Headphones Recommended: An Eclection of Songs

After doing 3 themed comps in a row, just had to throw together an eclectic collection of songs...an Eclection if you will. Looking at these 19 songs, I could easily triple or quadruple this type of compilation. Probably will throughout the next year.

Also, just so y'all know, the album titles of the lists below link to the MP3 albums (CDs if no MP3 is available) of the song featured. So if you really like a particular song on any of the Headphones Recommended comps, click the link & you'll have your choice to download either the album or individual song. I am all about convenience when it comes to acquiring great music.



Playlist
1) Pixies | Down To The Well | At The BBC
2) Halou | Feeling This Is Like To Fall Awake | We Only Love You
3) R.E.M. | New Test Leper | New Adventures In Hi-Fi
4) We Were Promised Jetpacks | Moving Clocks Run Slow | These Four Walls
5) Lily Allen | Not Fair | It's Not Me, It's You
6) The Big Pink | At War With The Sun | A Brief History Of Love
7) The Black Keys | Lies | Attack & Release
8) PJ Harvey | This Is Love | Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
9) A Place To Bury Strangers | I Know I'll See You | A Place To Bury Strangers
10) Joseph Arthur | Chemical | Come To Where I'm From
11) Silversun Pickups | Dream At Tempo 119 | Carnavas
12) Sleater-Kinney | Memorize Your Lines | The Hot Rock
13) The Dutchess & The Duke | The Prisoner | She's The Dutchess, He's The Duke
14) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | There Is A Town | Nocturama
15) Super Sonic Soul Pimps | The Day I Became Cool | Super Sonic Soul Pimps - Live
16) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | The Tenure Itch | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
17) Florence + The Machine | Cosmic Love | Lungs
18) Richard Buckner | Her | Dents And Shells
19) Fugazi | Closed Captioned | End Hits

Some songs contain cuss'n. If it offends, don't listen.

Cheers!

Previous Headphones Recommended

Headphones Recommended: The Country Mix, y'all
Headphones Recommended: The Facebook Comp
Headphones Recommended: Chillax, yo.
Headphones Recommended: The 12.10.10 Soundtrack
Headphones Recommended: Great Songs From Fave Bands

Headphones Recommended: The Country Mix, y'all

"I hate country music." I've heard that statement many times from many people. Thing is, almost always, their exposure to the country/bluegrass genre has been via top 40 "country" radio stations. I completely agree that the crap they pass as "country" sucks about 49 out every 50 songs. When people assume that what they hear on those radio stations is country, they understandingly make the conclusion they hate country. What is truly sad is they are closing the door to a whole world of some of the best music I've ever heard, alternative country.

Me, I like myself a good twang &/or fiddle on a regular basis. That is pretty much what this compilation consists of, alternative country & bluegrass. Enjoy!



Playlist:
1) The Maldives | Time Is Right Now | Listen To The Thunder
2) Richard Buckner | Jewelbomb | Since
3) Lucinda Williams | Sweet Side | World Without Tears
4) Deer Tick | Easy | Born on Flag Day
5) Golden Delicious | Raven Maggie | Old School
6) Johnny Cash | Personal Jesus | American IV: Man Comes Around
7) Neko Case | Furnace Room Lullaby | Furnace Room Lullaby
8) Hillstomp | Flood Blues | One Word
9) Heavy Trash | Pure Gold | Going Way Out With Heavy Trash
10) Uncle Tupelo | Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? | Anodyne
11) Camper Van Beethoven | When I Win The Lottery | Key Lime Pie
12) Supersuckers | Hangin' Out With Me | Must've Been High
13) The Devil Makes Three | Shades | The Devil Makes Three
14) The Cave Singers | Dancing On Our Graves | Invitation Songs
15) Sarah Jarosz | Come On Up To The House | Song Up In Her Head
16) Punch Brothers | Nothing, Then | Punch
17) Blue Mountain | Ira Magee | Home Grown
18) Drive-By Truckers | Late For Church | Gangstabilly
19) Whiskeytown | 16 Days | Strangers Almanac
20) The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Party On The Mountain | Welcome To Woody Creek
21) Cracker | I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right | Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey
22) The Flying Burrito Brothers | Christine's Tune (A.K.A. Devil In Disguise) | The Gilded Palace Of Sin/Burrito Deluxe

Some songs contain cuss'n. If it offends, don't listen.

Cheers!

Previous Headphones Recommended

Headphones Recommended: The Facebook Comp
Headphones Recommended: Chillax, yo.
Headphones Recommended: The 12.10.10 Soundtrack
Headphones Recommended: Great Songs From Fave Bands

Headphones Recommended: The Facebook Comp

Since the end of September of last year, thanks to the SPL, I have been able to begin catching up on 10 years of missed music collecting. Throughout November & December, I infrequently "subjected" my Facebook friends to a series of YouTube music videos. Each music video featured a favorite new (to me) artist discovery. Unlike the 12.10.10 Soundtrack (which features new music from the prior 2 weeks), these musical discoveries were acquired from October thru December...though I am still loving the artists on both this and the 12.10.10 comps.

Without further ado, here is the collection of the Facebook posts:



Playlist
1) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Took Out a Loan | Baby 81
2) Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Zero | It's Blitz
3) Silversun Pickups | Well Thought Out Twinkles | Carnavas
4) The Raveonettes | Heart Of Stone | In And Out Of Control
5) The Maldives | Goodbye | Listen To The Thunder
6) The Dutchess & The Duke | Scorpio | Sunset / Sunrise
7) Arctic Monkeys | Brianstorm | Favourite Worst Nightmare
8) A Place To Bury Strangers | To Fix The Gash In Your Head | A Place To Bury Strangers
9) The Blackwater Fever | Better Off Dead | Sweet Misery
10) Les Savy Fav | Brace Yourself | Let's Stay Friends
11) Metric | Help, I'm Alive | Fantasies

12) Yeasayer | 2080 (Live At KEXP v4 version) | All Hour Cymbals
13) Au Revoir Simone | Trace A Line | Still Night, Still Light
14) Spoon | You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
15) The Cave Singers | Dancing On Our Graves | Invitation Songs
16) Tegan & Sara | The Cure | Sainthood

17) We Were Promised Jetpacks | Quiet Little Voices | These Four Walls
18) The Black Keys | Psychotic Girl | Attack & Release
19) Hillstomp | Poor Black Mattie | After Two But Before Five

Some songs contain cuss'n. If it offends, don't listen.

Cheers!

Previous Headphones Recommended

Headphones Recommended: Chillax, yo.
Headphones Recommended: The 12.10.10 Soundtrack
Headphones Recommended: Great Songs From Fave Bands