iPod shuffle 02/13/07
Recent adds:
My Morning Jacket - Z
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Umprey's McGee - Safety in Numbers
moe. - The Conch
On to today's shuffle! With delightful commentary!
Psychograss - "Forgiven/Stuart Symington's Summer Song" (Like Minds)
Jen and I saw Psychograss (Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Tony Trischka, David Grier, Todd Phillips) at the Rockygrass festival a few years back, and they're off the hook. They do Hendrix's "Third Stone From The Sun," and Trischka pulls out a bow to use on the banjo.
The Del McCoury Band - "Keep Her While She's There" (The Company We Keep)
Back-to-back bluegrass! (Although, Pyschograss isn't technically bluegrass.) Del's got such a great voice, and the band is top-notch. The best traditional bluegrass band on the planet, hands-down.
The Beatles - "The Word" (Rubber Soul)
I remember watching something where they made a big deal out of this song. Was it The Beatles Anthology? Something about how it was the first Beatles tune recorded that had a "message" behind it, maybe...
999 - "Homicide" (No Thanks! The 70s Punk Rebellion)
This is an awesome 4-disc late 70s punk box set. A great overview of a fertile period in music history.
Jane's Addiction - "Rock & Roll" (Jane's Addiction [live])
This blows the Phish version of this Velvet Underground tune out of the water. Sorry, Page- but it's true!
The Hold Steady - "Same Kooks" (Boys and Girls in America)
I still prefer 2005's Separation Sunday (I'm a sucker for concept albums, especially ones that are about growing up Catholic in the Twin Cities), but Boys and Girls was one of my favorite albums last year. Craig Finn is starting to sing a bit more, rather than recite his lyrics like spoken-word poetry!
moe. - "Timmy Tucker" (Headseed)
Back before we were dating, I saw my future wife outside of a moe./Big Wu St Patty's Day concert. I licked the stamp on my hand, and pressed it into her hand, allowing her to get into a sold-out show. Am I smooth, or what?
P.J. Harvey - "Snake" (The Peel Sessions 1991-2004)
I have to plead ignorance here. I added this to the iPod recently, because I've heard good things about her. I hear some serious Patti Smith influence here...
Prince - "Diamonds and Pearls" (The Hits/The B-Sides)
Yawn...I have a lot of respect for Prince, but the ultra-poppy stuff just doesn't do it for me.
Béla Fleck - "System Seven" (Tales From the Acoustic Planet)
I don't know if we're going to be able to make it to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival this year. Missing it 2 years in a row would be hard to take!
Paul Westerberg - "Nowhere Man" (I Am Sam)
This soundtrack is such a great album- a bunch of interesting Beatles covers. Westerberg slows it down, making it a little more folky, without the vocal harmonies. Kind of an understated, sad version. Quite a pleasure to listen to.
They Might Be Giants - "Why Must I Be Sad?" (John Henry)
Not my favorite TMBG album, but full of their typical catchy, quirky pop tunes.
The Beastie Boys - "Shadrach" (Paul's Boutique)
Definitely one of my desert island albums. A great, under-appreciated transition album. They were living in LA, had only matured a little bit since License To Ill, and the Dust Brothers worked in hundreds of awesome samples, right before a change in the law made it a lot harder to sample longer audio clips.
