For Science!

It had been pointed out to me that I had not posted a blog entry in a weeks time, and that’s probably due to my furious anger at not buying an insane house that probably would have made me more furious in the future.
But for me, I think in breaking this whole thing down that [...]

Musicy Post

I’ve been randomly following KEXP’s top albums of the year, and I think that my favorites are generally convential and mostly along the lines of what they’re playing. So instead of putting out my playlist for the month (which somewhat embarassingly includes both Kanye West and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy) I will write some albums [...]

October 2008

I don’t believe I’ve been to a record store in some time. On the plus side, next week I should have the tape player hooked up, and then its Jingle Cats cassette tapes until something gives out.
1. Son The Father – F*ck*d Up
2. Changing – The Moondoggies
3. Far Behind – Social Distortion
4. Supernova – Liz [...]

September 2008 Playlist

1. Bastards Of Young – The Replacements
2. Knickerbocker – Fujiya & Miyagi
3. Something Is Not Right With Me – Cold War Kids
4. Dancing Choose – TV On The Radio
5. Bruises – Chairlift
6. Golden Age – TV On The Radio
7. Souled Out!!! – Conor Oberst
8. A Method – TV On The Radio
9. Here Comes A Regular [...]

August 2008

This Month’s Playlist
1. Willin’ – Little Feat
2. Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
3. The Backseat – The Gaslight Anthem
4. Gamma Ray – Beck
5. Criminal – The Roots
6. Swords Of Truth – These New Puritans
7. Lenders In the Temple – Conor Oberst
8. Ragged Wood – Fleet Foxes
9. Do It Again – Steely Dan
10. Good Lies [...]

July 2008 Playlist

Consider me a convert to The Hold Steady. Even if Gretchen may correctly assert that they sound somewhat like Counting Crows. They are at least a Counting Crows with better songs.
1. Uncovering The Old – Dr. Dog
2. Stuck Between Stations – The Hold Steady
3. Sometime Around Midnight – The Airborne Toxic Event
4. Sitting On Fire [...]

June 2008 Playlist

Rhapsody Link
Sadly, I think I have all the songs I like from the new My Morning Jacket album on this playlist.
1. I’m Amazed – My Morning Jacket
2. Rama Lama – Sons & Daughters
3. Daddy’s Cup – Drive-By Truckers
4. Karen – The National
5. More Bad Times – Presidents of the United States of America
6. Shabop Shalom [...]

May 2008

I’d recommend listening to both the latest Nick Cave and Spiritualized albums.
1. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! – Nick Cave
2. I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You – Black Kids
3. Death Take Your Fiddle – Spiritualized
4. Drunken Poet’s Dream – Hayes Carll
5. How Do You Tell a Child That Someone Has Died – [...]

April 2008 Playlist

A day early, but thought I’d get this posted. I’m also working on an old-fashioned Spring Mixtape, but here is what I have for this month:
April 2008 <— Rhaplink
1. Witchcraft – Wolfmother
2. Massive Nights – The Hold Steady
3. Strange Times – Black Keys
4. Hospital Beds – Cold War Kids
5. Grounds For Divorce – Elbow
6. Chips [...]

March 2008

All indie rock this month, with the exception of Snoop Dogg’s “Sexual Eruption”. I almost put his country song “My Medicine” in there, but I have many complicated feelings about it. Oh, I also put in the song from the Mac Air commercial because it’s always stuck in my head.
Rhapsody Link
1. I Got Mine [...]