Episode 53: Fireworks

This week's episode comes to you from the heavy rotation section Mallory Dowd's brain. Currently living and working here in South Korea, Ms. Dowd keeps a spectacular photo blog, A Country Incident. Taking the average photo blog a step further she includes personal thoughts, whims and often inspirations with each post allowing the reader to see beyond the pictures and get a sense of the woman behind the lens.

This mainly down-tempo episode is a welcome change of pace from the usual around here and offers an opportunity to feature a lot of artists that may otherwise get the bump. Recommended to start a Sunday morning while waiting for coffee to kick in, rainy days, late evenings, or any time you want to be amazing, this playlist is sure to swoon. Enjoy!


Start Time – Artist / Track / Album

00:32 – Eleni Mandell / Wings In His Eyes / Miracle of Five
02:41 – The Walkmen / We Can't Be Beat / Heaven
07:20 – Dirty Projectors / About To Die / About to Die
11:18 – Emily Wells / Passenger / Mama
15:38 – Kelly Hogan and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts / Papa Was a Rodeo / Beneath the Country Underdog
20:04 – Carolyn Mark / Fireworks / Just Married
23:53 – Josephine Foster And The Victor Herrero Band / Puerto De Santa Maria / Perlas
30:50 – Iron And Wine / Tree By The River / Kiss Each Other Clean
34:41 – The Magnetic Fields / Grand Canyon / 69 Love Songs
37:05 – Skeeter Davis / The End Of The World / The Essential Skeeter Davis
39:39 – Andrew Bird / Danse Caribe / Break It Yourself
44:54 – CocoRosie / Lemonade / Grey Oceans
50:03 – M83 / Wait / Hurry Up We're Dreaming



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Episode 52: Squares

Though the albums are barely past their infancy there's very little left to say about the newest releases from The Flaming Lips and Daft Punk... but they are pretty damn amazing. Along with those gems are some tracks in heavy rotation from Beach Fossils, Tame Impala, and Lykke Li. A few standbys that have been in the queue for far too long, and a garage rock golden oldie. Enjoy.

Start Time – Artist / Track / Album

00:27 – The Flaming Lips / Sun Blows Up Today / The Terror
03:31 – Fabienne DelSol / Mr Mystery / Between You and Me
05:34 – Dirty Gold / North / Roar
06:41 – Beach Fossils / Daydream / Beach Fossils
09:41 – The New Mastersounds / Make Me Proud! / Ten Years On
16:24 – Jorge Ben / Tim Dom Dom / Favourites
18:42 – Red Tail Ring / Red Rocking Chair / August Roads EP
22:20 – The Beta Band / Squares / Hot Shots II
26:16 – The Sonics / Have Love Will Travel / Here Are The Sonics
28:50 – Flowering Inferno, Quantic / Cuidad Del Swing / Death of a Revolution
33:22 – Champion Jack Dupree / Shim Sham Shimmy / American Roots
36:02 – Lykke Li / Little Bit / Youth Novels
40:15 – Ify Jerry Crusade / Everybody Likes Something Good / Nigeria 70
43:39 – Tame Impala / Be Above It / Lonerism
46:53 – Telepopmusik / Breathe / genetic world
51:43 – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams / Get Lucky / Get Lucky EP



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Episode 51: If Not For You (Part 2)

A lot of these tracks are spill-overs from the first episode that either didn't fit quite right, but quite a few are new additions that came in late. With a career as ridiculously prolific as Mr. Dylan's has been there is already a plethora of covers and tributes to choose from with every generation of musicians wanting to throw in their two cents. One of the most enjoyable things about putting together these two episodes has been digging through these songs and finding things like Bobby Womack's delightfully funky cover of "All Along The Watchtower," and Andrew Bird's rendition of "Oh Sister."

