Great songs of the 00s (Part 18)

Allow me to direct your attention to the obscenely talented Christian Kjellvander and his sublime At The Rapids.

After years of playing country rock in Loosegoats and after his great side-project Songs Of Soil (check out their album The Painted Tree Of Ghostwood from 2000 asap) he gave us his sombre 2002 solo debut Songs From A Two Room Chapel. One of my favorite albums of all time.

At The Rapids never fails to give me chills. I get chills just writing about it.

(mp3) Thom Yorke - And it rained all night
Available on The Eraser (2006)

(mp3) Esbjörn Svenssons Trio - When god created the coffeebreak
Available on Strange Place For Snow (2002)

(mp3) Battles - Atlas
Available on Mirrored (2007)

(mp3) Christian Kjellvander - At the rapids
Available on Songs From A Two Room Chapel (2002)

(mp3) Beastie Boys - Hey fuck you
Available on To The 5 Boroughs (2004)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 17)

Okay, in this edition of Great Songs Of The 00s, I specifically recommend the Marit Bergman/Gary Olson duet Sun Goes Down, and of course Ryan Adams' sublime The Rescue Blues.

A song that proves that Adams truly is our generation's Van Morrison. When he's not fucking around trying to be a rock rebel instead of focusing on writing proper songs, that is.

(mp3) Interpol - Evil
Available on Antics (2004)

(mp3) Marit Bergman feat. Gary Olson - Sun goes down
Available on I Think It’s A Rainbow (2006)

(mp3) Ryan Adams - The rescue blues
Available on Gold (2001)

(mp3) El Perro Del Mar - I can't talk about it
Available on Look! It's El Perro Del Mar! (2005)

(mp3) Papercuts - Unavailable
Available on Can't Go Back (2007)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 16)

Gotta love Kelly Clarkson. I don't care if she looks like Monica Lewinsky these days, I'd totally do her.

(mp3) Roots Manuva - Witness (1 hope)
Available on Run Come Save Me (2001)

(mp3) Travis - Side
Available on The Invisible Band (2001)

(mp3) Zwan - El sol
Available on Mary Star Of The Sea (2003)

(mp3) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
Available on Breakaway (2004)

(mp3) Weeping Willows - Into the light
Available on Into The Light (2002)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 15)

This time we have Yttling Jazz featuring Björn Yttling (of Peter Björn And John fame) doing jazz, as the name implies. Excellent, mental jazz.

There's also Pearl Jam's gorgeous Pink Floyd tribute Nothing As It Seems, and The Plan whose brilliance I find hard to put into words. Let's Leave is from their debut album, one which they have yet to top. The two subsequent albums were good, but that selftitled one from 2001 is just fecking brilliant. Get it.

(mp3) Yttling Jazz - Mr. Sophistication at the losers' club
Available on Oh Lord, Why Can't I Keep My Big Mouth Shut (2005)

(mp3) She & Him - Sentimental heart
Available on Volume One (2008)

(mp3) Pearl Jam - Nothing as it seems
Available on Binaural (2000)

(mp3) The Plan - Let's leave
Available on S/t (2001)

(mp3) Billy Bragg & Wilco - Secrets of the sea
Available on Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 14)

Wow, so nobody recognised this screen shot? It was of course taken from the 1993 cult classic Shadow Of The Comet.

Well, if no one got that one you probably won't get the one I'd planned for today. But we'll give it a shot - from what computer game is the image at the top of this post taken? Don't disappoint me.

Go!

(mp3) Nicolas Makelberge - A clean city
Available on Dying In Africa (2006)

(mp3) The Lonely Island - Jizz in my pants
Available on Incredibad (2009)

(mp3) Rome - Das feuerordal
Available on Masse Mensch Material (2008)

(mp3) The Hives - A little more for little you
Available on Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)

(mp3) D12 - Fight music
Available on Devil's Night (2001)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 13)

Chim chiminey! Chim chiminey! Chim chim cher-oo! Who needs Sol Campbell when we've got Shittu?

