mathcaddy mix: June
I was about to put together a mathcaddy radio session, but I decided instead to kindly give you a gift: 10 wonderful songs. If this irritates you, please let me know. [a@mathcaddy.com]
How did I come up with this list? I listened to and bought a whole lot of music this month and these were among the top 25 songs I played in the month of June on my iPod and in iTunes. They got played a lot for a reason.
math|mix: June 22
Sufjan Stevens is probably at this point my favorite artist. Ever. (Really! I mean it.) I was anxiously awaiting his forthcoming album, Illinois and happened to visit the amazon.com page for the album, which had two advance mp3s for download. This is an exceptionally incredible song, um, like most of his songs.
I first discovered both this band and this song on The Big Ticket’s 2004 Mix, The Big Ticket is a wonderful little mp3blog I enjoy. The Mountain Goats kick folk into a kind of twitchy ADD overdrive. Thankfully, it’s good stuff. (And it is.)
I have had this song sitting in my record collection for nearly three years and I never listened to it until I heard Steven Garrity introduce it on his latest session of Acts of Volition Radio.
“TwoEyes” Tony recommended this album and it definitely is a great pick! My friend Evan had good things to say about Ray after catching him in concert the Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge a couple of weeks ago.
Yeah, you’ve probably heard this album everywhere. And some of it is formulaic Coldplay. But who cares if the album includes a song like this? I first heard this track in Seattle’s EasyStreet Records on Queen Anne. I was soaring by the time it finished.
Speaking of EasyStreet Records, I spent some serious cash when I was there. I got some birthday money and I used all of it on new music. It was very fun. (Thanks, mom! Thanks, grandma and grandpa!) Luke Temple’s album was one of the ones I picked up.
I first heard this in the listening booth at EasyStreet Records and decided to buy it after hearing only this track.
A funny thing happened on the way to the checkout stand: I stumbled upon this album and added one more to the stack.
This song’s from a cd that I bought and then forgot that I owned until recently when I was digging through a box and realized I had never opened it, which says something about how much money I used to spend on music: I bought stuff I didn’t even know I bought! Crank this track while driving at night.
Best album of the year thus far in my opinion is Blinking Lights and Other Revelations Just go buy it already!
I hope you enjoy these songs as much as I do!
June 25th, 2005 at 3:19 pm
I like all this music. Especially Sufjan and Spoon who are constantly shuffling up on my iTunes and making me happy.
But it’s not mathcaddy radio. I mean, where is the interview with the furniture? Where are the Steve and the Adam and their zany inside jokes? Where is the loooove?
June 26th, 2005 at 1:17 am
I’M MAKING A SCOOTER VIDEO!! ..link to come..