Music of the Sphere: Shins, Pogues, Chad and Jeremy, Dig, Julie Ocean, Elvis C.

I sincerely hope that with this third MotS post in a row I am not forfeiting the very last microshred of respect you might--might, mind you, I take nothing for granted, you are a silent, restless beast whose mien I can't always, in fact can almost never, read--have for me, but I've found these hosted songs and want you to have the chance to hear them if you haven't already or even if you have and want to again. I promise I have a nice haul of tuneage you'll be able to click and launch right here, and I'll be posting some of it quite soon. I'm personally more than willing to click dozens of times to get to good tuna, but we needn't go into that at this time. Many thanks to the hosterposters and to you for your kind forbearance.

The Shins - Kissing The Lipless & Girl On The Wing & Split Needles (alternate version) - *Sixeyes - plus five live ones by those of the lower legs
The Pogues - Turkish Song of the Damned - Heartache with Hard Work
Chad and Jeremy - A Summer Song - Heartache with Hard Work

The Dig - Good Luck and Games - Instrumental Analysis
Julie Ocean - At The Appointed Hour - Instrumental Analysis
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army - Pretty Goes with Pretty

Music of the Sphere: Beatles, BÖC, Kinks, La's, Ultravivid, Grates, Fastball, Catherine Wheel, Earlimart, Stereolab, et. al. . . .

It's been fun playing catchup at my favorite blogs. I take a knee and thank them most sincerely. Here are some of the highlights.

The Beatles - She Said She Said & Words of Love - Speed of Dark
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos - Speed of Dark
Blue Öyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper - Speed of Dark
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop - Speed of Dark

Death Valley Sleepers - The Golden Mud - Hits In The Car
One Weekly Gun - Dear John - Hits In The Car

Panda Riot - She Dares All Things - The Yellow Stereo
Earlimart - For The Birds - The Yellow Stereo - Earlier Earlimarts I posted are still available here and here.

The Kinks - A Well Respected Man - Ingrained Refrains
Stereolab - French Disko - Dead Flowers
The Grates - Burn Bridges - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good - Great Grates I previously posted are still open here and here .
Ultra Vivid Scene - Special One - mp3hugger
The La's - Finetime & Sandstorm - Gaper's Blog

Fastball - The Way - Can You See The Sunset?
Catherine Wheel - Waydown - Can You See The Sunset?

Music of the Sphere: Beatles, FoW, Housemartins, MBV, Strawberry Whiplash, Delays, SDT, Fratellis, Jacket, 5 O'Clock Heroes, Clocks, Tilly

Yeh, it's 5:17 A.M. and I could use some sleep, but I found the following tonight and wanted to let you know. Thanks to the hosthumans who so graciously made them earable. I've been a bit out of circulation lately and doubt not impending visits to other favorite blogs will uncover more fine hooch. I'll keep you posted.

The Beatles - It Won't Be Long - Badminton Stamps

The Beatles - Help! - Are You Embarrassed Easily?

Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom - Are You Embarrassed Easily?

The Housemartins - He Will Find You Out - Are You Scared To Get Happy?

My Bloody Valentine - Lovelee Sweet Darlene - Are You Scared To Get Happy?

Strawberry Whiplash - Factory Girl - 5 Acts

As usual, Molotov has decanted heady cocktails of tasty tuneage fit for celestials and terrestrials alike, to wit:

Delays - The Earth Gave Me You & One Night Away - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
Slow Down Tallahassee - So Much For Love & Never Be Lonely Again - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
The Fratellis - My Friend John & For The Girl - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
My Morning Jacket - Two Halves - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
Five O'Clock Heroes - Everybody Knows It & Stay The Night & Head Games - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
Clocks - That Much Better - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
Tilly and the Wall - Blood Flowers & Dust Me Off & Bad Education & Sing Songs Along & You and I Misbehaving - a PLAGUE of ANGELS

Dozen +: Boston Spaceships, Cuts, Allison, Vancougar, Hot Puppies, Cloeta, Alias, TAB, PAS/CAL, et. al. . . .

