Car Tunes: Commute Music Picks

Submitted by sleestak on Mon, 08/30/2004 - 09:40
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  • August 16 - August 27
  • Clearlake, Cedars
  • Grant Hart, Good News for Modern Man
  • Cinerama, Torino
  • My Morning Jacket, It Still Moves
  • Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose (over and over again)
  • Husker Du, The Living End
  • Rogue Wave, Out of the Shadow
  • Mission of Burma, ONoffON
  • August 28 - September 3
  • Mates of State, Team Boo
  • Mclusky, The Difference Between Me and You...
  • The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat
  • Madvillain, Madvillainy
  • The Ponys, Laced with Romance
  • A.C. Newman, The Slow Wonder
  • September 6 - September 10
  • The Walkmen, Bows + Arrows
  • The Walkmen, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone
  • Exploding White Mice, Collateral Damage
  • Various Artists, Sometimes the Best Man... (mix by socialretard)
  • Grandaddy, The Sophtware Slump
  • September 13 - September 17
  • Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Hearts of Oak
  • Madvillain, Madvillainy
  • David Bowie, Low
  • The Misfits, Collection II
  • The Kinks, Kink-Size Kollection (Disc 1)
  • Snow Patrol, Final Straw
  • September 20 - September 24 (lots of traveling this week!)
  • Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
  • Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights
  • Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Hearts of Oak
  • Spoon, Soft Effects
  • Liars, They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
  • Four Tet, Rounds
  • Beulah, When Your Heartstrings Break
  • Rogue Wave, Out of the Shadow
  • The Dirtbombs, Ultraglide in Black
  • Hot Snakes, Suicide Invoice
  • Various Artists, Slee Driving Mix (v.2)
  • Of Montreal, Satanic Panic in the Attic
  • The Chameleons UK, Strange Times
  • Blonde Redhead, Misery is a Butterfly
  • September 27 - October 1
  • The Features, Exhibit A
  • Arcade Fire, Funeral
  • PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love
  • PJ Harvey, Dry
  • The Damned, Phantasmagoria
  • Interpol, Antics
  • October 4 - October 8
  • The Features, Exhibit A
  • Arcade Fire, Funeral
  • Cat Power, You Are Free
  • Blackalicious, Nia
  • October 11 - October 23
  • The Chills, Kaleidoscope World
  • Sisters of Mercy, Some Girls Wander By Mistake
  • Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
  • The Dirtbombs, Dangerous Magical Noise
  • Low, A Lifetime of Temporary Relief (Disc 1)
  • ????
  • October 23 - October 29
  • Various Artists, Just Can't Get Enough (3 different volumes)
  • Various Artists, Sedated in the Eighties
  • TV on the Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
  • November 1 - November 5
  • XTC, Oranges & Lemons
  • Minor Threat, Complete Discography
  • Joe Jackson, Look Sharp!
  • The Replacements, Pleased to Meet Me
  • Joy Division, Substance
  • Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
  • November 8 - November 12
  • Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Raise Your Skinny Fists Like Antenna to Heaven
  • Mclusky, The Difference Between Me and You is That I'm Not On Fire
  • British Sea Power, The Rise and Fall of...
  • The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat
  • Interpol, Antics
  • November 15 - November 19 (California trip)
  • New Pornographers, Mass Romantic
  • Guided By Voices, Bee Thousand
  • The Dirtbombs, Ultraglide in Black
  • Hot Snakes, Suicide Invoice
  • Lots of Indie 103
  • November 22 - November 26
  • U2, The Unforgettable Fire
  • Grandaddy, The Sophtware Slump
  • Roxy Music, Avalon
  • My Morning Jacket, It Still Moves
  • Arcade Fire, Funeral
  • November 29 - December 3
  • Arcade Fire, Funeral
  • Spoon, Girls Can Tell
  • Murder City Devils, In Name and Blood
  • R.E.M., Life's Rich Pageant
  • Wilco, Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
  • The Feelies, Crazy Rhythms
  • Franz Ferdinand (s/t)
Author Comments: 

Just trying to document what I'm listening to on my 25-mile round trip commute to work, (and see if it provides any insight into what kind of week I'm having.) Hopefully will be updated weekly.

AAA09/13/2004

"Team Boo" is the perfect driving album.

sleestak09/14/2004

Indeed it is - especially of the "late night" variety. It's interesting looking back on my commute choices how few actually are good driving CDs, but I've yet to actually find a discerable pattern in what leads me to pick them out for car listening.

AAA09/18/2004

Out of curiosity, what would your best-of 2004 list look like?

Or are you saving it for the end of the year?

sleestak09/19/2004

I have so many things on order or that I'm still trying to digest that I'll probably hold off until the end of the year. I'm betting, however, that our lists will have at least five entries in common. :)

marygabucan11/08/2004

Excellent choices for november

sleestak11/08/2004

Thank you! I seem to be carrying over the '80s theme from the previous week. Something about the election must have made me wistful for my Reagan-era childhood. :)

grandpa_chum11/08/2004

a friend of mine gave me ted leo and the pharmacists' hearts of oak as a gift... i had never heard of them, and i still haven't listened to it... figured first time i heard of them aside from my friend who loves em i'd take a listen to it... probably should get around to it.

sleestak11/08/2004

Perusing your list of favorite artists, I'd be interested in hearing your take on Ted Leo. Hearts of Oak is a fantastic album, but it's quite a bit different than the music on your lists.

I'll be seeing Ted and the crew this Sunday in Lawrence, Kansas! He has quite the reputation as a live act, so I'm very excited.

socialretard11/08/2004

Careful Slee, listening to Minor Threat could bring on a case of road rage!

sleestak11/08/2004

Hee, no doubt! I bet you can't guess what happened the day before I decided to listen to them on my commute...