joe purdy-only four seasons [2006]

this guy has me hooked. joe purdy has only been recording as a solo artist since the year 2001 and this year he'd finishing his tenth album, sixth in two years. this album, from early 2006 has some great songs on it. joe toured last year as a part of tom mcrae's hotel cafe tour. i might say that his music (minus the voice) sounds like tom mcrae if tom was on prozak. i would probably draw comparisons closer to ryan adams or bruce springsteen. nonetheless, he's great. if you are fans of the show lost you might be interested to know that joe's song "wash away" was used at the end of one of the episodes of season one. check out the songs, "cinderella and the a-train", "the city", and "why you".

1. the city
2. cinderella & the a-train
3. look at you now
4. why do i
5. andrea
6. laughing man
7. meteor city
8. why you
9. suitcase
10. come back down joe
11. falling down
    

radiohead-in rainbows COMPLETE [2007]

here's both of the releases by radiohead that is in rainbows. the second cd was released in the box set only. obviously just as good as the first. this is the whole package together in one download, about 100mb. not one to miss.

disc 1

1. 15 step
2. bodysnatchers
3. nude
4. weird fishes/arpeggi
5. all i need
6. faust arp
7. reckoner
8. house of cards
9. jigsaw falling into place
10. videotape

disc 2

1. mk 1
2. down is the new up
3. go slowly
4. mk 2
5. last flowers
6. up on the ladder
7. bangers & mash
8. 4 minute warning
   

bnat christmas mix 2007

merry christmas...now that we're past thanksgiving i don't have to feel like a retard by listening to christmas music though fm 100 would never agree...they only care about money. hmmm. anywho, last year i made an amazing christmas mix which i'm sure i can't top this year but i'm gonna post one anyway. i'll also post last years since i didn't have this blog last year :) anywho, i'm pretty proud of 2006's mix and 2007 DEFINATELY has some great licks...enjoy...

1. radiohead-winter wonderland
2. kt tunstall-mele kalikimaka
3. low-just like christmas
4. aimee mann-i'll be home for christmas
5. the jackson 5-up on the housetop
6. enya-silent night
7. travis-last christmas
8. damien rice-happy christmas (war is over)
9. tom mcrae-wonderful christmas time
10. bright eyes-blue christmas
11. be folds five-lonely christmas eve
12. sissel-mitt hjerte alltid vanker (norwegian)
13. death cab for cutie-christmas (baby please come home)
14. feist-lo, how a rose e're blooming
15. the who-christmas
16. white christmas soundtrack-snow
17. run-dmc-christmas in hollis
18. simon and garfunkel-oh come! all ye faithful

1. badly drawn boy-donna and blitzen
2. do they know it's christmas (band aid)
3. jars of clay-little drummer boy
4. travis-river
5. zebrahead-i hate christmas
6. bon jovi-bells will be ringing
7. copeland-do you hear what i hear
8. garth brooks-god rest ye merry gentlemen
9. coldplay-have yourself a merry little christmas
10. goldfinger-white christmas
11. eagles-bells will be ringing
12. paul mccartney-wonderful christmas time
13. sugar ray-silver bells
14. robbie williams-so this is christmas
15. dido-christmas day
16. u2-please come home for christmas
17. bruce springsteen-santa claus is coming to town
18. jackson 5-i saw mommy kissing santa claus
19. deam martin-baby it's cold outside

iron and wine-in the reins EP [2005]

this is my favorite work by the band iron and wine. it's only a seven song EP released in 2005 with the band calexico. all of the songs were written by the man behind iron and wine, sam beam. most of the early releases by iron and wine are much more melodic and acoustic where this album i think they stretched into a new genre, adding the hyphen from folk to folk-rock. great stuff. if you like ryan adams or black rebel motorcycle club, this is has a similar ring only the singer whispers a lot more....check out "red dust", "16, maybe less", "he lays in the reins".

1. he lays in the reins
2. prison on route 41
3. history of lovers
4. red dust
5. 16, maybe less
6. burn that broken bed
7. dead man's will
   

michael jackson-invincible [2001]

i can't believe i waited this long to get one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite artists. i apologize. oh, and did i mention that without question he is the greatest performer of all time. all time people. i always like to get in a debate about who the most recognizable person on the earth today is. what i'm saying is: if you were to poll every person on this planet today who would the most people recognize. bush? hitler? i think that person is michael jackson. anyway, this album was a number one in the world and i think it deserves every single bit of that title. no one keeps up like michael. one of his earlier albums "thriller" came out in 1982. that is, the songs you recognize and people still thump in their cars today (me included) like "billy jean", "beat it" and of course "thriller". came out before anyone else had thought or rap beats. you may not agree with all the things i said but as a human you must at least appreciate genius when you see it. check out the songs, "whatever happens", "you rock my world", and "unbreakable". oh, i almost forgot, i'll DEFINATELY be posting his newest album when it comes out in early '08 so be looking for that....

