Albums I didn't like this month - June

Too many things distracted me from listening to new music this month, so this little list represents the stuff I didn't like. The list should be 3 times bigger next month.

Albums that had a couple of good songs
Die Amsterdam Klezmer Band - Zaraza (2008)

Albums from 2009
Bill Ryder Jones - Film Music
Dog Day - Concentration
Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Pop Nonsense
ESP Summer - The Complete Recordings
Jeremy Jay - Love Everlasting EP
General Elektriks - Good City For Dreamers
Gustaf Spetz - Good Night Mr Spetz
Peter Bjorn & John - Living Things
The Sleepover Disaster - Hover
Washington - Rouge/Noir

Albums from 2008
The Aliens - Luna
Amadou and Mariam - Welcome To Mali
Aviette - The Way We Met
Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk - Helvete
Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk - Interstellar
Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk - Pyrrhula
Black Mountain - In The Future
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Boris - Smile
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Cloud Chamber
Buck 65 - The Dirtbike Project
Buck 65 - Heck
Buck 65 - With Symphony Nova Scotia
Charades - En ningún lugar
Cold-War Kids - Loyalty To Loyalty
Jason Collett - Here's To Being Here
Colour Revolt - Plunder, Beg, And Curse
Creature - Creature
Darker My Love - 2
Dead Confederate - Wrecking-Ball
The Dears - Missiles
Delaney & Bonnie - Home
Hiawata! - Blacks On Blondes EP
Horse Feathers - House With No Name
Times New Viking - Rip It Off

Albums from an earlier year
el-p - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (2007)
Todd Rundgren - Something-Anything (1972)

Episode 11 - The American Songbook Series

The Soundtrack Of My Life
Episode 11
5/30/09

Download the AAC file here. It contains album artwork and chapters for each song for your iPod or Zune player. Just make a playlist and drag the file in.

The aim of this podcast is to highlight my favorite tracks from the American Songbook series collection. I received a couple of requests for song standards so I decided to compile a list from this series I was listening to at the time. If you are not familiar with the American songbook, this will be a real treat for you. Give it a listen, I can't imagine someone not singing along with these songs after you listen to it. Some of these songs are not the definitive version but they are just as good.

(Track)-(Artist)-(Song) (Composer)
01 - Billie Holiday - Solitude (Duke Ellington)
02 - Gwen Verdon - If My Friends Could See Me Now (Dorothy Fields)
03 - Lee Wiley - Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
04 - Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife (Kurt Weill)
05 - Teddi King - This Is Always (Harry Warren)
06 - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Sinatra - The Song Is You (Jerome Kern)
07 - Frances Langford - I'm In The Mood For Love (Dorothy Fields)
08 - Fred Astaire - Puttin' On The Ritz (Irving Berlin)
09 - Betty Hutton - Rumble, Rumble, Rumble (Frank Loesser)
10 - Peggy Lee - Lover (Rodgers & Hart)
11 - Kitty Kallen - It's Been A Long, Long Time (Jule Styne)
12 - Helen Forrest - I've Heard That Song Before (Jule Styne)
13 - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Featuring Liza Morrow - All The Cats Join In (Alec Wilder)
14 - Ella Fitzgerald - What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)
15 - Mabel Mercer - It's De-Lovely (Cole Porter)
16 - Jo Stafford - The Things We Did Last Summer (Jule Styne)
17 - Gogi Grant - Why Was I Born (Jerome Kern)
18 - Mel Tormé - P.S. I Love You (Johnny Mercer)
19 - Chet Baker - Everything Happens To Me (Tom Adair & Matt Dennis)
20 - Eileen Farrell - In The Still Of The Night (Cole Porter)
21 - Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around (Johnny Mercer)
22 - Ethel Merman & Donald O'Connor - (You're Not Sick) You're Just In Love (Irving Berlin)
23 - Peggy Lee - Big Spender (Dorothy Fields)
24 - Judy Garland - Get Happy (Harold Arlen)
25 - Margaret Whiting - You Couldn't Be Cuter (Dorothy Fields)
26 - Bob Crosby Featuring Helen Ward- Day In, Day Out (Johnny Mercer)
27 - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Dorothy Fields)
28 - Johnny 'scat' Davis & Frances Langford - Hooray For Hollywood (Johnny Mercer)
29 - Lena Horne - Then I'll Be Tired Of You (E.Y. Harburg)
30 - Jo Stafford - Dream (Johnny Mercer)
31 - Doris Day - I've Never Been In Love Before (Frank Loesser)
32 - Betty Hutton - Blow a Fuse (It's Oh So Quiet) (Hans Lang and Bert Reisfeld)
33 - Peggy Lee - It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter)
34 - The Boswell Sisters - Louisiana Hayride (Arthur Schwartz)
35 - Esther Williams And Ricardo Montalban (Khan!!!) - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Frank Loesser)
36 - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter)
37 - Cole Porter - Anything Goes (Cole Porter)
38 - Julie Andrews - Thoroughly Modern Millie (James Van Heusen)
39 - Wini Shaw - Lullaby Of Broadway (Harry Warren)
40 - Al Bowlly - Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans)
41 - Andy Williams - Moon River (Johnny Mercer)
42 - Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
43 - Mildred Bailey - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Duke Ellington)
44 - Peggy Lee - I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
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Albums I didn't like this month - May

