Heavy Rotation #5

I haven't done one of these on the current version of the blog but I'm going to keep my numbering intact from the last version. It's been almost 20 months since I've done this feature, which is hard to believe. Anyway, here are some albums I've been listening to a lot of over the past couple weeks...

The Avett Brothers/I And Love And You

Belle and Sebastian/The Life Pursuit

Elvis Costello/Armed Forces

Elvis Costello/Get Happy!!

Elvis Costello/Trust

Patterson Hood/Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)

Sloan/Never Heard The End Of It

Sunday Shuffle #151

I could complain about the work I still have to do for college today but I won't. Instead, let's celebrate the return of the NFL to Sundays. I'm going to do my best to watch as much as I can. In that spirit, let's get going on today's ten...

1. Criminal Piece/Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (3)

2. Theme to Wendel Stivers/Spoon (6)

3. No One Here Knows Jane/Warren Zanes (12)

4. Stop Breathin/Pavement (16)

5. Hand-Me-Down Tune/The Avett Brothers (12)

6. Fisher of Men/M. Ward (13)

7. Back of a Car/Big Star (9)

8. Vintage Violet/The Minus 5 (6)

9. Black Lexus/Joseph Arthur (12)

10. Game Show Touch Our Lives/The Mountain Goats (19)

Sunday Shuffle #150

I can't leave the Sunday Shuffle holding at #149 for who knows how long, so I'm back already to get it to a nice even number. Yes, I am a nerd. And yes, I am a music nerd too...

1. Alone (a.k.a. Shakin Sugar) (demo)/Wilco (2)

2. Moral Centralia (demo)/Harvey Danger (13)

3. Starling Of The Slipstream/Pavement (7)

4. Set Me Free/The Kinks (2)

5. Me In Honey/R.E.M. (15)

6. Apartment Story/The National (19)

7. From/Dr. Dog (10)

8. Highly Suspicious/My Morning Jacket (8)

9. Hand-Me-Down Tune/The Avett Brothers (11)

10. Impossible Germany (live)/Wilco (9)