Albums I didn't like this month - May

2010
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
Casiokids - Topp Stemning Pa Lokal Bar
Crystal Castles - Doe Deer (EP)
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
College - A Real Hero EP
The Go Find - Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight
Goldfrapp - Head First
I'm from Barcelona - 27 Songs from Barcelona
The Irrepressibles - Mirror Mirror
Keane - Night Train
Laura Veirs - July Flame
Love Is All - Two Thousand & Ten Injuries
My Luminaries - Order From The Chaos
Sepiamusic - Trenches
Shout Out Louds - Work
Sinker - Ghost On The Dance Floor EP
Spaghetti Anywhere - Spaghetti Anywhere EP
Stornoway - Stornoway

2009
Black Math Horseman - Wyllt
Box Elders - Alice and Friends
Nobunny - Raw Romance CS
Phantogram – Eyelid Movies
Skylight - Skylight EP

Earlier
10cc - How Dare You! (1976)
10cc - Mirror Mirror (2001)
10cc - The Original Soundtrack (1975)
10cc - Sheet Music (1974)
10cc - The Very Best Of (1997)
Chapterhouse - Freefall (1990 single)
The Brother Kite - Waiting For The Time To Be Right (2006)
The Church - Priest = Aura (1992)
Club For Growth - Yes, Lets! (2008)
David Westlake - Westlake (1987)
Dr John - Duke Elegant (2000)
Dr John - I Pulled the Cover Off You Two Lovers (2006)
The Electric Pop Group - The Electric Pop Group (2007)
Flying Color - Flying Color (1987)
Frontier Ruckus - The Orion Songbook (2008)
Kimya Dawson - Remember That I Love You (2006)
Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Accoustic Warrior - The Lost Recordings (2000)
Mixtapes and Cellmates - A Retrospective (2007)
Moby Grape - Moby Grape (1967)
The Nice - Five Bridges (1970)
The Nice -The Nice (1969)
PJ Harvey - Good Fortune (Single 2000)
PJ Harvey - This Is Love / You Said Something (Single 2001)
PJ Harvey - The Wind (Single 1998) 
Poprace - Hanggliding at Sea (1994)
Salem - Yes I Smoke Crack EP (2008) 
Silversun Pickups - Silversun Pickups Remixes (2006)
Shop Assistants - Will Anything Happen (1986)
The Telescopes - Everso EP (1990)
Various Artists - Half-Gifts (A Tribute To The Cocteau Twins)  (2002)
Various Artists - NME C86 (1986)

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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