(mp3) Josh Rouse - Love vibration
Available on 1972 (2003)

(mp3) Andy Lewis & Paul Weller - Are you trying to be lonely?
Non-album single (2007)

(mp3) José González - Hints
Available on Veneer (2003)

(mp3) Kaah - Dom tittar när jag dansar
Available on Beats, Melodier Och Baby Kaah (2001)

(mp3) Kylie Minogue - Love affair
Available on Fever (2001)

The Friday MP3 Shuffle #81

The intention this week was to make a mix entirely consisting of Swedish death metal, but before I knew it Napalm Death, Deathbound and Bolt Thrower had cunningly snuck their way in. There's also the issue of neither Mindfall nor Massgrav being death metal.

But I think it turned out alright anyway.

(zip) MP3 Shuffle #81 (72 mb)

1. Amon Amarth - The fate of Norns (2004)
2. Murder Squad - The return of the rotten (2001)
3. God Among Insects - Severe facial reconstruction (2004)
4. Opeth - Master's apprentices (2002)
5. Bloodbath - Ominous bloodvomit (2000)
6. Torture Division - Total death punishment (2010)
7. Deathbound - Death comes for a visit (2010)
8. Napalm Death - (The public gets) What the public doesn't want (2000)
9. Grave - Soulless (1994)
10. Bolt Thrower - Laid to waste (1998)
11. Mindfall - Tides of flesh (2003)
12. Massgrav - Blåst på konfekten (2003)
13. Grotesque - Blood runs from the altar (1990)
14. Edge of Sanity - Across the fields of forever (1993)

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Great songs of the 00s (Part 12)

The mighty exploration of the 00s continues.

You're welcome.

(mp3) Doktor Kosmos - Haschtomte
Available on Ett Enkelt Svar (2005)

(mp3) Woven Hand - To make a ring
Available on Consider The Birds (2004)

(mp3) Millionaire - Come with you
Available on Outside The Simian Flock (2001)

(mp3) Hard-Fi - Tied up too tight
Available on Stars Of CCTV (2005)

(mp3) Camera Obscura - If looks could kill
Available on Let's Get Out Of This Country (2006)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 11)

And it continues with five more.

The ones by David Sandström and Peter Dolving are awesome and so very recommended. Get them.

(mp3) David Sandström - The sixties
Available on The Dominant Need Of The Needy Soul Is To Be Needed (2004)

(mp3) Foo Fighters - Cold day in the sun
Available on In Your Honour (2005)

(mp3) Peter Dolving - Break or bust
Available on Bad Blood (2003)

(mp3) Arcade Fire - Wake up
Available on Funeral (2004)

(mp3) No Doubt - Hella good
Available on Rock Steady (2002)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 10)

Alrighty, more tracks in celebration of the past decade.

In this installment, I especially recommend Melody Club's Palace Station for its dancability and Steve Von Till's cover of Neil Young's Running Dry for its beingbetterthantheorginaltude.

(mp3) Paul McCartney - From a lover to a friend
Available on Driving Rain (2001)

(mp3) Alison Krauss & Union Station - Crazy faith
Available on New Favorite (2001)

(mp3) Steve Von Till - Running dry (Neil Young cover)
Available on If I Should Fall To The Field (2002)

(mp3) Melody Club - Palace station
Available on Music Machine (2002)

(mp3) Regina Spektor - Somedays
Available on Soviet Kitsch (2004)

Name that game!

Last month I had a little informal competition thingy where the aim was the name the game from which the screenshot was taken. The correct answer was of course LucasArts' godly 1992 classic Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis. simon bose got it right, proving he is a man among men and a force to be reckoned with.

This entertained me a great deal, so I'm doing another one here and now. Take a close look at the image at the post of this post. Now, name that game!

You win absolutely nothing, except honor, glory and the respect of your peers.

