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I don't know if it's the weather, nostalgia, or something else, but I woke up feeling like I wanted to do a Sunday Shuffle today. I barely open up iTunes anymore and haven't downloaded new music into it in a long time...which also means I haven't listened to a lot of the music I have stored there in a while. So, this is simultaneously old and new in a way and that feels interesting to me this morning. Let's get to today's ten... 1. Pulling On A Line/Great Lake Swimmers (6) - last played on 11/8/15 2. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Of/U2 (7) - last played on 5/19/13 3. Us/Spoon (4) - last played on 11/24/17 4. Meat Is Murder/Shout Out Louds (6) - last played on 12/11/16 5. Different Days/Jason Isbell (11) - last played on 6/1/17 6. Another Way I Could Do It/Sloan (34) - last played on 6/22/18 7. Wizard Buys A Hat/The Mountain Goats (8) - last played on 2/12/17 8. Decks Dark/Radiohead (8) - last played on 7/10/18 9. Luisa/Jay Gonzalez (13) - last ...

I've got about 25 pages left of the book I'm reading and I don't have any album in particular I want to listen to right now, so I thought I would hit shuffle on iTunes. And if I'm shuffling through iTunes, I might as well do a Sunday Shuffle installment. So, here are today's ten... 1. Goldtone/Kurt Vile (8) - last played on 11/11/17 2. Eastern Terminal/Superchunk (18) - last played on 2/13/18 3. Jealous Girl/Ben Kweller (31) - last played on 8/31/17 4. Changes (Live)/Sugar (2) - last played on 5/1/16 5. Kaputt/Destroyer (9) - last played on 8/28/14 6. Cemetery Guns/Fountains of Wayne (21) - last played on 10/29/17 7. Why Won't They Talk to Me?/Tame Impala (5) - last played on 10/26/14 8. I Want You/Kings of Leon (5) - last played on 10/19/14 9. Battery Kinzie/Fleet Foxes (17) - last played on 11/19/17 10. Full Of Stars/Portastatic (4) - last played on 1/29/17

The last time I had a Sloan-centric edition of the Shuffle was back in November 2016, right before I saw them in concert for the first time. They have a new album coming out on April 6, so it's time to start listening to their music in preparation and this is the perfect kickoff to that. This will be their 12th album (appropriately titled 12 ); I have albums #2-11 (plus 1 EP and a couple new songs from their best-of...I will skip the Christmas singles if they pop up) loaded into my iTunes, so today's shuffle will go as long as it takes to get each album represented. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go see them again when they come to Chicago in June...if anyone wants to go, let me know! Let's get to today's yet-to-be-determined number of songs... 1. A Side Wins (25) - from One Chord To Another 2. She's Slowin' Down Again (30) - from The Double Cross 3. Shame Shame (20) - from Twice Removed 4. I Was Wrong (21) - from Action Pact 5. The Good In Everyon...

I wasn't planning on doing this today. It's been almost 3 months since I last did a shuffle and I haven't really missed it. I last did a Superchunk-only version back in July, not long after I was on the Rockin' the Suburbs podcast talking about the band. In that post, I mentioned how I hope there would be an announcement of a new album soon. Well, their most recent album, What a Time to Be Alive , just came out on Friday. Naturally, I gorged on their music in anticipation and I've already played the new one a couple times. Furthermore, I had some gift cards from Christmas still hanging around and I have the new album in my iTunes (and a physical copy along the way), as well as new digital copies of their self-titled debut from 1990 (the last of their studio albums I didn't have) and their 2003 compilation Cup of Sand . So, it seems like a perfect time for Sunday Superchunk #4 to celebrate new and new-to-my-computer music of theirs...and you know what? I think t...

I'm ready to put this feature on hiatus for a while, but I didn't want to end on #474 for now, which means I'm bringing back the "double issue" for today. The previous one was on Dec. 18 of last year. Normally, I do 20 songs on these editions, but since it's going away for a while, let's bump it to 25 today. Why not? 1. Price Tag/Sleater-Kinney (17) - last played on 3/24/17 2. The Indie Queens Are Waiting/Dan Mangan (5) - last played on 5/26/15 3. Ain't That Enough/Teenage Fanclub (31) - last played on 7/30/17 4. Dead Smile/Matthew Sweet (6) - last played on 9/10/17 5. Don't Need You/Alejandro Escovedo (4) - last played on 6/30/13 6. Jackson Cage (live)/Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (2) - last played on 1/25/16 7. Beast/Ex Hex (20) - last played on 8/3/17 8. Be Good/Tokyo Police Club (8) - last played on 11/3/16 9. Accidental Life/Teenage Fanclub (15) - last played on 11/24/17 10. The Good That Won't Come Out/Rilo Kiley (...

