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FAVORITE SONGS OF 2007 (as chosen in 2007) (tie) “Someone Great” // “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem “The Past is a Grotesque Animal” by Of Montreal (tie) “Reckoner” // “Videotape” by Radiohead “Archangel” by Burial (tie) “Ponytail” by Panda Bear // “The Ghost of You Lingers” by Spoon * listen to my Favorite Tracks of 2007 on Spotify via P|M|W Playlist Clearly, I had some issues pegging down a solid top five in 2007, and if I was doing it today, I would have the exact same problem. In fact, I would probably have found a way to get “Slow Show” by The National in that list.  There’s no way I could not include the best one-two punch of the decade at my top spot. Hearing those two songs back to back for the first time when hearing “Sound of Silver” sent my chills up my spine and still, four years later, I can get the exact same feeling. Those are two absolutely perfect moments of music, and James Murphy proved that he was among the greatest song composers of our generation with those beauties. When it came to picking something from “In Rainbows”, I guess I’m fine with those choices, but truthfully, any of those songs could have made the cut. That’s a perfect album.  Of course, the oddball then is maybe still the oddball now, and that’s the near twelve minute masterpiece of storytelling and mood, in Of Montreal’s “The Past is a Grotesque Animal”. That fucking song is a novel wrapped into a pop song. It’s still goddamned exhilarating to hear these years later, and in any other year it would be the best song that I heard, but it happened to be released alongside LCD Soundsystem’s first masterpiece.  “Ponytail” is and has always been my favorite song by Panda Bear. It’s swirling beauty and optimism stood out then and it still stands out now. I still play that song once a week, if not more. In fact, it’s one of those songs that I tend to get lost in a repeat loop. The same could be said for a song that thematically feels like it belongs on the opposite side of the spectrum, and that’s the haunting, foreboding, but still drop dead gorgeous “Archangel” by Burial. Hell, the same goes for Spoon’s “The Ghost of You Lingers”. I just get lost in those songs.  Whenever I get around to revising these into decade lists, I’ll be hard pressed to make over half of the selections from 2007. It was a monumental year for amazing music and just looking at this list, my mind goes nuts thinking about all of the songs that I didn’t even consider (Yeasayer, The Shins, Arcade Fire, The National, I’m looking at you guys). Fuck - well, it’s a good list all the same.  * (previous year’s top fives)

FAVORITE SONGS OF 2007 (as chosen in 2007)

  1. (tie) “Someone Great” // “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem
  2. “The Past is a Grotesque Animal” by Of Montreal
  3. (tie) “Reckoner” // “Videotape” by Radiohead
  4. “Archangel” by Burial
  5. (tie) “Ponytail” by Panda Bear // “The Ghost of You Lingers” by Spoon

* listen to my Favorite Tracks of 2007 on Spotify via P|M|W Playlist

Clearly, I had some issues pegging down a solid top five in 2007, and if I was doing it today, I would have the exact same problem. In fact, I would probably have found a way to get “Slow Show” by The National in that list. 

There’s no way I could not include the best one-two punch of the decade at my top spot. Hearing those two songs back to back for the first time when hearing “Sound of Silver” sent my chills up my spine and still, four years later, I can get the exact same feeling. Those are two absolutely perfect moments of music, and James Murphy proved that he was among the greatest song composers of our generation with those beauties. When it came to picking something from “In Rainbows”, I guess I’m fine with those choices, but truthfully, any of those songs could have made the cut. That’s a perfect album. 

Of course, the oddball then is maybe still the oddball now, and that’s the near twelve minute masterpiece of storytelling and mood, in Of Montreal’s “The Past is a Grotesque Animal”. That fucking song is a novel wrapped into a pop song. It’s still goddamned exhilarating to hear these years later, and in any other year it would be the best song that I heard, but it happened to be released alongside LCD Soundsystem’s first masterpiece. 

