Saturday, January 31

WAXING NOSTALGIC #2 (08.02.02 --> 09.10.02)

Left-click [HERE] to download the following assortment of songs....

WAXING NOSTALGIC #2 TRACKLIST >>>

01 tom waits/i hope that i don't fall in love with you
02 nancy sinatra/these boots are made for walkin'
03 leonard cohen/take this waltz
04 marianne faithfull/song for nico
05 electronic/like no other
06 the new pornographers/letter from an occupant
07 the flaming lips/do you realize??
08 delerium & sarah mclachlan/silence [airscape] [edit]
09 the hives/hate to say i told you so
10 the friggs/bad word for a good thing
11 the white stripes/fell in love with a girl
12 hot hot heat/touch you touch you
13 los lobos/good morning aztlan
14 the deathray davies/jack never sleeps
15 supergrass/alright
16 the b-52's/rock lobster
17 oingo boingo/skin
18 ivy/the best thing
19 mcalmont and butler/falling
20 alphaville/forever young [extended]

WAXING NOSTALGIC #1 (03.19.02 --> 07.16.02)

Left-click [HERE] to download the following assortment of songs....

WAXING NOSTALGIC #1 TRACKLIST >>>

01 inxs/don't change
02 lush/ladykillers
03 sugar/if i can't change your mind
04 10,000 maniacs/these are days
05 john mellencamp/human wheels
06 dar williams/are you out there
07 the frames/pavement tune
08 heavenly/nous ne sommes pas des anges
09 los fabulosos cadillacs/el matador
10 elastica/waking up
11 rancid/ruby soho
12 depeche mode/it's no good
13 morcheeba/shallow end
14 fischerspooner/emerge
15 the dandy warhols/bohemian like you
16 patti smith/glitter in their eyes
17 kent/spokstad
18 the go-go's/unforgiven
19 moby/extreme ways
20 pet shop boys/go west

Friday, January 30

THE VIEW

THE VIEW on MySPACE.

From the LP WHICH BITCH?, 2009 >>>
[
MP3] "Glass Smash"
[
MP3] "Dstant Doubloon"

From the LP HATS OFF TO THE BUSKERS, 2007 >>>
[
MP3] "Superstar Tradesman"

A CAMP

A CAMP on MySPACE.

From the LP COLONIA, 2009 >>>
[
MP3] "My America"
[
MP3] "Love Has Left the Room"

From the LP A CAMP, 2001 >>>
[
MP3] "The Bluest Eyes in Texas"
[
MP3] "I Can Buy You"

Thursday, January 29

THE AWKWARD STAGE

THE AWKWARD STAGE on MySPACE.

From the LP SLIMMING MIRRORS, FLATTERING LIGHTS, 2008 >>>
[
MP3] "Anime Eyes"
[
MP3] "Skeletal Blonde"

From the LP HEAVEN IS FOR EASY GIRLS, 2006 >>>
[
MP3] "Heaven is for Easy Girls"
[
MP3] "The Room Tone"

Wednesday, January 28

bruce springsteen2

[THIS POST WAS REMOVED BY POWERFUL, UNSEEN FORCES.]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN on MySPACE.

From the LP WORKING ON A DREAM, 2009 >>>
[
MP3] "Tomorrow Never Knows"
[
MP3] "Outlaw Pete"

From the LP MAGIC, 2007 >>>
[
MP3] "Radio Nowhere"

From the LP WE SHALL OVERCOME: THE SEEGER SESSIONS, 2006 >>>
[
MP3] "Eyes on the Prize"

From the LP THE RISING, 2002 >>>
[
MP3] "Worlds Apart"

Tuesday, January 27

FRANZ FERDINAND

FRANZ FERDINAND on MySPACE.

From the LP TONIGHT, 2009 >>>
[
MP3] "Twilight Omens"
[
MP3] "Live Alone"

From the LP YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER, 2005 >>>
[
MP3] "You're the Reason I'm Leaving"

From the LP FRANZ FERDINAND, 2004 >>>
[
MP3] "Jacqueline"

Monday, January 26

RILO KILEY

[This was meant to be Sunday's post, but I couldn't get the damn thing to upload till just now.]

Yet another career-spanning retrospective. This time: RILO KILEY.

Left-click [HERE] to snatch it up.

