August 2009
34 posts
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Listen“Common People (f/ Joe Jackson)” – William Shatner...
Aug 1st
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July 2009
33 posts
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Listen“Valerie (f/ Amy Winehouse)” – Mark Ronson...
Jul 31st
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Listen“Dreaming” – Blondie (Words/music: Debbie Harry...
Jul 30th
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Listen“Your Fucking Sunny Day” – Lambchop (Words/music:...
Jul 29th
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Listen“This is Not a Test” - She & Him (Words/music:...
Jul 28th
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Listen“Plenty is Never Enough” - Tenement Halls...
Jul 26th
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Listen“Everything Hits at Once” - Spoon (Words/music:...
Jul 25th
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Listen“Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)” –...
Jul 24th
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Listen“Born on a Train” - The Magnetic Fields...
Jul 23rd
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Some Songs Considered at XX Merge →
I’m in my hotel room in (very warm) Chapel Hill, NC ready to head over to the first night of Merge Records’ 20th anniversary celebration.  I’m super excited for five days of music and music fans.  I’ve been blogging about Merge Records bands all week (Conor Oberst, Neutral Milk Hotel, and the 3Ds so far this week in addition to Destroyer, Portastatic, Arcade Fire, Camera...
Jul 22nd
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Listen“Beautiful Things” - 3Ds (Words/music: The 3Ds ,...
Jul 22nd
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Listen“Two-Headed Boy” - Neutral Milk Hotel...
Jul 22nd
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Listen“Souled Out!!!” – Conor Oberst (Words/music: Jason...
Jul 21st
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Listen“Cherub Rock (Live on Saturday Night Live)” – The...
Jul 20th
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Listen“Chicago” - Sufjan Stevens (Words/music: Sufjan...
Jul 18th
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Listen“Betterman” - Eddie Vedder and the Walmer School...
Jul 17th
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Listen“I’m a Flirt (Shoreline) (R. Kelly f/ T-Pain...
Jul 17th
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Listen“Never Let Me Down (f/ Jay-Z and J. Ivy)” - Kanye...
Jul 15th
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Listen“All My Heroes are Weirdos” - !!!...
Jul 14th
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Listen“Johnny Appleseed” - Joe Strummer and the...
Jul 13th
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Listen“In the Air Tonight” - Phil Collins (Words/music:...
Jul 13th
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Listen“Just My Imagination” - The Rolling Stones...
Jul 11th
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Listen“96 Tears” - ? and the Mysterians ...
Jul 11th
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More Songs Considered #2: "Learned to Surf" -...
“Learned to Surf (Album Version and Acoustic Demo)” - Superchunk (Words/music: Superchunk, available on Leaves in the Gutter EP, Merge Records 2009) Listen to “Learned to Surf” on The Hype Machine I came around to Superchunk only after falling in love with some of their disciples.  This is consistent with how I discovered a lot of music during my late teens.  While I’ve...
Jul 10th
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Listen“Mabel” - Goldfinger (Words/music: John Feldmann,...
Jul 10th
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Listen“Today (Watch Me Shine)” - Everlast (Words/music:...
Jul 9th
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Listen“Possession” – Sarah McLachlan (Words/music: Sarah...
Jul 8th
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Listen“Red Rain” – Peter Gabriel (Words/music: Peter...
Jul 7th
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Listen“Fewer Broken Pieces” – David Bazan (Words/music:...
Jul 6th
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Listen“Montage” – Trey Parker (Words/music: Trey...
Jul 4th
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Listen“Hurricane Jane” – Black Kids (Words/music: Black...
Jul 4th
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Listen“Radar Love” – Golden Earring (Words/music: Barry...
Jul 3rd
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Listen“Join Together” - The Who (Words/music: Pete...
Jul 2nd
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