“Ponytail” is and has always been my favorite song by Panda Bear. It’s swirling beauty and optimism stood out then and it still stands out now. I still play that song once a week, if not more. In fact, it’s one of those songs that I tend to get lost in a repeat loop. The same could be said for a song that thematically feels like it belongs on the opposite side of the spectrum, and that’s the haunting, foreboding, but still drop dead gorgeous “Archangel” by Burial. Hell, the same goes for Spoon’s “The Ghost of You Lingers”. I just get lost in those songs. 

Whenever I get around to revising these into decade lists, I’ll be hard pressed to make over half of the selections from 2007. It was a monumental year for amazing music and just looking at this list, my mind goes nuts thinking about all of the songs that I didn’t even consider (Yeasayer, The Shins, Arcade Fire, The National, I’m looking at you guys). Fuck - well, it’s a good list all the same. 

* (previous year’s top fives)

#top 5  #2007  #top 5 songs  #spotify  #radiohead  #thom yorke  #james murphy  #lcd soundsystem  #of montreal  #burial  #panda bear  #spoon  
7 months ago on October 26, 2011 at 12:58pm with 15 notes
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FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2005 (as written in 2005) “Apologies to the Queen Mary” by Wolf Parade “Alligator” by The National “Illinois” by Sufjan Stevens “Before the Dawn Heals Us” by M83 (tie) “The Sunset Tree” by The Mountain Goats // “The Weight is a Gift” by Nada Surf * Listen to these 5 albums on Spotify in a P|M|W Playlist This collection of albums is fairly accurate. If written today, there would certainly be some shake-ups, but I can’t argue with these selections. I know that there were a handful of smaller, more experimental albums that were released in 2005 that I grew to love more as the years progressed (LCD Soundsystem’s self titled debut & Hood’s “Outside Closer” comes to mind), but as a snapshot of what I was listening to in 2005, you couldn’t do any better than these albums.  In fact, I still listen to “Alligator”, “Apologies to the Queen Mary”, and “The Weight is a Gift” fairly regularly. The only album on here that I don’t often return to is “Illinois” and I think that has more to do with just genuinely enjoying Sufjan Steven’s later period experimentation more than the widescreen orchestral pop. Granted, I certainly spent a good year wearing that album out to the point of front-to-back memorization, so I’m not slighting it in the least.  This particular year was a strong year that included a couple of dozen other releases that could have easily slid in here (Spoon’s “Gimme Fiction”, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s debut album, Serena Maneesh’s self titled album to name a few), but I’m happy with the choices I made that year. Until I go back and rebuild theses lists from a present state of mind, this will do just fine.  * (previous year’s top fives)

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2005 (as written in 2005)

  1. “Apologies to the Queen Mary” by Wolf Parade
  2. “Alligator” by The National
  3. “Illinois” by Sufjan Stevens
  4. “Before the Dawn Heals Us” by M83
  5. (tie) “The Sunset Tree” by The Mountain Goats // “The Weight is a Gift” by Nada Surf

* Listen to these 5 albums on Spotify in a P|M|W Playlist

This collection of albums is fairly accurate. If written today, there would certainly be some shake-ups, but I can’t argue with these selections. I know that there were a handful of smaller, more experimental albums that were released in 2005 that I grew to love more as the years progressed (LCD Soundsystem’s self titled debut & Hood’s “Outside Closer” comes to mind), but as a snapshot of what I was listening to in 2005, you couldn’t do any better than these albums. 

In fact, I still listen to “Alligator”, “Apologies to the Queen Mary”, and “The Weight is a Gift” fairly regularly. The only album on here that I don’t often return to is “Illinois” and I think that has more to do with just genuinely enjoying Sufjan Steven’s later period experimentation more than the widescreen orchestral pop. Granted, I certainly spent a good year wearing that album out to the point of front-to-back memorization, so I’m not slighting it in the least. 