Keeping things in the covers mindset, this episode ends with Bob Dylan covering the traditional American folk song "House of the Rising Sun." The original author of this song is still unknown, but many have had a go at it over the years. The Animals did what is probably the most famous and unquestionably fantastic version in 1964 a few years after Dylan released his version, which is still my personal favorite. This track shows a screaming and pleading side of Dylan's vocal range that not only sets the tone for the tragic ballad, but is a rare treat to hear from him.

Hope you've enjoyed these episodes, please feel free to comment with some of your favorite Dylan renditions and I'll add em to the queue.

Start Time – Artist / Track / Album

00:21 – Nina Simone / Just Like A Woman / Here Comes The Sun
05:09 – Stevie Wonder / Mr. Tambourine Man / Down To Earth
07:36 – Sufjan Stevens / Ring Them Bells / I'm Not There
13:54 – The Wood Brothers / Buckets Of Rain / Loaded
17:18 – Guster / This Wheel's On Fire / Endless Highway
20:39 – Jeff Buckley / Mama, You Been On My Mind / Grace
24:02 – Bobby Womack / All Along The Watchtower / Facts of Life
27:21 – Violent Femmes / Positively 4th Street / Freak Magnet
30:13 – The Dead Weather / New Pony / Horehound
34:47 – My Morning Jacket / You're A Big Girl Now / Chimes of Freedom
39:53 – Johnny Cash / One Too Many Mornings / Bootleg, Volume 2
42:27 – Nico / I'll Keep It With Mine / Chelsea Girl
45:42 – Ramblin' Jack Elliott / Lay, Lady, Lay / Bull Durham Sacks and Railroad Tracks
48:33 – The Morning Benders / Outlaw Blues / Subterranean Homesick Blues
52:29 – Greensky Bluegrass / When I Paint My Masterpiece / All Access Vol. 1
55:06 – Andrew Bird / Oh Sister / Soldier On
59:49 – George Harrison / If Not For You / All Things Must Pass
1:03:18 – Bob Dylan / House of the Rising Sun / Bob Dylan (first recorded by Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster)


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Episode 50: If Not For You (Part 1)

Bob Dylan. Damn near every musician under the sun has been influenced by him or covered one of his songs. There are more tribute albums to this Duluth, Minnesota native than I care to count, and yet I've found myself adding my own version. Sure it's been done before, but if it ain't broke why fix it?

Dylan was able to simultaneously pay tribute to legends like Son House, Woody Guthrie, and Bukka White while changing the landscape of what was arguably the best era for rock and roll: the 1960's and 70's. His undeniable reach changed the Beatles from "I Want To Hold Your Hand" boy-band pop-bullshit artists into the genre smashing, more popular than Jesus bad motherfuckers they would come to be. His symbiotic relationships with the Grateful Dead and Johnny Cash helped America keep up with the likes of Clapton, Zeppelin, and The Who across the pond. Not to mention The Band started as an underscore on his concert tickets.

Simply put: the man is a God. I don't care how many times a compilation of his music has been presented, here's another:


Start Time – Artist / Track / Album

00:13 – Beck / Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat / War Child - Heroes Vol. 1
03:13 – The Soup Greens / Like A Rolling Stone / 60s Garage Nuggets
05:55 – Solomon Burke / Maggie's Farm / Blue and Soulful
08:08 – Eric Clapton / Knockin' On Heaven's Door / The Cream of Clapton
12:27 – The Hollies / When The Ship Comes In / The Hollies Sing Dylan
15:07 – Jim James & Calexico / Goin' To Acapulco / I'm Not There
20:01 – Link Wray / Girl From The North Country / Good Rockin' Tonight
23:11 – Nancy Sinatra / It Ain't Me Babe / Boots
25:40 – The White Stripes / One More Cup Of Coffee / The White Stripes
28:51 – Waylon Jennings / Don't Think Twice, It's Alright / Outlaw Reunion
31:31 – Manfred Mann / The Mighty Quinn / Chapter Two
34:21 – Ray LaMontagne and John Mayer / Tears of Rage / Love For Levon
40:25 – Odetta / Baby, I'm In The Mood For You / Odetta Sings Dylan
43:10 – Flogging Molly / The Times They Are A-Changin' / Chimes of Freedom
46:08 – Stephen Malkmus and The Million Dollar Bashers / Ballad Of A Thin Man / I'm Not There
52:53 – Sam Cooke / Blowin' In The Wind / Sam Cooke at the Copa
55:55 – Wilco with Fleet Foxes / I Shall Be Released / Live



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Episode 49: It's Old, It's Love, It's Broken

Author Logan Ryan Smith is back this week for another guest spot and has managed something quite formidable: a Bowie song I don't know. Mr. Smith has more pride and genuine love for the 1980s than any first generation hipster can hope to attain, so I would've assumed Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) would've been tapped, or possibly Let's Dance, but he went with the brand new single "Where Are We Now?" Admittedly I tend to lean quite heavily on Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory, so it's nice to have something new smack me in the teeth.

Also included this week is a track from Jim James new solo debut Regions of Light and Sound of God, some new Smashing Pumpkins, and Logan has officially ushered in Nine Inch Nails debut to the podcast. Enjoy!


Start Time – Artist / Track / Album

00:19 – Futurisk / Meteorite / Player Piano
03:53 – Bosley / Coca Cola / Honey Pig
08:02 – Nine Inch Nails / Echoplex / The Slip
12:46 – The Replacements / Johnny's Gonna Die / Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash!
16:03 – White Town / Your Woman / Women In Technology
20:20 – Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells / Let's Stop Here / Everything's Getting Older
24:38 – The Faint / Take Me to the Hospital / Danse Macabre
29:03 – Charles Brown / For You / An Introduction to Charles Brown
33:06 – Jim James / Dear One / Regions of Light and Sound of God
36:14 – From Bubblegum to Sky / I Always Fall Apart / A Soft Kill
38:52 – The Smashing Pumpkins / Glissandra / Oceania
42:56 – LaVenern Baker / Love Me Right / Blues Ballads
44:48 – David Bowie / Where Are We Now? / Where Are We Now?
48:56 – Joy Division / The Sound of Music / Still
52:48 – Jeremy Enigk / City Tonight / World Waits
57:53 – Bob Dylan / Everything is Broken / Oh Mercy



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Episode 48: Covering All Our Bases

The guest DJ spots continue with a gem from Mr. Marc Consolazio. Staring you down this week is over an hour of some of the finest covers I hadn't heard, and some I'm pissed will have to be skipped in the covers episode I've been inspired to put together. Though I'm never upset to see The Decemberists in a playlist, I have to say my personal favorites from this group are The Rural Alberta Advantage's cover of Survior's Eye Of The Tiger, and WZRD's eerily upbeat cover of Leadbelly's Where Did You Sleep Last Night.

If you're curious about the mind that threw all this together, he's currently working on compiling an anthology of his writing, and select pieces can be found on antimarc.com. He's also something of an Instagrammer, and is in a relationship with a lady that makes some damn fine Serious Baked Goods. He also suggested a mention of Batman. Always Batman.

