Artist	Song
The New Pornographers	My Rights Versus Yours
Walker Kong	Andy Warhol & the Honey Bees
That Dog	Retreat from the Sun
The Icicles	La Ti Da
The Eames Era	Watson on Your Side
Pelle Carlberg	Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls
Islands	Jogging Gorgeous Summer
Lavender Diamond	Garden Rose
Maia Hirasawa	You and Me and Everyone We Know
Dr. Dog	Ain't it Strange
Hallelujah the Hills	Hallelujah the Hills
We All Have Hooks for Hands	The Secret Life of Dolls and Doldrums
Bright Eyes	I Must Belong Somewhere
Indigo Girls	Moment of Forgiveness
The Wailin' Jennys	Beautiful Dawn
Nickel Creek	Anthony
Tom Petty	I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
Page France	Mr. Violin and Dancing Bear
The Icicles	Gedge's Song
Portastatic	Cheers and Applause
The Henry Clay People	The Man in the Riverbed
Loudon Wainwright	Grey in L.A.

Comment:

I've been so wrapped up in both the beauty of the female voice and this folksy, riding-off-into-the-sunset road trip vibe lately that I just had to combine the two for my first "normal" mix (aka gimmick-free) in a few weeks. In reality, as usual it's just the best of music I've been feeding off of lately, but I think there's a spiritual kinship running through all these songs that I don't easily achieve in my mixes. It just, I dunno, flows well for me. I had to put brand new New Pornos at the front, of course, but absolutely every one of these has been on non-stop repeat in my world for a while now. Couple notes: I'm just now re-discovering the pop music euphoria conjured by That Dog, while at the same time realizing what majestically pleasurable twee poppers both the Icicles and Eames Era are (seriously, you haven't heard gorgeous until you've checked out "Gedge's Song"). Wainwright's song from his idiosyncratic "Knocked Up" soundtrack might be one of the best things he's ever recorded. Cheers to another bountiful music summer :)

Feedback: