Music For Listeners 05/23/2009

1) The Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the CD 'Anthology'.
2) Charlie Parr-"God Moves On the Water"  From the CD 'Roustabout'.
3) Ash-"Return of the White Rabbit"  From the brand new CD single for "Return of the White Rabbit".
4) The Enemy-"Be Somebody" From the brand new CD 'Music for the People'.
5) The Answering Machine-"Obviously Cold"  From the brand new CD single for "Obviously Cold".
6) We Were Promised Jetpacks-"It's Thunder and It's Lightning"  From the forthcoming CD 'These Four Walls'.
7) The Phenomenal Hand Clap Band-"Baby"  From the brand new 7" single for "Baby".
8) White Rabbits-"They Done Wrong We Done Wrong"  From the brand new CD 'It's Frightening'.
9) The Maccabees-"Can you Give It"  From the brand new CD 'Wall Of Arms'.
10) Poster Children-"Western Springs"  From the CD 'No More Songs About Sleep and Fire'.
11) Maximo Park-"The Penultimate Clinch"  From the CD 'Quicken the Heart'.
12) Deerhunter-"Rainwater Cassette Exchange" From the CD E.P. 'Rainwater Cassette Exchange'.
13) Wilco-"Wilco (the Song)"  From the forthcoming CD 'Wilco (the Album)'.
14) Graham Coxon-"Sorrow's Army"  From the brand new CD 'The Spinning Top'.
15) Regina Spektor-"Blue Lips"  From the forthcoming CD 'Far'.
16) Liechtenstein-"All at Once"  From the brand new CD 'Survival Strategies In A Modern World'.
17) Eels-"Timing is Off"  From the forthcoming CD 'Hombre Lobo'.
18) Au Revoir Simone-"Another Likely Story"  From the brand new CD 'Still Night, Still Light'.
19) Esser-"Braveface"  From the brand new CD 'Braveface'.
20) Broken Records-"Until the Earth Beings to Part"  From the forthcoming CD 'Until the Earth Begins to Part'.
21) The Leisure Society-"Last of the Melting Snow"  From the CD 'The Sleeper'.
22) The Molotovs-"The Letter (Demo)" An unreleased demo version from the band.
23) Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul (featuring Jason Lytle)-"Everytime I'm With You"  From the forthcoming limited edition CD-R 'Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul'.
24) Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul (featuring Gruff Rhys)-"Just War"  From the forthcoming limited edition CD-R 'Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul'.
25) Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul (featuring James Mercer)-"Insane Lullaby"  From the forthcoming limited edition CD-R 'Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul'.
26) Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul (featuring Julian Casablancas)-"Little Girl"  From the forthcoming limited edition CD-R 'Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul'.
27) Verve-"Make It Till Monday"  From the CD 'A Storm in Heaven'.
28) The Orb-"Towers of Dub"  From the CD 'U.F. Orb'.
29) "The Mid-Morning Recording"               Paul Simon-'Graceland'
This album has been mentioned several times in the past couple of weeks, and I was a little surprised to see that I hadn't played this album before. It certainly is a top-40 album, and a little different than the usual fare on KRTU, but of course, we here at MFL don't see any particular genre as bad; only good music will stand the test of time. Of course, "You Can Call Me Al" is the over the top, visual of Chevy Chase ridden track that it is, but all that aside, it is still a well crafted song. The album really starts off with possibly my personal favorite Paul Simon tune, "The Boy in the Bubble". Featuring a stick bass, accordion, some heavy percussion, a good voice, and good lyrics; it's all in there. All in all, this top-40 MTV laced album is a strong one from an artist right in the middle of his long career. It's full of Afro-pop hooks, catchy bass licks, and only a certain number of people could be as talented as to reinvent their career, and do it so well. "These are the days of miracle and wonder, and don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry."
Michael-MFL
30) James-"Sayonara"  From the CD 'Wah-Wah'.