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Posted at 10:33 AM on March 14, 2008 by Tony Lopez (3 Comments)

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"In the Round," The Cardigans
The Swedish quintet put out a best-of CD earlier this year. I'm still waiting for their compilation of Black Sabbath covers. Nina Persson's side project, A Camp, is reported to be releasing its second album later this year, again with the help of Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. A Camp's first disc, from 2001, was a journey into country. In fact, Nina's got that quiver in her voice that reminds me a little of Emmylou Harris. "In the Round" is from The Cardigans' most recent album, Super Extra Gravity.

"Banta," Daby Toure
Toure (no relation to Ali Farka and Vieux Farka) is a Mauritanian singer-songwriter who is just as influenced by someone like Mark Knopfler as he his the music of his homeland. Pleasant stuff.

"Lume, Lume," Fanfare Ciocarlia
A little Roma music is good for the soul.

"Break You Off," The Roots
One of my favorite hip-hop acts. ?uestlove and Black Thought are the bomb! The Roots are looking at a late April release for their 10th album, Rising Down. The steamy video guest stars the actor Hassan Johnson, known to many as "Wee-Bey" Brice from The Wire, R.I.P.

"Juanita," The Flying Burrito Brothers
Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman basically invented country-rock. This track is from The Gilded Palace of Sin, one of those archetypal albums that traces a huge arc from the roots of a musical movement to its present-day form, in this case what we've come to call "alt-country." Chris Hillman was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, along with the rest of The Byrds. In 2006, the documentarian Gandulf Hennig filmed a biography of Parsons's life, Fallen Angel. If you're into the history of music, it's a must-see.

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Despite my not “getting” Dylan, hopefully Tone will let me post a shuffle :)

Shuffle From an Electronica/Techno/Hip-Hop Pod Playlist:

Junkie XL – X-Panding Limits
Got this from a friend of mine. Don’t know much about him.

Kraftwerk – Autobahn (live)
This song still works even almost 40 years later

Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice
I came kind of late to the game for FBS, but I love this song.

M.A.A.R.S. – Pump Up The Volume
It’s fun to try to identify all the samples from NWA, EMF and the like.

Brian Eno – Fractal Zoom (Mary’s Birthday Edit)
From “Nerve Net”. Back when he was all into remixes and edits of his work. The CD single had about 7 remixes of this song alone.

Posted by Frick | March 14, 2008 1:17 PM

LOL, Frick! I always enjoy your shuffles!
Love that MAARS song, by the way. Haven't heard that in awhile.

Posted by Tony Lopez | March 14, 2008 1:56 PM

Taking a cue from Frick, My shuffle is from my electronic/dance playlist... is this cheating?


"Friendship Update" The Go! Team

"The Stars Our Destination" Stereolab

"No Fun" Vitalic

"Weapon of Choice" Fatboy Slim Go figure...

"Something Like A Mama" Underworld

Posted by Wells T. | March 15, 2008 7:52 PM

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