april 26, 2005 playlist

bonnie prince billy/ i am a cinematographer
the decemberists/ from my own true love (lost at sea)
laura cantrell/ poor ellen smith
mystic chords of memory/ sure, bert
the slits/ ping pong affair
architecture in helsinki/ in case we die (parts 1-4)
spoon/ i summon you
tara angell/ untrue
the aislers set/ london madrid
yo la tengo/ big day coming
stereolab/ the noise of carpet
the books/ an owl with knees
blonde redhead/ melody
old haunts/ deflect it
blondie/ sunday girl
tullycraft/ leaders of the new school
mercury rev/ arise
caribou/ hello hammerheads
cat power/ willie deadwilder
busytoby/ my russian olive
mirah/ telephone wires
devis davis/ when i turn 99
emilana torrini/ sunnyroad
the dudley corporation/ what a human does
the 14 iced bears/ like a dolphin
the blow/ sweetheart
papercranes/ triangle
bunky/ cute not beautiful
puffy ami yumi/ planet tokyo
nouvelle vauge/ guns of brixton
beequeen/ black eyed dog

april 19, 2005 playlist

emilana torrini/ nothing brings me down
elliott smith/ memory lane
unrest/ west coast love affair
van morrison/ sweet thing
architecture in helsinki/ meverevereverdid
sons + daughters/ medicine
bedroom walls/ kathy in her bedroom
pieta brown/ little sparrow
magnolia electric company/ the night shift lullaby
the mountain goats/ dance music
franceska/ wasted on you
outrageous cherry/ saturday afternoon
tullycraft/ secretly minnesotan
stereolab/ pinball
the rosebuds/ is there room?
girlboy girl/ don't shout
ariel pink's haunted graffiti/ immune to emotion
love as laughter/ i won't hurt you
rocketship/ i'm lost without you here
mercury rev/ in a funny way
regina spektor/ poor little rich boy
bonnie prince billy + matt sweeney/ only someone running
tara sappart/ october daze
half-handed cloud/ ezekiel bread
thunder! thunder! thunder!/ bossa nostra: the sound of leisure
diane cluck: easy to be around
the decemberists/ of angels and angles
math + physics club/ sixteen + pretty
the aislers set/ friends of the heroes
velocity girl/ i don't care if you go
iron + wine/ jesus the mexican boy

april 12, 2005 playlist

nina simone/ lilac wine, the album leaf remix
belle + sebastian/ if you're feeling sinister
the decemberists/ eli, the barrow boy
architecture in helsinki/ tiny paintings
coralie clement/ l'enfer
shout out louds/ very loud
heavy trash/ lover street
bonnie prince billy + matt sweeney/ rudy foolish
jennifer gentle/ i do dream you
the breeders/ full on idle
heartworms/ then i saw you praying
metro stylee/ destroy
jonathan richman/ government center
the rosebuds/ i'd feel better
the arcade fire/ wake up
outrageous cherry/ fate's strange parade
henry's dress/ (you're my) radio one
the shins/ know your onion!
the anomoanon/ mr. train
kristin hersh/ echo
nedelle/ winged can
ill ease/ winter in hell
my bloody valentine/ when you sleep
beck/ lost cause
elliott smith/ alameda
bearsuit/ on your special day
palomar/ up!
mia doi todd/ casa nova
the hentchmen/ perpetuate the continuance
b'ehl/ waiting for june
beat happening/ dreamy
slant 6/ thirty thirty vision
unrest/ six layer cake

small sound world

browse and marvel
at the smithsonian
folkways collection
and beyond.

the photos that accompany
the musicians and genres
are also invigorating.

smithsonian global sound

songs sell for 99 cents.
affordable gems, yes?

even small worlds in our
new york state change.

april 5, 2005 playlist

magnolia electric company/ leave the city
the kills/ rodeo town
life without buildings/ the leanover
yo la tengo/ big day coming
crooked fingers/ call to love
iron + wine/ woman king
keren ann/ greatest you can find
bearsuit/ rodent disco
great lakes myth society/ the salt trucks
ill ease/ the skank
marbles/ hello sun
the decemberists/ 16 military wives
joy zipper/ baby you should know
the rosebuds/ edmund street
born heller/ first kiss
this mortal coil/ you and your sister
young marble giants/ salad days
galaxie 500/ i can't believe it's me
the national/ city middle
heikki/ i can't stand to see someone hurting
chuck berry/ promiseland
wilco + billy bragg/ seaman's song
magnapop/ california
lou barlow/ the ballad of daykitty
the aislers sest/ attraction action reaction
okkervil river/ get big
the magnetic fields/ washington, d.c.
tilly and the wall/ fell down the stairs
hot hot heat/ you owe me an IOU
spoon/ i turn my camera on
blonde redhead/ sciuri sciura