Songs of the Future: 8/30/08

1. Truckasaurus -- Super Copter
They are in the Nintendo theme music genre and this sounds like the theme from Little Nemo: The Dream Master.

2. Alan Cohen Experience -- Space Watch
Is being called a male Kimya Dawson a compliment? I think so. This is sort of like a well-produced Moldy Peaches song.

3. He Say She Say -- Crash Dummies
Heavy synth, Peaches-influenced dance music.

4a. Tilly and the Wall -- Alligator Skin
4b. Tilly and the Wall -- Pot Kettle Black
4c. Tilly and the Wall -- Cacophony
You had me at tap dance drummer....and "Pot Kettle Black" is not a Wilco cover.

5. Anthony Rochester -- Mathematics
Kings of Convenience + Isaac Newton = Anthony Rochester

6. Birdmonster -- Born to Be Your Man
From the new album From the Mountain to the Sea that sounds like it will be just great. Get on the band wagon now before they blow up.

Bonus Video:

Birdmonster -- The Iditarod

Goodbye

Overall, I think I am taking the news that Brett Favre is retiring a lot better than I took our NFC championship loss to the Giants. I am excited to see what an entire season of an Aaron Rodgers-led Packers team would look like and although I am excited, it is a good thing for Mike McCarthy that he got his contract extension this year rather than next because it might not be so pretty next year.

Supertramp -- Goodbye Stranger
From the Magnolia soundtrack.

The Moldy Peaches -- Goodbye Song
From their self-titled debut.

Peter Bjorn and John -- Goodbye, Again Or
From the Falling Out album.

Engineers -- How Do You Say Goodbye?
From their first full-lenght album Engineers.

Darnells -- Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much In Love to Say Goodbye
From a collection of Phil Spector produced songs called Phil's Spectre: A Wall of Soundalikes.

Busy

These next couple weeks will be a busy one for me with papers, presentations, and reading so posting will be cut back on my part...until things return to normal enjoy these selections...

Dan Wilson -- Breathless
Dan was the singer from the great Minnesota band Semisonic and he just released his first solo album Free Life.

Neil Young -- From Hank to Hendrix (from MTV Unplugged)
From Neil's MTV Unplugged concert it can originally be found on the Harvest Moon album.

Orba Squara -- Perfect Timing This Morning (iPhone theme)
Here that semi-annoying theme song to those iPhone commercials...with lyrics...

Rollins Band -- Liar
A forgoten 1990's classic...from the Weight album.

Shout Out Louds -- Streams of Whiskey
This is a b-side on the Tonight I Have To Leave It EP...the Swedes do their best Irish impersonation.

The Moldy Peaches -- Lucky Number Nine
The Moldy Peaches debut was my favorite album of 2001...next to The Strokes' debut.

The Turtles -- Me About You
This is my favorite Turtles' song that never became a hit...it can be found on pretty much any Turtles collection or Happy Together.

Vince Guaraldi -- Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal Version)
Christmas break can't get here fast enough...this can be found on a Charlie Brown Christmas.

Stephen Colbert

Everyone's favorite Republican Stephen Colbert is running for President...but only in South Carolina...and he plans to run as both a Democrat and a Republican...confused yet?

Adam Green -- Carolina

Will Adam's group The Moldy Peaches ever return? I'm betting no...but until then get his "solo" records here.