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The Monkees / Me and Magdalena
ANDY: Written for the Monkees recent record by Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie). 2016 has been a year for music that comforts. Something about hearing these familiar, older voices was really nice this year.
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The Monkees assembled to be the stars of an American television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. The original lineup was: Micky Dolenz (drums, vocals), Michael Nesmith (guitar, vocals), Davy Jones (percussion, vocals) and Peter Tork (bass, keyboards, vocals) . The Monkees were formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California and initially disbanded in 1970 at the conclusion of their recording contract. At their peak they were competing with The Beatles for the top spot on album charts. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Carla Dal Forno / You Know What It's Like
ANDY: Discovered via The Quietus' "Best Of" list which is always one of the most interesting lists each year.
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Carla dal Forno is an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. After a short period in Berlin, she is currently based in London. She is a member of the groups F ingers and Tarcar, and formerly cult Melbourne outfit Mole House. Her acclaimed debut album You Know What It's Like (2016) and follow up EP The Garden (2017) – both released on Blackest Ever Black – have established her as a singular new talent who navigates the inbetween zones of post-punk, industrial, narcotic dub and dream pop. Read more on Last.fm more...
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A Tribe Called Quest / We The People...
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A Tribe Called Quest is a hip-hop group formed in Queens, New York City in 1985. The group was composed of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, Jarobi White, was an intermittent collaborator appearing on their first album, but he left the group soon after, although he is mentioned as a 'sometimes' member on their third album liner notes. Along with De La Soul and Jungle Brothers, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse Read more on Last.fm more...
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The White Stripes / City Lights
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The White Stripes were an alternative rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. They disbanded in 2011. The group consisted of songwriter Jack White (vocals, piano/keyboards, guitar) and Meg White (drums, vocals). After releasing several singles and three albums within the Detroit independent music underground, The White Stripes rose to prominence in 2002, as part of the garage rock revival scene. Their successful albums White Read more on Last.fm more...
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Beyoncé (feat. The Dixie Chicks) / Daddy Lessons
KRISTIN: I'm pro stricter gun laws, but I would get behind arming Beyonce and the Dixie Chicks. On my Marching Songs mix for Jan. 21st.
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Bahamas / All The Time
KRISTIN: According to Marlowe, "Oh, this is the song my brother sang when he was a little baby." I'll go with that.
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Bahamas is Canadian musician Afie Jurvanen (born April 28, 1981, in Toronto). Jurvanen isn’t from the Bahamas; he’s a Finnish-Canadian raised in Barrie (a working class town in rural Ontario). Since 2009 he’s been making music under the name Bahamas--writing songs about sunsets, love affairs, and making out with crooked smiles. Through simple arrangements, he charts an escape route from the snow belt to the coral reefs. His album, Barchords, was released in 2012 to critical praise: Read more on Last.fm more...
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Pinegrove / Old Friends
NOAH: I almost put this song on my last mix, but at the time it felt too "emo" to me. I've since reconsidered and learned to love it. I love the transition from the first to second verse. The lazy drums that come in just a bit behind the vocals at 1:06. Worth watching the Tiny Desk Concert below if you like it at all. A good reminder to get out of your own head sometimes: "I should call my parents when I think of them / I should tell my friends when I love them."
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Pinegrove are an indie rock band from Montclair, New Jersey The band formed in early 2010. They released their debut album in 2012. As of 2020 Pinegrove have released four full-length albums. http://pinegrove.bandcamp.com/ Read more on Last.fm more...
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Lucius / Dusty Trails
NOAH: Lucius made an appearance on Burnmix 45 (Kristin / February 2014), and their vocals definitely caught my ear then. Their new record is really great and their harmonies just put me under a spell. Just out of control. They also did a turn on the show Roadies that I've mentioned before, performing this song acoustic in the back of the bus. I can't find that online so I'm embedding a live version they did from an NPR concert. If it doesn't start on this song, go to 27:30.
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Lucius is a five piece indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York formed in 2011. The band consists of Jess Wolfe (lead vocals and synth), Holly Laessig (lead vocals and keys), Dan Molad (drums and vocals), Peter Lalish (guitar and vocals) and Andrew Burri (guitar, drums, vocals) "Luscious, luminous, lilting lullabies" is how the New York Times describes songs by Lucius, a five-piece band from Brooklyn, NY. At the center of Lucius are the "alluring and magnetic" (Seventeen) singers-in-unison, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Frank Ocean / Pink + White
BRYN
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Frank Ocean (born October 28, 1987) is an American singer/songwriter and member of the gleefully-hedonistic hip-hop collective OFWGKTA. He was born Christopher Edwin Cooksey (later legally changed to Breaux) in Long Beach, California, and moved to New Orleans with his family as a young child. He has helped pen tracks for Justin Bieber, John Legend, Brandy, and Beyoncé. In 2011, Ocean released his debut mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra, for free via his Tumblr. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Solange / Weary
BRYN
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Solange Piaget Knowles (born June 24, 1986), who performs under the mononym Solange, is an American recording artist, songwriter, actress, model and dancer. She is the younger sister of R&B singer and actress Beyoncé Knowles and was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Showing an interest in music recording at an early age, she eventually broke into the music scene at 16. She has released four studio albums: Solo Star in 2003, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Rayland Baxter / Mr. Rodriguez
JOHN: Heard this for the first time on Christmas Day on a Google channel that Noah had dialed in as we were preparing dinner. I Shazamed it and haven’t been able to stop listening to it. I love that it’s mixed so you can actually hear the lyrics - and also love that it has a classic verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/verse/chorus structure. I understand he is from Nashville. Maybe Andy knows him. Maybe he’s a friend of Bonnie’s. Regardless, I love this tune. It is, however, from 2015. I will be on the lookout for a live show in the area - that is for sure.
