Music For Listeners 04/16/2011

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the CD 'The Sounds of Science: Beastie Boys Anthology'.
2) The Pogues-"Fiesta"  From the CD 'If I Should Fall With Grace from God'.
3) My Morning Jacket-"Circuital"  From the forthcoming CD 'Circuital'.
4) The Middle East-"Hunger Song"  From the brand new CD 'I Want That You Are Always Happy'.
5) Ezra Koenig-"Papa Hobo"  From the CD soundtrack to the motion picture 'Ceremony'.
6) Mount Moriah-"Only Way Out"  From the brand new CD 'Mount Moriah'.
7) The Mantles-"Raspberry Thighs"  From the brand new CD EP 'Pink Information'.
8) The Liminanas-"AF3458"  From the brand new vinyl 7" Single for "AF3458".
9) Posse-"Interesting Thing No 2 (Do Do Do)"  Unreleased demo straight from the band.
10) Mazes-"Bowie Knife"  From the brand new CD 'A Thousand Hey's'.
11) Beastie Boys-"Make Some Noise"  From the forthcoming CD 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two'.
12) Arctic Monkeys-"Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair"  From the bands forthcoming CD 'Suck It and See'.
13) The Heartbreaks-"Jealous, Don't You Know"  From the vinyl 7" single for "Jealous, Don't You Know'.
14) Primal Scream-"Carry Me Home"  From the 'Dixie Narco EP'.
15) Lower Dens-"Deer Knife"  From the vinyl 7" single for "Deer Knife".
16) Warpaint-"Warpaint"  From the limited UK record store day release on vinyl 7" single for "Undertow"/"Warpaint".
17) Cloud Nothings-"For No Reason"  From the US/UK Record Store Day split vinyl 7" single for "I Will Talk to You"/"For No Reason".
18) The Wave Pictures-"Little Surprise"  From the forthcoming CD 'Beer In the Breakers'.
19) Hercules & Love Affair-"Shelter"  From the vinyl 7" single for "Painted Eyes".
20) Casiokids-"London Zoo"  From the vinyl 7" split single for "Expecting to Fly"/"London Zoo".
21) Big Star-"Thank You Friends"  From the CD 'Third/Sister Lovers'.
22) Birdy-"Skinny Love"  From the digital single for 'Skinny Love'.
23) Chapel Club-"Blind"  From the CD 'Palace'.
24) Sleigh Bells-"Tell Em"  From the CD 'Treats'.
25) CSS-"Alala"  From the CD 'Cansi De Ser Sexy'.
26) Foals-"One"  From the vinyl US tour only vinyl split 7" single for "One".
27) Hacienda-"I Keep Waiting"  From the CD 'Big Red and Barbacoa'.
28) Graham Coxon, Paloma Faith and Bill Ryder Jones-"Desire"  Free download on the Converse Shoes website.
29) Craft Spells-"After the Moment"  From the brand new CD 'Idle Labor'.
30) Charles Leo Gebhardt IV-"Chapel of Roses"  From the brand new CD 'Begin Again'.
31) Art Brut-"Lost Weekend"  From the forthcoming CD 'Brilliant! Tragic!'.
32) "The Mid-Morning Recording"        Dr. Dog-'Easy Beat'
This album reminds me of driving down Highway 290 from Austin to Johnson City. The first time I heard this recording was with Orly when we were driving back from seeing Dr. Dog open up for Architecture In Helsinki. This concert blew my mind and was certainly one of my favorites shows of that year. (This concert alone was the reason why I was so UNimpressed by Arcade Fire live, when I saw them two months after.) Dr. Dog themselves gave me this CD to play, and we put it on for the ride home, and we were fans ever since. The first thing that I thought of, was..."These guys like The Beatles...a lot!". Of course we played several tracks from this, and all the great releases they've made since, and we've even hosted Dr. Dog in San Antonio for a show. Now, this band is everywhere, and rightly so. They are great on their recordings, and they are certainly a live force. One of the better live acts out there currently playing. This MMR goes out to MFL friends, Frank, Christine and Sarah, who are bigger Dr. Dog fans than I could ever be. I love the band a lot, but they are obsessed! "The world may never know"
Michael - MFL
33) James-"Sayonara"  From the CD 'Wah-Wah'.