Sufjan has dropped an extra secret preveiw song from his new LP “age of adz”

its pretty weird, dont know how I feel about it yet.

I was too young for this in the 90′s….didn’t discover pavement till 2009.

Pavement – 112 – AT&T

The other day sufjan dropped a new EP, and it is awesome. I’ve spent the past few days with it on repeat and I’m pretty sure this is my favorite track (next to Djoariah, which I’m not posting because its almost 20 minutes long)

If you haven’t heard it yet, the whole thing is streaming on his bandcamp.

07 – Arnika

you can check it out here

Piano Fire

I tried really hard to make this one longer than 25 minutes, I really did, but I couldn’t find another song that fit well into this mix for the life of me. I think its pretty good, though a bit short. Have a listen.

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The Microphones – Sand (Eric’s Trip)

Modest Mouse – Sleepwalkin’ (Santo & Johnny)

St. Vincent & The National – Sleep All Summer (Crooked Fingers)

Bright Eyes – I Woke Up With This Song In My Head (The Bruces)

Iron & Wine – Waitin’ For A Superman (The Flaming Lips)

Eliott Smith – Trouble (Cat Stevens)

Sparklehorse & The Flaming Lips – Go (Daniel Johnston)

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Noisecast #3 – The Covers (Summer 2010 Edition)

you can download a zip of the individual files here , or the single file here

best accordion riff ever.

03 Scenic World

I cant beleive this is from the 80′s

01 – Dinosaur Jr. – Little Fury Things

Simon Joyner – The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll – 12 – Joy Division

that crucial filament is all but spent
and soon it will be dark in my basement
my heart is waxing the slick floor again
hoping i’ll slip, and fall in love
well, she gave me the choice
to remain and rejoice or to recoil and rebel
well, papa, this gravity attack
yeah, it’s a gravity attack
and i can’t seem to carry, much less bury the past

well, your ex-girlfriend said i was a terrible mess
yeah, she’s got a real good head on her shoulders
when the singer spoke and confessed
he didn’t really smoke cigarettes,
she said her teenage brother smouldered
on a hotbed of coal in a sterile white room
underneath that joy division poster
he moaned papa, he moaned papa,
sometimes i gotta vent my spleen!
sometimes i gotta vent my spleen
when i get shattered in the heart
and scattered in the brain

well, all the medicine in these sermons
still can’t keep his brazen nose from turning
and salvation, it may come free of charge
but faith always costs him something
they say there’s nothing as sacred
as the blood between brothers
when it’s pricked from their thumbs
and exchanged beneath the covers
well, papa, my brother is gone!
yeah, my brother is gone!

so would you tell me now how it is
i’m supposed to get along?

well, you asked for a chorus but you got a refrain
yeah, it’s another sad song that moves like a train
you can’t whistle to it
but you can fast-forward through it
flick it off your shoulder like dead skin

they say my head on a plate
may curve the debate
about the unbearable high cost of living
but papa, everything falls apart!
everything falls apart
and the grass will grow
as surely as they’ll break your heart

Weakerthans – Left & Leaving

This song is amazing.

My city’s still breathing (but barely it’s true)
through buildings gone missing like teeth.
The sidewalks are watching me think about you,
sparkled with broken glass.
I’m back with scars to show.
Back with the streets I know
Will never take me anywhere but here.
The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand,
the strangers whose faces I know.
We meet here for our dress-rehearsal to say “I wanted it this way”
Wait for the year to drown.
Spring forward, fall back down.
I’m trying not to wonder where you are.
All this time lingers, undefined.
Someone choose who’s left and who’s leaving.
Memory will rust and erode into lists of all that you gave me:
a blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest,
the best parts of Lonely, duct-tape and soldered wires,
new words for old desires,
and every birthday card I threw away.
I wait in 4/4 time,
Count yellow highway lines that you’re relying on to lead you home.