Yes, this one’s a couple months late.  But it might be my favorite of the first three, too.  Maybe because I’ve sat on it for longer.  Regardless, here’s yr rock (with incessant references to John Lennon to boot).  Then, it’s time to move on–so much amazing music has been released over the past six months!  [...]

Here are the last two:

marathonpacks year-end mix, vol. 3 (128k mp3, 68.4MB) (expired)
1. Black & White Town–Doves
2. A Little Bit More–Jamie Lidell
3. Gone (f. Cam’ron & Consequence)–Kanye West
4. Trouble With Dreams–Eels
5. All We Are–Fischerspooner
6. Gideon–My Morning Jacket
7. Like A Honeycomb–British Sea Power
8. There Goes the Sun–The Pernice Brothers
9. I Was A Teenage Rainphase–Stereolab
10. So Begins [...]

For this week’s podcast, I’ve decided on an (ahem) gynocentric tone. This one’s for the ladies. These songs, to a degree, represent the breadth and depth of the female representation in all forms of music today, minus (egregiously) the hip-hops. I just got on a roll with this mix and couldn’t find a place for [...]

For podcast #3, I’ve decided on a little gimmickry. This one is entirely comprised of cover versions. I went out of my way to make sure they’re not totally obscure (like a high school band playing “Just What I Needed”), but I think it could be fun to offer a prize for the first person [...]

First up is the new one from Sleater-Kinney, for “Jumpers,” (.mov) one of the best tracks from The Woods. The theme of avian escape from corporate ennui is very cute, but of course the best part about any S/K video is seeing the band members themselves, all of whom are hot. This one features not [...]