patrick park - loneliness knows my name [2003]

sorry for the silence...it's been a crazy couple of weeks. it ain't over yet. i probably shouldn't even post this as my last final of the summer is looming large over my head. oh well, my brain needs a small release and this'll do. economics is driving me crazy. i can see why musicians enjoy living such free lives. stupid school. [apology for the rant]

here's an album i've been enjoying quite a little bit lately. patrick park has a nice songwriting ability (as some of you probably heard on the best of summer post). this is his first major release and i must admit, i was a little disheartened [pissed actually] that i hadn't heard of him sooner. his music fits right into the style that is tickling my fancy right now (i.e. ryan adams, ryan adams, ryan adams, etc.). this album makes great use of strings, slide guitar, harmonica, pan flute and even brass intruments! great job patrick...also, he released an album just last year so if you enjoy this 'un, drop me a line for the new one as well. since i already posted "something pretty" on best of summer i'll post two other yummies. love. 

1. thunderbolt
2. honest skrew
3. songs of guns
4. nothing's wrong
5. your smile's a drug
6. something pretty
7. silver girl
8. desperation eyes
9. past poisons
10. bullets by the door
11. home for now
12. [hidden track]

bnat - best of summer [2008]

summer greetings to all. i am proud to introduce my summer mix. i have collected many songs that i feel fit well into the summer feel this year. some are new, some are old, all are fan-freaking-tastic. i am excited for this post. i'm sure you'll recognize some of these songs from recent posts...that's because there hitting my playlists this summer so they make this one too. some of you arrested development fans will recognize track six from a couple episodes :) michael jackson is a part of akon's latest released (which isn't actually released yet) but i love mj so he makes the cut. and check out ryan adams "dear john" which is a cover of his song from jacksonville city nights but favors the guitar more than the piano in this version. i hope you enjoy. 

special thanks for my friend jake @ postfontaine for this AMAZING album art!! guys a genius!

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guggenheim grotto - happy the man [preview]

this album is not actually released yet. i, for one, cannot wait until it IS released (sept. 5th). until then we'll have to deal with a couple of early releases from these guys. their first album "waltzing alone" (posted previously) is in my top five albums of 2006. 2008 is an AMAZING year in music so far. i can't wait to see what will happen. if the album sounds anything like these songs there's no doubt it will be up there with guillemots, travis, and coldplay for the best albums of the year. anywho, check it. on the song, "fee da da dee" they enlisted the help of jenny lindfors for the female vocal in the bridge....really does it for me. awesome. awesome. awesome. btw--i CAN'T even tell you what i went through to get these....there's still no official release. it was messy :)

gotye - like drawing blood [2006]

this isn't the greatest post i've ever done but this guy, gotye, is definitely worth a listen and worth following for the future. he's some aussie phenom who has a pretty natural knack for songwriting. reminds me a bit of ed harcourt actually....very versatile. this is his second album,"like drawing blood". his first is pretty good but a bit more electronic than this. plus a couple of these songs impress the crap out of me. check out "hearts a mess" (especially around the 2:50 mark), and "learnalilgivinanlovin"....that's a mouthful...

1.  like drawing blood
   
2. the only way
3. hearts a mess
4. coming back
5. thanks for your time
6. learnalilgivinanlovin
7. puzzle with a piece missing
8. a distinctive sound
9. seven hours with a backseat driver
10. night drive
11. worn out blues

the ting tings - we started nothing [2008]

i wanted to get this one posted because it probably won't be too long til you hear this album on american radio and then, almost instantly, it will drive me crazy. for now, it's still a goodie though. the first time i heard the song "that's not my name" it seemed a little annoying to me but i still thought it was catchy. it caught on and now i sorta enjoy it. you might too...

1. great dj
2. that's not my name
3. fruit machine
4. traffic light
5. shut up and let me go
6. keep your head
7. be the one
8. we walk
9. impacilla carpisung
10. we started nothing

happy birthday to me...

no. not yet. not today. but good news about my birthday will hopefully pump up more than one of the bnat readers. travis' latest album, ode to j. smith, will be released on the date of my birth, the twenty-ninth day of september in the year two-thousand and eight (sept. 29, 2008 for all the non-english speakers). this having been reported by "the.man.who.wordpress.com". i'm stoked. needless to say. 