A light month as I didn't have as much time to listen to music. I had to catch up to some podcasts that were piling up in my iPod. June figures to be a better month since school is just about over.

Albums from 2009
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
Americans In France - Pretzelvania
Burn The Negative - In The Atmosphere
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Doll And The Kicks - Doll And The Kicks
Helen Love - Calm Down Dad
Justin Bennett - Wanting More
Kyte - Science For The Living
My Latest Novel - Deaths And Entrances
Oliver The Penguin - Button Pusher
Sahara Hotnights - Sparks
Yellow Ostrich - Yellow Ostrich

Albums from 2008
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Journey Into The Cosmic Inferno
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Pink Lady Lemonade
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Summerlong Silences
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
The Broken West - Now Or Heaven
David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
The Cat Empire - So Many Nights
Catfish Haven - Devastator
Clinic - Do It!
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Jesper Norda - Little ones EP/B-sides
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara - Soul Science
Jukebox The Ghost - Let Live & Let Ghosts
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event

Albums from an earlier year
Chapterhouse - Mesmerise EP (1991)
Chapterhouse - Sunburst EP (1991)
Dolly Mixture - Live at the Marquee (1982)
Headlights - The Enemies EP (2005)
Luisa Mandou - Um Beijo (2005)
Swirlies - Damon Andy Rob Ron: The Yes Girls (2000)
Swirlies - Sneaky Flute Music (1996)
Viva Voce - The Heat Can Melt Your Brain (2004)
Viva Voce - Lovers Lead the Way (2003)

Episode 10 - Best of 2009 part 01

The Soundtrack Of My Life
Episode 10
5/3/09

Download the AAC file here. It contains album artwork and chapters for each song for your iPod or Zune player. Just make a playlist and drag the file in.

The aim of this podcast is to highlight my favorite music of 2009.

01 - Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
02 - Morrissey - All You Need Is Me
03 - Joy Zipper - Just Like Heaven
04 - The Indelicates - The Recession Song
05 - Matt & Kim - Ginders
06 - The Low Frequency In Stereo - Texas Fox
07 - Metric - Help I'm Alive (Acoustic)
08 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Little Shadow
09 - Marissa Nadler - River Of Dirt
10 - M. Ward - Rave On (Featuring Zooey Deschanel)
11 - The View - Gem Of A Bird
12 - Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision
13 - Of Montreal - First Time High (Of Chicago Acoustic Version Of 'An Eluardian Instance')
14 - Devics - Catch
15 - Camera Obscura - French Navy
16 - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Come Saturday
17 - St. Vincent - Actor Out Of Work
18 - Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Worldwide
19 - Neil Young - Just Singing A Song
20 - Storsveit Nix Noltes - Trakijska Racenica
21 - Peaches - Show Stopper
22 - Fol Chen - No Wedding Cake
23 - The Cloud Room - La La Losing
24 - A Band Called Quinn - BabywhenIseeyoureyes
25 - Fanfarlo - The Walls Are Coming Down
26 - Dog Day - Neighbour
27 - Findlay Brown - I Still Want You
28 - The Empty Set - Alton Towers (I'll Cry)
29 - The Kills - Crazy
30 - Polly Scattergood - Breathe In Breathe Out
Recommendations
There are enough good songs on these albums to recommend them:
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (My favorite album of 2009)
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
M. Ward - Hold Time

Buy the other albums at your own risk but do search for the posted songs and support these artists.