Speaking of computer games, here's a piece of music that takes me back. Waaaaay back.

(mp3) Al Lowe - Theme from Leisure Suit Larry (1987)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 9)

(mp3) Eye N' I feat. Bounty Killer - Höger vänster
Available on Radiorevolution (2001)

(mp3) Jarvis Cocker - Cunts are still running the world
Available on Jarvis (2006)

(mp3) Johnny Cash - That lucky old sun (just rolls around heaven all day)
Available on American III: Solitary Man (2000)

(mp3) Yann Tiersen - La valse d'Amelie
Available on Amelie Original Soundtrack (2001)

(mp3) David Gilmour - A pocketful of stones
Available on On An Island (2006)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 8)

More excellent music for you, my darlings.

While all five tracks are great, I strongly recommend the ones by Laleh and Ebba Forsberg. Incredibly beautiful both of 'em.

(mp3) The Roots feat. Peedi Peedi & Bunny Sigler - Long time
Available on Game Theory (2006)

(mp3) Wilco - I am trying to break your heart
Available on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

(mp3) M.I.A. - Bird flu
Available on Kala (2008)

(mp3) Ebba Forsberg - Committed
Available on S/t (2006)

(mp3) Laleh - Hide away
Available on S/t (2005)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 7)

Feel the love, people. Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel it!

(mp3) Röyksopp feat. Karin Dreijer - What else is there?
Available on The Understanding (2005)

(mp3) Vega4 - So long forever
Available on Love Breaks Down (ep, 2002)

(mp3) New Order - Krafty
Available on Waiting For The Sirens' Call (2005)

(mp3) Patty Hurst Shifter - Sadder side
Available on Too Crowded On The Losing Side (2006)

(mp3) Norah Jones - One flight down
Available on Come Away With Me (2002)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 6)

Here you go, peeps. More great shit from that last decade and stuff.

Enjoy 'em. I know you will.

(mp3) Badly Drawn Boy - Disillusion
Available on The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (2000)

(mp3) Jeff Klein - Cobalt hue
Available on The Hustler (2005)

(mp3) Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck - She loves me
Available on Northern Blues (2001)

(mp3) The Pipettes - Pull shapes
Available on We Are The Pipettes (2006)

(mp3) The Concretes - Warm night
Available on S/t (2003)

The Friday MP3 Shuffle #80

I've heard it said many times that three minutes is the perfect length for a song. That a bunch of hooey.

The perfect length is two minutes and twenty seconds, and this mix is full of songs just like that. Well... not really. But it's 15 tracks in 35 minutes.

Do the math, Holmes. Booyah.

(mp3) MP3 Shuffle #80 (45 mb)

1. Big Business - Just as the day was dawning (2007)
2. Torche - Rule the beast (2007)
3. Mastodon - Trampled under hoof (2002)
4. Truckers - R.I.O.T. (2001)
5. Dropkick Murphys - Pipebomb on Landsdown (1999)
6. Rancid - Olympia, WA (1995)
7. Street Dogs - Pull the pin (2005)
8. The Distillers - Beat your heart out (2003)
9. The Hives - Statecontrol (2000)
10. Queens of the Stone Age - Quick and to the pointless (2000)
11. Turbonegro - Rock against ass (1998)
12. Fu Manchu - Nothing done (SSD cover, 1997)
13. Dead Kennedys - Nazi punks fuck off (1982)
14. The Young and the Useless - P.M.H. (1982)
15. The Melvins - Instant Larry (1990)

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Great tracks of the 00s (Part 5)

More great tracks! MOOOOAAARRR!

The 00s - I salute thee.

(mp3) Silverbullit - Kite
Available on Arclight (2004)

(mp3) Radiohead - You and whose army?
Available on Amnesiac (2001)

(mp3) Pauline - Answer
Available on Candy Rain (2003)

(mp3) Scott Walker - Jolson and Jones
Available on The Drift (2006)

(mp3) Fleet Foxes - English house
Available on Sun Giant (ep, 2008)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 4)

I knew the 00s was a great decade in music because, well... because there's never been a bad decade in music.