also, travis released a small sampling of the greatness in the form of a three-track ep titled j smith. this is not an official single but still very good travis. because some of you are wondering, yes, i am among the select few with a precious copy of this delightful ep. email me for the link since i don't feel like posting it, probably because i feel special being special to have it. here's the three songs though to sample. and you can't buy this album so....hhmmm....

enjoy :)

guillemots - red [2008]

hi folks. i'm happy to do this post. happy because i will now introduce the best album of 2008 so far (travis will release ode to j.smith sometime in the fall, then we'll decide for sure). happy to introduce the greatest sophomore success since 1997 and "the man who". for anyone who is fans of the music posted on this site, this band will fill serious voids in your recent music library. they may be the most original band to come out of the uk in the last five years. this is not ordinary music, by any means. well, WELL, worth downloading. 

also, if you like this, check out their first release, "through the window pane". amazing. the album starts out with this gorgeous slow strings piece. paul mccartney, praising the originality, said it was "a very brave way to start an album" and stated his admiration for the tracks "beautiful orchestration."  check out "get over it", "falling out of reach", and "clarion".  you're welcome :)

1. kriss kross
2. big dog
3. falling out of reach
4. get over it
5. clarion
6. last kiss
7. cockateels
8. words
9. standing on the last star
10. don't look down
11. take me home

adem-takes [2008]

i posted an album by adem a while ago. great artist. i saw him with badly drawn boy last march and then began to listen to more of his stuff. i haven't really been doing this blog long enough to get too many new albums from artists previously posted so this one makes me kind of excited. we've been together in this blog world for about 8 months now....(tear)....thanks guys. i've enjoyed it. and you, will enjoy this album. booyaa. check out the pinback cover, loro, and the low cover, laser beam.

1. bedside table (bedhead)
2. oh my lover (pj harvey)
3. slide (lisa germano)
4. loro (pinback)
5. hotellounge (dEUS)
6. to cure a weakling chile (boy girl song) (aphex twin)
7. tears are in your eyes (yo la tengo)
8. starla (smashing pumpkins)
9. gamera (tortoise)
10. unravel (bjork)
11. invisible man (the breeders)
12. laser beam (low)

natalie imbruglia - white lilies island [2001]

i am not ashamed. i am secure in my manhood. i am not ashamed. i am secure in my manhood. should i say it one more time? i am not ashamed. i am secure in my manhood. glad we got that over with. in case any of you were wondering i'm not ashamed of this post. i'm also not ashamed to admit that back when i was in high school when this album came out i had a HUGE faarreaking crush on natalie imbruglia. so that was like 80 percent of the reason i bought it. i also had a thing for chick voices. really soft ones--i am not ashamed--and her's is amazing. sure, i may have been the only guy around with a 1200 watt stereo blasting imbruglia through two 10s. but it's ok because i am not ashamed and i'm secure. and she actually has a lot of talent and some of this music is very impressive. not just poppy. really actually good stuff. check out "satellite", "wrong impression" and "do you love".

1. that day
2. beauty on the fire
3. satellite
4. do you love?
5. wrong impression
6. goodbye
7. everything goes
8. hurricane
9. sunlight
10. talk in tongues
11. butterflies
12. come september

flight of the conchords - flight of the conchords [2008]

great album. freaking great show. if you haven't seen it. contact me immediately.

1. foux du fafa
2. inner city pressure
3. hiphopopotamus vs. rhymernoceros
4. think about it
5. ladies of the world
6. mutha uckas
7. prince of parties
8. leggy blonde
9. robots
10. boom
11. a kiss is not a contract
12. the most beautiful girl in the room
13. business time
14. bowie
15. au revoir

ryan adams - easy tiger [2007]

i've been putting this off. just not enough time to do everything. this album is incredible. a while back i posted probably ryan adams best album in "gold". if this doesn't challenge the title of best than it certainly comes in a close second. it's much different of an album and has so many great songs. nothing beats rolling down the windows and blasting these songs during a 75 degree dusk. seriously, all around this album is incredible, well, maybe just avoid track four but the rest are awesome. awesome.

1. goodnight rose
2. two
3. everybody knows
4. halloweenhead
5. oh my, whatever etc.
6. tears of gold
7. the sun also sets
8. off broadway
9. pearls on a string
10. rip off
11. two hearts
12. these girls
13. i taught myself how to grow old

rogue wave - descended like vultures [2005]

good day, bnat-ers. here's a great new post for you. you should really like this one. rogue wave is a band i have been hearing about for a little over three months now. my brother has been trying to cram it down my throat and because of that i think i'd had a hard time getting myself really wrapped around the band. you see, i am the type of person that for some reason i really have to get into a band myself in order to fall in love with the music. other people can tell me all day about how great the band is, i still have to just take the time to sit down and listen and analyze the music...i finally gave in and am quite pleased with what rogue wave has put down. check out the songs "california" (any song that starts out with the words "screw california" has to be good), "bird on a wire", and "publish my love". booya...