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Rayland Baxter (stylized as rayLand Baxter) is an American alternative country musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He is currently signed to ATO Records. Baxter is the son of musician Bucky Baxter. It’s hard to pinpoint the moment that songs are born, the day casual hummers become singers or scribblers become songwriters. Rayland Baxter certainly can’t, and he wouldn’t want to. Though he grew up in Nashville to the sounds of his father’s pedal steel, he didn’t dream of being a rock star. Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Revivalists / Wish I Knew You
JOHN: Mary turned me onto this song while visiting Charlottesville. Love the feel of this - almost has a sort of Motown vibe at times - and I dig the jangly guitar part. It will give me away, but I don’t care. These guys, from New Orleans, must also be great live. I’ll be on the lookout for them playing locally as well. This tune is also from 2015. Downloaded a boatload of 2016 songs recently and many will be on my next mix. But this and Rayland rose to the top of the heap to my old ears.
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The Revivalists is an American rock band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2007. The 7-piece band consists of Ed Williams (pedal steel guitar, guitar), David Shaw (lead vocals), Zack Feinberg (guitar), Rob Ingraham (saxophone), George Gekas (bass guitar), Andrew Campanelli (drums, percussion), and Michael Girardot (keyboards, trumpet). The group's sound has been described as "a Crescent City-rhythm spin on jam-band jubilee." Since forming in 2007 Read more on Last.fm more...
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Kishi Bashi / Honeybody
JOE: A playful closer from one of the most dramatic and intricate albums of the year. Although the rest of Sonderlust is true to its name, I love the simplicity of Honeybody - especially the touched up staccato strings. It was also one of two tracks I was able to get onto my kids’ playlist. A breathe of fresh air after the Kidz Bop’s version of the Bieber’s Sorry.
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Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi (born November 4, 1975). He is a founding member of the New York synth rock outfit Jupiter One, as well as a touring member of Georgia based indie rock group of Montreal and has also toured with Regina Spektor, predominantly as a violinist. Kishi Bashi is Kaoru Ishibashi's self-recorded and self-produced project started in 2011 with his first EP; Room For Dream, released in May 2011 http://kishibashi.bandcamp.com/ Read more on Last.fm more...
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Electric Guest / Dear To Me
JOE: Can’t stop listening to this right now. Erasure worthy on all levels. Haim ladies on back up vocals.
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Electric Guest is a Los Angeles-based band comprising Asa Taccone, Matthew Compton, and the brothers Todd and Tory Dahlhoff. Until 2011, Electric Guest was a duo with original members Taccone and Compton, before the Dahlhoffs joined to make it a four-member band. Having worked with Danger Mouse as a producer, they were featured on MTV's list of Artists to Watch in 2012. On April 24, 2012, the band released their debut album, Mondo. The band has released two music videos Read more on Last.fm more...
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Drive-By Truckers / What It Means
SAUNDERS: A powerful message about questioning the social status quo. Our inclination to segregate ourselves from people different than us, unconsciously or knowingly, makes us completely out of touch with others' plight. It's not enough to be "progressive" or read the news and complain.
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Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country band which formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1996. Currently, the band consists of Patterson Hood (vocals, guitar), Mike Cooley (vocals, guitar), David Barbe (bass), John Neff (guitar), Jay Gonzalez (keyboards) and Brad Morgan (drums). Cooley and Hood are the only original members of the band remaining. Among the band's former members are Jason Isbell (vocals, guitar) who left the band in 2007, and Shonna Tucker (bass, vocals) who left the band in 2011. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Miranda Lambert / Vice
SAUNDERS: Aside from a great melody, the guitar and the edginess of Miranda's voice make this song a welcome surprise from a musician I underestimated.
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Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983 in Lindale, Texas) is a country singer-songwriter who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of USA Network's talent competition Nashville Star. Both of her parents are private investigators, but father Rick is also a country guitarist and songwriter. Lambert became seriously interested in country music after attending a Garth Brooks concert as a young girl, and soon began singing in talent contests under the tutelage of her father. Read more on Last.fm more...
2016 Best of the Rest
80 / January 2017 / BurnMix
- City LightsThe White Stripes
- We The People...A Tribe Called Quest
- Daddy LessonsBeyoncé (feat. The Dixie Chicks)
- Me and MagdalenaThe Monkees
- Dusty TrailsLucius
- Wish I Knew YouThe Revivalists
- HoneybodyKishi Bashi
- ViceMiranda Lambert
- What It MeansDrive-By Truckers
- Old FriendsPinegrove
- WearySolange
- Mr. RodriguezRayland Baxter
- You Know What It's LikeCarla Dal Forno
- Dear To MeElectric Guest
- All The TimeBahamas
- Pink + WhiteFrank Ocean