Do we need to go into all the sordid reasons we haven't been here the past week or so? Thanks.

Boston Spaceships - Go for the Exit mp3 - Mixed transportational metaphors to the contrary notwithstanding, Robert Pollard's new band is due to launch Brown Submarine (pic) in early September.

The Cuts - Demons - mp3

Allison - Fragil mp3 - ¡Viva México!

Vancougar - Obvious mp3 - from Canadian Tuxedo, due out early next month

The Hot Puppies - Green Eyeliner mp3 - Um, this fine song has slight dl problems, so please be patient.

Cloetta Paris - Cry Just a Little Bit (Shakin' Stevens cover) mp3 - Some of you purer poppers might not "dig" the electronic touches in this one; we of the more impure set like it anyway, so here. Ditto the next one.

Alias - Well Water Black mp3

TAB the Band - Where She Was On Monday mp3

Willoughby - Story mp3 - from I Know What You're Up To, due in early August

Anthem In - Hold On To Me mp3 - We like the fuzzy power chord bits the most. Maybe you didn't notice the following fine one in our last post, so here it is again.

Down mp3

Otter Petter - The Rest of the World mp3 - from Fireflies and Lamp Lights

Marmoset - Missing Man mp3

PAS/CAL - You Were Too Old for Me mp3 - from I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura, due in late July - We're still enjoying this one from a long-ago post:

What Happened To The Sands mp3

Click song titles to listen, artist names to whatever.

H-H-Hi: Apollo Sunshine, From Bubblegum to Sky, Hectors, Islands, Battle Royale, Anthem In, Club 8, Sweet Hurt

We're barely here but here nevertheless. (Zee muzick eenticed us bach.)

Apollo Sunshine - 666: The Coming Of The New World Government mp3 - psychy Beatlesesque - from forthcoming Shall Noise Upon, (vinyl & digital in August, CD in September) - previously posted and still liked:

I Was On The Moon mp3

From Bubblegum to Sky - I Always Fall Apart mp3 - from A Soft Kill, released June 3 - We're still adoring this one:

Hello Hello Hi mp3

The Hectors - Cold Star mp3

Islands - Creeper mp3 from Arm's Way

The Battle Royale - Racecar mp3 - from their recent release, Wake Up, Thunderbabe! - We're still loving this previously posted one as well:

Oh, Martha mp3

Anthem In - Down mp3 from Anthem In

Club 8 - Jesus, Walk With Me (The Sound of Arrows remix) mp3 - Still loving this one:

Everlasting Love mp3

The Sweet Hurt - Where Would You Go? mp3

Click song titles to hear 'em, click artist names to read and hear more.

Music of the Sphere: Stone Roses, J & M Chain, Church, Guadalcanal Diary, Long Ryders, R.E.M., Byrds, MGMT, et. al. . . .

Primo hooch, we humbly opine. Thanks to the hosts!!!

The Stone Roses - Waterfall (Justin Robertson Remix) - mp3hugger - Hurry, hurry, hurry.

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand - Darklands

The Church - Lost - Timedoor

Weezer - Pork & Beans - The Yellow Stereo - At the :35 mark it improves exponentially.

Guadalcanal Diary - Trail Of Tears - Star Maker Machine
The Long Ryders - I Had A Dream - Star Maker Machine
R.E.M. - Harborcoat - Star Maker Machine
R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion - Star Maker Machine

The Byrds - Eight Miles High - Pretty Goes with Pretty
Fairport Convention - A Sailor's Life - Pretty Goes with Pretty

Clinic - High Coin - Indie For Bunnies

Semisonic - Closing Time - Can You See The Sunset?

Jared's out of control again, and that's bon:

MGMT - Kids (demo) - 5 Acts - Yeh, I keep posting this, but that's 'cause I keep loving it and keep finding it and want you to know about it, sort of thing.