1. bird on a wire
2. publish my love
3. salesman at the day of the parade
4. catform
5. love lost guarantee
6. 10:1
7. california
8. are you on my side
9. medicine ball
10. you
11. temporary

bnat best of now volume I

ladies and gentlemen....it's time to introduce a new segment to our sweet little b.l.o.g.g. it's called best of now. randomly, and i mean completely randomly, i will post best of albums. what these albums are primarily consisted of is the music that is now on my playlists or my song of the week charts. this is the first of these posts. i hope you'll enjoy....and by all means folks, if you enjoy any of these songs you should hit me up for the entire album or even more information.

1. paul mccartney - anyway
2. jackson browne - doctor my eyes
3. mint - brand new toy
4. toad the wet sprocket - something's always wrong
5. landon pigg - falling in love at a coffee shop
6. maximo park - parisian skies
7. amiina - seoul
8. queen - headlong
9. ella fitzgerald & louis armstrong - summertime
10. eels - fresh feeling
11. wilco - i'm the man who loves you
12. sam cooke - a change is gonna come
13. graham nash - another sleep song

the saturday sessions

this is a couple of discs of artist who have been guests on the dermot o'leary show covering other artists. it's decent. some of these covers are pretty good. others really suck. but honestly, i'm not a huge fan of covers, especially beatles covers, but some of these are worth listening to. check out "turin brakes - breaking the girl", "athlete - god only knows",  and "kt tunstall - i want you back".

disc 1

1. the feeling - walk like an egyptian
2. amy winehouse - to know him is to love him
3. lily allen - everybody's changing
4. the racounteurs - steady as she goes
5. kasabian - pictures of matchstick men
6. gomez - wichita lineman
7. massive attack feat. terry callier - live with me
8. supergrass - richard III
9. camera obscura - super trooper
10. jont - number 1
11. the new york fund - nobody home
12. kings of leon - on call
13. willy mason - careless whisper
14. kt tunstall - i want you back
15. guillemots - love song 43
16. the shins - breathe
17. electric soft parade - silent to the dark
18. orson - i can't go for that
19. the manic street preachers - motorcycle emptiness
20. thrills - nothing changes
21. jamie t - a new england
22. bloc party - two more years

disc 2

1. mika - grace kelly
2. kooks - she moves in her own way
3. james morrison - wonderful world
4. ray lamontagne - trouble
5. turin brakes - breaking the girl
6. the magic numbers - love me like you
7. nerina pallot - confide in me
8. rufus wainwright - hallelujah
9. sergio mendes - fool on the hill
10. stoney - waterfall
11. paul weller - come on, let's go
12. zero 7 - i go to sleep
13. ben kweller - in other words
14. mumm-ra - in between days
15. the stars - this charming man
16. athlete - god only knows
17. bat for lashes - i'm on fire
18. scott matthews - boy with the thorn in his side 
19. josh pyke - middle of the hill
20. the little ones - oh, mj
21. the bees - who cares what the question is
22. low vs. diamond - moonage daydream
23. beck - lost cause

glen hansard and the frames [2006]

this is actually two albums. i can't post one of these without the other. i just heard about the "once" original soundtrack last week from fellow-blogger/music-aholic jake on his page at postfontaine. i dig it. it's really good so i went ahead and did some research about the male singer named glen hansard and found that he has been a part of the irish band "the frames" since the early 90's. i got a couple of the frames' more recent albums and they're just as good as the soundtrack. in fact, many of the songs can be found on both albums. the song "falling slowly" found on the once soundtrack actually won an oscar for best original score. impressive eh? here are the albums with the once soundtrack linked to jake's page.

1. song for someone
2. falling slowly
3. people get ready
4. rise
5. when your mind's made up
6. sad songs
7. the cost
8. true
9. the side you never get to see
10. bad bond

1. falling slowly
2. if you want me
3. broken hearted hoover sucker guy
4. when your mind's made up
5. lies
6. gold
7. the hill
8. fallen from the sky
9. leave
10. trying to pull myself away
11. all the way down
12. once
13. say it to me