Friday May 2
The Flaming Lips – “Free Radicals”
Ryan Adams – “Halloweenhead”
Yeah, I’ve been alone on the highway late at night and proudly butchered this song at the top of my lungs. What of it? Mindless idiot-rock from Ryan Adams, of all people. Still, he managed to turn this into a piano ballad when I saw him at Cain’s a few months ago. Unreal.
Hey Mercedes – “Eleven to Your Seven”
The Feds – “Angels & Devils”
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – “Magnolia Mountain”
Low – “Closer”
Jesse Malin – “High Lonesome”
Islands – “Jogging Gorgeous Summer”
Elbow – “Fugitive Motel”
Mute Math – “You Are Mine”
Watched a couple Mute Match videos on YouTube before a party this weekend (a party at which I am rumored to have set myself on fire, even if I dispute it). Somehow, I think I managed to see Mute Math play a less-than-stellar show at Cain’s a few months back. This isn’t to say I wasn’t floored at that Cain’s show – it was easily one of the most extraordinary and original things I’ve ever seen. That rhythm section is alien, I swear. I only say less-than-stellar now, after seeing the madness that ensues at other shows. This band might just take over the world with its next record, or it might just fade away. Either way, at least I got to see it.
Stars – “The First Five Times”
Guster – “Two Points for Honesty”
RAWK SAWNG OF THE DAY: Injected – “Burn it Black”
Tom Waits – “Blue Skies”
June 23 – Dallas at Palladium
June 25 – Tulsa at Brady Theatre
The Who – “My Generation”
Ben Folds Five – “Your Redneck Past”
Breakdown: 16 songs, two places
I’ll be working out of the paper’s Capitol Bureau from now until next Friday. This means little-to-no time for tuneage at work. Instead, I’ll be listening to the music of conference committee reports, filibusters, partisan pandering and engrossed bills. May God help us all.
Short playlists ahead, but big news music news for yours truly will make up for it. Stay tuneage-d.
Tags: Ben Folds, Cain's Ballroom, Elbow, Guster, Hey Mercedes, Injected, Islands, Jesse Malin, Low, Mute Math, Ryan Adams, Stars, The Feds, The Flaming Lips, The Who, Tom Waits