1. unbreakable
2. heartbreaker
3. invincible
4. break of dawn
5. heaven can wait
6. you rock my world
7. butterflies
8. speechless
9. 2000 watts
10. you are my life
11. privacy
12. don't walk away
13. cry
14. the lost children
15. whatever happens
16. threatened

tom mcrae-all maps welcome [2005]

i can't help it. i'm reposting a different album from an artist i've already told you about. and i have TONS of great new music that i really want to get on here. he's that good though. seriously. i posted tom mcrae's new album "king of cards" early in my bloggin days :) this album, his third release of four is the second best of the four (this is the order: 1-self-titled, 2-all maps welcome, 3-just like blood, 4-king of cards; this isn't subjective either, it's the cold-hard truth). he is one of the most inspiring artist i have ever listened to. not to mention tom as a lyricist (check out the lyrics in 'girl who falls down stairs'). he has such a solid portfolio of work that he could end his career as an artist now and i'd isten to his four albums over and over and over. incredible. check out the songs, "vampire heart"<---one of my top five favorite songs....ever, "girl who falls down stairs", and "silent boulevard"<----that was hard to choose, 1-11 are all incredible.

1. for the restless


2. hummingbird song


3. the girl who falls down stairs


4. how the west was won


5. packing for the crash


6. it ain't you


7. strangest land


8. my vampire heart


9. silent boulevard


10. still lost


11. border song

girls in hawaii-from here to there [2005]

not just perverts, these guys are also great musicians. hailing from belgium, the band girls in hawaii have a quality album here. i first picked this up almost two years ago. this is there only lp release to date and it's definately worth a listen. in belgium this band is supposedly the latest "great sensation". wouldn't surprise me though since almost no one could name a great band from belgium....(no offense if you know some)...either way, this album has some great songs. check out "found in the ground", "flavor", and "time to forgive the winter".

1. 9:00 a.m.
2. short song for a short mind
3. time to forgive the winter
4. casper
5. found in the ground
6. the ship on the sea
7. the fog
8. fontanelle
9. flavor
10. organeum
11. bees & butterflies (down)
12. catwalk
    

jeff hanson-jeff hanson [2005]

listen carefully. pay attention or you may be very confused. scroll down to the bottom of this post and click on the preview to the song, "this time it will". now listen for about 30 seconds. jeff hanson is the name of a solo singer/songwriter from the northern-midwest. a male. not a joke. and this guy has talent. i heard of his work from a friend in early 2006 and actually saw him in concert at kilby in slc in feb. or march of last year...can't remember exactly. but trust me, he's a dude. in fact, he has the build of a linebacker which makes it all the more weird, i know. but it's worth looking into one of the two great solo albums he's released. check out "this time it will", "welcome here", and "long overdue".

1. losing a year
2. now we know
3. welcome here
4. i just don't believe you
5. i know your name
6. someone else
7. this time it will
8. let you out
9. long overdue
10. something about

sigur ros-takk [2005]

maybe the most amazing concert i've ever been to was sigur ros at the depot in slc in may of 2006. it's hard to put into words what that show was like. it was seriously like an out of body experience. amazing. this band is completely individual. jonsi, the lead singer and guitarist, actually plays the guitar with a violin bow. the music is like a story with an intro, build, climax and resolution. this album, takk, was their latest studio album release (they just released an acoustic and compilation cd yesterday). if you've never heard sigur ros, you MUST at least listen to this preview [note:i couldn't include the whole song due to size so it's cut down...sorry]. check out the songs, "seaglopur", "glosoli", and "hoppipolla".

1. takk
2. glosoli
3. hoppipolla
4. meo blodnasir
5. se lest
6. saeglopur
7. milano
8. gong
9. andvari
10. svo hljott
11. heysatan
    

honeycut-the day i turned to glass [2006]

i first heard the title track of this album about six months ago from the radio stations KCRW in L.A. it's a great song and i probably listened to it about 50 times one week. after that i didn't listen to the song and for a while i even forgot about it entirely. a couple of weeks ago i picked up their debut album, "the day i turned to glass". i've been nothing but impressed since. this album fulfills some hope in me that white people still have rythym...anyway, great album! check out the songs "the day i turned to glass", "shadows", and "exodus honey".

1. the day i turned to glass
2. tough kid
3. shadows
4. butter room
5. dysfunctional
6. dark days, white lines
7. polaroid lullaby
8. silky
9. aluminum city
10. crowded avenue
11. exodus honey
12. fallen to greed

sondre lerche-duper session [2006]

sondre lerche is norwegian rocker. his first album came out in 2001 when he was only 19 years old. he has put our some great music...i highly recommend it to any of you brit-pop fans(check out the song, "two way monologues). this album, however, is nothing like his other music. that is what makes it so amazing. this album is all JAZZ. he does an amazing job of writing and covering some great jazz music. it has a great feel and is one of those albums you can't listen to without snapping your fingers. check out "the more i see you", "night and day", and "minor detail".

