Shooflypie

It's been three weeks since the last one...huh. Well, let's get right to today's ten... 1. Tug on the Line/The Extra Lens (9) - last played on 1/10/16 2. Waterfall/Ex Hex (24) - last played on 4/19/17 3. See You/Dinosaur Jr. (17) - last played on 8/4/16 4. January Hymn/The Decemberists (16) - last played on 1/19/15 5. All Of My Days And All Of My Days Off/A.C. Newman (6) - last played on 8/19/14 6. Demon Days/Robert Forster (9) - last played on 11/29/15 7. Lost Boys/Two Hours Traffic (4) - last played on 2/8/15 8. Get Your Head Around It/Headlights (4) - last played on 8/5/12 9. Fakey Fake/Earlimart (11) - last played on 3/1/15 10. Modern Diet/The Redwalls (7) - last played on 4/10/15

I hope everyone remembered to move their clocks ahead last night (and checked out my second Saturday Song post!). I thought I would get into the spirit of springing forward with today's shuffle, so I'm going to post the second 10 songs that come up...springing past the normal "today's ten." Why not? 11. Punch of Love/Jay Gonzalez (12) - last played on 9/27/15 12. The Government Darling/Spoon (9) - last played on 2/18/16 13. Love To A Monster/Okkervil River (13) - last played on 12/13/15 14. I Should Have Known/Foo Fighters (34) - last played on 2/19/16 15. Miss Teen Wordpower/The New Pornographers (3) - last played on 6/14/15 16. In Line/Sharon Van Etten (8) - last played on 9/1/13 17. Said The People/Dinosaur Jr. (16) - last played on 2/12/16 18. Mansions of Los Feliz/Eels (6) - last played on 1/10/16 19. Drop Me Off/Pela (5) - last played on 8/26/12 20. Just Because/Earlimart (10) - last played on 2/28/16

Here is this month's rundown of the music I've listened to most often... Earlimart/Mentor Tormentor - I listened to this album a lot when it came out in 2007 but since I had to reconstruct my iTunes 3 years ago, I've pretty much just heard it when songs would pop up in shuffle. Not sure what led me back to it now but the soaring melodies and sharp guitar and pretty piano work all add up to a collection of songs that gets stuck in your head. Sometimes that's all you need. Jay Gonzalez/Mess of Happiness - Jay plays the keys in Drive-By Truckers but this album does not sound like that band at all. Instead, it is a prime chunk of power pop. I was turned on to the record by the track "Turning Me On," which is about thanking someone for turning them on to a song - yes, I realize it's a bit meta but it's the truth. I love how the song opens out after the lyrics come to a close, how it packs different moods into 2:43; the video is also fun. I also love ...