Headphones Recommended: Amidst Hell & High Water

This one took some doing. A few weeks ago, I perused the 'ol recently played list & threw all the songs I liked onto the playlist I set aside for this compilation. Found my jaw slightly a gap when I saw the total time exceeded 4 hours. It took a couple of weeks to whittled it down to 80 minutes, a very excruciating & emotional task at times.

To top it off, I kept adding more songs...such is the price of having so much new music on hand. It seriously took 3 days to break below the 2 hour mark. There was a lot of eliminating songs, listening to the comp, re-adding songs, eliminating other songs, re-listening, repeat. Even today I switched out the Wye Oak song w/ the one I just listened to earlier.

All in all, turned out to be a really fun process, & I'm very happy w/ the results (especially considering I've listened to most of these songs at least 5 times over the last week).

It is my hope you start this only to realize you've lost 80 minutes after the last track fades.



Tracklist::
1. Randi Russo | Invitation | Fragile Animal
2. Blind Pilot | One Red Thread | 3 Rounds And A Sound
3. The Strokes | Machu Picchu | Angles
4. Man Man | Spooky Jookie | Life Fantastic
5. Dog Faced Hermans | Wings | Hum Of Life
6. The Cinematics | All These Things | Love and Terror
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Our Time | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. The Twilight Singers | Waves | Dynamite Steps
9. The Heavy | Short Change Hero | The House That Dirt Built
10. Freelance Whales | Ghosting | Weathervanes
11. Dessa | Momento Mori | A Badly Broken Code
12. Smith Westerns | Only One | Dye It Blonde
13. Jupiter One | Come On | Sunshower
14. Tegan And Sara | Fix You Up | So Jealous
15. Motopony | Wake up | Motopony
16. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions | For The Rest Of Your Life | Through The Devil Softly
17. Giant Sand | Better Man Than Me | Blurry Blue Mountain
18. Ravenna Woods | In The World | Demons & Lakes
19. Wye Oak | Civilian | Civilian
20. The National | Mistaken For Strangers | Boxer

BTW, if you don't like the cuss'n, then don't listen.

Cheers!

Previous Headphones Recommended

Volume 2
Headphones Recommended: Rock Is Undead!
The Return of Headphones Recommended

Volume 1
Headphones Recommended: Time. To. Rock.
Headphones Recommended: An Eclection of Songs
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: Rock Is Undead!

Okay, here's what you gotta do before listening to this:

1st, make sure your headphone's cord is long enough (you're really gonna shake your booty w/ this, & it'd suck if you accidentally pulled your computer off the desk). If your cord isn't long enough, hopefully you can download & listen via your mobile device.

2nd, grab your favorite beverage (mine's an IPA)

3rd, take off your pants (it rocks to rock out in your skivvies). Note: do NOT take off your pants if you're in a public place, that will likely land your ass in the clink.

Finally, crank up the volume (it ain't rocking out if the volume is set at a safe, considerate level).



Tracklist:
1. Screaming Trees | Time for Light | Uncle Anesthesia
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Gold Lion | Show Your Bones
3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Need Some Air | Baby 81
4. The Thermals | How We Know | Fuckin A
5. Hammerbox | Size of the World | Hammerbox
6. Ladyfinger (Ne) | Over And Over | Dusk
7. Controller.Controller | City Of Daggers | X-Amounts
8. The Airborne Toxic Event | Gasoline | The Airborne Toxic Event
9. Gang Of Four | Second Life | Content
10. Janis Joplin | Maybe | I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
11. Hacienda | Leave it this Way | Loud is the Night
12. Sonics | Cinderella | Boom
13. Rocket From The Crypt | Born In '69 | Scream, Dracula, Scream!
14. Detroit Cobras | Leave My Kitten Alone | Tied & True
15. Fugazi | Ex-Spectator | The Argument
16. Arctic Monkeys | Dangerous Animals | Humbug
17. Visqueen | Friends In Love | Sunset on Dateland
18. Modest Mouse | I Came as a Rat | The Moon And Antarctica
19. Queens Of The Stone Age | I'm Designer | Era Vulgaris
20. Jumbling Towers | Black Courage | The Kanetown City Rips
21. fIREHOSE | Losers, Boozers, And Heroes | Flyin' the Flannel
22. The Kills | Damned If She Do | Blood Pressures
23. Black Diamond Heavies | Solid Gold | A Touch Of Someone Else's Class
24. Nirvana | Where Did You Sleep Last Night | MTV Unplugged in New York

Note: If you don't like cuss'n, then don't listen.

Cheers!

Previous Headphones Recommended

Volume 2
The Return of Headphones Recommended

Volume 1
Headphones Recommended: Time. To. Rock.
Headphones Recommended: An Eclection of Songs
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

The Return of Headphones Recommended

After a 3 month hiatus (partially planned/partially unintended) I present to y'all the first of the 2nd stage of music compilation webcasts. This one is intended to be like the very first Headphones Recommended entry, Fave songs From Fave Bands, but with a much, much bigger pool to choose from. Yep, I've procured a lot of music over the past few months. So much so, that there is way more music than I care to admit which I have yet to listen to.

The plan is to publish these a little more intensely than in the past (ultimate goal is weekly). So stay tuned, believe me, this is only the tip of the iceberg.



Tracklist:
1. Ben Harper | Burn One Down | Fight For Your Mind
2. The Spinanes | Kid In Candy | Arches And Aisles
3. Wye Oak | Regret | If Children
4. Xx | Night Time | xx
5. The National | Conversation 16 | High Violet
6. Surfer Blood | Slow Jabroni | Astrocoast
7. Jaymay | Gray Or Blue | Autumn Fallin'
8. Fanfarlo | I'm A Pilot | Reservoir
9. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | Belong | Belong
10. Thao & Mirah | Little Cup | Thao & Mirah
11. Spearhead | Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) | Chocolate Supa Highway
12. Gorillaz | November Has Come | Demon Days
13. Freelance Whales | Starring | Weathervanes
14. Two Loons for Tea | Blood For Sugar | Looking for Landmarks
15. Mumford & Sons | I Gave You All | Sigh No More
16. Controller.Controller | Rooms | X-Amounts
17. Darker My Love | Blue Day | 2
18. Dead Confederate | The Rat | Wrecking Ball
19. TV On The Radio | Caffeinated Consciousness | Nine Types Of Light
20. Parliament | Unfunky UFO | Mothership Connection

Warning: if you don't like cuss'n, then don't listen.

Cheers!

Previous Headphones Recommended

Volume 1
Headphones Recommended: Time. To. Rock.
Headphones Recommended: An Eclection of Songs
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