Category: music

Two songs that got me through the day:
(1) Nina Gordon’s cover of “Straight out of Compton”.
(2) Nerdy Girl by Dealership.

orbit service: Another pretty good band I’ve stumbled across in the last few days. Kind of moody.

[CD Baby link]

I’ve just discovered that there are good, Tivo-worthy things on Austin City Limits. There’s a Pixies episode coming up, and another with Wilco and Bright Eyes. I’ve got the Tivo set to record both of them now. I see a lot of other episodes this season that might be interesting: Trey Anastasio, Robert Randolph, Elvis Costello, and a few others.

Nice instrumental band. Web site here, Myspace page here, CD Baby page here.

These guys are fun. MP3s here, and a fairly clever video here.

Since I’ve been linking to a bunch of other people’s “best of” lists, I thought I’d make one up myself. I can’t quite think of 10 CDs to put on it, though, so it’s not a top 10 list. In no particular order:

• U2 – How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
• Wilco – A Ghost is Born
• Phish – Undermind
• Ted Leo – Shake the Sheets
• Chris Whitley – War Crime Blues
• Silkworm – It’ll Be Cool
• Rum Diary – Posions That Save Lives
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Chasm

I’m not 100% sure that all of those albums were released in 2004, but I think they were.

I know that there were a lot of good albums in 2004 that I completely missed. Hopefully, I’ll catch up a bit in 2005. I’m just starting to listen to Arcade Fire and the Unicorns, for instance. And I haven’t picked up Brian Wilson’s Smile yet.

 

There’s some Arcade Fire live MP3s at this site. I’m just starting to get into these guys.