1. everyone's rooting for you
2. minor detail
3. across the land
4. the curse of being in love
5. dead end mystery
6. night and day
7. once in a while
8. the more i see you
9. (you knocked me) off my feet
10. (i wanna) call it love
11. nightingales
12. i'm not from here
13. you sure look swell
14. honolulu (hidden track)
    

josh rouse-nashville [2005]

i posted a ryan adams on here a week or so ago...well if you like that one here's another GREAT folk-rock album. josh rouse is a midwestern singer who has been around for nine years or so. this is my favorite of his music. it has some great up-beat folk-rock and some sweet slow ballads. you can't miss....check out "it's the nightime", "sad eyes", and "winter in the hamptons".

1. it's the nightime
2. winter in the hamptons
3. streetlights
4. carolina
5. middle school frown
6. my love has gone
7. saturday
8. sad eyes
9. why won't you tell me what
10. life

stars-in our bedroom after the war [2007]

three days ago i had never even heard of stars. in fact, i can't even remember how i found them. apparently they're not too secret, my little brother knew who they were. either way they have a great sound. i have really been diggin this album the last couple of days. i can't really term the sound of their music very well. i would say they are something like a cross of the postal service and r.e.m. hmm...that may not do it either...oh well. check out "take me to the riot", "the ghost of geneva heights", and "barricade".

1. the beginning after the end


2. the night starts here


3. take me to the riot


4. my favourite book


5. midnight coward


6. the ghost of genova heights


7. personal


8. barricade


9. window bird


10. in tokyo


11. life 2 - the unhappy ending


12. today will be better, i swear


13. in our bedroom after the war

ryan adams-gold [2001]

anyone with any remote interest in folk-rock this is the cream of the modern-day crop. ryan adams writes songs that should have been written the year he was born and he does it better than almost anybody else. this is my favorite of all his work. and believe me, he has put out a bit of music. since the year 2000 he has released nine albums. granted some of those weren't solo albums, three were with the backing band the cardinals. anywho, this album is fantastic. check out the songs, "new york, new york"<---previewed below, "answering bell", and "firecracker". oh, and if you recognize song 7, "when the stars go blue" as a tim mcgraw song, it's actually a ryan adams original.

1. new york, new york
2. firecracker
3. answering bell
4. la cienega just smiled
5. the rescue blues
6. somehow, someday
7. when the stars go blue
8. nobody girl
9. sylvia path
10. enemy fire
11. gonna make you love me
12. wild flowers
13. harder now that it's over
14. touch feel and lose
15. tina toledo's street walking blues
16. goodnight, hollywood blvd.

the hush sound-like vines [2006]

absolutely no idea where i got this album. none whatsoever. i've traded music with a lot of people lately and who knows who gave me what. this one came up on shuffle on the ol' ipod the other day and i thought it was kinda nice. this bands seems to have potential to be trendy so if they are and i just don't know about it, please, let me know, i'll stop listening. what i mean by that is if 90% of the eighth graders in your local jr high know this band, let's delete it from this site. if not, then hey, it's a pretty good album. i really like the two first songs on the album. check them out.

1. we intertwined
2. a dark congregation
3. sweet tangerine
4. lions roar
5. lighthouse
6. don't wake me up
7. where we went wrong
8. magnolia
9. wine red
10. out through the curtain
11. you are the moon

bruce springsteen-born to run [1975]

one of the best albums of all time. i love this album. bruce springsteen may very well be the greatest lyricist of all time. this album, from 1975, came out when bruce was only 25 years old. pretty impressive for the caliber of work it is. one of the things to note on this album is the introduction to each song, they're designed to represent the song to follow. many artist have deemed him one of their biggest influences including one of my favorite artists damon gogh of badly drawn boy. check out "thunder road", "tenth-avenue freeze out" and "born to run".

1. thunder road
2. tenth avenue freeze out
3. night
4. backstreets
5. born to run
6. she's the one
7. meeting across the river
8. jungleland

piano/classical compilation

this may end up being one of my least enjoyed posts. i consider myself open to all kinds of music. i wouldn't categorize my likes into any one genre. this includes the classics. in fact, in 2007 it has been a main focus of mine to aquaint myself more with classical artists. since i've found myself listening to more and more i thought i might make a few suggestions of some piano/classical music. these are just a few of my favorites, and they certainly won't be that way for all. i've been nothing but impressed though with simply how amazing this music really is when you delve into it...you also may be surprised...

[this is a photo of my favorite classical artist, chopin....creepy eh? he's freaking amazing...]

1. chopin - revolutionary etude in c-minor. op. 10, no. 12.

• maybe my favorite classical piece right now. it's the last song i performed in a recital when i was 19 years old. i nearly completely forgot the piece during my two years in korea and have since taken it back up and am about half-way through re-learning it.

2. rachmaninoff - rhapsody on theme from paganini in a-minor - op 43.

• you ever wanna read a cool story check out paganini. he was maybe the greatest violinist of the 19th century but a prolific gambler and even gambled away his most amazing violin. after that someone gave him another one and it is still in use today.