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Albums I didn't like this month - April

2009
1990s - Kicks
Americans In France - Pretzelvania
A Shoreline Dream and Ulrich Schnauss - Neverchanger CDS
A Shoreline Dream - Recollections Of Memory
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Beirut - March Of The Zapotec EP & Realpeople - Holland EP
Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve w/VA - Re-Animations, Vol. 1
Boy In Static - Candy Cigarette
Chris Cornell - Scream
Death Cab For Cutie - The Open Door EP
Evripidis And His Tragedies - Our Trash EP
Findlay Brown-Love Will Find You
FrYars - Dark Young Hearts
Wentworth Kersey - O
The Kills - Black Balloon EP
La Roux - La Roux EP
The Lonely Island-Incredibad
Matt and Kim-Grand
Modern Skirts - All of Us in Our Night
My Darling YOU! - A.K. ART EP
My Darling YOU! - Saying Things You Don't Want To Hear EP
The National - Sleep All Summer (single)
Official Secrets Act-Understanding Electricity
Old Jerusalem - Two Birds Blessing
Peaches - I Feel Cream
Phosphorescent - To Willie
P.O.S.-Never Better
Pterodactyl-Worldwild
The Red Well - Amid Storms We Arrive
Screaming Females - Power Move
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club - Super Science Fiction
Stephane TV - Stephane TV EP
Strand of Oaks - Leave Ruin
Swanton Bombs - Mammoth Skull (Promo_EP)
Pati Yang - Faith Hope And Fury
The Cloud Room - Waiting
The William Blakes - Dear Unknown Friend
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz

2008 and earlier
Various Artists - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
Aesthesys - Demo (2008)
All The Saints - Fire On Corridor X (2008)
Andice Rupen [Candie prune] - Garage sessions(2000)
Balmorhea - Tour EP (2008)
Bardo Pond - Batholith (2008)
Big Black - Songs About Fucking (1987)
Camille - Le Fil (2005)
Elbow - Asleep In The Back (2001)
Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World (2005)
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Nikka Costa - Pebble To A Pearl (2008)
The Carrots - Beverly 7'' (2008)
Crooked Fingers - Daytrotter Session (2008)
Crooked Fingers - Forfeit/Fortune (2008)
Dead Meadow - Old Growth (2008)
Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth (2008)
Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park (2008)
The Dodos - Visiter (2008)
The Dutchess And The Duke - She's The Dutchess, He's The Duke (2008)
The Dutchess And The Duke - Daytrotter Session (2008)
Eagles Of Death-Metal - Heart-On (2008)
Gil Evans Orchestra - Gil Evans Orchestra - Plays Jimi Hendrix
Grateful Dead - American Beauty (1970)
The Groovy Cellar - When You Fly Away EP (2008)
Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew (2008)
Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers (2007)
Lou Reed - Berlin (2006)
Motörhead - Bomber (Deluxe Edition) (1979)
Motörhead - Iron First (Deluxe Edition) (1982)
Motörhead - Motörizer (2008)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
Phosphorescent - Pride (2007)
The Stills - Oceans Will Rise (2008)
Kelley Stoltz - Circular Sounds (2008)
Swingset - The Great Shakes (2008)
The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave (2008)
These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid (2008)
The Portugals - Setubal EP (2008)
The New Standards - Rock And Roll (2008)
The Verve - Forth (2008)
The Waco Brothers - Waco Express (2006)
The War On Drugs - Barrel Of Batteries (2008)
The War On Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues (2008)
Abigail Washburn - Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet (2008)
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (2008)
What Made Milwaukee Famous - What Doesn't Kill Us (2008)
The Whigs - Mission-Control (2008)
White Denim - Workout Holiday (2008)
Lizz Wright - The Orchard (2008)
Why? - Alopecia (2008)
Wire - 154 (1979)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
Wire - Pink Flag (1977)