Julie Ocean - Complications - 5 Acts
Zeitgeist - Fight With Shattered Mirrors - 5 Acts - catchy electronica, in case you need to know that; so's the next one:

Ladytron - Tomorrow - 5 Acts

The Chap - Fun And Interesting - 5 Acts - unusual; I like it.
Happy Anarchy - Is That Right - 5 Acts
Gazelle - Bridges - 5 Acts
The Submarines - Thorny Thicket - 5 Acts

One More May Post: I Love Math, Botticellis, Orchid Highway, Earlimart, Turn-Ons, Diggs, You Me & Iowa, Mikal Evans, et. al. . . .

Sorry not to have style-based groupings and such this time because time is what I don't have much of at the moment. I do hope you like some or all, though, because that will make at least two of us.

I Love Math
A Good Flying Bird (Guided By Voices cover) mp3
I Remember When I Loved Her (Zombies cover) mp3 - If you like (or love) I Love Math, we recently posted another pleaser here.
The Botticellis - The Reviewer mp3 - You might recall (venial if you don't) we "dug" these two back in February:
Up Against the Glass mp3
Old Home Movies mp3

The Orchid Highway - Next World mp3
Earlimart - Song For mp3
The Turn-Ons - Crystalize mp3
The Diggs - Ctrl-Alt-Del mp3

You Me & Iowa - Dress the Stage mp3
Love Psychedelico - Standing Bird mp3
Mikal Evans - Drunkest Hour mp3
Daniel Folmer - Vegetables and Coffee mp3

Okay, I fibbed. These are slow and nice and relaxing and such.
Darker My Love - The Fool mp3 - Don't wanna break the mood (actually, I very much do, but. . .) we previously posted an excellent Darker My Love tune here.
The Parson Red Heads - Crowds (new EP version) mp3
Monroe Mustang - The Other Side mp3


Click song titles to hear 'em. Click artist names for more of this 'n that.

Music of the Sphere: Spoon, R.E.M., Radio Dept., Old 97s, Bee Gees, Sex Pistols, House of Love, Autographs, Garlands, Mickey & Sylvia

Okay if we direct you to some songs we found at some faveblogs? Thanks. And of course, thanks to the favebloggers.

Spoon - Panic (Smiths cover) - Some Velvet Blog

R.E.M. - I'm Gonna DJ - Indie For Bunnies

The Radio Dept. - Where Damage Isn't Already Done - mp3hugger

Autographs - While I'm Still Young - Worthless Trash

Old 97s - Lonely Holiday - Bag Of Songs

The Bee Gees - Holiday - Bag Of Songs

Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun - Bag of Songs

House of Love - Beatles and Stones - Dead Flowers
The Garlands - David - SKATTERBRAIN

Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange - Some Velvet Blog

Music of the Sphere: Beatles, New Pornographers, Dandys, Wilco, Flaming Lips, Cars, Hollies, et. al. . . .

Battle of my favorite blogs today, folks, and they and we and the whole freakin' universe are winners, methinketh. Infinite thanks to you fabulous bloggerhumans. And, no, I'm not trying to hex anyone with that 6-6-6, Mark of the Beast grouping thingy. It just kind of happened.

The Beatles - It Won't Be Long - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
The Dandy Warhols - Mission Control - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
The Cars - Stranger Eyes - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
The Futureheads - Think Tonight - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
This Is Ivy League - Visions of Tokyo - a PLAGUE of ANGELS

Neal Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - a PLAGUE of ANGELS

The Apples in Stereo - Sunday Sounds - 5 Acts

Elvis Costello - Veronica - Star Maker Machine

The Hollies - Carrie Anne - Star Maker Machine

Glasvegas - Geraldine - Dead Flowers

Luigi - Mariposa - mp3hugger

Bridges and Powerlines - Middle Child - Speed of Dark

The New Pornographers - Bleeding Heart Show - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Wilco - Candy Floss - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Eels - Mr E's Beautiful Blues - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Ladytron - I'm Not Scared & Ghost - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

These Rule (IOHO): Teenage Fanclub, Neutral Milk Hotel, Yo La Tengo, Mates of State, Julie Ocean, Ruling Class, Very Most, Pinto, et. al. . . .