3. franz liszt - hungarian rhapsody no. 02 in c-sharp-minor

• you've all heard this one before (especially if you've seen who framed roger rabbit) but maybe didn't know what it was called. check out the song starting at the 4:58 mark...goodness!

4. claude debussy - claire de lune

• you may remember this one from the end of the movie "ocean's eleven" when they are standing gazing back at the hotel they just robbed. so melodic.

5. chopin - nocturne for violin and piano

6. john schmidt - all of me

• granted this song is not a classical piece but i did say piano/classical so i think i can put this in. its awesome. learning this song on piano made me not quit playing. thanks john.

7. george gershwin - rhapsody in blue

8. mozart - k.310 piano sonata in a-minor

• i'm halfway through learning this one. this is actually about 80 bpm faster than mozart wrote it but impressive anyway.

9. beethoven - moonlight sonata

10. chopin - polinaise in a-flat major "heroic" op. 53

11. mozart - k. 626 - requiem in d-minor.

• literally written on mozart's death bed and finished by his closest apprentice just after. amazing. it reeks of death.

12. danny elfman - victor's piano solo (corpse bride)

13. theme - legends of the fall.

radiohead kick

hey guys...been a couple of days. my wife had a baby, booya!

with the release of radiohead's newest album "in rainbows" i have been on somewhat of a little radiohead kick and i wanted to share a couple of albums that maybe even big radiohead fans may not have and are definate must-have's.

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the first is radiohead's leading man thom yorke's solo album, "the eraser". it's some of the best work i think thom has ever done. if you like the song, "idioteque", "kid a", or "packt like sardines in a crushd tin box" then you'll love this album! some of my fav's are "harrowdown hill", "atom's for peace", and "the eraser". seriously, if you call yourself a radiohead/thom yorke fan you're doing yourself a serious injustice by not getting this one.

thom yorke-the eraser [2005]

1. the eraser
2. analyse
3. the clock
4. black swan
5. skip divided
6. atoms for peace
7. and it rained all night
8. harrowdown hill
9. cymbal rush

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the next album is one of two by a great classical pianist named christopher o'riley. he is best know for doing covers of alternative music. he has done two radiohead albums (both of which are listed here) and also albums of songs by nick drake and elliott smith so if you like these you may need to search out the others...(let me know, i'll hook you up). these are great if you like piano music and can't get enough of radiohead....

true love waits:christopher o'riley plays radiohead [2003]

1. everything in its right place
2. knives out
3. black star
4. karma police
5. let down
6. airbag
7. subterranean homesick alien
8. thinking about you
9. exit music (for a film)
10. you
11. bulletproof
12. fake plastic trees
13. i can't
14. true love waits
15. motion picture soundtrack

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christopher o'riley-hold me to this [2005]

1. there there
2. nice dream
3. no surprises
4. polyethylene part 2
5. how i made my millions
6. like spinning plates
7. sail to the moon
8. the tourist
9. cuttooth
10. 2+2=5
11. talk show host
12. gagging order
13. paranoid android
14. street spirit (fade out)

the guggenheim grotto-waltzing alone[2005]

i first came across this album during the spring of 2006. this is an incredible album. i'd be VERY surprised to know if many people had ever heard of these guys. if you have, kudos to you. you must be in the "scene"...lol...the band hails from ireland and started making music in 2003 during the damien-rice-dominated year of uk music. that may very well be why this album didn't recieve quite enough publicity to get popular. i just found out that the title track of this album is actually pre-installed on every one of apple's iphones in the u.k. someone must like them, couldn't blame 'em. this album has so many great songs on it. check out "a tear isn't such a bad thing", "told you so", "philosophia"<--the one on the iphone. you'll enjoy this one. i promise.

1. philosophia
2. portmarnock beach boy blue
3. told you so
4. wonderful wizard
5. rosanna
6. i think i love you
7. ozymandias
8. a lifetime in heat
9. koan
10. vertigo
11. cold truth
12. tromboner
13. and a tear isn't such a bad thing
14. one for sorrow

radiohead-in rainbows[2007]

so radiohead just released their brand new album today called "in rainbows". it's nothing less than what you would expect from the greatest band in the world. i have been very impressed. i think they've found a perfect blend of electronic and natural sounds on this one. i won't be posting a link to this album but you can get it for free on radioheads website or if you want i've uploaded it and you can just send me a quick email and i'll send you back the link. i'm not gonna post it because it'll get deleted anyway.

1. 15 step
2. bodysnatchers
3. nude
4. weird fishes/arpeggi
5. all i need
6. faust arp
7. reckoner
8. house of cards
9. jigsaw falling into place
10. videotape

wilco-sky blue sky[2007]

here's a new album from the band wilco. great new stuff....it's been in my head all week. check out "either way", "you are my face"<----i especially love the changes, and "sky blue sky". sorry, not too much to say about this one but i wanted to get it posted cuz i've been into it a bit lately.