This particular year was a strong year that included a couple of dozen other releases that could have easily slid in here (Spoon’s “Gimme Fiction”, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s debut album, Serena Maneesh’s self titled album to name a few), but I’m happy with the choices I made that year. Until I go back and rebuild theses lists from a present state of mind, this will do just fine. 

* (previous year’s top fives)

#top 5  #top 5 albums  #2005  #spotify  #the mountain goats  #wolf parade  #nada surf  #the national  #Sufjan Stevens  #m83  #spoon  #sareena maneesh  
7 months ago on October 21, 2011 at 09:01pm with 17 notes
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FAVORITE SONGS OF 2002 (as written in 2002) “PDA” by Interpol “Jonathon Fisk” by Spoon “Losing My Edge” by LCD Soundsystem “Test Tones (demo for The Flaming Lips)” by Wheat // “Down in Virginia” by Emily Sparks “Consequence” by Notwist * listen to my Favorite Tracks of 2002 on Spotify via P|M|W Playlist! There are a half dozen songs on the debut album by Interpol that could have filled that number one slot, but only one of them has a moment of perfect musical bliss that ranks among my favorites pieces of music ever written, and that’s the last 1:40 of “PDA”. If you’ve ever heard the song, then you know what I mean. It’s the reason they use it to close their shows, it’s the reason that I wore the “rewind” button off of my car’s CD player in 2002. It’s absolute perfection.  The rest of this list is actually a wonderful reminder of some songs that I had sorta forgotten about. I actually forgot how much I loved “Losing My Edge” when I first heard it on a random station while driving alone late one night in Los Angeles (I was there on business, still lived in Michigan at the time). I’d never heard of LCD Soundsystem or James Murphy or DFA, but the minute that beat dropped in, I was hooked. It felt like a weird random song from an artist that I would never hear from again, but lo and behold, James Murphy ended up becoming one of the guiding forces in my music exploration over the years.  The Wheat track comes from a compilation (Amos House Vol. 2) that actually featured four other songs (including the Emily Sparks track) that I was obsessed with throughout the summer of 2002. I remember listening to that album on repeat from my balcony above the dentist’s office in my small apartment in Marshall, Michigan - but mostly it was just the Wheat and Emily Sparks songs. Sadly, I can no longer find that album and two of my attempts to purchase it on eBay have come up with the wrong disc (ebay sellers have no shame and are borderline idiots), so I’m going off my notes as a reminder of how much I loved that thing. The Wheat song is available on Spotify under a strange EP, so i’ve included it for listening.  All in all, I think I completely agree with younger me. Moreso than a lot of these years that I’ll be posting. Enjoy. 

FAVORITE SONGS OF 2002 (as written in 2002)

  1. “PDA” by Interpol
  2. “Jonathon Fisk” by Spoon
  3. “Losing My Edge” by LCD Soundsystem
  4. “Test Tones (demo for The Flaming Lips)” by Wheat // “Down in Virginia” by Emily Sparks
  5. “Consequence” by Notwist

* listen to my Favorite Tracks of 2002 on Spotify via P|M|W Playlist!

There are a half dozen songs on the debut album by Interpol that could have filled that number one slot, but only one of them has a moment of perfect musical bliss that ranks among my favorites pieces of music ever written, and that’s the last 1:40 of “PDA”. If you’ve ever heard the song, then you know what I mean. It’s the reason they use it to close their shows, it’s the reason that I wore the “rewind” button off of my car’s CD player in 2002. It’s absolute perfection. 

The rest of this list is actually a wonderful reminder of some songs that I had sorta forgotten about. I actually forgot how much I loved “Losing My Edge” when I first heard it on a random station while driving alone late one night in Los Angeles (I was there on business, still lived in Michigan at the time). I’d never heard of LCD Soundsystem or James Murphy or DFA, but the minute that beat dropped in, I was hooked. It felt like a weird random song from an artist that I would never hear from again, but lo and behold, James Murphy ended up becoming one of the guiding forces in my music exploration over the years. 

