11 Apr
Since I haven't had much time as of late to post content to this site, I thought I would do my best to give my readers a report on the last three months of music. The releases listed below are not listed in any certain order.
| NOTABLE RELEASES | ||||
| Artists: | Album: | Release Date: | Label: | Links: |
| Beach House | Teen Dream | 1/26/2010 | Sub Pop | >Listen or Buy |
| Freedy Johnston | Rain on the City | 01/12/10 | Bar/None | >Listen or Buy |
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | 01/12/10 | XL | >Listen or Buy |
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | 02/09/10 | Secretly Canadian | >Listen or Buy |
| Broken Bells | S/T | 03/09/10 | Sony | >Listen or Buy |
| Bettie Serveert | Pharmacy of Love | 03/23/10 | Second Motion | >Listen or Buy |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | 01/26/10 | Elektra/Asylum | >Listen or Buy |
| Juliana Hatfield | Peace and Love | 02/16/10 | Ye Old Records | >Listen or Buy |
| Joanna Newsom | Have One On Me | 02/23/10 | Drag City | >Listen or Buy |
| jj | jj no. 3 | 03/08/10 | Secrectly Canadian | >Listen or Buy |
| Spoon | Transference | 01/19/10 | Merge | >Listen or Buy |
| These New Puritans | Hidden | 03/02/10 | Domino | >Listen or Buy |
| Shout Out Louds | Work | 02/23/10 | Merge | >Listen or Buy |
| She & Him | Volume Two | 03/23/10 | Merge | >Listen or Buy |
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | 03/09/10 | EMI | >Listen or Buy |
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 | 1/26/2010 | Sub Pop | >Listen or Buy |
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | 1/26/2010 | Domino | >Listen or Buy |
| Ted Leo & The Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | 3/9/2010 | Matador | >Listen or Buy |
| Liars | Sisterworld | 3/9/2010 | Mute | >Listen or Buy |
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | 1/26/2010 | Arts & Crafts | >Listen or Buy |
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | 1/26/2010 | Nonesuch | >Listen or Buy |
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | 1/12/2010 | Raven Marching Band | >Listen or Buy |
| REST IN PEACE | ||||
| Vic Chesnutt | Box Tops & Big Star founding member, and solo artist | |||
| Alex Chilton | Solo artist | |||
| Mark Linkous | Sparklehorse leader | |||
Below is a playlist featuring some of the best tracks off the albums listed above. If you do not see the embedded playlist below please follow this link.
1 Feb
Songs To Be Obsessed With – Volume 2
Click the link above and you will be taken to the playlist hosted on this website. Click once on the first song and the playlist will start.
1 ) “Dawna” by Morphine (0:43)
2 ) “The Aspidistra Files” by Stars (3:53)
3 ) “November” by Azure Ray (4:27)
4 ) “Blackout Curtain” by Now It’s Overhead (4:17)
5 ) “She Will Have Her Way” by Neil Finn (3:56)
6 ) “I’ve Got A Feeling” by Ivy (3:02)
7 ) “Change My Life” by Spoon (4:29)
8 ) “That’s What I Know” by Josh Rouse (3:31)
9 ) “Reveal Love” by Ken Stringfellow (5:07)
10 ) “Mad World” by Gary Jules (3:09)
11 ) “I’ll Be Around” by Nourallah Brothers (3:01)
12 ) “Let’s Take A Trip Together” by Morphine (3:00)
13 ) “Nightswimming” by R.E.M. (4:18)
14 ) “Tongue And Heart” by Anomoanon (3:56)
15 ) “Exercise” by Clem Snide (3:34)
16 ) “Random Homes” by Twin Atlas (2:05)
17 ) “Island Garden Song” by Mountain Goats (2:27)
18 ) “I Am A Rock” by Red House Painters (5:32)
Just like volume one, this playlist was put together as a mix CD which I have now resurrected in digital format. I put it together sometime in 2004.
29 Jan
Songs To Be Obsessed With – Volume 3
Click the link above and you will be taken to the playlist hosted on this website. Click once on the first song and the playlist will start.
1 ) “Aphrodisiac” by Bow Wow Wow (3:18)
2 ) “Where Do You Run To” by Vivian Girls (3:23)
3 ) “Lola – The Raincoats, Davies, Ray” by Raincoats (4:04)
4 ) “Strangers” by Kinks (3:22)
5 ) “Paper Tiger” by Spoon (3:07)
6 ) “Shout Me Out” by TV On The Radio (4:28)
7 ) “Armenia City in the Sky” by Who (3:48)
8 ) “Good To Sea” by Pinback (3:14)
9 ) “Tammie” by The Dø (3:15)
10 ) “Daisy Click Clack” by Stereolab (3:28)
11 ) “Time to Pretend” by MGMT (4:21)
12 ) “Golden Brown” by Stranglers (3:30)
13 ) “Up In Michigan” by Chappaquiddick Skyline (2:24)
14 ) “Calling And Not Calling My Ex” by Okkervil River (4:21)
15 ) “Folk Song” by Ash (4:13)
16 ) “Boots Of Chinese Plastic” by Pretenders (2:33)
17 ) “Boots of Spanish Leather” by Bob Dylan (4:40)
18 ) “I’ll Keep It With Mine” (Bob Dylan Cover) by Nico (3:20)
19 ) “Who Loves The Sun” by Velvet Underground (2:48)
20 ) “Perfect Day” by Lou Reed (3:49)
21 ) “Gila” by Beach House (4:46)
Contains tracks that I was obsessed with over the past year. A mixture of great songs from 2008 and great tracks from the past.