hour cable-modem outage. Wind was partially to blame. But the continent of Asia was the true culprit. Perhaps more on that later. For now, though -- finally -- some tunes....]

KENT on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "Ingenting" [2007]

[MP3] "Palace & Main" [2005]

[MP3] "Kevlar Soul" [2000]

[MP3] "Parlor" [2002]

[MP3] "Just Like Money" [2000]

[MP3] "Max 500" [2005]

[MP3] "FF" [2002]

[MP3] "Kram (Sa nara far ingen ga)" [1996]

KENT (PART 1)

KENT on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "Du Ar Anga" [2005]

[MP3] "Karleken Vantar" [2002]

[MP3] "Things She Said" [1998]

[MP3] "Revolt III" [1999]

[MP3] "Generation Ex" [2007]

[MP3] "Spokstad" [2000]

[MP3] "VinterNoll2" [2002]

[MP3] "Klaparen" [2005]

I LOVE MATH

I LOVE MATH on MySPACE.

From the LP GETTING TO THE POINT IS BESIDE IT, 2008 >>>
[MP3] "Too Many Demons"
[MP3] "Only Clowns Are Scary"

NOAH AND THE WHALE

NOAH AND THE WHALE on MySPACE.

[MP3] "Red Alert"

[MP3] "I Do Fine"

ANDY WILLIAMS

While I consider this anything but "the most wonderful time of the year," ANDY WILLIAMS' voice speaks to me of younger, brighter, "wonderfuller" days. Nostalgiarific.

[MP3] "Music to Watch Girls By"

[MP3] "Happy Heart"

[MP3] "Moon River"

[MP3] "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

[MP3] "The Sweetest Sounds"

LUSH

LUSH on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "Ladykillers"

[MP3] "Ciao!" [w/JARVIS COCKER]

[MP3] "500 (Shake Baby Shake)"

[MP3] "The Childcatcher"

[MP3] "Light From a Dead Star"

SAKERT!

SAKERT! on MySPACE.

From the LP SAKERT!, 2007 >>>
[MP3] "Vi Kommer Att Do Samtidigt"
[MP3] "Och Jag Grat Mig Till Somns Efter Alla Dar"

COMPUTER VS. BANJO

COMPUTER VS. BANJO on MySPACE.

From the LP COMPUTER VS. BANJO, 2008 >>>
[MP3] "Give Up on Ghosts"
[MP3] "Guitars Need a Sinner's Touch"

SUGAR, SUGAR!

Left-click [HERE] to download last week's logical conclusion....

"SUGAR, SUGAR!" TRACKLIST >>>

01 The Four Tops/I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
02 The Archies/Sugar, Sugar
03 Echo and the Bunnymen/Lips Like Sugar
04 Heather Nova/Sugar
05 Of Montreal/Spoonful of Sugar
06 The Icicles/Sugar Sweet
07 The Hard Lessons/Milk and Sugar
08 Tori Amos/Sugar
09 Maps/Liquid Sugar
10 Nancy Sinatra/Sugar Town
11 The Rolling Stones/Brown Sugar
12 The Lightning Seeds/Sugar Coated Iceberg
13 Talking Heads/Sugar on My Tongue

HONEY, HONEY!

Looking back at last week's posts, a certain theme/trend seemed to emerge -- entirely coincidentally. Might as well play it out to the end, then....

Left-click [HERE] to download the following sweet, sweet nothings....

"HONEY, HONEY!" TRACKLIST >>>

01 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass/A Touch of Honey
02 R.E.M. [w/Kate Pierson]/Me in Honey
03 Tori Amos/Honey
04 U2/Wild Honey
05 Joseph Arthur/Honey and the Moon
06 ABBA/Honey Honey
07 Walker Kong/Andy Warhol & the Honey Bees
08 Eef Barzelay/Ballad of Bitter Honey
09 Beck/Milk & Honey
10 Moby/Honey
11 Pop Levi/Blue Honey
12 Lovers Electric/Honey
13 El Presidente/Honey
14 Madrugada/Honey Bee
15 Van Morrison/Tupelo Honey
16 Grant Lee Buffalo/Honey Don't Think

SUGAR

SUGAR on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "Your Favorite Thing" [1994]

[MP3] "If I Can't Change Your Mind" [1992]

[MP3] "Believe What You're Saying" [1994]

[MP3] "Helpless" [1992]

[MP3] "Can't Help You Anymore" [1994]

HONEYHONEY

HONEYHONEY on MySPACE.

From the LP FIRST RODEO, 2008 >>>
[MP3] "Not for Long"
[MP3] "Black Crows"

From the EP LOOSE BOOTS, 2008 >>>
[MP3] "Little Toy Gun"

BUBBLEGUM LEMONADE

BUBBLEGUM LEMONADE on MySPACE.

From the LP DOUBLEPLUSGOOD, 2008 >>
[MP3] "I'll Never Be Yours"
[MP3] "Beautiful Friends"

From the EP SUSAN'S IN THE SKY, 2008 >>>
[MP3] "Susan's in the Sky"

JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER

JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER on MySPACE.

From the EP GENTLENESS OF NOTHING, 2008 >>>
[MP3] "In the Summertime"

From the LP LIKE, LOVE, LUST AND THE OPEN HALLS OF THE SOUL, 2007 >>>
[MP3] "I Like the Sound"
[MP3] "You Might Walk Away"

From the LP OH, MY GIRL, 2004 >>>
[MP3] "Troubled Soul"

MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY/COLIN MACINTYRE

MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY on MySPACE.

From the LP LOSS, 2001 >>>
[MP3] "Watching Xanadu"
[MP3] "This is Not Who We Were"

From the LP US, 2003 >>>
[MP3] "Am I Wrong"

From the LP THIS IS HOPE, 2004 >>>
[MP3] "How 'Bout I Love You More"
[MP3] "Treescavengers"

BONUS TRACKS >>>

[MP3] COLIN MACINTYRE/"Famous for Being Famous" [2008]

[MP3] COLIN MACINTYRE/"Stalker" [2008]

BLACK BOX RECORDER (PART 2)

BLACK BOX RECORDER on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "These Are the Things" [2003]

[MP3] "Sex Life" [2000]

[MP3] "England Made Me" [1998]

[MP3] "Start as You Mean to Go On" [2000]

[MP3] "Swinging" [1998]

[MP3] "Girls Guide for the Modern Diva" [2003]

[MP3] "Rock N Roll Suicide" [2001]

BLACK BOX RECORDER (PART 1)

BLACK BOX RECORDER on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "Straight Life" [2000]

[MP3] "Lord Lucan is Missing" [1998]

[MP3] "The Deverell Twins" [2000]

[MP3] "Being Number One" [2003]

[MP3] "Brutality" [2000]

[MP3] "Ideal Home" [1998]

[MP3] "Goodnight Kiss" [2000]

GAY DAD

GAY DAD on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "Joy!" [1999]

[MP3] "Dinosaur" [2001]

[MP3] "My Son Mystic" [1999]

[MP3] "Pathfinder" [1999]

NO AND THE MAYBES

NO AND THE MAYBES on MySPACE.

From the LP NO AND THE MAYBES, 2008 >>>
[MP3] "Petra Petrified"
[MP3] "Pretty Boring"