The Wheat track comes from a compilation (Amos House Vol. 2) that actually featured four other songs (including the Emily Sparks track) that I was obsessed with throughout the summer of 2002. I remember listening to that album on repeat from my balcony above the dentist’s office in my small apartment in Marshall, Michigan - but mostly it was just the Wheat and Emily Sparks songs. Sadly, I can no longer find that album and two of my attempts to purchase it on eBay have come up with the wrong disc (ebay sellers have no shame and are borderline idiots), so I’m going off my notes as a reminder of how much I loved that thing. The Wheat song is available on Spotify under a strange EP, so i’ve included it for listening. 

All in all, I think I completely agree with younger me. Moreso than a lot of these years that I’ll be posting. Enjoy. 

#top 5  #top 5 songs  #2002  #spotify  #interpol  #spoon  #lcd soundsystem  #amos house collection  #emily sparks  #notwist  #neon golden  #skating club  #ida  #wheat  #amos house  
7 months ago on October 15, 2011 at 08:53pm with 21 notes
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FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2002 (as written in 2002) “Turn on the Bright Lights” by Interpol ”(  )” by Sigur Ros “Sea Change” by Beck “Black Out” by The Good Life (tie) “Kill the Moonlight” by Spoon // “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” by Wilco * listen to these 5 albums on Spotify in a P|M|W playlist. Looking back on this year, my notes were pretty basic. I had these albums listed and then after the fact, I had scrawled on “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” by The Flaming Lips. Somehow I had forgotten that album in the scheme of things, but never went back to make room. Just imagine the ghost of that album lingering somewhere next to “Sea Change” there and we should be all right.  It also just occurred to me that Broken Social Scene’s “You Forgot it in People” was technically released in 2002, but I didn’t pick that album up until after it was recommended to me in early 2003, so you’ll find that album in the next batch, but rest assured, if this were being re-written from those initial notes, BSS would be right up there next to Sigur Ros or hell, maybe even Interpol.  My notes for 2002 were fairly light. Most years I’ve found pages of random thoughts and comments on the year of music, but not in 2002. I was all over the place that year and perhaps that reflects in my pretty basic and maybe obvious picks, but the years that followed got especially loud and long and borderline ignorant, so I’ll save up my energy for those years and just leave this little collection in place. It’s a tight year. Everyone knows those albums (with maybe the exception being Tim Kasher’s finest hour in The Good Life’s “Black Out”), but that’s just fine. They’re known for a reason. They’re all amazing. 

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2002 (as written in 2002)

  1. “Turn on the Bright Lights” by Interpol
  2. ”(  )” by Sigur Ros
  3. “Sea Change” by Beck
  4. “Black Out” by The Good Life
  5. (tie) “Kill the Moonlight” by Spoon // “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” by Wilco

* listen to these 5 albums on Spotify in a P|M|W playlist.

Looking back on this year, my notes were pretty basic. I had these albums listed and then after the fact, I had scrawled on “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” by The Flaming Lips. Somehow I had forgotten that album in the scheme of things, but never went back to make room. Just imagine the ghost of that album lingering somewhere next to “Sea Change” there and we should be all right. 

It also just occurred to me that Broken Social Scene’s “You Forgot it in People” was technically released in 2002, but I didn’t pick that album up until after it was recommended to me in early 2003, so you’ll find that album in the next batch, but rest assured, if this were being re-written from those initial notes, BSS would be right up there next to Sigur Ros or hell, maybe even Interpol. 

My notes for 2002 were fairly light. Most years I’ve found pages of random thoughts and comments on the year of music, but not in 2002. I was all over the place that year and perhaps that reflects in my pretty basic and maybe obvious picks, but the years that followed got especially loud and long and borderline ignorant, so I’ll save up my energy for those years and just leave this little collection in place. It’s a tight year. Everyone knows those albums (with maybe the exception being Tim Kasher’s finest hour in The Good Life’s “Black Out”), but that’s just fine. They’re known for a reason. They’re all amazing. 

