Thursday, December 13, 2012

"Leave the City"

Smog "Let's Move to the Country" Knock Knock, 1999.
Greg MacPherson "Churchill" Balanced on a Pin, 1999.
Galaxie 500 "Leave the Planet" On Fire, 1989.
The War On Drugs "Taking the Farm" Wagonwheel Blues, 2008.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "In this Home On Ice" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, 2005.
Butcher the Bar "Leave This Town" Sleep At Your Own Speed, 2008.
Sufjan Stevens "Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)" The Avalanche, 2006.
Neil Young "Albuquerque" Tonight's the Night, 1975.
Belle & Sebastian "Don't Leave the Light on, Baby" Fold Your Hands Child, 2000.
Siskiyou "Never Ever Ever Ever Again" Siskiyou, 2010.
Magnolia Electric Co. "Leave the City" What Comes After the Blues, 2005.
The One A.M. Radio "In a City Without Seasons" Heaven is Attached By a Slender Thread, 2011.
Tailor Island "The Farm" Tailor Island, 2010.
Mike O'Neill "Calgary" Wild Lines, 2012.
Nurses "Caterpillar Playground" Daytrotter Session, 2010.
The One A.M. Radio "Accidents" 2012.
Eleanor Friedberger "My Mistakes" Last Summer, 2011.
Patrick Watson "Beijing" Wooden Arms, 2009.
Canned Heat "Going Up the Country" Living the Blues, 1968.
Beirut "Santa Fe" The Rip Tide, 2011.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

"If You Tell Me the Truth I Will Kill You"

Spain "It's So True" Blue Moods of Spain, 1995.
Handsome Boy Modeling School "The Truth" So... How's Your Girl, 1999.
The Blow "True Affection" Paper Television, 2006.
Yo La Tengo "Almost True" Prisoners of Love, 2005.
Fleetwood Mac "Little Lies" Tango In the Night, 1987.
Cass McCombs "Dreams-Come-True-Girl" Catacombs, 2009.
Guards "Crystal Truth" Guards, 2010.
The Pharcyde "Runnin'" Labcabincalifornia, 1995.
Further "The Sad Truth" Filling Station, 1992.
Dinosaur Jr. "Mind Glow" Without a Sound, 1994.
The Only Ones "It's the Truth" The Only Ones, 1978.
Smog "Truth Serum" Supper, 2003.
Twin Shadow "The One" Confess, 2012.
Pnau "The Truth (High Highs Remix)" 2011.
Styrofoam "If You Tell Me the Truth I Will Kill You" A Short Album About Murder, 2001.
Nite Jewel "White Lies" Am I Real, 2010.
Do Make Say Think "All of This Is True" Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord is Dead, 2000.
Cyndi Lauper "True Colors" True Colors, 1986.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

"I Thought I Could Do It"

Cat Power "The Moon" The Greatest, 2006.
Slowlover "Part His Rays" Parsley Days OST, 2000.
The Unicorns "Ghost Mountain" Who Will Cut Our Hair  When We're Gone, 2004.
The Spinanes "Lines & Lines" Strand, 1996.
Fulton Lights "Autumn Anthem" Fulton Lights, 2007.
Sharon Van Etten "We Are Fine" Tramp, 2012.
Trouble Books "Lurk Underneath" Concatenating Fields, 2012.
The Mountain Goats "Until I Am Whole" Transcendental Youth, 2012.
Julie Doiron "I Thought I Could Do It" So Many Days, 2012.
Frankie Rose "Pair of Wings" Interstellar, 2012.
John Vanderslice "Amitryptaline" The Life and Death of An American Fourtracker, 2002.
Appetite "Warn Me, Right" Scattered Smothered Covered, 2011.
Bruce Cockburn "Lovers In A Dangerous Time"  Stealing Fire, 1984.
Samantha Glass "When the Sun Slips In" Mysteries from the Palamino Skyliner, 2012.
Six Organs of Admittance "Close to the Sky" Ascent, 2012.
Cemeteries "Summer Smoke" The Wilderness, 2012.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

"A Little Bit of Arson Never Hurt Anyone"

