Artist	Song
Mr. Lif	Phantom (feat. El-P)
Jazzanova	No Use
RJD2	Find You Out
Murcof	MO
Yann Tiersen	La Dispute
The Walkmen	Stop Talking
Interpol	NYC
Ludicra	Userpent
Unwound	Unauthorized Autobiography
Hood	Home Is Where It Hurts
Aesop Rock	Maintenance
Blackalicious	Release (feat. Saul Williams, Lyrics Born, Zack De La Rocha)
Jawbox	Cornflake Girl
Jawbreaker	Condition Oakland
J Church	Yellow, Blue and Green
The Clean	Getting Older
The Moutain Goats	Source Decay

Comment:

for the lovely Lottie, who has been suffering her own version of existential ennui of late. this orignally started as cheerer upper of newish things i wanted to thrust upon her ears, but i decided to forsake that route for a more introspective angle [it's how i like them when i'm in that place, so...] . so the universal theme is one of questioning self-analysis, running the gamut from self-loathing to outright anger, obvious in the Unwound song [which starts out "journal entry number 20"] and perhaps no more better summed up than Mr. Lif on the first track: "depressed & uninspired, who are you? I, phantom". There's so much stuff on here in the upper echelon of my high esteem: the Aesop Rock + Saul Williams bit on the Blackalicious track I'm still marvelling at after 100 listens, to the old standbys of Jawbreaker & J Church. That and my favorite transition has got to be going from Yann Tiersen to death metal (Ludicra) in 3 songs without a hitch.

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