Modest Mouse "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" The Moon & Antarctica
Red Dirt Rangers "Idabel Blues" Vol. 1--Full Tank
Emmylou Harris "Cup of Kindness" Stumble into Grace
Laurie Anderson "Tightrope" Bright Red / Tightrope
Leo Kottke "Three/Quarter North" One Guitar, No Vocals
Esquivel "Lazy Bones" Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
Pavement "Brink of the Clouds" Wowee Zowee--Sordid Sentinels Edition
Elvis Costello & The Attractions "Busy Bodies" Armed Forces
Kate Bush "Deeper Understanding" The Sensual World
Big Star "Baby Strange" (live) Keep an Eye on the Sky
bonus
Jon Langford "Buy It Now" Gold Brick
Methinks iTunes is hating on me of late. Pretty blah. Do like that Big Star T-Rex cover, and the box set is so wonderful it's good to see it in the list. That's a lovely, sneaky cynical song by Jon Boy to go out on, too.
1. Powerline -- Husker Du
ReplyDelete2. An Oscar for Treadwell -- Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
3. Looking Down the Barrell of a Gun -- Beastie Boys
4. Back to the Night -- Joan Armatrading
5. Capital Radio 2 -- The Clash
6. Beyond & Back (live) -- X
7. Happy Day -- Talking Heads
8. Leap Frog (take 6) -- Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
9. Bossa Nova Baby -- Elvis Presley
10. Icicles -- Badfinger
Bonus: 40 -- U2
The Court & Spark, “Burning Bridges” Ventura Whites
ReplyDeleteIbrahim Ferrer, “Compositor Confundido” Putumayo Presents: Cuba
Devendra Banhart, “Some People Ride the Wave” Cripple Crow
Built to Spill, “Things Fall Apart” There is No Enemy
Badly Drawn Boy, “One Plus One is One” One Plus One is One
By the Fireside, “The Hartford Parade” The Great Hartford Fire
Keith Jarrett, “Fire Dance” 40 Dark Intervals
Stone Jack Jones, “Texas” narcoTic LolliPoP
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “Death to Everyone” Summer in the Southeast
Dinah Washington, “Say It Isn’t So” Jazz Round Midnight
Bonus: The Clientele, “Jennifer & Julia” Bonfires on the Heath
Here's my last week's list, which I typed out but neglected to post.
Salamander Crossing, “Broken Night” Passion Train
Richard Davies, “Evergreen” Niagara, Niagara
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, “Let it Ride” Cold Roses
Pavement, “Here” Slanted & Enchanted
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, “Brickbats” Doc at the Radar Station
Frank Sinatra, “My Funny Valentine” Sings the Select Rodgers & Hart
Old 97’s, “She’s Got Everything” Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs
Lambchop, “Short” Damaged
Richard Thompson, “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008
Billie Holiday, “I Wished on the Moon” Quintessential, Vol. 1
Bonus: The Walkabouts, “Polly” Satisfied Mind
iTunes is taking you for granted, George. Boycott it for a bit. Shake things up. We all know you've got the mixtapes to do it with.
Damien Jurado, "Desert," Ghost of David
ReplyDeleteElliot Smith, "Going Nowhere," New Moon
The Wombats, "Party in a Forest (Where's Laura?)," A Guide to Love, Loss, and Desperation
Sea of Dogs, "Suddenly Something," Music Town
Neutral Milk Hotel, "Say Goodnight (Unconfirmed Title)," Shannon's Monroe House Demos
Tom Waits, "Time," Rain Dogs
Death Cab for Cutie, "Passenger Seat," Transantlanticism
Ola Podrida, "Lost and Found," Ola Podrida
The Albert Square, "Lion's Roar," Split CD (with Hard Girls)
Neutral Milk Hotel, "Song Against Sex," On Avery Island
Bonus: Guided by Voices, "Tobacco's Last Stand," Live in Carboro, 10/26/02
Ranging from obscurities to three all time favorites. Hating? It's a good list of lesser songs by great artists. You can hate me with Elvis, Kate, Pavement and Laurie any day, and you've got the last excellent MM, too.
1. "Trouble Comes Running" Spoon / Transference
ReplyDelete2. "The Hard Road" Smog / Dongs of Sevotion
3. "The Bogus Man" Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure
4. "Which Side Are You On Billy Bragg / Back To Basics
5. "Heavy Metal Drummer" Wilco / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. "I Better Be Quiet Now" Elliot Smith / Figure 8
7. "Buzzards And Dreadful Crows" Guided By Voices / Bee Thousand
8. "From a Buick 6" Bob Dylan / Highway 61 Revisited
9. "Reuben Pantier" Richard Buckner / The Hill
10. "Been So Long" Vetiver / To Find Me Gone
bonus: "Icicles" Badfinger / Best of Badfinger