The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 1

Animal Collective Feels

The Music Lovers playlist for 10/20/05

1. Histor of Lovers (radio edit) - Iron and Wine & Calexico from In The Reins
2. Girls Sing - The Harvey Girls from The Wild Farewell
3. Feels Good Being Somebody - dios(malos) from dios(malos)
4. Where You're Going - Kelley Stolz from The Sun Comes Through
5. Evil And A Heathen - Franz Ferdinand from You Could Have It So Much Better
6. My Apple Has Four Legs - Feathers from Absolute Noon
7. CC (You Set The Fire In Me) - Tom Vek from We Have Sound
8. Apache Energy Plan - The Howling Hex from You Can't Beat Tomorrow
9. Nightclothes and Headphones - Jason Forrest from Shamelessly Exciting
10. Emergency - Edith Frost from It's A Game
11. We Can't Work It Out - Biirdie from Estelle/We Can't Work It Out (single)
12. (I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine - The Clientele from Strange Geometry
13. Tribulations (Tiga Remix) - LCD Soundsystem from Tribulations 12"
14. Why I Cry - Woody Whatever from Meaningless...
15. Luck Shield - Minotaur Shock from Maritime
16. Gus - Lambchop and Hands Off Cuba from CoLAB
17. Hearts - Bonnie Prince Billy from Live Outtake
18. Let's Trade Skins - Great Lake Swimmers from Bodies and Minds
19. With a Red Suit You Will Become a Man - Saxon Shore from The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore
20. Free - Cat Power from You Are Free
21. Gideon - My Morning Jacket from Z
22. How Can I Love You If You Won't Lie Down - Silver Jews from Tanglewood Nummbers
23. Odyssey - Deerhoof from The Runners Four
24. Good Friend, Yr Hunger - Castanets from First Light's Freeze
25. Two More Years - Bloc Party from Two More Years/Hero
26. Loch Raven - Animal Collective from Feels
27. Shake Our Tree - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
28. Do They Know It's Halloween? - Th' Corn Gangg from Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?

Cat Power - Last Night's Show

So you're asking yourself, did she break down? Curse the crowd? Run off the stage crying? Well, no. It was actually a very fine performance from Miss Cat Power herself, Chan Marshall. Moving back and forth between piano and guitar, Chan went through the set with one song bleeding into the next without allowing the audience the many chances to applaud. It should be noted that I didn't recognize most of the songs played throughout the night, but I can tell you that she did perform her new single "The Greatest," "Good Woman," an enjoyable cover of "Blue Moon," and a very fast version of "I Don't Blame You." Of course, there were moments when Chan became frustrated with herself during several false starts ("I can't remember how it goes") and her very little banter with the crowd ("Happy Halloween," "Thank you for coming. I hope you enjoyed yourself. Blah blah blah..."). It should also be noted that the crowd was a mixture of the quiet respectful type and very loud obnoxious folks ready for the Beer Bust to begin. That's a shame because Chan really deserved a setting that showcased her amazing talent. Still, I am very glad that I was there and would certainly check her out again if I had the chance. Now I do apologize for the poor quality of photos from the evening: there was only one dim key light on Chan until halfway through the show when she inisted that even that be turned off...

Chan Marshall hides in the shadows.

Cat Power - Tonight at the HiTone

Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) is scheduled to perform tonight at the HiTone. Let's all hope the evening goes better than the night before in Charlottesville.

Siren's Muse playlist on 10/16/05

1. The Velvet Underground and Nico - I'll Be Your Mirror from The Velvet Underground and Nico
2. Maureen Tucker - Spam Again from Life In Exile After Abdication
3. The Vaselines - Oliver Twisted from A Complete History
4. Bettie Serveert - I'll Keep It With Mine from I Shot Andy Warhol Soundtrack
5. CocoRosie - Armageddon from Noah's Ark
6. Tara Jane O'Neil - The Poisoned Mine from You Sound, Reflect
7. Hanne Hukkelberg - Cast Anchor from Little Things
8. Nouvelle Vague - Just Can't Get Enough from Nouvelle Vague
9. Out Hud - One Life To Leave from Let Us Never Speak Of It Again
10. Feist - Mushaboom from Let It Die
11. Yo La Tengo - Little Eyes from Summer Sun
12. Caroline - Where's My Love from Where's My Love
13. Rainer Maria - Artifical Light from A Better Version Of Me
14. Rainer Maria - Hell and High Water from Hell and High Water 7 inch
15. Sleater Kinney - Jumpers from The Woods
16. The Concretes - Miss You from Layourbattleaxedown
17. The Roches - Hammond Song from The Roches
18. Cyann & Ben - I Can't Pretend Anymore from Spring
19. This Mortal Coil - You and Your Sister from Blood
20. The Pixies - Gigantic from Surfer Rosa
21. The Ladybug Transistor - The Places You'll Call Home from The Ladybug Transistor
22. Edith Frost - Pony Song from Calling Over Time
23. Architecture In Helsinki - Wishbone from In Case We Die
24. Ladytron - International Dateline from Witching Hour
25. Cat Power - The Greatest from The Greatest
26. Mojave 3 - Bringin' Me Home from Excuses for Travellers
27. Annie Hayden - Starring in the Movies from The Enemy of Love
28. The 6ths (Georgia Hubley) - Movies In My Head from Wasps' Nests
29. The Go! Team - Did You Feel It To? from Bottle Rocket EP

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Great Lake Swimmers Bodies and Minds

The Music Lovers playlist for 10/13/05

1. Turn Into Something - Animal Collective from Feels
2. 7 Days - Acid House Kings from Sing Along With Acid House Kings
3. Evil Is - Early Man from Closing In
4. Holy Holy Holy - The Chrysler from Failures and Sparks (U.S. version)
5. In My Nerves - ADULT. from Gimme Trouble
6. You Can See - Deerhoof from The Runners Four
7. Bird on the Wire - Rogue Wave from Descended Like Vultures
8. Hotline Operator - The Constantines from Tournament of Hearts
9. Fancy Claps - Wolf Parade from Apologies to the Queen Mary
10. Prepared - Lambchop and Hands off Cuba from CoLAB
11. In This Home on Ice - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (by request) from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
12. My Own Face Inside the Trees - The Clientele from Strange Geometry
13. No Voice Was Raised - Castanets from First Light's Freeze
14. Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron from Witching Hour
15. Miracle (remix by The Rapture/HUSHHUSH) - Supersystem from Miracle
16. The Official Rally Song - Guided by Voices (by request) from The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
17. Hold Hands and Fight - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
18. Skeleton Jar - Youth Group (by request) from Skeleton Jar
19. Various Stages - Great Lake Swimmers from Bodies and Minds
20. Great Waves - Dirty Three from Cinder
21. What a Wonderful Man - My Morning Jacket from Z
22. Glósóli - Sigur Rós from Takk...
23. War Photographer - Jason Forrest from Shamelessly Exciting
24. Somethin' For the Kids - Astronautalis from You & Yer Good Ideas
25. Bodies Adjust - Thunderbirds Are Now from Neck
26. It Dawned on Me - Calla from Collisions
27. Half Lit - Richard Swift from Walking Without Effort
28. The Greatest - Cat Power from The Greatest