1. either way
2. you are my face
3. impossible germany
4. sky blue sky
5. side with the seeds
6. shake it off
7. please be patient with me
8. hate it here
9. leave me (like you found me)
10. walkin
11. what light
12. on and on and on
    

post fontaine

hey all. just wanted to alert you of a new site similiar to this one that has been started by a friend of mine. he and i have been getting together and swapping music for sometime now so we share much of the same taste in music. and still, we have a slightly different taste in many ways. it's hard to explain but i'm certain you can figure it out. either way, you'll definately see some GREAT posts on his page so check it out. here's the link:

http://postfontaine.blogspot.com/

enjoy the music folks.

cold war kids-robbers and cowards[2006]

great album from a new and upcoming indie rock band. i'm sure some of you have heard of cold war kids by now but if you haven't and you are at all associated with the indie rock seen you WILL hear about them. they are the new flaming lips or white stripes. off-beat rythms and off tone vocals, now THAT is what indie rock is all about! oh and i think it's hilarious that the pianist never plays the right notes.....i apologize for my bias...check out "hang me up to dry" "we used to vacation" and the poorly played piano song (hilarious) "hospital beds".

1. we used to vacation
2. hang me up to dry
3. tell me in the morning
4. hair down
5. passing the hat
6. saint john
7. robbers
8. hospital beds
9. pregnant
10. red wine, success!
11. make up your mind
12. rubidoux
    

adem-love and other planets[2006]

we saw adem in march of this year when he opened for badly drawn boy in salt lake city. he played alone, well i shouldn't say alone, he played with no band. he probably used six different instruments in his 30 minute set. quite impressive. this is his most recent album having come out in spring of 2006. this album is for fans of badly drawn boy, elliott smith, nick drake, etc. check out the songs, "you and moon", "launch yourself", and "something's gonna come".

1. warning call
2. something's going to come
3. x is for kisses
4. launch yourself
5. love and other planets
6. crashlander
7. sea of tranquility
8. you and moon
9. last transmission from the lost mission
10. these lights are meaningful
11. spirals
12. human beings gather round

songs of "the office"

over the past little while i have taken some time to compile a list of songs featured on the office. i went ahead and organized them into a nifty (NIFTY! GIFTY!) little album of 31 songs. i preceded almost every original song with a clip from the actual show. hope this all makes sense. anyway, some of these are actually pretty hilarious. obviously i didn't include ALL of the songs that have been heard on the show but i picked ones that i have a hilarious association with in my mind. i'll try to go into a little more detail here:

1. the office theme
2. teach your children (michael and dwight). this is seen in the "bring your daughter to work" episode. michael and dwight sing it at the end and it makes me laugh evertime i hear it. oddly enought the song was written by graham nash, a previous post of mine.
3. teach your children - crosby, stills, nash and young
4. i don't wanna buy it, i just wanna taste it (michael and dwight). this is one of my favorite scenes in any office episode. EVERY time i hear this song i picture michael clicking the itunes preview-version of the song with that pathetic look on his face saying, "i just wanna taste it". hilarious.
5. goodbye my lover - james blunt
6. ryan started the fire (dwight and michael)
7. we didn't start the fire - billy joel
8. the gambler (kevin and cast). from "beach jobs" everyone sings it on the bus...listen for michael, it's awesome.
9. the gambler - kenny rogers
10. rainbow connection (andy). he actually says "ainbowray onnectioncay"!!!!!
11. rainbow connection - kermit the frog
12. closer to fine (andy and jim). their drunk and singing this song. it's not on the clip but its awesome when andy screams "tuna! are you kidding me?"
13. closer to fine - the indigo girls
14. your body is a wonderland (michael and andy). NO JOKE, NBC contacted mayer to ask him if they could use his song and he said he would allow it in exchange for a dundie.
15. your body is a wonderland - john mayer
16. flinstones theme song (cast)
17. dwight getting pumped up for performance review (dwight)
18. wild side - motley crue
19. creed singing karaoke (creed). ok THIS IS COOL, this song is actually a song creed wrote for his solo album called "the 80's". so he is actually singing karaoke to his own song. for those of you who don't know, creed bratton in real life was the lead guitarist for the band "the grassroots"
20. spinnin' n' reelin' - creed bratton
21. zombie (andy)
22. zombie - the crandberries
23. drift away (andy). radadada!
24. drift away - dobie gray
25. the lion sleeps tonight (jim and andy). pardon the fact that jim is tone deaf.
26. the lion sleeps tonight - the tokens
27. lovefool (jim, karen, andy)
28. lovefool - the cardigans
29. rockin robin (andy). recorded it on my computer last night, all four parts. took me forever!
30. rockin robin - bobby day
31. everybody hurts - R.E.M.

neil young-harvest[1972]

along with my previous graham nash post i decided to throw back a couple of years and post a couple of albums that inspired a lot of the great music we have today. here's another great example of an artist who has insipired many bands of today. this was the best selling album of 1972 and had two fantastic singles including the #1 hit "heart of gold". this album is definately a must for music fans. also check out "old man" and "are you ready for the country".