#top 5  #spotify  #top 5 albums  #interpol  #wilco  #sigur ros  #beck  #the good life  #spoon  #the flaming lips  #2002  
7 months ago on October 15, 2011 at 05:33pm with 20 notes
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THE CURE // COVERED Here is the previously mentioned covers compilation featuring the music of The Cure. Lots of lesser known artists mixed in this time around because quite frankly, they were the best. Also, I wasn’t about to include 40 different versions of “Lovesong”, so the only duplicate tracks included are two very different takes on “Boys Don’t Cry”. Are there some covers that I missed - sure. Most of those were instances of choosing who I felt covered a particular track the best. So without further ado, here are classic songs by The Cure as re-interpreted by artists over the years. Playlist (click the band name for more info on the band): The Submarines - Boys Don’t Cry Alkaline Trio - Exploding Boy Britt Daniel (Spoon) - 10:15 Saturday Night (live) The Casket Lottery - Six Different Ways The Smashing Pumpkins - A Night Like This (James Iha version) Dean & Britta - Friday I’m In Love The Dandy Warhols - Primary The Rosebuds - The Walk OK Go - The Lovecats Editors - Lullaby Bat for Lashes - A Forest A.P. Witomski - Seventeen Seconds Elk City - Close to Me Elizabeth Harper & the Matinee - Pictures of You Devics - Catch Pandit - Just Like Heaven Grant Lee Phillips - Boys Don’t Cry The Big Pink - Lovesong Trespassers William - Let’s Go to Bed (Disinterested Mix) Snow and Voices - Disintegration  (download) The Cure // Covered ( MF | MU ) (stream) Entire Mix @ 8tracks (follow PerfectMidnightWorld for more musicrelated posts like this) Please support the artists that you find and enjoy. Buy their music, merchandise and tickets to see their shows. Supporting them is the only purpose in doing this blog. Contrary to the opinions of some, music blogs are a great way to discover new music, but there will only be so much new music to go around if these artists can’t afford to support themselves through their art and commerce. Only use these mixtapes as a guide to find something to throw your (financial and emotional) support behind.

THE CURE // COVERED

Here is the previously mentioned covers compilation featuring the music of The Cure. Lots of lesser known artists mixed in this time around because quite frankly, they were the best. Also, I wasn’t about to include 40 different versions of “Lovesong”, so the only duplicate tracks included are two very different takes on “Boys Don’t Cry”. Are there some covers that I missed - sure. Most of those were instances of choosing who I felt covered a particular track the best.

So without further ado, here are classic songs by The Cure as re-interpreted by artists over the years.

Playlist (click the band name for more info on the band):

  1. The Submarines - Boys Don’t Cry
  2. Alkaline Trio - Exploding Boy
  3. Britt Daniel (Spoon) - 10:15 Saturday Night (live)
  4. The Casket Lottery - Six Different Ways
  5. The Smashing Pumpkins - A Night Like This (James Iha version)
  6. Dean & Britta - Friday I’m In Love
  7. The Dandy Warhols - Primary
  8. The Rosebuds - The Walk
  9. OK Go - The Lovecats
  10. Editors - Lullaby
  11. Bat for Lashes - A Forest
  12. A.P. Witomski - Seventeen Seconds
  13. Elk City - Close to Me
  14. Elizabeth Harper & the Matinee - Pictures of You
  15. Devics - Catch
  16. Pandit - Just Like Heaven
  17. Grant Lee Phillips - Boys Don’t Cry
  18. The Big Pink - Lovesong
  19. Trespassers William - Let’s Go to Bed (Disinterested Mix)
  20. Snow and Voices - Disintegration 

(download) The Cure // Covered ( MF | MU )

(stream) Entire Mix @ 8tracks

(follow PerfectMidnightWorld for more musicrelated posts like this)

Please support the artists that you find and enjoy. Buy their music, merchandise and tickets to see their shows. Supporting them is the only purpose in doing this blog. Contrary to the opinions of some, music blogs are a great way to discover new music, but there will only be so much new music to go around if these artists can’t afford to support themselves through their art and commerce. Only use these mixtapes as a guide to find something to throw your (financial and emotional) support behind.

