I've been back at work on my novel lately, and I have listened to this playlist a number of times while I've worked on it. I can write while I'm listening to this stuff; these songs make me happy.
1. Strip Squad-Down and Out and Away Strip Squad is from Sweden. I have no idea how I wound up hearing of them.
2. The Promise Ring-Red Paint A cool emo band from Wisconsin that I always liked, and have missed since they broke up.
3. Neko Case-If You Knew I just love her voice.
4. The Mendoza Line-A Damned Good Disguise With the keyboards, and vocals in the background, as if from a crowd, it sounds like it's been played in a bar where everyone's having a really good time.
5. Centromatic-Glacial Slurs One of the many cool indie Texas bands.
6. Tom Waits-Hold On The man who is tired of Tom Waits is tired of life.
7. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros-Coma Girl Joe Strummer had really hit the groove in his last few years on this mortal coil.
8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-Bring it On What I said about Tom Waits: same here.
9. Buck-My Fascination This was a typically tongue-in-cheek love song (complete with sha-la-la-la's) from Buck, which was the second pop-punk band for Lisa Marr before she went solo, and country.
10. Pavement-Here (Peel Sessions) This is a great performance of one of the best Pavement songs.
A bonus: I still get people looking on my site for the theme song for Grey's Anatomy, Psapp's "Cosy in the Rocket". Well, you can download it here.