I am very much looking forward to a 2-day work week and to Thanksgiving with the family. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday. Let's get to today's ten... 1. Old To Begin/Pavement (13) - last played on 1/17/16 2. Brain Gallop/Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks (14) - last played on 10/23/15 3. Girls Like Status/The Hold Steady (6) - last played on 3/12/17 4. Everything Is Free/Gillian Welch (5) - last played on 3/25/12 5. The Heartbreak Rides/A.C. Newman (8) - last played on 6/5/16 6. Say Goodnight/Dean & Britta (7) - last played on 10/23/16 7. Debbie Downer/Courtney Barnett (18) - last played on 10/21/16 8. Coughing Up Blood/Marah (8) - last played on 4/10/15 9. He Doesn't Know Why/Fleet Foxes (8) - last played on 8/28/16 10. Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood/St. Vincent (11) - last played on 7/31/16

Don't have much to ramble on about today, so let's get right to today's ten... 1. Ret Liv Dead/Teenage Fanclub (14) - last played on 10/16/16 2. Tee Pees 1-12/Father John Misty (14) - last played on 4/5/15 3. Nighthawks/Two Hours Traffic (10) - last played on 7/25/17 4. My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist/The Decemeberists (14) - last played on 2/12/16 5. Auctioneer/The Broken West (12) - last played on 4/1/17 6. Fish/Wye Oak (18) - last played on 9/13/15 7. Coming To/Apex Manor (19) - last played on 1/29/17 8. Lisa (Esopus Magazine 2005)/The Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers (4) - last played on 12/4/11 9. Plumb Line/Archers of Loaf (10) - last played on 12/3/11 10. Pick Me Up/Dinosaur Jr. (13) - last played on 6/24/17 Bonus 11. Penny and Jack/The Essex Green (13) - last played on 11/5/17 Bonus Bonus * "Lisa" isn't on Spotify, but it's a great song and I wanted you to be able to listen, so click here !

I wasn't sure if I was going to do an edition of the Shuffle today, in part because I left off last night halfway through The Breeders' Pod . I'm in a music group on Facebook and that album has been posted a few times lately...and since I'd never heard it, I figured it was past time. Unsurprisingly, I thought it was really good and will be listening to it more in the near future. Speaking of the near future, I hope to get a new Heavy Rotation done relatively soon. This afternoon we are going to see Thor:Ragnarok and I can't wait. It looked great from the first trailer and everything I've heard since has supported that fact. Maybe I'll get a review up at some point too. For now, though, I've rambled enough. Let's get to today's ten... 1. Whenever We Finish/Two Hours Traffic (6) - last played on 7/25/17 2. Get Out of Cities/Blur (3) - last played on 2/10/17 3. Brand New Start/Little Joy (8) - last played on 4/28/13 4. Half Right/Elliott S...

Hard to believe we're already at the end of October. The World Series is in full swing (pivotal Game 5 tonight!), the new batch of Stranger Things is here (I'm still trying to finish Daredevil Season 2), and Thor:Ragnarok comes out next weekend (looks like a ton of fun, doesn't it?). I'm behind on almost everything as usual (except for a few TV shows, like  The Good Place and The Flash ), but I'll never stop trying to catch up (2 years behind on The Great Albums podcast and 1 year behind on Spontaneanation). Let's get to today's ten (like we do almost every time)... 1. Tell Me What You See/The Beatles (5) - last played on 12/14/14 2. Black Hole/The Rosebuds (8) - last played on 2/21/16 3. Cemetery Guns/Fountains of Wayne (20) - last played on 10/20/16 4. Game Of Love/The Redwalls (4) - last played on 11/13/16 5. Long As I Can See the Light/Creedence Clearwater Revival (5) - last played on 2/28/16 6. Screwdriver/The White Stripes (12) - last play...

It's the middle of October and the middle of a 3-day weekend. I was trying to think of a way to have today's shuffle be the middle of the songs somehow, but decided it was more work than I wanted to do. So instead, let's just get to today's ten... 1. Saint John/Cold War Kids (3) - last played on 6/19/11 2. Last Night In Town/The Twilight Singers (10) - last played on 2/12/17 3. Cobra Tattoo/The Mountain Goats (4) - last played on 2/21/16 4. Stick Together/Eels (17) - last played on 8/20/17 5. They Killed John Henry/Justin Townes Earle (3) - last played on 1/27/13 6. The Ambassador/The Hold Steady (8) - last played on 9/24/17 7. Ghosts of Syllables/Admiral Radley (8) - last played on 8/7/16 8. Feud/Band Of Horses (16) - last played on 6/9/16 9. Flowing/Teenage Fanclub (16) - last played on 10/1/17 10. Two Of Us/The Beatles (4) - last played on 5/12/13