Although generally unenamored of "the ruling class," we know when to make exceptions.

Are we posting too many again? Gosh, we hope not. We've stopped loving everything, but we sure love these.

The Ruling Class - Flowers mp3

Julie Ocean - Number 1 Song mp3 - Thanks to Toolshed.

The Strawberry Smell - Zensong #9 mp3

Pinto - Wherever Did She Go? mp3

Say Hi - Blah Blah Blah mp3 - If this one makes you thirsty, you might need a darker blog.

Mates of State - My Only Offer mp3

The Very Most - Good Fight Fighting mp3

Young Knives - Up All Night mp3

Vancougar - Distance mp3

Terra Diablo - Setting Sun mp3

Thanks to Morten at Hits in the Car for letting us know the following are freely and legally available. You'll find them along with several trunksfull of other excellent songs in his April Endless Post post.

Teenage Fanclub - Fallen Leaves mp3

Paperplane - Grow Young mp3

Cheshire Cat - Welcome To Our Town mp3

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945 mp3

Yo La Tengo - Upside-Down mp3

S.O.P.: Click song titles to hear and maybe download. Click artist names to read and hear more.

Music of the Sphere: The Who, Ivy, Dandy Warhols, Left Banke, Raveonettes, Mates of State, Futureheads, et. al. . . .

Here are a few more recently found and very much enjoyed at some of my favorite blogs.

Ivy - The Best Thing & Tess Don't Tell - Dead Flowers - included in an excellent interview of Ivy
The Dandy Warhols - Get Off - Dead Flowers
Raveonettes - You Say You Lie - Dead Flowers

Mates Of State - My Only Offer - 5 Acts

The Hi-Life Companion - The Girl in The Gorilla Suit - mp3hugger - The girl in the chorus seals the deal.

The Left Banke - She May Call You Up Tonight - Some Velvet Blog - Hurry.
Longwave - Sirens In The Deep Sea - I Am Fuel, You Are Friends

The Futureheads - The Beginning of the Twist - Rock Sellout

Starflyer 59 - Wake Up Early - Rock Sellout

The Who - Pinball Wizard & Go to the Mirror & I'm Free & Baba O'Riley, etc., etc. - a PLAGUE of ANGELS - Part 2 of Molotov's Who retrospective has other excellents as well.
The Who - You Better You Bet - a PLAGUE of ANGELS - Part 3 also has several other fine Whos.

Music of the Sphere: Paul Kelly, In Flight Radio, The Cult, Queens of the Stone Age, Rubinoos, Longwave, et. al. . . .

Thanks to the hosts for the delicious fare. Scroll down the Not Lame page for Bruce's excellent offerings..

Paul Kelly and the Messengers - You Can't Take It With You - Star Maker Machine - long-time personal fave
In Flight Radio - Somewhere In Between - 5 Acts

The Cult - Love Removal Machine - Slave To Shuffle
Queens of the Stone Age - Regular John - Slave To Shuffle

The Rubinoos - Tonight - Not Lame
Michael Guthrie Band - So Sorry About That - Not Lame
Dom Mariani & The Rippled Souls - Hourglass - Not Lame

Longwave - Sirens in the Deep Sea - Coast Is Clear
Resplandor - Downfall - Coast Is Clear - gorgeous gaze
Blue Foundation - Stuck in a Hard Place - Coast Is Clear
Crash City Saints - Cough Syrup & Nightdrive - Coast Is Clear - big ole piledriving gaze

Galavantin'

Get songs. Hear songs. Fly.

Guy Gala 1

The Dandy Warhols - The World The People Together (Come On) mp3 - from the forthcoming summer release, Earth to the Dandy Warhols - One word describes this nicely, and you dang well know it.

Sloan - I'm Not a Kid Anymore mp3 - from Parallel Play, due to drop June 10

Birds of Avalon - Measure of the Same mp3

Reeve Oliver - Open Face Daryl mp3

Guy Gala 2

This Is Ivy League - The Richest Kids mp3 - You might want to hear this This. . ., too.

