Sunday Shuffle #201

Back to the regular old shuffle today...

1. A Bite Out Of My Bed/The New Pornographers (10)

2. Border Guards/The Rosebuds (2)

3. Wait And See/Reigning Sound (3)

4. Snake Song/Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (7)

5. A Slow Parade/A.A. Bondy (2)

6. Hello Darlin'/The Rosebuds (1)

7. Pour Me Up Another/Amy Millan (1)

8. Time To Die/The Dodos (3)

9. River's Edge/Great Lake Swimmers (2)

10. Sonnet 46/Roman Candle (4)

Heavy Rotation #10

As we head into June, I thought I'd mention the albums that got the most play in May...

The Beatles/Revolver - This is the other of my two favorite Beatle albums. John's "I'm Only Sleeping" is just a perfect marriage of lyric and music - that woozy, chuggy feeling of needing some sleep. Paul's "Eleanor Rigby" is famous, of course, and justifiably so with the strings and the sense of urgency to such a depressing song. All that, plus 12 other great songs too!

The National/High Violet - This is the newest album from the band and it's another winner. One could listen to "Bloodbuzz Ohio" or "Afraid of Anyone" over and over and over again and still be entranced on the tenth repeated play. I really should do a longer post on this one.

The New Pornographers/Together - This has everything you want from a New Pornos record. An insanely catchy song or five? Check. Neko Case working those pipes? Check. A brilliant Dan Bejar song that you have no idea what it means? Check ("Silver Jenny Dollar," in this case). Just another great album (their 5th) from a great band.

Matthew Sweet/100% Fun - I tend to think of this as Sweet's 3rd album (behind Girlfriend and Altered Beast) but it's actually his 5th. No matter the number, this is a collection of great songs of the power pop persuasion and a highly underrated album of the 90s. I have an idea for a series of posts and this one will definitely be covered more in depth.

Sunday Shuffle #161/162

It's time for the annual Sunday-before-Thanksgiving double issue...

1. Embassy Row/Pavement (12)

2. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations/Arcade Fire (17)

3. Hands (demo)/Fanfarlo (3)

4. Cream and Bastards Rise/Harvey Danger (34)

5. Domesticated Lovers/Josh Rouse (6)

6. The Greatest Sum (electric)/The Avett Brothers (9)

7. San Francisco/Lucero (7)

8. On a Freezing Chicago Street/Margot & The Nuclear So & So's (12)

9. In The Mausoleum/Beirut (6)

10. My Very Best/Elbow (18)

11. Loosens/Sloan (14)

12. Shangri-La/M. Ward (14)

13. Morning Of/Le Switch (4)

14. Injustica/Kathleen Edwards (13)

15. Dirt On Your New Shoes/Bishop Allen (7)

16. London Bridges/Josh Rouse (10)

17. Myriad Harbor/The New Pornographers (20)

18. Floating in the Forth/Frightened Rabbit (11)

19. 66/The Afghan Whigs (2)

20. Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever/Destroyer (11)

Sunday Shuffle #153

I had planned on getting many of my online Spanish exercises done yesterday so I could relax and watch football this afternoon, but my professor still hasn't posted them. To be honest, I'm a little frustrated. Still, no need to take it out on the music...

1. Against Pollution/The Mountain Goats (25)

2. Bulls Through/The Henry Clay People (11)

3. OK/Higgins (6)

4. They Ran/My Morning Jacket (8)

5. Poor Boy/David Byrne & Brian Eno (5)

6. All The Old Showstoppers/The New Pornographers (21)

7. Glamour Puss/Hoodoo Gurus (3)

8. Night Falls/Cracker (4)

9. Joanie Don't U Worry/Apples In Stereo (12)

10. This Day/Bowerbirds (4)