A Good Man Is Hard To Find

not to post over bens' latest mix, but i've beed inspired.

for your listening pleasure: a good man is hard to find. it started out with some slower songs that i really liked and morphed into basically a list of a lot of music that shuffles through my most played list.

also, i'm not really good at saying 'no'--consider this a two-disc set.

but again, similar to ben--this mix is probably more for myself. i hope you enjoy.

you can download the tracks here, with cover art and the .m3u list as well.

track list

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1. The Antlers - Kettering
2. The War On Drugs - Baby Missiles
3. Tom Waits - A Good Man Is Hard To Find
4. Okkervil River - Piratess
5. Bright Eyes - At The Bottom Of Everything (jj edit)
6. The Arcade Fire - Half Light II (No Celebration)
7. LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
8. Roky Erickson With Okkervil River - For You
9. Destroyer - Savage Night At The Opera
10. Handsome Furs - All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
11. Future Islands - An Apology
12. Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse - Star Eyes / I Can’t Catch It
13. Local Natives - Airplanes
14. The Mountain Goats - Never Quite Free
15. Titus Andronicus - To Old Friends And New
16. Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You
17. Okkervil River - No Key, No Plan
18. Future Islands - Long Flight
19. The War On Drugs - Brothers
20. The National - Ada
21. Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
22. Lcd Soundsystem - Someone Great
23. Handsome Furs - Radio Kalininbrad
24. Radiohead - Codex
25. Tom Waits - Hold On
26. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
27. The War On Drugs - Taking The Farm
28. TV On The Radio - Killer Crane
29. The National - Geese Of Beverly Road, The
30. Dolorean - 33-53.9 Degrees N/118-38.8 Degrees W
31. The Mountain Goats - High Hawk Season
32. Tom Waits - Come On Up To The House
33. Roky Erickson With Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
34. Titus Andronicus - Albert Camus
35. Beach House - Real Love
36. Radiohead - Separator
37. The Antlers - Epilogue
38. Tom Waits - Picture In A Frame

titus andronicus

do you ever need to hear screaming, ballistic music? if the answer is no, it's a safe assumption this post isn't for you. admittedly, i am easily overwhelmed with many of the punk-themed acts. but for my part, i need a fair amount of discord along with the harmonies. so i can still get excited about music like titus andronicus' indie punk.

titus andronicus manages to keep me listening for more than two songs because they have also a pop sensibility. listen to "arms against atrophy. " the beginning makes me think of the walkmen's "the rat." but where the walkmen focus on rage, titus andronicus is concerned with irony in the vein of catch-22 (hat tip to atkins for the book recommendation). check out "my time outside the womb" for some good lines. or how about the list of things that won't be around when you die: "no more cigarettes/no more having sex/no more drinking 'till you fall on the floor/no more indie rock..." on the song "titus andronicus?"

this makes the lyrics wryly funny (in the modern sense of the word, which of course means un-funny, but whatever) and the music fun (again, if you're into a little screaming and guitars, so that probably makes it in the modern sense of the word, too).  i hope you enjoy the screaming.

titus andronicus