Smarch Rocks: A spring-loaded mix (3/24/06)
Ah, the spring of aught-6. Twas a magical time, what with the MP3 blogs and what not. This is a fun mix to reflect upon. Hard to believe it was almost five years ago that I made it.
About half of the 20 songs were discovered through the various music blogs I was following at the time, including the songs from Runner and the Thermodynamics, Thunderbirds are Now, We are Scientists, Wolf Parade and Tom Vek. The song by The Cloud Room had already achieved some notoriety for the Internet popularity it achieved while actually generating not much in the way of actual sales.
At the time, I was training for the Vermont City Marathon, which was two months later. Lily had just turned the ripe age of 2. I can't even remember her being so little. Weird.
Probably the best thing about this mix and the time period was the diversity of stuff I was listening to. A lot of new stuff, some old, some heavy, some wussy. It was all good. I mean, how nuts is following up My Morning Jacket with Scissorfight? You won't hear that on some lame-ass commercial rock station.
Steady as She Goes - The Raconteurs
Hey Now Now - The Cloud Room
Fire Eye'd Boy - Broken Social Scene
Ramblin' Man - Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
Rise Up With Fists! - Jenny Campbell with the Watson Twins
It Beats 4U - My Morning Jacket
Granite State Destroyer - Scissorfight
Powerlines - Runner and the Thermodynamics
It's All in My Mind - Teenage Fanclub
Eat This City - Thunderbirds are Now!
Goodbye to Guyville - Urge Overkill
The Rat - The Walkmen
Mothra vs. We Are Scientists - We Are Scientists
Instinct Blues - White Stripes
The People That Life Forgot - The Wildhearts
You are a Runner and I am My Father's Son - Wolf Parade
Instant Karma - Yo La Tengo
Lay It On the Line - Triumph
Nothing But Green Lights - Tom Vek
No Threat - The Tragically Hip
Hey now now:
The Rat:
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