Around the Blogosphere: Then, Wanna Be James?, Mercy Arms, Darker My Love, Warlocks, British Sea Power, Mansun, My Bloody Valentine, Pipettes, et. al.

I diddled around last week and lost a dozen excellent songs from a favorite blog, songs I feel you, valued visitors, might well have liked. To forfend such a recurrence, I hastily post the following. Thanks to the host(esse)s.

Then – Cutting Veins & Arianne – Coast is Clear
Wanna Be James? – Deep Blue Sea & Spin (acoustic demo) – Milk Milk Lemonade
Mercy Arms – Ending to Begin – Untitled Records
Darker My Love – Summer is Here – Instrumental Analysis
The Warlocks – Baby Blue – Instrumental Analysis

British Sea Power – Carrion – The Devil Has the Best Tuna
Mansun – Rebel Without a Quilt & Skin Up Pin Up – The Runout Groove
My Bloody Valentine – Honey Power – 17 Seconds
The Pipettes – ABC – The Yellow Stereo
The Pipettes – Because It’s Not Love (But It’s Still a Feeling) – Headphones On

Pylon – Crazy – Gaper’s Blog
The Stone Roses – Shoot You Down (Soul Hooligan Remix) – mp3hugger
Elliott Smith – Needle in the Hay – Music for Kids Who Can Read Good
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know – The Devil Has the Best Tuna
Pink Floyd – Bike – The Devil Has the Best Tuna

Mittwoch Mode: Elliott Smith, Ham1, Northern Chorus, One For The Team, Figurines, Irene, Gaslight Anthem, Black Lips, Hives

We start out kind of midweek slows, build a bit, and finally break out. The music does the talking today.

Elliott Smith - Angel in the Snow mp3 - Thanks to Pitchfork. (pic, of course)

Ham1 - I Had A Good Idea, But It Passed My Mind mp3

A Northern Chorus - Skeleton Keys mp3 - Thanks to Team Clermont for this and the next.

One For The Team - Best Supporting Actor mp3

Figurines - Hey Girl mp3

Irene - By Your Side mp3

The Gaslight Anthem - I'da Called You Woody, Joe mp3 - Thanks to spin.com.

The Black Lips - Cold Hands mp3

The Hives - Main Offender mp3

Around the Blogosphere: Bishop Allen, For Ex-Lovers Only, Lovetones, Satellite 66, Five Blank Pages, Kite Flying Society, Elliott Smith, Vandaveer

There they go again, these generous hosts, and may they be blessed and thanked and anointed in whatever ways would give them pleasure. Etc. A nice mix of new and newish. Next time: some fab classics scattered about the 'sphere. . .

Bishop Allen - Middle Management - You Aint No Picasso
For Ex-Lovers Only - Mindy (Le Findy) - SKATTERBRAIN
The Lovetones - Wintertime in Hollywood - Untitled Records
Satellite 66 - J.P. Morgan - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?

Five Blank Pages - A Point Of Reference - i (heart) music
Kite Flying Society - Oh, Amy! - You Aint No Picasso
Elliott Smith - Going Nowhere - Said the Grammophone
Vandaveer - Parasites & Ghosts - 5 Acts

Themed Post: The Ladybug Transistor, Finishing School, The Essex Green, Elliott Smith

Ooh, ooh, a couple of themes have emerged for this one, and my glee is immense. Brooklynite (lots of them here this week) Sasha Bell is the driving force behind Finishing School, as well as a member of The Ladybug Transistor and The Essex Green. Impressed? Sure, but wait, there's more. The late and ever-to-be-cherished Elliott Smith does the fourth and fifth songs below. "High Times" is from his recent, posthumously released album, New Moon, and "Between the Bars" happens to be my favorite song by him. Gee, those online "Blogging For Dummies" courses are giving me my money's worth.

The Ladybug Transistor - Three Days from Now mp3

Finishing School - Destination Girl mp3

The Essex Green - Don't Know Why (You Stay) mp3

Elliott Smith

High Times mp3 - Thanks, oh mighty Pitchfork.

Between the Bars mp3