Looking Ahead #3

Here's a video of Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy covering a Creedence Clearwater Revival tune. I love the chemistry between them. The album they did together comes out on Sept. 14 and I can't wait.

Sunday Shuffle #154

I've not abandoned my projects but it's been a pretty busy week and this coming week should be even worse with two tests. Still, I hope to get a few posts up between now and next Sunday's shuffle. Meanwhile, let's get to today's music...

1. Mating Calls/Warren Zanes (9)

2. Life is White/Big Star (11)

3. California Stars (live)/Jeff Tweedy (10)

4. Honey Blue/Paul Burch (3)

5. Scythian Empires/Andrew Bird (9)

6. Pleasure Is Mine/Matthew Sweet (10)

7. An Apology/Canasta (13)

8. Pride of the Yankees/Patterson Hood (6)

9. Marie Provost/Nick Lowe (8)

10. On the Bubble/The Broken West (20)

Sunday Shuffle #146

It's amazing how quickly I've devolved my relaunched blog back to a Sunday Shuffle every week and maybe another post. I've got plenty of things to write about but I just need to sit down and do it. We'll see...

1. Thurston @ 13/Thurston Moore (6)

2. Perfume-V/Pavement (10)

3. The Chinatown Bus/Bishop Allen (10)

4. Ella/M. Ward (13)

5. Cass/Lucero (6)

6. Make You Up/Portastatic (6)

7. On My Way/American Music Club (8)

8. The Swamp/Brendan Benson (15)

9. Summerteeth (live)/Jeff Tweedy (11)

10. Between the Bars/Elliott Smith (19)

Sunday Shuffle #144

Three weeks into the new blog and I'm already thinking of stopping. Not surprised, really. I haven't made a final decision yet, so I'll do my longest running and most consistent feature...

1. My Very Best/Elbow (15)

2. Alone (Alternate Version)/Wilco (9)

3. The Thanks I Get/Jeff Tweedy (8)

4. Mission Control/The Whigs (17)

5. The Shape of the Sum/I Love Math (6)

6. December/The Lemonheads (18)

7. Sing A Song For Them/Jenny Lewis (10)

8. Hot Bed/The Whigs (17)

9. Echo/Always On/Easy Con/Blitzen Trapper (7)

10. California Stars/Jeff Tweedy (9)