Havergal “Fires in the Attic” Lungs for the Race, 2001.
Songs:Ohia “The Body Burned Away” Ghost Tropic, 2000.
Shellac “The Guy Who Invented Fire” The Rude Gesture: A Pictoral History, 1993.
Pierced Arrows “Hills on Fire” Straight to the Heart, 2008.
Meat Puppets “Lake of Fire” II, 1984.
Versus “Forest Fire” Dead Leaves, 1995.
Leonard Cohen “Who By Fire” New Skin for the Old Ceremony, 1974.
Jerk With A Bomb “Pyrokinesis” Pyrokinesis, 2003.
Sonic Youth “Incinerate” Rather Ripped, 2006.
Pere Ubu “Fire” Cloudland, 1989.
Rolling Stones “Play With Fire” Out of Our Heads, 1965.
The Black Keys “The Flame” Magic Potion, 2006.
Two Dollar Guitar “Burned And Buried” Burned and Buried, 1996.
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan “The Flame That Burns” Sunday at Devil Dirt, 2008.
Brave Irene “Campfire” Brave Irene, 2011.
The Organ “Fire on the Ocean” Thieves, 2008.
Matson Jones “A Little Bit of Arson Never Hurt Anyone” Matson Jones, 2005.
Lois “Flamer” Bet the Sky, 1995.
John Davis “I’ll Burn” Blue Mountains, 1997.
The Verlaines “Pyromaniac” Juvenalia, 1987.
Adrian Orange “Fire Dream” Adrian Orange and Her Band, 2007.
Lou Reed “Cremation” Magic & Loss, 1993.
Joel RL Phelps & the Downer Trio “Who Can I Burn?” Three, 1998.
The Mountain Goats “New Chevrolet in Flames” See America Right, 2002.
Palace Brothers “You Will Miss Me When I Burn” Days In the Wake, 1994.
Fulton Lights “Fire in the Palm of My Hand” Hinah Session, 2008.
Richard Youngs “Soon It Will Be Fire” Sapphie, 2000.

Monday, September 24, 2012

"Once Upon a Time I Was Falling Apart"

Al Green "Back Up Train" 1967.
The Bee Gees "New York Mining Disaster" 1967.
The Television Personalities "Diary of a Young Man" And Don't the Kids Just Love It, 1981.
Billy Bragg "A New England" Back to Basics, 1983.
The Smiths "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" Louder Than Bombs, 1987.
The Olivia Tremor Control "The Ships" Singles and Beyond, 2000.
Flying Saucer Attack "Feedback Song" Chorus, 1994.
Gene Pitney "I'm Gonna Be Strong" 1964.
Morrissey "Suedehead" Viva Hate, 1988.
Spiritualized "Ladies and Gentlemen We're Floating In Space" 1997.
Yeahs Yeah Yeahs "Maps" Fever to Tell, 2003.
Galaxie 500 "Tugboat" Today, 1991.
The Jam "Art School" In The City, 1977.
XTC "Making Plans for Nigel" Drums and Wires, 1979.
David Bowie "Ashes to Ashes" Scary Monsters, 1980.
Arab Strap "Phone Me Tonight" The Week Never Starts Round Here, 1997.
The Wedding Present "Sports Car" Singles, 1999.
The Modern Lovers "Girlfriend" 1976.
The Beta Band "The Hard One" 1999.
Camera Obscura "I Don't Want To See You" Underachievers Please Try Harder, 2003.
                                                                                                                    Ultra Vivid Scene "The Mercy Seat" 1988.
                                                                                                                    Further "She Bangs the Drugs" Peel Sessions, 1995.
                                                                                                                    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Spread Your Love" BRMC, 2000.
                                                                                                                    Clinic "Harmony" Walking With  Thee, 2002.
                                                                                                                    Super Furry Animals "Some Thing Come From Nothing" Guerrilla, 1999.
                                                                                                                    Mogwai "New Paths to Helicon, Part 1" 1998.
                                                                                                                    Number One Cup "& Nico" Possum Trot Plan, 1995.
                                                                                                                    Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes "Om Nashi Me" Up From Below, 2009.
                                                                                                                    Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & the Marquis de Tren "2/15" Get On Jolly, 2000.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

"Music to Walk Home By"

Diiv "Home" Oshin, 2012.
Built to Spill "Carry the Zero" Keep It Like a Secret, 1999.
Joel RL Phelps & the Downer Trio "Get the Chills" Blackbird, 1999.
Giantess "Hope Springs Eternal" Giantess, 2007.
Dinosaur Jr "No Bones" Bug, 1988.
An Horse "Scared As Fuck" Rearrange Beds, 2008.
Young Prisms "Runner" In Between, 2012.
Grizzly Bear "Gun Shy" Shields, 2012.
The Sea and Cake "Harbour Bridges" The Runner, 2012.
The Luyas "Fifty Fifty" Animator, 2012.
Royal Hideouts "Lunch In Fur Redux" Coral Casino EP, 2010.
Tame Impala "Music to Walk Home By" Lonerism, 2012.
Young Galaxy "Youth is Wasted on the Young" Shoreless Kid, 2012.
Grass Widow "Under the Atmosphere" Internal Logic, 2012.
XX "Chained" Coexist, 2012.
Django Django "Love's Dart" Django Django, 2012.
The Pursuit of Happiness "I'm An Adult Now" Love Junk, 1988.
Havergal "Crowd" 2005.
Jonathan Richman "That Summer Feeling" I Jonathan, 1992.
The White Foliage "Cadence is a Sad Valley Girl" How to Make Better Love, 2004.

