Music Club – August 2008
It’s time again for my monthly music club mix. This month is a bit of indulgent power pop and just a smattering of stuff I’ve been digging on lately.
| Song | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| HFXNSHC | Sloan | Never Hear the End of It | A perfect pop-punk song from this popular Canadian group (who are almost unknown in the US). HFXNSHC = Halifx, Nova Scotia Hardcore :) |
| Capital H | Motion City Soundtrack | I Am The Movie | Nothing deep, just some power pop |
| Dance, Dance | Fall Out Boy | From Under the Cork Tree | and some more |
| Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off | Panic! at the Disco | A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out | and a little more |
| Girlshapedlovedrug | Gomez | How We Operate | Can’t stop listening to this album lately |
| Good Arms vs. Bad Arms | Frightened Rabbit | The Midnight Organ Fight | Another great album I can’t stop listening to |
| Start A War | The National | Boxer | A favorite from last year |
| He Came to Meet Me | Hem | Funnel Cloud | A quiet gem |
| All I Am Is All You’re Not | Sloan | Parallel Play | Another from the latest Sloan album |
| Hey Julie | Fountains of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers | Just a great pop tune |
| Amsterdam | Guster | Keep It Together | |
| Mr. Mastodon Farm | Cake | Motorcade of Generosity | A great old classic Cake tune. Went to Mastodon State Park a couple weekends ago and couldn’t get this out of my head. |
Definitely my favorite listens in the last month have been Gomez, Frightened Rabbit, and Sloan. All pretty different but that’s made for a good trio to bounce between.
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but also: gomez is the greatest, but I really don’t care for that album. my favorite is “in our gun” by a mile!
and hem-wise, I think “rabbit songs” is outstanding but I haven’t heard much else… yet!
I think I’m getting old because I don’t know any of the artists in your list… :D
@kb – thanks, I’ll check that stuff out
@PeeWee – maybe you should start a music club! :)
This is from last year, but I just found out about it. I’ve really been enjoying the CD from “St. Vincent”. The best tracks are “Now, Now” and “Marry Me”, but I like the whole CD. Check it out! Our musical tastes my differ though.