But the extent of its greatness was something I hadn't fully realised until I started this on-going series last week. I already have another 67 great songs from 67 great albums lined up and I'm sure more are to come.

I have a feeling this feature won't end for quite some time.

(mp3) Kings of Leon - The bucket
Available on Aha Shake Heartbreak (2005)

(mp3) Chingon - Malagueña salarosa
Available on Mexican Spaghetti Western (2004)

(mp3) Kent - Dom andra
Available on Vapen & Ammunition (2002)

(mp3) The Strokes - Trying your luck
Available on Is This It (2001)

(mp3) The Arctic Monkeys - Do me a favour
Available on Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 3)

Wow, I'm starting to enjoy this feature. This is fun.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's selftitled debut from 2001 is a masterpiece, a modern classic. One of the top 5 albums released in the past decade.

Fact.

(mp3) The Tallest Man On Earth - The blizzard's never seen the desert sands
Available on Shallow Grave (2008)

(mp3) The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Dow Jones syndrome
Available on A Present From The Past (compilation, 2005)

(mp3) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - As sure as the sun
Available on B.R.M.C. (2001)

(mp3) Shiina Ringo - Mayakashi yasaotoko
Available on Sanmon Gossip (2009)

(mp3) Frida Snell - Lucky
Available on Black Trillium (2002)

Great songs of the 00s (Part 2)

More great songs of the 00s. I don't know how many parts there will be, but this is the 2nd one.

Part 1 is here.

(mp3) The Legends - Play it for today
Available on Facts And Figures (2006)

(mp3) Andre Williams & The Diplomats Of Solid Soul - I'm not worthy
Available on Aphrodisiac (2006)

(mp3) Basia Bulat - The pilgriming vine
Available on Oh, My Darling (2007)

(mp3) Kris Kristofferson - Chase the feeling
Available on This Old Road (2006)

(mp3) Morphine - Take me with you
Available on The Night (2000)

And darling/This thing that breaks my heart and darling/You break my heart each time

Alternative forms:
dearling

Etymology:
Old English dēorling corresponding to dear + -ling.

Noun:
A person who is dear to one.

Adjective:
Dear; cherished.

(zip) Metal Bastard's Darling Songs (64 mb)

1. Basia Bulat - Oh, my darling (2007)
2. She & Him - Sweet darlin' (2008)
3. The Beatles - Oh! Darling (1969)
4. Daniel Johnston - Favorite darling girl (2001)
5. Little Fish - Darling dear (2010)
6. Sahara Hotnights - Oh darling! (1999)
7. Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki (2003)
8. The Hellacopters - Darling darling (2008)
9. Steve Earle - Darlin' commit me (1975)
10. The Lovin' Spoonful - Darling companion (1967)
11. Wilco - My darling (1999)
12. P.J. Harvey - Darling be here (1995)
13. Munly - My darling sambo (2002)
14. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Raining in Darling (1999)
15. Richard Hawley - Darlin' wait for me (2005)

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Great songs of the 00s (Part 1)

As you may or not know I am currently doing a countdown of my favorite 30 albums of the 00s on my metal blog.

For a moment I thought of doing a similar list here with softer music, but decided against it as I simply couldn't be bothered.

What I figured I'd do instead is just post, in no particular order, some great songs from the last decade.

(mp3) Jung - Inte bra
Available on Den Röda Skivan (2002)

(mp3) Timbuktu - Gott folk
Available on W.D.M.D. (2002)

(mp3) The Knife - Girls' night out
Available on Deep Cuts (2003)

(mp3) Komeda - B.L.O.S.S.O.M.
Available on Kokomemedada (2003)

(mp3) Robyn - Psycho
Available on Don't Stop The Music (2002)

Thee Hipster Slayer

God bless The Grand Spectacular. This is the best song I've heard in ages.