Monday, August 27, 2012

"New Blue Monday"

The Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" The Fine Art of Surfacing, 1979.
Tegan & Sara "Monday Monday Monday" If It Was You, 2002.
Wilco "Monday" Being There, 1996.
Echo Lake "Monday 5AM" WIld Peace, 2012.
Ola Podrida "Monday Morning" Belly of the Lion, 2009.
The Go Find "Monday Morning" Stars on the Wall, 2007.
Lee Hazlewood "If It's Monday Morning" Requiem for An Almost Lady, 1971.
The Sea And Cake "Monday" The Moonlight Butterfly, 2011.
Chet "Monday" The Tiger is In the Window, 2002.
Merle Haggard "If We're Not Back In Love By Monday" Ramblin' Fever, 1977.
Hanged Up "New Blue Monday" Hangedup, 2001.
Pop Romantique "Monday" Between Two Waves, 2010.
Sparrow "Monday" 2009.
Mississippi Jophn Hurt "Monday Mornin' Blues" The Immortal, 1967.
The Clientele "Monday's Rain" Suburban Light, 2001.
The Carpenters "Rainy Days and Mondays" Carpenters, 1971.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

"Learn from Mistakes"

Mercury Rev "Holes" Deserters' Songs, 1998.
The Electones "The Huntress" I'll Be Null You Be Void, 2009.
Montag "L'usine Matinale" Goodbye Fear, 2005.
I Am Robot And Proud "Learn From Mistakes" Grace Days, 2003.
Luna "Still At Home" Rendezvous, 2004.
Joel R.L. Phelps and the Downer Trio "Hope's Hit" Three, 1998.
Page France "Chariot" Daytrotter Session, 2006.
Wild Nothing "Counting Days" Nocturne, 2012.
The Go-Betweens "Cattle and Cane" Before Hollywood, 1983.
Moonface "Marimba and Shit Drums (Excerpt)" Dreamland, 2010.
The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" Smiley Smile, 1967.
Saharan Gazelle Boy "All Eyes" Airplanes Can't, 2011.
Fear of Men "Doldrums" Alice Munro Demos, 2011.
The Modern Lovers "The Morning of Our Lives" Modern Lovers Live, 1978.
Parachutes "Tree Roots Turn to Forts" Tree Roots, 2008.
Zebra Hunt "Only Way Out" Zebra Hunt, 2012.
Dum Dum Girls "Coming Down" Only In Dreams, 2011.

Monday, August 20, 2012

"Miscalculations"


Destroyer "Libby's First Sunrise" Live on City of Music, 2012.

The Double "Mohawks" Palm Fronds, 2004.
Miracle Fortress "Miscalculations" Was I the Wave, 2011.
Violens "Totally True" True, 2012.
Pavement "Transport Is Arranged" Brighten the Corners, 1997.
Dolly Mixture "Miss Candy Twist" Demonstration Tapes, 1983.
French Kicks "Sunday Night is Fair" One Time Bells, 2002.
Arcade Fire "Crown Of Love" Funeral, 2004.
Silver Jews "My Pillow is the Threshold" Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea, 2008.
Broadcast "I Found the F" Tender Buttons, 2005.
Zulu Winter "Let's Move Back to Front" Language, 2012.
The Raveonettes "Lust" Lust Lust Lust, 2007.
The Sea and Cake "Sending" The Biz, 1995.
Wilco "Shot In the Arm" Summerteeth, 1999.
The American Analog Set "Born on the Cusp" Set Free, 2005.
The Olivia Tremor Control "The Game You Play Is In Your Head (Part 1)" 2011.
My Sad Captains "Orienteers" Fight Less Win More, 2011.
Pink Floyd "Unknown Song" Zabriskie Point OST, 1970.
The Olivia Tremor Control "The Game You Play Is In Your Head (Part 3)" 2011.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

"It Takes a Married Man To Sing a Worried Song"