1. out on the weekend.
2. harvest
3. a man needs a maid
4. heart of gold
5. are you ready for the country
6. old man(w/ james taylor)
7. there's a world
8. alabama
9. the needle and the damage done
10. words(between the lines of age)

ed harcourt-the beautiful lie[2006]

this album is incredibly difficult to categorize, if not impossible. ed harcourt is an amazing songwriter and his music spans many different genres and time periods. this album is something else. ed's primary instrument is the piano and he occasionaly plays guitar and drums but the center piece for most of his music is piano. i really can't say much about him from the surface with out readers having some background in his music. so check this album out and we'll talk more about it later. great songs are "until tomorrow then" (which sounds like something your grandma, maybe great-grandma, probably listened to on her first date in 1928), "rain on the pretty ones", "whirlwind in d minor", and "i am the drug".

1. whirlwind in d-minor
2. visit from the dead dog
3. you only call me when you're drunk
4. last cigarette
5. shadowboxing
6. late night partner
7. (missing for some reason)??? sorry....
8. until tomorrow then
9. scatterbraine
10. rain on the pretty ones
11. pristine claw
12. i am the drug
13. braille
14. good friends are hard to find

travis-best of covers and b-sides

a long search finally ended yesterday when i found a travis track i have searching for since the 7th of may. it is the song "say hello" a bonus track to "the boy with no name" only offered with a uk itunes download on the day of release. needless to say i was pretty stoked. this led me to go through the rest of my travis b-sides and covers and pick out some of my favorites for you. i'm pretty proud of this compilation. check out "river (joni mitchell)", "ring out the bell", "pulling mussels from a shell (squeeze)", and "say hello". if you get confused and think for a second that this doesn't sound like travis that's because a couple of these songs are sung by dougie payne, the bassist for the band. also, for those of you who are die-hard travis fans, i uploaded all of their singles (completely organized by year and cd number) up to selfish jean (i haven't been able to get my hands on "my eyes" yet) but its about 500mb so if you want it, it may take a few minutes.

1. killer queen (queen cover)
2. say hello (tbwnn bonus track)
3. the weight (the band cover)
4. lovely rita (beatles cover)
5. river (joni mitchell cover)
6. ring out the bell
7. i forget my name
8. baby one more time (britney spears cover)
9. pulling mussels from a shell (squeeze cover)
10. be my baby (whigfield cover)
11. bring me round
12. coming around
13. here comes the sun (beatles cover)
14. mother
15. 20
    

graham nash - wild tales [1973]

graham nash is more famously known for his work with the band crosby, stills, and nash (and sometimes young). it wasn't until about six months ago that i first heard some of his solo work. this, in my opinion, is the pinnacle of his work. he was a british pop star in the band "the hollies" even before this (you've all heard "bus stop" even if you don't know it). travis covered the song "another sleep song" once when they played at KCRW and once with nash at a concert, it is a MUST have. also check out "hey you", "prison song", and "oh! camil".

1. wild tales
2. hey you (lookin' at the moon)
3. prison song
4. you'll never be the same
5. and so it goes
6. grave concern
7. oh! camil (the winter soldier)
8. i miss you
9. on the line
10. another sleep song

great albums front to back

in a previous post i mentioned that i could listen to the remy zero album "villa elaine" from the front to back and not hear a single bad song. here i want to add more albums that i can do that with. i'm interested what others think of these albums and what other albums they would add to the list. please log on to the comments section here and add your ideas and hopefully i'll have the album and add the link to the list. these are in no order and i'm not going to give you suggestions for tracks since the premise of this whole post is that there isn't a bad track on any of these albums. and guys, let stick to original studio albums, not greatest hits or compilations.

COLLECTIVE SOUL-DOSAGE[1999]

1. tremble for my beloved
2. heavy
3. no more, no less
4. needs
5. slow
6. dandy life
7. run
8. generate
9. compliment
10. not the one
11. crown

THE BEATLES-ABBEY ROAD[1969]

1. come together
2. something
3. maxwell's silver hammer
4. oh! darling
5. octopus's garden
6. i want you (she's so heavy)
7. here comes the sun
8. because
9. you never give me your money
10. sun king
11. mean mr. mustard
12. polythene pam
13. she came in through the bathroom window
14. golden slumbers
15. carry that weight
16. the end
17. her majesty

TRAVIS-THE MAN WHO[1999]

1. writing to reach you
2. the fear
3. as you are
4. driftwood
5. last laugh of the laughter
6. turn
7. why does it always rain on me
8. luv
9. she's so strange
10. slideshow

RADIOHEAD-OK COMPUTER[1997]

1. airbag
2. paranoid android
3. subterranean homesick alien
4. exit music(for a film)
5. let down
6. karma police
7. fitter happier
8. electioneering
9. climbing up the walls
10. no surprises
11. lucky
12. the tourist

