Music For Listeners 2006/09/30

1) The Beastie Boys-“Country Mike’s Theme” From the CD ‘Anthology’.
2) Bobby Bare Jr.-“Sticky Chemical” From the brand new CD ‘The Longest Meow.
3) The Zutons -"Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done)" From the CD 'Tired of Hanging Around'.
4) Muse-"Exo-Polictics" From the CD 'Black Holes and Revelations'.
5) Razorlight-"Pop Song 2006" From the brand new CD 'Razorlight'.
6) Oppenheimer -"This Is A Test (Live SXSW 2006)" From their first ever American performance and recorded exclusively for broadcast on Music For Listeners. Playing day two of Peel Weekend - 2006
7) Dr. Dog-“Goner” From the brand new CD ‘Takers and Leavers E.P.’.
8) Soft Priest-"We All Need Someone to Taunt" From the CD "Akoustik Anarkhy's Exclusive Compilation for Music For Listeners June 2006". Aren't we all special...
9) The Dimes-"What A Gasp" From the CD E.P 'The Dimes (Animal)'. Playing day one of Peel Weekend - 2006
10) Dawn of the Replicants-"Science Fiction Freak" From the brand new CD/DVD compilation 'Bust the Trunk'.
11) Be Your Own Pet-"Bicycle Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle" From the CD 'Be Your own Pet'.
12) The Capitol Years-“It's Only Loveless” From the brand new CD ‘Dance Away the Terror’.
13) Scissors for Lefty-“Mama Your Boys Will Find A Home” From the forthcoming CD ‘Underhanded Romance’.
14) Duels-“The Slow Build” From the brand new CD ‘The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned’.
15) Tacks, The Boy Disaster-“Queen of the Fisherman” From the CD ‘Oh, Beatrice E.P.’. Headlining day one of two during Peel Weekend - 2006
16) Peel-“Oxford (Live at Emo's February 14th, 2006)” Exclusively recorded for broadcast on Music For Listeners. Also, playing Peel Weekend - 2006
17) The Lovely Sparrows-“The War Has Seen the Best of Me” From the CD E.P. 'Pulling Up Floors, Pouring On (New) Paint'. Also, playing Peel Weekend - 2006
18) The Mosquitos-“Texas Is Huge” From the forthcoming CD ‘Mosquitos III’. Headlining day two of two during Peel Weekend - 2006
19) Division Day-“Catch Your Death” From the CD ‘Beartrap Island’.
20) Thom Yorke-“Harrowdown Hill” From the CD ‘The Eraser’.
21) CSS-“This Month, Day 10” From the CD ‘Cansei De Ser Sexy’.
22) Peter Bjorn and John-“Object of My Affection” From the CD ‘Writer's Block'.
23) The Rumble Strips-“Motorcycle” From the double A-side UK CD single for "No Soul"/"Motorcycle".
24) Santa Dog-“Belle De Jour” From the brand new UK CD single for "Belle De Jour".
25) Camera Obscura-"Razzle Dazzle Rose" From the CD 'Let's Get Out of This Country'.
26) The Acutes-“When I Left Work Today” From the brand new UK CD single for “When I Left Work Today”.
27) Voxtrot-"Trouble" From the forthcoming CD single for "Your Biggest Fan".
28) Fields-"Sisters" From the CD E.P. '7 From the Village'.
29) Sound Team-"Back In Town (Live at 400 Bar - Minneapolis, MN)" Exclusively recorded for Music For Listeners.
30) Built to Spill-“Mess With Time” From the CD ‘You In Reverse’.
31) Yo La Tengo-“Sometimes I Don't Get You” From the CD 'I'm Not Afraid of You and I'm Going to Beat Your Ass'.
32) “The Mid-Morning Recording” Howling Bells-‘Howling Bells’.
My friend Jeanne once told me that she liked when I wrote about the records I played. I took that as a compliment, because I thought it was just me babbling on pretentiously. So for a while, I stopped writing. In saying that, I think MFL should return to writing about the week's "Mid-Morning Recording". Pretentious as I may sound now or in the future, writing itself it pretty pretentious. I had to start writing about the "MMR" again mainly because I have to say a few words about tonight's freakin' masterpiece. The debut Howling Bells record is one of those albums that everyone should like, but will the crowd jump onto the bandwagon? As usual Orly brought this gem in, and I jumped on with the first listen. I've played this album for several people and everyone that likes good music understands that there is something special with this release. I hate to hype a release so much, but this will certainly be in my top 10 albums of the year, if not the top 5 or even 3. I haven't written anything about the "Mid-Morning Recording" since we started the web stream playback, and I have to say that if you don't listen to MFL live, you should really start. Of course, if you listened live and caught the complete album on the live broadcast, or even if you missed it altogether, then you should really buy this album. The real reason we play a Mid-Morning Recording is to showcase a great band every week, and Howling Bells are a great band. There is some good live footage at You Tube, but I would have to say that seeing this band in the flesh is something I want to do by the end of 2007. For the information they want you to know you can go to their website at http://www.howlingbells.com and listen to tracks from the album there. Spend the import price and get it now.
Michael - MFL
33) James-“Sayonara” From the CD ‘Wah-Wah’.