Hey…It has taken me a while to get this up but then again I did grow up in a cave..we made computers out of rocks and ice…This is all stuff that has occupied my brain consistently during the last 6 months or so…enjoy
01Tim Hecker - October
Tim Hecker continually amazes me… I like any song named October however…
02Tara Jane O’Neil - The Louder
I recently got this album and love this song.
03 Grouper - Fishing Bird (Empty Jutted In The Evening Breeze
Liz Harris is fucking amazing…I have listened to this record (dragging a dead deer up a hill) so many times I have begun to hear it consistently and ritually during daily activities. This song reminds me of its title - the beach, swirling waves and some kind of redemption?
04Mount Eerie - My Burning
My friend Jill turned me on to this stuff on my first visit out here…I like the solitude in his music…It always seems aware and alert. I love the line in this song when he talks about wanting a girl so badly he waited around in a burning house….for the phone. Fucking Brilliant.
05 Midlake - Roscoe Acoustic (Ver)
This song reminds me of autumn….
06 Meredith Monk - Gotham Lullaby
I love her voice….This song has a calming effect on me…and sounds like some kind of a gothic sundown.
07 Meg Baird - Sweet William And Fair Ellen
My friend Watts put this on a mixtape for me….I don’t know, makes me homesick for the old country…whatever that is…I have come to belevie that the new england landscape is full of the ghosts brought here from the british isles…Meg Baird has a solid, lucid voice.
08 Stars Of The Lid - Austin Texas Mental Hospital
God this song is amazing…I had this record playing over and over for about two days straight…Spacious, empty, processional and cold. Yet something lingers behind suggesting compassion.
09 Mikey Griffith - Woods Of Error
Yeah, I agree with Chris - this is one of my favorite songs. Ken Griffey Jr. Dark, Ominous and weary.
10 Abandoned Campground
This is a new song we just released. It has taken almost two months to make. Chris’s vocals set the background and provide a blanket for the floating melodies. This song materialized slowly with a kind of lucidity. Chris has the strange ability to know what I am thinking and then put it into music. I feel like we made this song and then two weeks later I had an experience that seemed to mirror this music. Saudade motherfuckers. Saudade.
11 Bonnie Prince Billy - You Remind Me Of Something
Will Oldham rarely fails me. This song is filled with a such a sense of joy and momentum. At the same time it seems grounded, confident and aware.
12 Michael Hall - I Changed My Mind
Michael is a good friend and one of my favorite local musicians. This song speaks for itself.
13 Julia Holter - MINERALS
New Weird American puts out some great stuff. This song was stuck in my head for about two days straight. It sounds like rocks breaking and reforming. I love it.
14 Valet - Blood Is Clean
“My blood is clean, but the devils still in me.” Gives me chills everytime.
15Kenny Loggins And Michael Mcdonald - This is it
Ahhh yeah…I would be lying to myself if I didn’t put this on here. I fucking love this song. “Make no mistake where you are! Your backs to the corner!”
16 Milton Nascimento - Ponta De Areia
When I first heard this song I wanted to cry. So fucking gorgeous. Milton has been a consistent influence and his music transcends everything. I feel like a luminous presence is speaking and guiding.
17 Orange Jam - Every Time I See It
Michael Cantino writes and sings anthemic and wide-eyed singular masterpieces. I love when his voice comes back in after the musical interlude. Gives me chills everytime.
17Pillars Of Heaven - Drifter
Peasant Magik is a label out of Philly. They make great music. Pillars Of Heaven is the sound piece of the labels founder Sal - Great fucking stuff.
17Radiohead - House Of Cards
“I don’t want to be your friend, I just wanna be your lover.” Fucking awesome.
17Roscoe Mitchell - Ornette (Alt take)
I haven’t heard this record in many years (sound) and recently put it on my computer and have been listening to it consistently ever since.
