Gone To Earth (Day 58)

Beirut - "Nantes"
The American Analog Set - "Gone To Earth"
Today's Song With The Most Previous Plays comes courtesy of a very cool band that I've been listening to for a while that virtually defines, for me, low-key alt-rock. At times they are sort of post-rock or Tortoise-like, and at others they are reminiscent of Yo La Tengo's minimalist sound on And Nothing Turns Itself Inside Out. In any case, their groovy downbeat always seems to put me in a good, but mellow mood. The band was founded by Andrew Kennedy in Austin, TX in 1995, who is actually now a member of the Broken Social Scene. The last AmAnSet album was 2005's Set Free. I hope they re-group, there will always be a place on the soundtrack of my life for this beautiful sounding band.
Willie Nelson - "Over You Again"
Grandaddy - "Nebraska"
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - "Heart In The Hand Of The Mat"
Midlake - "Jugler"
Serge Gainsbourt - "Marilou Reggae"
Pernice Brothers - "Automaton"
Grizzly Bear - "Shift"
Two pieces of awesomeness I'd like to mention here. (Incredibly, neither of which is this band itself. In case you're not familiar, run - - don't walk - - to your nearest purveyor of music and purchase the album Yellow House.) No, this is a word about two amazing places on the Web for inspirational live performances (that most of you already know about). The first is: Daytrotter. This website collects recordings made at a studio above a pizza place in Rock Island, IL by bands who stop by for a jam as they tour through the heartland of America. Incredible bands, incredible songs - - all, incredibly, free. The version of "Shift" on today's playlist is one such recording. The second is: the Take Away Shows at La Blogotheque. The dudes (or dudettes) at this Parisian weblog shoot videos of bands in unusual, urban environments. It's also very cool, and below is Take Away version of the same Grizzly Bear song. I know I'm probably late to the party, but I was thinking this AM that there could be other losers out their like me... and I just want to help.



Thelonious Monk - "Gallop's Gallop"
The Clientele - "The Garden At Night"

And then I got to work.

Today's Stats
Total songs listened to: 11
Total minutes of music (approx.): 42
Song with the most previous plays: "Gone To Earth" - 10
Miscellaneous factoid about my trip to work today: I read a NY Times piece that not-so-nicely describes the song "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" on the new Weezer album as: a "kind of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'-style epic that high school drummers compose during chemistry lab." But then it also goes on to claim the song's a parody. Weird. Then again, they also kinda like the new Journey album...