Off I Go!

Yes, tomorrow I'm off to Chicago to attend the Pitchfork Music Festival. So I made a little mix for the occasion (and plane ride). Sorry I cna't post the actual mp3s yet. I tried to vary new and old shit. All in all it should be very enjoyable. Huzzah!

1. Spoon - Chicago at Night from Girls Can Tell
2. Joggers - Hot Autism from Solid Guild
3. Tapes n' Tapes - Cowbell from The Loon
4. Silver Jews - Sometimes a Pony Gets Depressed from Tanglewood Numbers
5. Yo La Tengo - Beanbag Chair from I'm Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
6. Danielson Famile - Good News for the Pus Pickers from Fetch the Compass Kids
7. Man Man - Feathers from Six Demon Bag
8. Aesop Rock - Save Yourself from Labor Days
9. Os Mutantes - Premier Bonheur du Jour from Os Mutantes
10. Devendra Banhart - Long Haired Child from Cripple Crow
11. Sunset Rubdown - Snakes Got a Leg III from Shut Up I Am Dreaming
12. Band of Horses - Wicked Gil from Everything All the Time
13. The National - Baby, We'll Be Fine from Alligator
14. The Walkmen - That's the Punchline from Everyone I Who Pretended To Like Is Gone
15. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - The High Party from Hearts of Oak
16. Liars - Mr. You're On Fire Mr. from They Threw Us in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top
17. Art Brut - My Little Brother from Bang Bang Rock & Roll
18. The Futureheads - Decent Days and Nights from The Futureheads
19. Destroyer (w/Frog Eyes) - New Ways of Living from Notorious Lighting and Other Works
20. Mountain Goats - Lion's Teeth from The Sunset Tree
21. Cage - Agent Orange from Movies for the Blind
22. CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) - Alcohol from Cansei de Ser Sexy
23. Voxtrot - Raised By Wolves from Raised By Wolves EP
24. Jens Lekman - A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill from You are the Light (by which I travel into this and that) EP

This is a gonna be a great trip... GO CUBS!

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Yeah.

So it's becoming painfully quite obvious that this song list is not gonna be finished in time for my end of the month trip to the mecca of melting hot weather and indie band bombast, The Windy City, Chicago. Yes kids, I wanted to be list-free by the time I touched down at O'Hare for the weekend of the Pitchfork Festival. And let me tell you, my "Pitchfork-does-not-tell-me-what-to-do" stance I've been trying to uphold is taking a serious hit. But seriously, there are mega bands playing in Union Park that weekend (and even the preceeding Friday night). I'll make a mix for you all with a quick rundown of each song before next Thursday when I ship out, putting the 50 songs of the first 7/12 of the year list on hold until I get back. And hopefully preceeding that post, I'll give you all a peek into the transcedent Matthew Friedberger solo albums. YES. ALBUMSSSSS. PLURAL.


I've been told to go to Weiner Circle when I'm in Chicago. And I really like this pup.

In the meantime, I've been sensually grooving (perhaps a mental image best not conjured up) to the new Ratatat record Classics. And I'll drop a yousendit on a track right here...

Ratatat - Gettysburg (yousendit link)

Pretty great song about history and beats.

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POSSIBILITIES

Sorry folks, still working on listening to the numerous albums I have stored up. I've decided it will be a TOP 50. But I ain't no writing robot, so I will extrapolate on only 25. So here's one more distraction to buy me some time. He's my new favorite.



Wow.

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Today's Assignment...

Alright Class, I have four very pertinent bands for you to consider.

The National
United States of America
Celebration
Scott Walker

What do you say? It's the 4th of July? Silly me.

I understand Scott Walker doesn't really fit in the the whole patriotic party motif but I'm really getting in to the four Scott albums and getting really weird with his new P-Fork-approved The Drift.


Dude, you're really starting to weird me out.

For more festive purposes, here is a video that should get the sunny day vibes workin' on this overcast Independence Day.



Get wasted.

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