(mp3) The Grand Spectacular - Being a dickhead's cool

Promoe - "Kråksången" (2009)

It's taken me over a year to check this album out and I hate myself for it. This shit rules.

Recognize. It was simple helpfull tender thanks you so much for the sake sharing. I resolution share it with my friends. Thanks.

(mp3) Promoe - Inflation (feat. Afasi)
(mp3) Promoe - Mammas gata (feat. Timbuktu, Supreme & Grega)
(mp3) Promoe - Några nollor efter (feat. Organismen)

Check it, peeps.

The Friday MP3 Shuffle #79

As you surely know by now, I am doing an incredible countdown of my favorite albums of the 00s on my other blog.

I therefor post the Friday mp3 mixes here instead. This week's mix is cunding brilliant. As always.

(zip) MP3 Shuffle #79 (58 mb)

1. American Heritage - It's like fucking a napkin full of toenails (2006)
2. Clutch - Smoke banshee (2001)
3. Breach - Arranged heart (2001)
4. Boris - Pink (2005)
5. Sleep - Inside the sun (1993)
6. Misfits - Death comes ripping (1983)
7. Victims - On our knees (2009)
8. Superjoint Ritual - Creepy crawl (2002)
9. Thåström - Ungefär så här... (2002)
10. The Hidden Hand - Dark horizons (2007)
11. Campfire Killers - Evil amigo (2001)
12. Snail - Mental models (2009)

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Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #45

(mp3) Sonny Rollins - He's younger than you are
Available on Alfie Soundtrack (1966)

(mp3) Timbuktu - Jag drar
Available on W.D.M.D. (2002)

(mp3) Joy Division - Wilderness
Available on Unknown Pleasures (1979)

(mp3) Regina Spektor - Après moi
Available on Begin To Hope (2006)

(mp3) Marvin Gaye - A funky space reincarnation
Available on Here, My Dear (1978)

Silver&Crimson Vol. 35

Han kom som ett yrväder en aprilafton. Johan och Lennart vill gärna att deras gäst Johan Glans ska möta dem på bryggan med ett höganäskrus runt halsen. Referenserna till Strindberg och Hemsöborna är många när de tre sedan går på upptäcksfärd.

(zip) Silver&Crimson Vol. 35 (40 mb)

The Friday MP3 Shuffle #78

I am currently doing my massive, epic, awesome, exciting countdown of the top 30 album of the 00s on my metal blog and I don't want to break up the flow of it, so I'm posting the weekly Friday mp3 mix here instead.

Enjoy.

(zip) MP3 Shuffle #78 (57 mb)

1. Hurra Torpedo - Kollossus of Makedonia (2006)
2. White Zombie - Thunder kiss '65 (1992)
3. Soundgarden - Never named (1996)
4. Corrosion of Conformity - Vote with a bullet (1991)
5. Fu Manchu - Eatin' dust (1999)
6. Brick - Play Allan (1997)
7. Breach - Common day (1999)
8. Crowpath - Picked clean (2005)
9. Municipal Waste - Set to destruct (2005)
10. 2 Ton Predator - Creatures of middle east (2005)
11. Oral - Krysta (1986)
12. Shellac - Cananda (Peel Session, 2004)
13. Cult of Luna - Genesis (2003)

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The wine of the day

You need this wine in your life, seriously. Try this shit, peeps.

The tannins might be a bit overpowering for those with a delicate palate (read: pussies), but for every normal person this is a winner. Goddamn.

(mp3) Leonard Nimoy - Maiden wine
Available on The Touch Of Leonard Nimoy (1969)

(mp3) Cream - Sweet wine
Available on Fresh Cream (1966)

(mp3) Jeff Buckley - Lilac wine
Available on Grace (1994)

(mp3) Mark Lanegan - Morning glory wine
Available on Bubblegum (2004)

(mp3) Tim & Eric - Shrimp and white wine
Available on Awesome Record, Great Songs (2008)