Start Time – Artist / Track / Album

00:31 – Yo La Tengo / You Can Have It All /  And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (originally by George McCrae)
05:05 – Dum Dum Girls / There Is A Light That Never Goes Out  / He Gets Me High (originally by The Smiths)
09:18 – Army Navy / Right Back Where We Started From / Army Navy (originally by Maxine Nightingale)
12:44 – The Bunker / Holy Wars / The New Trust and Friends: Battle To The Death (originally by The New Trust)
16:00 – The Rural Alberta Advantage / Eye Of The Tiger  / Drain The Blood (originally by Survivor)
18:57 – Nada Surf / Enjoy The Silence  / if I had a hi-fi (originally by Depeche Mode)
22:16 – Sun Kil Moon / Neverending Math Equation / Tiny Cities (originally by Modest Mouse)
25:06 – Ted Leo / I'm Looking Through You / This Bird Has Flown (originally by The Beatles)
27:27 – Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins / Handle With Care / Rabbit Fur Coat (originally by The Traveling Wilburys)
30:20 – Ambulance LTD / Ocean /  LP (originally by The Velvet Underground)
35:42 – Minutemen / Have You Ever Seen The Rain?  / 3-Way Tie (For Last) (originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival)
38:36 – Murder By Death / My Baby Shot Me Down /  Fuego! EP (originally by Nancy Sinatra)
40:51 – Asobi Seksu / Suzanne / Rewolf (originally by Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions)
44:21 – Eric Matthews / Needle In The Hay  / To: Elliot From: Portland (originally by Elliott Smith)
48:53 – Elliot Smith / Thirteen / New Moon (originally by Big Star)
51:33 – Brendan Kelly / Kiss The Bottle / Wasted Potential (originally by Jawbreaker)
54:45 – The Decemberists / Human Behaviour  / Read: Interpreting Björk (originally by Björk)
58:57 – WZRD / Where Did You Sleep Last Night  / WZRD (originally by Leadbelly)
1:03:08 – Japandroids / For The Love Of Ivy / Celebration Rock (originally by The Gun Club)
1:07:19 – Frank Turner / The District Sleeps Alone Tonight / The First Three Years (originally by The Postal Service)



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Episode 47: Sugar Town

There are tracks you hear and think "oh, well isn't this just swell?" and then there are tracks on a frolicsome loop in your head for weeks and years; this week's episode is a collection of both. As per usual The Decemberists have been in heavy rotation. As great as The King is Dead truly is, I haven't been able to stop listening to what I assume is that album's B-Sides, Long Live The King. This brief six track EP is so alarmingly good I have no idea how at least three or four of the tracks didn't sneak their way onto the full length album. Though I loath the textversation title, "I4U & U4ME" is ridiculously catchy and upbeat, but this week's first track, "Forgone", takes the cake for me. I cannot stop listening to this song. Nor will I try.

Another highlight this week is a track from Jim James' solo debut, Regions of Light and Sound of God. I like the album overall, and the wonderfully strange and enchanting video for "A New Life" should be mandatory viewing... but... I still feel like there's something slightly off. Mr. James' voice is about as close as I believe humans will come to speaking with angels, but since Evil Urges has had a slight frog in his throat and I can't figure out why. "Honest Man" is a pretty solid example of the previous vocal range of that Tennessean magician and where it may one day return.

But, this is why I'm so happy to see a solo debut from Jim James. Much like I was ecstatic to see Thom Yorke release his solo debut Eraser in 2006 after taking Radiohead in a more electronic direction. It's not that I think these solo albums are the next coming of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but with Eraser it proved to be a great way to get a more singular vision out of his head to come back and help with what may be Radiohead's best album, In Rainbows. I seem to like Circuital more than the average bear, but At Dawn or Z it ain't. Here's hoping the frog throat and dance tunes are out of Mr. James system and My Morning Jacket can come back with their own In Rainbows.


Start Time  – Artist / Track / Album

00:40 – The Decemberists / Foregone / Long Live The King
04:44 – Question Mark and The Mysterians / Are You For Real? / I Hate CD's
07:18 – Steven Perri / Street Scene / Soulshaker Volume 4
10:58 – Deerhoof / There's That Grin / Breakup Song
14:14 – Gold Panda / An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds / An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds
19:57 – Kings Of Convenience / I Don't Know What I Can Save You From - Röyksopp Remix / Versus
24:06 – Yeasayer / Madder Red / ODD BLOOD
28:35 – The Cramps / I Was A Teenage Werewolf / Songs The Lord Taught Us
31:36 – James Brown / Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved - Parts 1 & 2 / The Best of James Brown
38:40 – Calexico / Puerto / Algiers
43:00 – Lack Of Afro / For You / Press On
47:17 – Jim James / Know Til Now / Regions of Light and Sound of God
53:41 – Nancy Sinatra / Sugar Town / The Essential Nancy Sinatra
56:04 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. / We Almost Lost Detroit / It's A Corporate World



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