#Mixtape  #The Cure  #covers mixtapes  #experimental  #indie  #dream pop  #Smashing Pumpkins  #the submarines  #Alkaline Trio  #spoon  #dean and britta  #dandy warhols  #snow and voices  #editors  #the big pink  #ok go  #bat for lashes  #pandit  #trespassers william  #shoegaze  
1 year ago on May 18, 2011 at 05:17pm with 285 notes
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THE AFTERGLOW : EPISODE 41 (revived) This week is another solid week of great tracks from the worlds of indie, dream pop, shoegaze, and lo fi. I was a little busy this week with work things so I had to get an assist from Danceyrselfclean (who’s page I plundered for some excellent additions to this week’s episode) and the end result is some excellent fucking music. Please support the bands that strike your fancy (especially the lesser known talent). Thank you for all the support, likes, and reblogs, and as usual these Afterglow mixes are best heard at night. Make out, drive, study, sleep, or fuck to it. Do whatever you like, but please enjoy it. PLAYLIST: (click band name for band site // scroll down for DL links) girls names - I LOSE the heavenly states - BERLIN WALL (Feat. Britt Daniel of Spoon) the black angels - THE BOAT SONG thee oh sees - I NEED SEED the flaming lips - SMOTHERED IN HUGS (Guided by Voices cover) pinback - THEE SCRUM PROGGITT yeasayer - PHOENIX WIND blood orange - DINNER john maus - BELIEVER blackbird blackbird - OVERBOARD jesse ruins - DREAM ANALYSIS how to dress well - READY FOR THE WORLD (STAR SLINGER REFIX) quiet lights - NO MORE CRAYONS 13 & god - ET TU sharon van etten - LIKE A DIAMOND (Glass Ghost cover) julian lynch - DISAPPOINTMENT skeletons - PEOPLE the morning benders - OH ANNIE the national - EXILE VILIFY the antlers - HOUNDS (download links) THE AFTERGLOW : EPISODE 41 ( MU | MF ) Please support the artists that you find and enjoy. Buy their music, merchandise and tickets to see their shows. Supporting them is the only purpose in doing this blog. Contrary to the opinions of some, music blogs are a great way to discover new music, but there will only be so much new music to go around if these artists can’t afford to support themselves through their art and commerce. Only use these mixtapes as a guide to find something to throw your (financial and emotional) support behind.  Check out the previous Afterglow Episodes.

THE AFTERGLOW : EPISODE 41 (revived)

This week is another solid week of great tracks from the worlds of indie, dream pop, shoegaze, and lo fi. I was a little busy this week with work things so I had to get an assist from Danceyrselfclean (who’s page I plundered for some excellent additions to this week’s episode) and the end result is some excellent fucking music.

Please support the bands that strike your fancy (especially the lesser known talent). Thank you for all the support, likes, and reblogs, and as usual these Afterglow mixes are best heard at night. Make out, drive, study, sleep, or fuck to it. Do whatever you like, but please enjoy it.

PLAYLIST: (click band name for band site // scroll down for DL links)

  1. girls names - I LOSE
  2. the heavenly states - BERLIN WALL (Feat. Britt Daniel of Spoon)
  3. the black angels - THE BOAT SONG
  4. thee oh sees - I NEED SEED
  5. the flaming lips - SMOTHERED IN HUGS (Guided by Voices cover)
  6. pinback - THEE SCRUM PROGGITT
  7. yeasayer - PHOENIX WIND
  8. blood orange - DINNER
  9. john maus - BELIEVER
  10. blackbird blackbird - OVERBOARD
  11. jesse ruins - DREAM ANALYSIS
  12. how to dress well - READY FOR THE WORLD (STAR SLINGER REFIX)
  13. quiet lights - NO MORE CRAYONS
  14. 13 & god - ET TU
  15. sharon van etten - LIKE A DIAMOND (Glass Ghost cover)
  16. julian lynch - DISAPPOINTMENT
  17. skeletons - PEOPLE
  18. the morning benders - OH ANNIE
  19. the national - EXILE VILIFY
  20. the antlers - HOUNDS