The Morning Benders - Boarded Doors mp3

Junior Pantherz - On and Off mp3

The Quarter After - Turning Away mp3

Gal Gala (Vox)

Smoosh - Find A Way mp3 - And with this, we gotta reprise an earlier posted song sung by Smoosh's Asya:

Head Like a Kite - Noisy at the Circus mp3

The Shermans - Falling Out of Love mp3

The Bird and the Bee - Birthday mp3 - Thanks to AOL's Spinner.com.

Gaze Gala

Ghost of the Russian Empire - Dialection mp3 - Thanks to Coast Is Clear for the headsup. Great name for an Austin band, as is:
Ringo Deathstarr - Sweet Girl mp3 - More Ringos here and here.

Daydream Nation - Morning Light mp3 - Oh, my, yessss. Toin it up.

Film School - Compare mp3 - Another Film School's here.

Music of the Sphere

Wunnerful, wunnerful stuff. Thanks to the kindhearted hosts.

Adorable - Vendetta - Dead Flowers
Stereolab - Wow and Flutter - Dead Flowers
Elastica - Waking Up - Dead Flowers
Swervedriver - Wrong Treats - Dead Flowers

The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now - Dead Flowers

The Black Hollies - Whispers Beneath the Willows & Under a Winter's Spell - Obscure Sound - We love and previously posted "Paisley Pattern Ground," so check it out where'er you like.
The Quarter After - Sanctuary & Turning Away - Obscure Sound - We love and previously posted "See How Good It Feels," so check it out where'er you like.
The Explorers Club - Don't Forget the Sun & Forever - Obscure Sound
Needers & Givers - The Last Time I Saw You - Obscure Sound


The Who - I Can't Explain & My Generation & The Kids Are Alright, etc., etc. - a PLAGUE of ANGELS - Part 1 of Molotov's three-part retrospective of The Who
The Guess Who - Undun & No Time - a PLAGUE of ANGELS - plus six more
Supertramp - The Logical Song & Give a Little Bit - a PLAGUE of ANGELS - plus two more


The Who - Pictures Of Lily - Star Maker Machine
The La's - There She Goes - Star Maker Machine

Klaus & Kinski - En la cama - Hits In The Car - beautiful

Canadian Invasion - Juvenilia - Bag Of Songs
Mates Of State - Get Better - Battle of the Midwestern Housewives

Lotsa Lalala

Stage? We wish.

We haven't been able to post often of late, so hopefully you won't mind if we post lots. If you do, we apologize.

The Awkward Stage - Anime Eyes mp3

The Radio Dept. - Freddie and the Trojan Horse mp3 - Thanks to Labrador!

The Travelling Band - Desolate Icicle mp3

Baskervilles - A Little More Time mp3

Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainless mp3 - Thanks, Fanatic!

I Love Math - Josephine Street mp3 - Ahhhh, to bask in the warm glow of a Deathray.

The Rescues - Break Me Out mp3 - Thanks Matt Searle at Red Wind Records

Lousy Robot

Welcome To All My Weird Awakening mp3

It's Getting To Me mp3

Passenger - Do What You Like mp3 - Remember Velvet Elvis? That insistent opening riff reminds us of "Something Happened Today," you?

Los Campesinos - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives mp3 - The chorus is the best (i.e., poppiest) part of this un, ioho.
The Futureheads - Broke Up The Time mp3

Beangrowers - Quaint Affair mp3
Pomegranates - Whom/Who mp3

CSS - Rat Is Dead mp3 - Yes, it is so incredibly tiring (yawn).
Electrocute - On The Beat mp3 - Maybe we poppers aren't supposed to like stuff with so many squirts and inorganic percussives, but this one does. Thanks to Joanna Noyes at FTW (forthewinmedia).

Great Lakes Myth Society - The Narodniki faction here at Powerpopulist Party Headquarters are pretty much coming unglued over these first two.

Summer Bonfire mp3

Across the Bridge mp3 - We're remembering this next one fondly as well:

Debutante mp3

As always, click the green words for more. Oh, and click the song titles if you want to listen to, like, the songs.