Friday Music Day

Friday Music Day: April 12, 2013

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AMR couldn't post the FMD today so I'm filling in.  Since he usually kicks things off by talking about new music he's listening to I will take this opportunity to mention that I streamed the new Flaming Lips album The Terror.  Didn't do a lot for me -- a lot of space age gobbledygook.  Also picked up the new GBV e.p. Down By The Racetrack.  It's probably only for completists.  On that positive note, hopefully we'll see some rad lists today.

35 thoughts on “Friday Music Day: April 12, 2013”

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    1. Wolfmother - "White Unicorn" - Wolfmother
    2. Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" - Born to Run*
    3. Radiohead - "Treefingers" - Kid A
    4. No Bird Sing - "My Machine" - Theft of Commons
    5. The New Pornographers - "Up in the Dark" - Together
    6. Childish Gambino - "You Know Me" - Culdesac
    7. Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart" - Live Current, Vol. 4
    8. They Might Be Giants - "Fingertips" - Apollo 18**
    9. The Decemberists - "The Rake's Song" - The Hazards of Love
    T. Green Day - "Brain Stew" - International Superhits
    B. Weezer - "Holiday" - Weezer (Blue Album)

    *Doesn't get much more rad than "Jungleland"
    **This concept always cracks me up

  2. 1. El Salvador -- Peter, Paul & Mary -- The Very Best Of Peter Paul And Mary
    2. Elevate Me Later -- Pavement -- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
    3. You And Whose Army? -- Radiohead -- Amnesiac
    4. Blue Moon Of Kentucky -- Patsy Cline -- The Ultimate Collection
    5. Fever Dog -- Stillwater -- Almost Famous
    6. Stop Breathin -- Pavement -- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
    7. Lyla - Oasis -- Time Flies... 1994-2009
    8. Revolution 1 -- The Beatles -- The White Album
    9. Legs N Show -- Glasvegas -- Glasvegas
    10. This Is The One -- The Stone Roses -- The Stone Roses

    B1. Cruel Moon -- Glasvegas -- Glasvegas
    B2. House Carpenter -- The Handsome Family -- Milk and Scissors

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    1. El Matador - Vince Guaraldi - The Definitive Vince Guaraldi
    2. If I Were A Carpenter - Leon Russell - The Best of Leon Russell
    3. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
    4. Eagle on A Pole - Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
    5. Pennies from Heaven - Stan Getz - Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
    6. Officer Blue - XTC - Rag 'N' Bone Buffet
    7. Do You Mind Too Much If I Don't Understand - Willie Nelson - Countryman
    8. Touch of Evil - Jazz at the Movies Band - White Heat: Film Noir
    9. Helen Wheels - Wings - Band On the Run
    10. The End of a Love Affair - Dexter Gordon - Dexter Calling...
    B. Confession Blues - Ray Charles - Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection

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    01. Enslaved - "Materal", Riitiir
    02. Judas Priest - "Prelude", Sad Wings of Destiny
    03. King Diamond - "The Poltergeist", The Spider's Lullaby
    04. Shadows Fall - "Stepping Outside the Circle", The Art of Balance
    05. Black Sabbath - "solitude", Master of Reality
    06. Pantera - "Medicine Man", Cowboys From Hell
    07. Halford - "She", Crucible
    08. Nevermore - "Bittersweet Feast", This Godless Endeavor
    09. Megadeth - "High Speed Dirt", Countdown to Extinction
    10. Running Wild - "Fight the Oppression" Branded and Exiled

  5. 'Oh, Boy!' - Buddy Holly Greatest Hits
    'She' - Green Day Dookie
    'Lovely Rita' - The Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    'Eternal Flame' - The Bangles The Essential Bangles
    'Shine On' - The Kooks Konk

    'Hold On, Im Comin' - Sam & Dave
    'Mr Shoemakers Daughter' - The Kinks Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) bonus track
    'Against the Wind' - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Against the Wind
    'Beast of Burden' - The Rolling Stones Some Girls
    'I Hear You Calling' - Gob The World According to Gob

  6. 1. "Dixon's Girl" Dessa A Badly Broken Code
    2. "Matches to Paper Dolls" Dessa A Badly Broken Code
    3. "Jenny" I'm From Barcelona Let Me Introduce My Friends
    4. "Birds of Paradise" Basia Bulat Oh, My Darling
    5. "Paper Kitten Nightmare" Margot and the Nuclear So and So's The Dust of Retreat
    6. "This Boy" I'm From Barcelona Let Me Introduce My Friends
    7. "A Track and a Train" The Shout Out Louds Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
    8. "My Heart's Like a Kick Drum" The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
    9. "Mineshaft II" Dessa A Badly Broken Code
    10. "The Crane Wife 1 and 2" The Decemberists The Crane Wife*

    *Somehow it feels appropriate to end with a song that includes the lyrics, "and the winter's so long."

      1. Liking the Dessa, eh?

        Yes, definitely. I've had basically this same playlist for weeks now, but she hasn't come up much until now. I know the whole point of a random selection is that it's random, but I still get baffled by what my list looks like every week.

        1. Oh yeah. My first handful of lists I pretty much wanted to shout "this isn't representative!" But it's the internet, and no one can hear you shouting.