I have a busy day ahead, so I'm just going to get right to today's ten... 1. AT&T/Pavement (14) - last played on 7/24/16 2. Streetlights/Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (11) - last played on 3/15/17 3. The Government Darling/Spoon (12) - last played on 3/11/17 4. See My Way/Nude Beach (27) - last played on 9/27/17 5. Beach Baby/Bon Iver (4) - last played on 3/13/15 6. Radio/Teenage Fanclub (10) - last played on 10/15/16 7. With Or Without You/U2 (9) - last played on 12/18/16 8. Keep On Running/The Smithereens (11) - last played on 11/2/14 9. St. Apollonia/Beirut (5) - last played on 2/21/16 10. Got To Get You Into My Life/The Beatles (11) - last played on 1/29/17

It's hard to believe we're already the last Sunday in September, especially with how hot it has been around here for the last week plus. I have units planned deep into October, though, so it shouldn't be that hard for me to fathom. I think the rhythm of school from the teaching side is messing with me a bit. That's fine. Anyway, I hope you have had a good couple weeks since the last time I posted. Let's get to today's ten... 1. Sick File/Archers of Loaf (9) - last played on 12/9/12 2. Never Run Away/Kurt Vile (5) - last played on 7/23/15 3. Liquid In, Liquid Out/The Thermals (13) - last played on 6/18/17 4. Tell Me/Le Switch (6) - last played on 5/1/16 5. Living with the Masses/Sloan (23) - last played on 11/17/16 6. Gonna Break Into Your Heart/Earlimart (8) - last played on 4/15/13 7. Angela/Oakley Hall (4) - last played on 10/17/10 8. Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)/Squeeze (5) - last played on 7/10/16 9. Too Many Demons/I Love Math (6) - last pla...

I almost did a Sunday Sweet today, because it was a year ago today that Matthew Sweet played the Popcorn Fest. However, I don't have his great new album, Tomorrow Forever , digitally, so it seems silly to do one. Maybe when I get my own copy. So, today is just a normal episode of the Sunday Shuffle and it's time to get to today's ten... 1. Moves/The New Pornographers (20) - last played on 11/15/15 2. Blue/First Aid Kit (9) - last played on 3/14/15 3. Remember Last Time/Avi Buffalo (12) - last played on 1/31/16 4. The Curse/Josh Ritter (17) - last played on 2/5/17 5. New Light/Great Lake Swimmers (7) - last played on 2/24/13 6. Grave Architecture/Pavement (12) - last played on 6/13/15 7. I Like To Keep Myself In Pain/Kelly Hogan (17) - last played on 3/24/17 8. G N D N/Admiral Radley (9) - last played on 6/28/15 9. Time Spent in Los Angeles/Dawes (13) - last played on 5/1/16 10. The Darkest Part of the Night/Teenage Fanclub (1) - iTunes debut

I almost did a Sunday Sorrow today, because the new album from The National is out on Friday. I can't wait to hear Sleep Well Beast and I'm sure I'll be gorging on their music this week. The reason I decided to go with a regular episode was that I didn't want to post an entry titled Sunday Sorrow on this beautiful Sunday, especially since it's a three-day weekend. I hope you are enjoying your weekend and that your weather is as nice as we have here in NW Indiana. Let's get to today's ten... 1. The Descent/Bob Mould (46) - last played on 9/2/17 2. Saturday Nite/Blitzen Trapper (5) - last played on 3/5/15 3. I'm Gonna Getcha/Eli "Paperboy" Reed And The True Loves (5) - last played on 12/14/14 4. The Victory Choir/American Music Club (5) - last played on 12/27/15 5. Unhinged/The Drams (5) - last played on 10/4/15 6. Same Old Drag/Apples In Stereo (7) - last played on 2/22/15 7. The Love You Love/The Walkmen (19) - last played on 2/1/15 ...

Let's jump right to today's ten... 1. Furr/Blitzen Trapper (10) - last played on 2/28/16 2. Blue and Gold Print/Mates Of State (8) - last played on 5/29/16 3. Country Sad Ballad Man (Live Acoustic Version)/Blur (3) - last played on 4/13/15 4. Our Love Will Still Be There/Dean & Britta (6) - last played on 5/8/16 5. Most Messed Up/Old 97s (31) - last played on 8/9/17 6. Soon After Midnight/Bob Dylan (5) - last played on 7/1/15 7. Longform/The Dodos (3) - last played on 7/14/13 8. In the Eyes of My Friends (Live)/Sugar (3) - last played on 3/1/15 9. Bright Idea/Julie Ocean (4) - last played on 11/1/14 10. 3000 Flowers/Destroyer (10) - last played on 3/26/17

