Thursday, June 23, 2011

Best of 2011 (so far): The Mix

In no particular order, except what makes for a good mix:

  1. Eating Paper -David Bazan (from the album Strange Negotiations)
  2. We Need A Myth -Okkervil River (from the album I Am Very Far)
  3. Helplessness Blues -Fleet Foxes (from the album Helplessness Blues)
  4. Our Hearts Are Wrong -Jessica Lea Mayfield (from the album Tell Me)
  5. Every Part of Me -Steve Earle (from the album I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive)
  6. Drover -Bill Callahan (from the album Apocalypse)
  7. Age of Kings -The Mountain Goats (from the album All Eternals Deck)
  8. January -Thurston Moore (from the album Demolished Thoughts)
  9. Baby's Arms -Kurt Vile (from the album Smoke Ring For My Halo)
  10. Calgary -Bon Iver (from the album Bon Iver)
  11. The Wilhelm Scream -James Blake (from the album James Blake)
  12. Parenthesis -The Antlers (from the album Burst Apart)
  13. Kaputt -Destroyer (from the album Kaputt)
  14. Little By Little -Radiohead (from the album The King of Limbs)
  15. Make Some Noise -Beastie Boys (from the album Hot Sauce Committee Part 2)
  16. Heart In Your Heartbreak -The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (from the album Belong)
  17. Do You Believe In Destiny? -The Fresh & Onlys (from the album Secret Walls)
  18. Pushing Onlys -Woods (from the album Sun and Shade)
  19. Chapel Song -We Are Augustines (from the album Rise Ye Sunken Ships) 

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Thursday, May 19, 2011

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

(Song)Writer and recording artist Steve Earle stopped by BookPeople this week. Yours truly got a chance to interview him. A real gentleman and a heck of a nice guy.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Even More Best of 2011 (so far)

Steve Earle puts out his best album in over a decade and the Beastie Boys their best in close to 20 years.




Saturday, April 30, 2011

More Best of 2011 (so far)

As I continue to discover great stuff from 2011 that looks to make this years "best of" list: