iTunes Shuffle 11/28/14

1. Lyle Lovett - "Church"
2. The Postelles - "California Sun" (Joe Jones cover)
3. Local Natives - "Cubism Dream"
4. Carla Bruni - "Quelqu'un m'a dit"
5. Alberta Cross - "Wasteland"
6. White Fence - "It Will Never Be"
7. Daddy Mack Blues Band with special guest Billy Gibson - "Black Magic Woman" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
8. Julianna Barwick - "Prizewinning" (Prince Rama remix)
9. Chikita Violenta - "Tired"
10. Prince - "When Doves Cry" (Finnebassen remix)

Oh, Lyle Lovett. He always makes me happy. Pretty appropriate song for Thanksgiving week, since it's about eating. The Postelles remind us that, while all the other parts of the country suck right now due to winter, California is still warm and great. Indie rock whatever from Local Natives (it's good! It's just That Sound) and then the former First Lady of France.

Etc. Alberta Cross is big indie rock, White Fence is psychedelic garage rock, Daddy Mack Blues Band is a blues band. And yes, that song is more closely associated with Santana, but his version was a cover of the original Fleetwood Mac.

Finishes up with vocal ambient work from Julianna Barwick, Mexican indie rock from Chikita Violenta and a Prince remix. The end.

iTunes Shuffle 11/21/14

1. Deaf Club - "Forest / Shore"
2. Mumford & Sons - "Where Are You Now"
3. Christopher Paul Stelling - "The Ocean Stole My Love Away"
4. Catfish Haven - "Another Late Night"
5. Beulah - "Disco: The Secretaries Blues"
6. Matthew Perryman Jones - "Save You" (acoustic)
7. Baby Teeth - "The Rules"
8. Carmen Twillie & Lebo M. - "Circle Of Life" (from The Lion King original soundtrack)
9. Bob Dylan - "Positively 4th Street"
10. Girl Talk - "Oh No"

Wow, Deaf Club! Wow!

Okay, moving on. There's a melancholy theme of lost love and contemplation in the first few songs. Appropriate for the season. Christopher Paul Stelling is an amazing, amazing songwriter. File under: "If you like Josh Ritter." Same goes for Matthew Perryman Jones, who just writes beautiful songs and sings like a hot boy who writes beautiful songs and sings.

Also, There is Lion King on this mix, which is uh-mazing.

Then Bob Dylan and the fantastic first track from Girl Talk's All Day, rounding out a great mix.




Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street (Greatest Hits, 1967) from Leonardo Pittamiglio on Vimeo.

iTunes Shuffle 11/14/14

1. Whysowhite - "Get Busy"
2. Dvorak:  Waltz, Op. 54, No. 1 (Budapest Strings)
3. Katie Herzig - "Maybe"
4. Fred Astaire - "The Way You Look Tonight"
5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "FFunny FFrends"
6. Frank Sinatra - "I Wished On The Moon"
7. De La Soul ft. Mos Def - "Big Brother Beat"
8. Sam Bush - "Big Mon" (live) (bluegrass classic, made popular by Bill Monroe)
9. Cities Aviv - "Forever"
10. Cameron McGill & What Army - "Low Ways"

The accident of this mix is that, very often, even though it's a random shuffle, the first song ends up being something that really gets you moving. This week it's funk. A little Dvorak this time, a couple standards...I swear, these days, the two main things I want in my life are old standards and hip-hop. There must be something in the water. There's hip-hop in this mix too, of course. And bluegrass.

Finally, Cameron McGill is quite a revelation. Thank god I indiscriminately download every Daytrotter session ever.

iTunes Shuffle 11/7/14

1. The Rosebuds - "Get Up Get Out"
2. The Go! Team ft. Dominique Young Unique - "Voice Yr Choice"
3. M83 - "Too Late"
4. Toro Y Moi - "Talamak"
5. Sondre Lerche - "Dead Passengers"
6. The Saints Of Sorrow - "We Carry On"
7. Katy Perry - "Pearl"
8. State Lines - "Cave In"
9. Schubert: Nachtgesang Im Walde (Leipzig Radio Chorus)
10. Burnt Ones - "Come Back Home"

I like the Rosebuds song, but the Go! Team with Dominique Young Unique is what really gets this mix going. Something about Dominique Young Unique just makes me really, really happy. The M83 song is beautiful. They are a national treasure (for France). Toro Y Moi keeps that electronic vibe going.

Then into singer/songwriter mode with Sondre Lerche, an artist who has always existed sort of at the periphery of my listening. Never spent too much time with him, though I've always had a bit of his music around. "Dead Passengers" is QUITE good.

Etc. And Katy Perry. And Schubert. It's always eclectic.