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NOISECAST #4 – WINTER 2010

Music for walking around alone in the freezing cold with your headphones on.

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Rilo Kiley – 85

Built To Spill – Twin Falls

Beck – Guess I’m Doing Fine

Bright Eyes – Going For The Gold

Modest Mouse – Custom Concern

Elliott Smith – Pitseleh

The Mountain Goats – Pale Green Things

The Tallest Man On Earth – Like The Wheel

Arab Strap – The Week Never Starts Around Here

Jonsi – Hengilas

noisecast #4 – Winter 2010

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NOISECAST #3 – THE COVERS (SUMMER 2010)

I tried really hard to make this one longer than 25 minutes, I really did, but I couldn’t find another song that fit well into this mix for the life of me. I think its pretty good, though a bit short. Have a listen.

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The Microphones – Sand (Eric’s Trip)

Modest Mouse – Sleepwalkin’ (Santo & Johnny)

St. Vincent & The National – Sleep All Summer (Crooked Fingers)

Bright Eyes – I Woke Up With This Song In My Head (The Bruces)

Iron & Wine – Waitin’ For A Superman (The Flaming Lips)

Eliott Smith – Trouble (Cat Stevens)

Sparklehorse & The Flaming Lips – Go (Daniel Johnston)

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Noisecast #3 – The Covers (Summer 2010 Edition)

you can download a zip of the individual files here , or the single file here

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SOTW – Rilo Kiley – Ripchord

It’s said that Blake wrote this song about Elliott Smith after he died. The two were supposedly close friends.

pull the ripchord
the ship has lost its sail
your mama’s got a new man
your daddy always fails
and you’re eating again
at them
’cause nobody loves you

and even fancy things
have finally lost their charm
wine and diamond rings
they never get you anymore
you’re sleeping again
alone
’cause nobody loves you

they should have seen you
should have known you
should have known what it was like
to be you

so come on kid
look at what you did
I don’t know if you meant it
but you did yourself in
and I was even having a good day
when I’d found out we lost you

she said it was in the singing and the strumming
oh man I even saw it coming

Rilo Kiley – 04 – Ripchord

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Noisecast #1 – Voice//Guitar

For the past few weeks I’ve been working on developing an acoustic set for my solo live performances. Ive been paying a lot of attention to what makes a song feel complete when its stripped down to nothing but vocals and acoustic guitar. No overdubs, piano, doubled vocals, strings, effects, etc. I started looking through my music library for songs by some of my favorite artists that I could reference/steal from for inspiration, and (kind-of) to my surprise, a much larger number of tracks than I would have imagined featured extra accompaniment of some kind. I actually found it pretty difficult to make this playlist flow well with the limited amount of music that fit the requirements(no live tracks/bootlegs solo performances allowed). I’m pretty happy with the result though, and I think its a pretty good showcase of just how many different things you can actually do with only one voice and one guitar.

enjoy.

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The Tallest Man On Earth – The Gardner

Nick Drake – Road

The Microphones – I Felt Your Shape

Neutral Milk Hotel – Two Headed Boy

Elliott Smith – Pitseleh ( I cheated it has a piano part! it’s one of the few Elliott songs with no guitar overdubs though)

The Mountain Goats – Island Garden Song

Tom Waits – I Want You

Bright Eyes – Waste Of Paint

Noisecast #1 – Voice//Guitar

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Cymbals Eat Guitars cover Elliott Smith's ballad of big nothing

I haven’t heard many Elliott Smith covers, Let alone good ones. This CEG version is definitely a must listen, especially if you’re a fan of either band.

Cymbals Eat Guitars – Ballad Of BigNothing

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FUCK NOISE ROCK’S BEST OF THE 00′s

After a grueling 8 or so hours here it is, in all its glory. As you can see I fucking love anthems.

20 best songs

20. the glow pt 2. – the microphones
19. the modern leper – Frightened rabbit
18. thrash unreal – against me!
17. come pick me up – ryan adams
16. against pollution – the mountain goats
15. lndiana – cymbals eat guitars
14. lua – bright eyes
13. chicago – sufjan stevens
12. Little shadow – yeah yeah yeahs
11. do you realize?? – the flaming lips
10. skinny love – bon iver

9. cold cold water – mirah

8. 3rd planet – modest mouse

7. kings crossing – elliott smith

6. I feel it all – feist

5. casimir pulaski day – sufjan stevens

4. all my friends – lcd soundsystem

3. wake up – arcade fire

2. fake empire – the national

1. Road to joy – bright eyes

best 10 albums

10. sound of silver – lcd soundsystem
9. why there are mountains – cymbals eat guitars
8. alligator – the national
7. the glow pt 2. – the microphones
6. good news for people who love bad news – modest mouse
5. funeral – arcade fire (neighborhood #1 (tunnels)

4. illinoise – sufjan stevens (chicago)

3. The reminder – Feist (the park)

2. Boxer – The national (slow show)

1. I’m wide awake its morning – Bright eyes (road to joy)