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA[1975]

1. death on two legs (dedicated to...)
2. lazing on a sunday afternoon
3. i'm in love with my car
4. you're my best friend
5. '39
6. sweet lady
7. seaside rendezvous
8. the prophet's song
9. love of my life
10. good company
11. bohemian rhapsody
12. god save the queen

travis - live at kcrw[2007]

here is travis' 2007 performance at the l.a. based radio station kcrw earlier this year. kcrw has a show called "morning becomed eclectic" hosted by a british music director and host nic harcourt. the show has hosted some of the greatest bands around (i.e. travis, oasis, radiohead, badly drawn boy, etc.) and you can view or hear most of their shows on their website here. travis played a show in l.a. the night before this and before returning to the u.k. stopped at kcrw and played this show. definately worth checking out. there are four songs from the boy with no name and one from each of the other three travis albums. also check out the squeeze cover, "up the junction", you'll like it.

1. intro
2. eyes wide open
3. selfish jean
4. up the junction
5. my eyes
6. interview
7. closer
8. pipe dreams
9. love will come through
10. all i wanna do is rock

badly drawn boy - one + one = one [2004]

this is the fourth, and my favorite, of the albums put out by badly drawn boy. i have seen him live in concert twice and i think he may be one of my top three performers to have seen. the first time i saw him was nov. 02 and he played, with no opener, for about three hours. second time was this march and he did have an opener but still played for over two hours. damon gough is the man behind badly drawn boy. damon was best friends with the late (great) elliott smith and he and elliott actually decided together that they would record every instrument on their albums. damon does all of them expect brass and flute. songs to check out include: "logic of a friend", "this is that new song", "year of the rat", and "holy grail".

1. one plus one is one
2. easy love
3. summertime in the wintertime
4. this is that new song
5. another devil dies
6. the blossoms
7. year of the rat
8. four leaf clover
9. fewer words
10. logic of a friend
11. stockport
12. life turned upside down
13. takes the glory
14. holy grail
15. don't ask me i'm only the president
16. plan b

tay zonday-chocolate rain

wow! this is the sweetest thing i've ever seen....don't blame me if you can't stop singing it for three days. LOL!

remy zero-villa elaine [1998]

i post this album simply because it is one of the albums that few people probably have but no one should live without. remy zero had a short stint of only three albums and then they broke up. this is their second album and by far the best of the three. you may recognize one of their songs, "save me" as the theme for the wb series smallville. save me comes from their 2001 album "the golden hum". on a list of albums i can listen to from front to back and enjoy every track this is up there with abbey road, the man who, dosage, and so forth....all songs on this album are amazing but check out "fair"<-----A MUST!!!!!! "gramarye" and "problem". p.s. there was a rumor end of last year that these guys may be recording again soon....unconfirmed....

1. hermes bird
2. prophecy
3. life in rain
4. hollow
5. problem
6. whither vulcan
7. gramarye
8. yellow light
9. motorcycle
10. fair
11. goodbye little world

iron and wine-the shepherd's dog [2007]

this is the newest album from singer/songwriter iron and wine. it comes out on september 25. my favorite work iron and wine has done is a collaberation album with the arizona band named after the california city, calexico, called "in the reigns". i feel like iron and wine's newest album is more similar to that album and less like albums of the past. if you like acoustic guitars and soft melodies, this is the singer for you. but don't take my word for it! (reading rainbow reference, precious). my favorite songs are "white tooth man", "boy with a coin", and "pagan angel and a borrowed car".

1. pagan angel and a borrowed car
2. white tooth man
3. lovesong of the buzzard
4. carousel
5. house by the sea
6. innocent bones
7. wolves (song of the shepherd's dog)
8. resurrection fern
9. boy with a coin
10. the devil never sleeps
11. peace beneath the city
12. flightless bird, american mouth

tom mcrae-king of cards [2007]

one of the most potent voices i have ever heard, tom mcrae, came out with his fourth studio album back in may of this year. his three albums prior to this have some of my favorite songs ever. king of cards is a much different approach to music for tom. while the first three albums have many more dark and depressing songs, this album has far more happy and upbeat songs (i.e. bright lights). he wrote the album while living in new york in an apartment with many windows and was taking anti-depressant pills at the time. after the album came out he assured us that he has since stopped taking pills and his new songs are back to the old depressing ways. my favorites are "one mississippi", "bright lights", and "keep your picture clear". if you like the sound of the song "got a suitcase, got regrets" you may enjoy his previous albums....let me know and i'll get them to you.