I almost did an edition of Sunday Surf this morning, because yesterday was frontman Matthew Caws' birthday. However, I figured 4 artist-centered Shuffles was enough for the time being. So, let's go classic this morning and get right to today's ten... 1. Cruel Summer/Superchunk (43) - last played on 7/23/17 2. Get Out the State/Spoon (12) - last played on 3/11/17 3. High And Lonesome/Eels (7) - last played on 3/3/13 4. Autoclave/The Mountain Goats (2) - last played on 4/12/15 5. The Party Line/Apex Manor (17) - last played on 5/1/16 6. I Can See Your Future/Belle & Sebastian (20) - last played on 2/21/16 7. What I Mean to You/Justin Townes Earle (9) - last played on 12/11/16 8. Rampage/Blair (9) - last played on 2/7/16 9. No Lucifer/British Sea Power (5) - last played on 9/27/15 10. A Side Wins/Sloan (22) - last played on 5/28/17

I wasn't sure what artist with which I would close out this July run of Sunday Shuffles, even as of Friday. Yesterday, however, I discovered that Teenage Fanclub's Songs From Northern Britain turned 20. I think 1997 was a great year for music (and have been thinking about a series of posts on that fact) and that album in particular is one of my favorites, which made a Fannies shuffle a no-brainer. I've had Here on CD for a while now, but my drive hasn't wanted to let me rip discs for a while; luckily, Amazon has the mp3 version on sale for $5.99, so I double-dipped. I do love it and have listened to it a ton, but this explains the non-existent iTunes playcounts for its songs. Surprisingly, my last Sunday Scots was 13 months ago, so I am ready to gorge on their music and I hope you are too... 1. Satan (14) - from Bandwagonesque 2. It's A Bad World (33) - from Songs From Northern Britain 3. Don't Hide (14) - from Man-Made 4. Slow Fade (15) - from Man-Made ...

I probably should have done this Superchunk shuffle last week, since that's when my call about the band made it on an episode of Rockin' the Suburbs, but it doesn't really matter. I last did one of these on July 19, 2015, so it's definitely time for another. Superchunk is one of my favorite bands and I've had three of their albums in my running playlist for a while (plus the two songs I talked about on the podcast). I hope we get an announcement of a new album very soon. Anyway, let's get to today's ten... 1. From The Curve (27) - from On the Mouth 2. You Can Always Count On Me (In The Worst Way) (25) - from Come Pick Me Up 3. Breaking Down (39) - from I Hate Music 4. Winter Games (31) - from Majesty Shredding 5. Smarter Hearts (19) - from Come Pick Me Up 6. Watery Hands (27) - from Indoor Living 7. Without Blinking (21) - from Foolish 8. Martinis On The Roof (20) - from Indoor Living 9. Act Surprised (16) - from Here's To Shutting Up 10. Slow...

I decided that I would do artist-dedicated Sunday Shuffles for the rest of the month, because why not. I picked The Hold Steady this week after a brief conversation with a friend about Boys and Girls in America , which was covered on an episode of The Great Albums podcast. Plus, nothing like some rock and roll in the summertime, right? 1. Big Cig (6) - from Teeth Dreams 2. The Weekenders (18) - from Heaven Is Whenever 3. Cattle & The Creeping Things (15) - from Separation Sunday 4. Certain Songs (9) - from Almost Killed Me 5. Same Kooks (13) - from Boys and Girls in America 6. Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night (11) - from Separation Sunday 7. The Ambassador (6) - from Teeth Dreams 8. The Only Thing (6) - from Teeth Dreams 9. The Smidge (16) - from Heaven Is Whenever 10. On With The Business (8) - from Teeth Dreams

The last Sunday Spoon was only back in February, right before the new album came out, so why am I doing another one already? Well, this weekend saw the 10 anniversary of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga , which might be my favorite Spoon album, so I thought it would be good to celebrate the band today. In addition, I bought/downloaded the aforementioned new album, Hot Thoughts , last night so that I could have all of their music available today. I really like Hot Thoughts , but had only been listening via Spotify. All of that means Spoon gets their 4th edition of the Shuffle, which is the most by any artist. Before we get to today's ten, I want to quickly mention we are going to see Spider-Man: Homecoming this morning. Can't wait! 1. Hot Thoughts (2) - from Hot Thoughts 2. Who Makes Your Money (25) - from Transference 3. Staring at the Board (19) - from A Series of Sneaks 4. Cvantez (9) - from Telephono 5. Do I Have To Talk You Into It (2) - from Hot Thoughts 6. I Didn't Come Here t...