I spent the past week in our nation's capital, where my musical endeavors were a
little bit different that I would have expected. I scored a ton of '70s vinyl from a
friend, and I'll try to rip them and post them in a coming playlist asap.
Some of the songs in this playlist are those that got stuck in my head for
extended periods of time while driving to D.C., others were songs that I felt fit in
well. I originally intended to make a mix of songs with repeated choral shouts at
the end (as in Song of the Sad Assassin and Testament to Youth in Verse), but I
figured too many songs like that would be a little distracting.
First off, a great track from The Division Bell by post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd.
Followed by a song by a recent favorite of mine, Volcanoes by the Montreal-based
Islands. Then it's a poetic and emotional ode to the desolate life, Song of the Sad
Assassin by WHY?, who put on a great show when I saw them last month at
pitchfork music festival. After seeing The New Pornographers in Madison last week,
I've been listening to a lot of them, and felt T.t.Y.i.V. needed to be on my next
playlist. Then its an often looked-over title track from the even more looked-over
album Congratulations by MGMT. There's a catchy track by the Black Keys, an even
catchier track by Jeremy Messersmith, and one of my favorites from the new Arcade
Fire album, The Suburbs. Finally, the playlist ends with a fairly old song by the
world's happiest band, The Polyphonic Spree.
Poles Apart - Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Volcanoes - Islands - Return to the Sea
Song of the Sad Assassin - WHY? - Alopecia
Testament to Youth in Verse - The New Pornographers - Electric Version
Congratulations - MGMT - Congratulations
Tighten Up - The Black Keys - Brothers
Dillinger Eyes - Jeremy Messersmith - The Reluctant Graveyard
Modern Man - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The Championship - The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army
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