(download links) THE AFTERGLOW : EPISODE 41 ( MU | MF )

Please support the artists that you find and enjoy. Buy their music, merchandise and tickets to see their shows. Supporting them is the only purpose in doing this blog. Contrary to the opinions of some, music blogs are a great way to discover new music, but there will only be so much new music to go around if these artists can’t afford to support themselves through their art and commerce. Only use these mixtapes as a guide to find something to throw your (financial and emotional) support behind. 

Check out the previous Afterglow Episodes.

#the afterglow  #Mixtape  #dream pop  #shoegaze  #glo fi  #lo fi  #indie  #support these bands  #The National  #the antlers  #girls names  #spoon  #Britt Daniel  #Pinback  #Yeasayer  #blood orange  #star slinger  #how to dress well  #the morning benders  #skeletons  #julian lynch  
1 year ago on April 25, 2011 at 06:27pm with 48 notes

The Heavenly States - Berlin Wall (Feat. Britt Daniel)

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“Berlin Wall” by the Heavenly States & Britt Daniel // from the album, Oui Camera, Oui

The new Heavenly States EP features a collaboration with Britt Daniel (providing lead vocals here) that might make listeners a bit nostalgic for the days when Spoon trafficked completely in sunny, pop sounds and left the sonic experimentations for more daring bands (thankfully, Spoon now juggles both with ease). This is that collaboration, a sweet sing-a-long indie pop track that builds and swells into a rousing little stomper. I warn you, this is catchy like herpes. You’ll be in a losing battle to get this song out of your head for the next few hours.

#the heavenly states  #spoon  #Britt Daniel  #indie  #jangle pop  #mp3  #Favorite New Music  
1 year ago on April 24, 2011 at 09:49pm with 27 notes

Spoon - Sunday Morning Wednesday Night

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spoon - SUNDAY MORNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Another B-Side from a favorite band. This track so should have been on “Gimme Fiction” but was instead placed on the “Sister Jack” EP because it didn’t so much fit the vibe of the rest of the album. It’s a more somber, reflective jam that Britt Daniel and the boys usually traffic in, but that’s what makes it so goddamn special. That simple guitar and layered “lalalala” is pretty much the whole wonderful song. Well, and of course there’s always Britt Daniel’s lyrics about those nights stretched too long when people just become objects or memory place holders. It’s darker than your average Spoon, but fuck it’s a great jam.

#spoon  #britt daniel  #jim eno  #austin texas  #indie  #b-side  #mp3  #drunken jams  #throwback jams  #music  
1 year ago on January 26, 2011 at 12:35am with 21 notes

Spoon - The Mystery Zone

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SPOON - THE MYSTERY ZONE


This track from the new Spoon album, “Transference”, might be my favorite. MIGHT! It’s a fucking hell of a disc.

It hits like a track from “Gimme Fiction” but its new. Sustained heavy rhythms. It feels like that summer in New York. It hits like that fall in Westchester. It resonates like that Halloween after everyone moved away. Fuck… did i just drift off? It’s all safe and sane. It’s a great fucking track and because it’s reminding me of that time, I’m gonna offer up a b-side from the “Gimme Fiction” album called “Sunday Morning Wednesday Night” that will break you into all sorts of pieces. A tremendous and heartbreaking sad bastard track. Worth every second.

SPOON - THE MYSTERY ZONE

SPOON - SUNDAY MORNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT

PRE-ORDER SPOON’S “TRANSFERENCE”

#Spoon  #merge records  #b-sides  
2 years ago on January 18, 2010 at 01:17am with 1 note