Regina Spektor

'Tis The Season: Summertime And The Livin' Is Easy

February 23, 2010
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Ah, summer – memories of pools, popsicles, sleepaway camp, and lack of homework. What do you groove to when your lounging by the pool with a cool drink and the livin’ is easy…

1. Hockey “Put The Game Down” ♫ http://twt.fm/378357

2. G. Love & Special Sauce “Soft and Sweet (Radio Edit)” ♫ http://twt.fm/378400

3. R.E.M. “Nightswimming”

4. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists “Me and Mia” ♫ http://twt.fm/378407

5. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists “Walking to Do”

6. Feist “I Feel It All”

7. XTC “Summer’s Cauldron” ♫ http://twt.fm/378412

8. Local Natives “Sun Hands” ♫ http://twt.fm/378422

9. Brazos “Day Glo” http://twt.fm/377833

10. Stan Getz “The Girl From Ipanema” ♫ http://twt.fm/378487

11. Regina Spektor “Fidelity” ♫ http://twt.fm/378509

And other artist recommendations are The Beach Boys, Spoon, French Kicks, Television, French Miami, Morning Benders

I personally also just discovered the Morning Benders and LOVE THEM. Great stuff. What summery suggestions do you have?

'Tis The Season: Baby It's Cold Outside

February 23, 2010
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Some songs that will always keep you in the winter mood…

1. Regina Spektor “20 Years of Snow” http://song.ly/2jdl4

2. Badly Drawn Boy “I Love NYE” http://song.ly/2jdkj

3. The Dodos “Winter” http://song.ly/2jdlh

4. Jethro Tull “Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day” http://song.ly/2jdlp

5. Feist “Mushaboom” http://song.ly/2jdlt

6. Andrew Bird “Not A Robot, But A Ghost” ♫ http://twt.fm/377521

7. Bon Iver “Woods” ♫ http://twt.fm/377538 and “Blood Bank”

8. Bjork “Aurora” http://song.ly/2jdme

9. Aphex Twin “On” http://song.ly/2jdmk

10. Sigur Ros “Untitled 4” or “Staralfur”

11. Sufjan Stevens “Predatory Wasp”

12. Walkmen “We’ve Been Had”

13. Moby “Porcelain”

14. Grizzly Bear “Easy”

15. TV on the Radio “Staring at the Sun”

16. Gang Gang Dance “Dust

17. Choir of Young Believers “We Talk On The Phone” http://bit.ly/a5dpna

18. Pink Floyd “Obscured by Clouds”

19. Foreigner “You’re as Cold as Ice”

Do you agree?

Valentunes: I'm So (Getting) Over It

February 23, 2010
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Big day of breakup songs, Neutral Milk Hotel and Rilo Kiley being the repeat offenders. What makes your heart hurt, helps it through the pain, or just fuels your desire to throw things?

1. “Magnetic Fields” – Boa Constrictor

2. Neutral Milk Hotel “King of Carrot Flowers”

3. Neutral Milk Hotel – Two Headed Boy ♫ http://twt.fm/375365

4. Bon Iver “Skinny Love” ♫ http://twt.fm/375400

5. Bright Eyes “Lover I Don’t Have To Love” ♫ http://twt.fm/375413

6. The Avalanches “Since I Left You” ♫ http://twt.fm/375347

7. Florence and The Machine “Cosmic Love” ♫ http://twt.fm/375453

8. The Ramones “I Wanna Live” ♫ http://twt.fm/375482

9. St. Vincent “Human Racing” ♫ http://twt.fm/375499

10. Rilo Kiley “Breakin Up” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGnJYMRC9NE (vid)

11. Blue Kid “The Dismemberment Song” http://bit.ly/94EL7C (vid)

12. Alkaline Trio “Trouble Breathing” ♫ http://twt.fm/375591