RILO KILEY TRACKLIST >>>

01 The Execution of All Things [2002]
02 Paint's Peeling [2002]
03 It's a Hit [2004]
04 Portions for Foxes [2004]
05 Close Call [2007]
06 Smoke Detector [2007]
07 Always [2000]
08 August [2001]
09 My Slumbering Heart [2002]
10 Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You [2002]
11 The Moneymaker [2007]
12 Dreamworld [2007]
13 Does He Love You? [2004]
14 The Frug [1999]
15 Go Ahead [2001]
16 85 [2001]
17 Rest of My Life [2001]
18 Spectacular Views [2002]

THE BIRD AND THE BEE

THE BIRD AND THE BEE on MySPACE.

From the LP RAY GUNS ARE NOT JUST THE FUTURE, 2009 >>>
[
MP3] "Polite Dance Song"
[
MP3] "Witch"

From the LP THE BIRD AND THE BEE, 2007 >>>
[
MP3] "Preparedness"

From the EP PLEASE CLAP YOUR HANDS, 2007 >>>
[
MP3] "Man"

Friday, January 23

WHEN HOME ISN'T

Last August, I posted an alternating-track mix I'd compiled with a cyber-friend of mine. That one took some 15 months to complete, but it turned out very well (imo).

Well, we've gone and done it again. This time, it only took us about 4 months to finish the mix, and I think the results are just as promising as the last time around. But I'll let you judge for yourselves....

Left-click [HERE] to download the collaboration.

(Go [HERE] to access the last one.)

"WHEN HOME ISN'T" TRACKLIST >>>

01 THE WHITE STRIPES/the same boy you've always known
02 the raveonettes/BLACK/WHITE
03 M. WARD/sad, sad song
04 marianne faithfull/HOLD ON, HOLD ON
05 PJ HARVEY/when under ether
06 jeff buckley/NEW YEAR'S PRAYER
07 RADIOHEAD/pyramid song
08 frida hyvonen/BIRDS
09 ANDREW BIRD/fake palindromes
10 the pica beats/POOR OLD RA
11 THE RADIO DEPT./where damage isn't already done
12 glasvegas/LONESOME SWAN
13 BLONDE REDHEAD/spring and by summer fall
14 spoon/RHTHM & SOUL
15 OTIS REDDING/mr. pitiful
16 dusty springfield/GOODBYE
17 ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS/bird gehrl
18 anna ternheim/TO BE GONE
19 BECK/volcano
20 the panics/GET US HOME
21 OASIS/the importance of being idle
22 the walkabouts/FEEL LIKE GOING HOME

Thursday, January 22

PIERRE DE REEDER

PIERRE DE REEDER on MySPACE.

[Pierre de Reeder is a member of RILO KILEY.]

From the LP THE WAY THAT IT WAS, 2008 >>>
[
MP3] "All These Words"
[
MP3] "Not How I Believe"

DUKE SPECIAL

DUKE SPECIAL on MySPACE.

From the LP SONGS FROM THE DEEP FOREST, 2006 >>>
[MP3] "Wake Up Scarlett"
[
MP3] "Ballad of a Broken Man"

Wednesday, January 21

ODDS 'N' SODS #29

[MP3] A.C. NEWMAN/"The Heartbreak Rides" [2009]

[
MP3] CAT POWER/"Dark End of the Street" [2008]

[
MP3] NORTHERN PORTRAIT/"The Fallen Aristocracy" [2008]

[
MP3] DENT MAY & HIS MAGNIFICENT UKULELE/"College Town Boy" [2008]

[
MP3] ANIMAL COLLECTIVE/"Summertime Clothes" [2009]

[
MP3] MEETING OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE/"Mothers Pay More" [2008]

Tuesday, January 20

Monday, January 19

THE RAVEONETTES

So here's a little career-spanning sampler from THE RAVEONETTES. Left-click [HERE] to procure it.

RAVEONETTES TRACKLIST >>>

01 Attack of the Ghost Riders [2002]
02 Beat City [2002]
03 Sleepwalking [2005]
04 Blush [2008]
05 Untamed Girls [2003]
06 Please You [2005]
07 Dead Sound [2008]
08 Heartbreak Stroll [2003]
09 That Great Love Sound [2003]
10 Do You Believe Her [2002]
11 Ode to L.A. [2005]
12 Blitzed [2008]
13 The Christmas Song [2004]
14 Cops on Our Tail [2002]
15 Here Comes the End [2008]
16 Black Wave [2005]

Friday, January 16

BEST OF 2008 (PART 2)

Left-click [HERE] (and do it quickly) to pick up the rest of my best from the year just ended.

