Make-Up Post

I'm quite proud of The Withholders' wee little soft rock show.

But I don't just love soft rock...

So here's a mini-mix of songs I've been enjoying lately.

1. Chicago- Sufjan Stevens (Illinoise)
2. The Art Teacher - Rufus Wainwright (Alright, Already - Live In Montreal)
3. The Sporting Life - The Decemberists (Picaresque)
4. This Isn't It - Giant Drag (Hearts & Unicorns)
5. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) - The Band (Box Set)
6. Because of You - Kelly Clarkson (Breakaway)
7. Dragostea Din Tei (Original Romanian Version) - O-Zone (Ma-Ya-Hi)
8. Crescent Moon - Mika Nakashima (This Is Jpop)
9. Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple (Extraordinary Machine)
10. For Today I'm A Boy - Antony & The Johnsons (I Am A Bird Now)
11. Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand (You Could Have It So Much Better)
12. Stone In Love - Journey (Escape)

KZA - I like the new Fiona mixes, the Jon Brion work sounds a little too "When The Pawn..." Not a bad thing, but she clearly changed her mind as she went along and, compared to the early mixes, the final album sounds very well-realized.

P.S. Not to re-open this hot-button topic, but all of these songs except the Jpop track are available on iTunes. Jpop... as a lover of disposable pop culture, goonie dance music, and Hello Kitty, it's just too weird that I hadn't gotten into Jpop YEARS ago!