Saturday, July 5, 2008

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY


Damn, 2008's half over already, and that means it's list time. Here are 50 tracks I keep coming back to, arranged not in a sequence (I'm working on it) but alphabetically by artist name. Some of them are recent arrivals, like Mellencamp, Teddy Thompson and Pictures and Sound (a sensational new band started by ex-Blue Merle leader Luke Reynolds). The tracks that have been road-tested during spinning sessions are in red.

Freeway, Aimee Mann (@#%&*! Smilers) 3:50
Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love, Coldplay (Viva La Vida) 6:51
Yes, Coldplay (Viva La Vida) 7:07
I Will Possess Your Heart, Death Cab for Cutie (Narrow Stairs) 8:26
No Sunlight, Death Cab for Cutie (Narrow Stairs) 2:40
Mercy, Duffy (Rockferry) 3:57
Grounds for Divorce, Elbow (The Seldom Seen Kid) 3:39
Forever, The Explorers Club (Freedom Wind) 2:33
Don’t Forget the Sun, The Explorers Club (Freedom Wind) 3:12
Lost My Head, The Explorer's Club (Freedom Wind) 2:07
Mykonos, Fleet Foxes (Sun Giant [EP]) 4:35
Inner City Pressure, Flight of the Conchords (Flight of the Conchords) 3:27
Who's Gonna Save My Soul, Gnarls Barkley (The Odd Couple) 3:18
Days Go On, Greg Laswell (Three Flights From Alto Nido) 3:15
Troubled Land, John Mellencamp (Life, Death, Love and Freedom) 3:25
Byrdgirl, Matthew Sweet (Sunshine Lies) 3:20
Sunshine Lies, Matthew Sweet (Sunshine Lies) 3:23
Electric Feel, MGMT (Oracular Spectacular) 3:50
Scare Easy, Mudcrutch (Mudcrutch) 4:36
The Wrong Thing to Do, Mudcrutch (Mudcrutch) 4:10
Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket (Evil Urges) 5:14
Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1, My Morning Jacket (Evil Urges) 3:51
Highly Suspicious, My Morning Jacket (Evil Urges) 3:07
I'm Amazed, My Morning Jacket (Evil Urges) 4:35
See These Bones, Nada Surf (Lucky) 5:10
Whose Authority, Nada Surf (Lucky) 3:01
Everything Leaves a Mark, Pictures And Sound (Pictures And Sound) 3:10
The Last Ocean, Pictures And Sound (Pictures And Sound) 2:16
It's You, Pictures And Sound (Pictures And Sound) 3:40
100 Directions, Pictures And Sound (Pictures And Sound) 4:01
Every War, Pictures And Sound feat. Willie Nelson (Pictures And Sound) 3:27
Supernatural Superserious, R.E.M. (Accelerate) 3:24
Salute Your Solution, The Raconteurs (Consolers of the Lonely) 3:00
Old Enough, The Raconteurs (Consolers of the Lonely) 3:57
These Stones Will Shout, The Raconteurs (Consolers of the Lonely) 3:54
Yell, Robin Danar feat. Jesca Hoop (Altered States) 5:12
Message of Love, Robin Danar feat. Paul Buchanan (Altered States) 4:48
Spiritude, Ron Sexsmith (Exit Strategy of the Soul) 1:30
This Is How I Know, Ron Sexsmith (Exit Strategy of the Soul) 3:50
Brighter Still, Ron Sexsmith (Exit Strategy of the Soul) 3:41
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, Shelby Lynne (Just a Little Lovin') 4:13
I'm Not Drowning, Steve Winwood (Nine Lives) 3:32
Raging Sea, Steve Winwood (Nine Lives) 6:18
In My Arms, Teddy Thompson (A Piece of What You Need) 3:14
Can't Sing Straight, Teddy Thompson (A Piece of What You Need) 3:43
Atoms for Peace (Four Tet Remix), Thom Yorke 5:57
Shut Up and Let Me Go, The Ting Tings (We Started Nothing) 2:52
A-Punk, Vampire Weekend (Vampire Weekend) 2:18
Pork and Beans, Weezer (Weezer, a.k.a Red Album) 3:09

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