BEST OF 2008 (V. 2) TRACKLIST >>>

01 kaiser chiefs/never miss a beat
02 tilly and the wall/blood flowers
03 ra ra riot/can you tell
04 lenka/trouble is a friend
05 oasis/falling down
06 frida hyvonen/birds
07 the panics/get us home
08 anna ternheim/losing you
09 the courteeners/what took you so long?
10 ladyton/i'm not scared
11 weezer/pork and beans
12 low vs. diamond/don't forget sister
13 the kooks/see the sun
14 sons and daughters/darling
15 kristoffer ragnstam/swing that tambourine
16 the fratellis/my friend john
17 the veils/the tide that left and never came back
18 amy winehouse/back to black [rumble strips remix]
19 british sea power/carrion
20 hush the many (heed the few)/revolve

Wednesday, January 14

BEST OF 2008 (PART 1)

Left-click [HERE] to download the first half of my favorites from 2008. (Songs are not ranked, merely divided into two more-or-less equal mixes.)

BEST OF 2008 (V. 1) TRACKLIST >>>

01 the rosebuds/another way in
02 coldplay/viva la vida
03 duffy/stepping stone
04 the fratellis/babydoll
05 amanda palmer/oasis
06 islands/creeper
07 sons and daughters/gilt complex
08 pete & the pirates/mr. understanding
09 kara keith/kick this city
10 the pigeon detectives/caught in your trap
11 the pica beats/poor old ra
12 the raveonettes/that great love sound
13 the sweet serenades/i can never die
14 the all new adventures of us/45 forever
15 eels/old shit-new shit
16 albert hammond, jr./101
17 the killers/human
18 five o'clock heroes [w/agyness deyn]/who
19 glasvegas/lonesome swan
20 wolf parade/language city

Friday, January 9

BEST OF DECEMBER 2008

Left-click [HERE] for last month's mix.

DECEMBER 2008 TRACKLIST >>>

01 THE DUKE SPIRIT/the step and the walk
02 MANDO DIAO/dance with somebody [radio edit]
03 LOVE IS ALL/a more uncertain future
04 THE KILLERS/spaceman
05 HONEYHONEY/not for long
06 STARFLYER 59/m23
07 BEN FOLDS [W/REGINA SPEKTOR]/you don't know me
08 THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT/papillon
09 NEIMO/johnny five
10 LOW VS. DIAMOND/i'll be
11 NO AND THE MAYBES/petra petrified
12 KAISER CHIEFS/always happens like that
13 THE ROSEBUDS/border guards
14 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS/sax rohmer #1
15 JENTRI COLELLO/bird of prey
16 TOM JONES/if he should ever leave you
17 LUSH/the childcatcher
18 BLACK BOX RECORDER/rock 'n' roll suicide
19 JOSEPH ARTHUR/honey and the moon
20 SAD DAY FOR PUPPETS/cherry blossom
21 BUBBLEGUM LEMONADE/i'll never be yours
22 THE POSTMARKS/11:59

Thursday, January 8

KENSINGTON PRAIRIE

KENSINGTON PRAIRIE on MySPACE.

[Singer REBECCA ROWAN was also the voice of former band MAPLEWOOD LANE. Thus, the bonus track....]

From the LP CAPTURED IN STILL LIFE, 2008 >>>
[
MP3] "Snowflakes and Great Lakes"
[
MP3] "Golden Days"

BONUS TRACK >>>

[
MP3] MAPLEWOOD LANE/"Wildwood Drive"

TUPELO HONEYS

TUPELO HONEYS on MySPACE.

[In compiling my Best Albums of 2008 some weeks ago, I was surprised to find that Sweden's TUPELO HONEYS seemed insistent on claiming the top spot. After a while, I sort of started to like the idea. It was, after all, a solid indie-pop album. Male-female vocals. Melodies & hooks aplenty. Fine, then. Count me in. That is, until I realized that their album actually came out in 2007. And this is the way that life has of shattering our dreams and waylaying our best-laid plans.]

From the LP SALUTE YOU, 2007 >>>
[
MP3] "The Return of the Weeping Man"
[
MP3] "Boy You're All Right"

Wednesday, January 7