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    1. “you met your match” – stevie wonder – for once in my life
    2. “just be simple” – songs: ohia – the magnolia electric co.
    3. “all my friends (john cale version)” – LCD soundsystem – all my friends
    4. “colleen” – joanna newsom – joanna newsom and the ys street band
    5. “threads” – portishead – third
    6. “jump monk” – charles mingus – thirteen pictures
    7. “ブルー” – つじあやの – CALENDAR CALENDAR
    8. “darker with the day” – nick cave and the bad seeds – no more shall we part
    9. “we’re comin’ out” – the replacements – let it be
    10. “jack killed mom” – jenny lewis – acid tongue

  8. Hey AMR, there's a lot of anime OST tracks that have been jazzed up, including several Ghibli; many on youtube if you haven't seen them:
    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cob4v7AHlfw&list=RD02A0PZj0zmqAU

  9. Pandora today. I hate Apple and how it messed with my iPod.

    1. The Roots - "Good Music" - Home Grown! A Beginner's Guide To The Roots
    2. Jedi Mind Tricks - "Saviorself" -     Legacy of Blood
    3. Janelle Monae - "Tightrope" - The Archandroid
    4. Michael Franti & Spearhead - "The Sound of Sunshine" - The Sound of Sunshine
    5. Marley Marl - "The Symphony" - In Control Vol. I & II
    6. Oasis - "Wonderwall" - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
    7. Citizen Cope - "Let the Drummer Kick" - Citizen Cope
    8. Cobra Starship - "#1nite" -     Night Shades
    9. The Weakerthans - "One Great City!" - Reconstruction Site
    10. Sophie B. Hawkins - "As I Lay Me Down" - Whaler

    I think "The Sound of Sunshine" should be the official song for today.

  10. I'm pretty happy with this list.

    1. "Tropical Ice-Land" - The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
    2. "She's An Angel" - They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
    3. "Say You Miss Me" - Wilco - Being There
    4. "Two Pina Coladas" - Garth Brooks - Sevens
    5. "Crazy Game Of Poker" - O.A.R. - The Wanderer
    6. "Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen - Jazz
    7. "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" - Dean Martin
    8. "A Little Less Conversation" - Elvis Presley (JXL Mix) - ELV1S
    9. "Ballad Of A Comeback Kid" - The New Pornographers - Electric Version
    10. "A Letter To Dominique" - Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
    B: "Under Pressure" - Queen & David Bowie - Hot Space

  11. Did anyone else check out the new Knife album this week? I was very, very pleasantly surprised with it.

    Rich Boy released his follow up to his platinum selling debut with zero fanfare on some no name label on Tuesday. It was a pleasant surprise to find out about it. And it was a good album. It's a bit outside of his comfort zone, but he's still awesome on the mic. I just love his delivery and flow. I'm so glad he's come back and started releasing stuff again.

    1. Did anyone else check out the new Knife album this week?

      I've been saying I was going to for over a week now, only to get ambushed with other things like James Blake and... well, Oasis. Tonight, though, it's happening for sure.

      1. I feel I'm in good company.

        I know we both thought there was little or no live footage of FF that did them justice, until I saw this.
        httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwtiaJLhaMg
        Who might think that, you say?

        There are at least two of us.

        2. Part of the joy of FF is that their live materiel is a joke that only they get. It is the only band whose inaccessabilty (?) is part of the charm . Though this clip is pretty terrific.

  13. Thanks for the quick fill-in, free. I was expecting 60% chance of GbV, and 20% of Van Halen, so you defied my expectations.

    1. Iannis Xenakis "XXX"* Kraanerg
    2. Fila Brazillia "DP's R Us"* Mess
    3. Coil "Light Shining Darkly" Stolen & Contaminated Songs
    4. We Are the Willows "The Windows" A Collection of Songs and Something Like the Plague
    5. Das EFX "Freakit (Remix #1)" Freakit 12"

    6. The Knife "Crake"* Shaking the Habitual
    7. Deep Puddle Dynamics "Where The Wild Things Are"* Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?
    8. Merle Haggard "I Am What I Am"* I Am What I Am
    9. Eskmo "We Have Invisible Friends" Hypercolor EP
    T. Underworld "Dinosaur Adventure 3D" A Hundred Days Off

    *Notes:
    1. Not adult-rated, but part 30.
    2. Not sure what "DP" stands for here, but this little ambient piece's title still fits for a nice starter for Twins Baseball.
    6. I haven't had a chance to listen to anything other than the two video songs and this yet. This is neat. I'm a bit afraid, though, that Karin put all of the band's pop sense into her Fever Ray project.
    7. I used to be all about Adam "Dose One" Drucker's vox, but I lost him (or he lost me?) about halfway onto the second cLOUDDEAD album, to be confirmed further by the second Themselves album. One thing I did really enjoy was that when he'd talk to himself in first person, by his given name, I felt like he was addressing me.
    8. Could this be Merle's best song, in his fifth decade as a singer and songwriter? "I believe Jesus is God and a pig is just ham. I'm just a seeker, I'm just a sinner. I am what I am." It's at least top five Merle for me. (Although there's a ton I don't know.)

  14. Dylan + The Band "Yazoo Street Scandal" Basement Tapes
    Fantastic Four "If This World Were Mine" Cellar Full of Motown
    Jaylib "The Red" Champion Sound
    The Strokes "Between Love and Hate" Room on Fire
    Flying Burrito Brothers "The Train Song" Hot Burritos!
    Monk "Monk's Mood" Genius of Modern Music
    The Buzzcocks "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" Going Steady
    Langhorne Slim "Mary" When The Sun's Gone Down
    Hold Steady "Don't Let Me Explode" Separation Sunday
    Destroyer "Your Blues" Notorious Lightning and Other Works

    1. In news that is really only news to me I believe Destroyer has firmly entrenched themselves in FTLT's top 10 favorite bands of all time.

        1. As of press time the only albums of their's/his that I am not in love with are the first and the last. The rest is absolute gold.

          1. After watching the above videos that might be enough to finally get me to listen to some non-Destroyer music for the first time in three weeks.

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