Yo La Tengo "Moby Octopad" I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, 1997.
Talking Heads "Uh Oh, Love Comes to Town" '77, 1977.
Rose Murphy "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
The Monkees "I'm a Believer"
David Bowie "Be My Wife" Low, 1977.
The Beta Band "She's the One" The 3 EPs, 1998.
The Rolling Stones "She's a Rainbow"
The Toys "Can't Get Enough Of You Baby"
Dusty Springfield "The Look Of Love"
Nagisa Ni Te "Wife" Same as A Flower, 2004.
Bob Dylan & The Band "Wedding Song" Planet Waves, 1974.
Woody Guthrie "It Takes a Married Man to Sing a Worried Song"
Beach House "Wedding Bell" Devotion, 2008.
The Dixie Cups "(Going to The) Chapel of Love"
The Troggs "Any Way That You Want Me"
The Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl"
Nina Simone "I Love Your Lovin' Ways"
Talkdemonic "Palace Walk" Ruins, 2011.
The Fuzz "I'm So Glad"
The Crystals "And Then He Kissed Me"
                                                                                                                    Blind Willie Reynolds "Married Man Blues"
                                                                                                                    Aerial M "Wedding Song #2" Aerial M, 1997.
                                                                                                                    Nick Drake "Time Has Told Me" Five Leaves Left, 1969.
                                                                                                                    Stevie Wonder "I Believe (When I Fall in Love)"

Saturday, August 4, 2012

"You've Got Another Thing Coming"


Guns N' Roses "Welcome to the Jungle" Appetite for Destruction, 1987.

AC/DC "Live Wire" High Voltage, 1975.
Heart "Barracuda" Little Queen, 1977.
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts "I Love Rock & Roll" 1981.
KISS "Hotter Than Hell" 1974.
ZZ Top "Gimme All Your Lovin" Eliminator, 1983.
Dio "Holy Diver" 1983.
Judas Priest "You've Got Another Thing Comin" Screaming for Vengeance, 1982.
Van Halen "Hot For Teacher" 1984.
Ted Nugent "Stranglehold" 1975.
Metallica "The Call of Ktulu" Ride the Lightning, 1984.
Steel Panther "Death to All But Metal" Feel the Steel, 2009.
Motorhead "Ace of Spades" 1980.
Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It" Stay Hungry, 1984.
The Runaways "Cherry Bomb" 1976.
Black Sabbath "Symptom of the Universe" Sabotage, 1975.
Quiet Riot "Cum on Feel the Noize" Metal Health, 1983.
Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart" Dr. Feelgood, 1989.
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" A Night At the Opera, 1975.

Monday, July 30, 2012

"I'm New Here"


Deradoorian "This is the Heart Now" 2009

Ryan Driver "You Are Beside Me" Feeler of Pure Joy, 2008.
BenoƮt Pioulard "A Coin on the Tongue" Lasted, 2010.
Baxter Dury "Auntie Jane" Len Parrot's Memorial Lift, 2002.
Bert Jansch "Needle of Death" Bert Jansch, 1965.
Alasdair Roberts "Riddle Me This" The Amber Gatherers, 2006.
Blackavar "The Light Loves the Darkness" Blackavar, 2005.
The Apartments "Black Ribbons (Spring Mix)" 2012.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "I See a Darkness" Now Here's My Plan, 2012.
Stina Nordenstam "Stations" This is Stina Nordenstam, 2001.
Chet "Fight Against Darkness" Fight Against Darkness, 2007.
The Sea And Cake "Harps" Runner, 2012.
Cass McCombs "Windfall" Dropping the Writ, 2008.
Tara Jane O'Neil "Tea Is Better than Poison" You Sound Reflect, 2004.
David Grubbs "Whirlweek" The Spectrum Between, 2000.
Spain "Untitled #1" The Blue Moods of Spain, 1996.
Damien Jurado "This Time Next Year" Maraqopa, 2012.
Smog "I'm New Here" A River Ain't Too Much to Love, 2005.
Neil Young "One of These Days" Harvest Moon, 1992.



Thursday, July 26, 2012

"Dreams"

Johnny Cash "Spiritual" (Spain)
Cat Power "Sea Of Love" (Phil Phillips)
The Mo-Dettes "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones)
The Kills "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac)
Joel RL Phelps "Our Mother the Mountain" (Townes van Zandt)
Jump Clubb "Angeles" (Elliott Smith)
The Brunettes "Lovesong" (The Cure)
Inara George "Fools In Love" (Joe Jackson)
Mark Lanegan "Through My Sails" (Neil Young)
Montag "Sunflower" (Low)
Starfucker "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Cyndi Lauper)
Blake Babies "Severed Lips" (Dinosaur Jr)
Seam "Heroes" (David Bowie)
Porcelain Raft "Come As You Are" (Nirvana)
The Flaming Lips "(What A) Wonderful World" (Louie Armstrong)
Austra "Paranoid Android" (Radiohead)
Superchunk "Cruel Summer" (Bananarama)
Woods "Military Madness" (Graham Nash)
The Morning Benders "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac)
Vic Chesnutt "Like a Monkey In a Zoo" (Daniel Johnston)