1. set the story straight
2. bright lights
3. got a suitcase, got regrets
4. keep your picture clear
5. houdini and the girl
6. sound of the city
7. on and on
8. deliver me
9. one mississippi
10. the ballad of amelia earhart
11. lord, how long
12. houdini and the girl (demo version)

john vanderslice - pixel revolt [2005]

i first got this album during early spring of 2006. i had never heard of vanderslice but some friends introduced me and now i couldn't be more grateful. john is a 40 year old man who can really put on a rock show. i saw him last april at kilby court in slc. haha...i love kilby court. there were maybe 50 or 60 people there and we loved it. the album has sort of a political feel to it and some of the songs were directly influenced by 9/11 (i.e. exodus damage). my favorite tracks (these may differ from many vanderslice fans) are "dear sarah shu", "trance manual" and "exodus damage". vanderslice's album right before this one-cellar door-has some great licks as well. "cellar door" is said to be one of the most beautiful phrases in the english language (tolkien). let me know in the comments section what you think of this one and maybe i'll throw up one or two of his other albums (he had one just come out in july).

1. letter to the east coast
2. plymouth rock
3. exodus damage
4. peacocks in the video rain
5. trance manual
6. new zealand pines
7. radiant with terror
8. continuation
9. dear sarah shu
10. farewell transmission
11. angela
12. dead slate pacific
13. the golden gate
14. crc7173, affectionately
15. the kingdom
    

travis-the boy with no name [2007]

this album is a given. maybe my favorite band of all time and this album shows exactly why. not the most talented band around but their music is so catchy and happy. in the past some have called them a cheap knock-off of radiohead or oasis but those comparisons are simply not true. they have a style all their own and i think this album shows it better than any other. neither radiohead nor oasis (both of which i REALLY enjoy) have a song that sounds anything like "selfish jean". THIS IS THE BEST ALBUM OF 2007 so far. i gave my brother-in-law this album and a couple weeks later when i saw him he said(and i agree), "there isn't a single bad song on the whole album". my personal favorites are: "my eyes", "under the moonlight (w/ kt tunstall), and "battleships".

1. 3 times and you lose
2. selfish jean
3. closer
4. big chair
5. battleships
6. eyes wide open
7. my eyes
8. one night
9. under the moonlight
10. out in space
11. colder
12. new amsterdam
13. sailing away
14. perfect heaven space

kent - hagnesta hill [1999]

heard this album for the first time only about a month ago. i don't have a clue why it took me that long to find it. kent is a swedish band and almost all of their albums are in swedish. they made two albums in english to try and get an international following but no one(myself included) heard them so they gave up. now they make music only in swedish. not often do i listen to an album and thoroughly ENJOY IT THE FIRST TIME THRU but this one i did. it has some great riffs and electronic sounds but still has a great pump to it. definately check this one out.

spoon - ga ga ga ga ga [2007]

this is a band i am pretty unfamiliar with. i got one of their albums a while ago from a friend but haven't taken the time to check them out. i saw this album a week or so ago and finally decided i would look into them a little bit more. listened all the way through while i was mowing the lawn and still a little bit unsure of the album as whole but i LOVE the song "the underdog". that song alone is worth the download. it reminds me of something billy joel should have done twenty years ago.

rilo kiley - under the blacklight [2007]

some of you may have heard of rilo kiley. there lead singer is jenny lewis who is also part of ben gibbard's postal service. you also may know her as one of the girls from the movie "troop beverly hills"....though you may be more ashamed to admit the latter. nonetheless, this is a really good album. i really like the songs, "silver lining", "under the blacklight", and "give a little love". i haven't liked the past rilo kiley albums near as much as this one....maybe ben taught her a little something.

sgt. peppers 40th anniversary

2007 is the 40th anniversary of what rolling stone dubbed the the number one album of all time(check out the list here). this is a great compilation album that has many different great singers covering songs from that album. most of them did a pretty good job.

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – Bryan Adams

2. With A Little Help From My Friends – Razorlight
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Athlete
4. Getting Better – Kaiser Chiefs
5. Fixing A Hole – The Fray
6. She’s Leaving Home – The Magic Numbers
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite - Jamie Cullum
8. Within You Without You - Oasis
9. When I'm Sixty Four - Russell Brand
10. Lovely Rita – Travis
11. Good Morning Good Morning - The Zutons
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – Stereophonics
13. A Day in the Life - Pete Dohertyand Carl Barât

athlete - beyond the neighbourhood [2007]

here's the newest album from one of my favorite bands, athlete. it came out officially on sept. 3. i saw this band in jan. 06 at sundance in park city. they played only six songs (disappointing, i know) but it was awesome. this album has a lot of great new tracks and has a slightly harder edge as whole. check out the songs, "hurricane", "the outsiders", and "best not to think about it".

feist - the reminder [2007]

this is one of the albums i have been listening to quite often as of late. check out the songs: "sea lion woman", "past in present" and "one two three four". great tunes.

first post

this is the first post for my new blog site, bad news and tunes. the name comes from a song by the band travis called, "in the church" which is a hiden track on the album 12 memories. i think the name will fit better as we go along. keep checking my blog site for new albums, artist, and songs. i'll update as often as possible and keep throwing great new music out. also, if you have any requests for song, albums, or artists, just drop me a line and i'll post some up here for you to access.