2009 as the year of the compilation continues in brilliant fashion with this joint effort between Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse. Guest appearances include Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, Iggy Pop, and many, many more.
Here is a sneak peak...enjoy.
* 'Daddy's Gone' MP3
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Danger Mouse,
Nina Persson,
Sparklehorse
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Not only do I live in the bustling metropolis that IS Columbus,OH....I live the suburbs of said bustling metropolis. Which is pretty much a drag. Living downtown here is okay, lots of cool places to get to pretty easily. The suburbs? I can walk to a waffle house and like four drug stores. Not much else. I would shut up and move already, but next time I move it will be a move of greater distance I hope, to a newer, shinier destination.
I bring this up because when I do decide to take in some show or something, it is always downtown. I could drive, but I never do. I am a huge fan of mass transit. I prefer to take the longer, yet far more peaceful route via bus. The 35 minutes or so it takes me to get downtown on the #10 bus are 35 of my favorite minute of any given week. I grab a good window seat, turn my mp3 player up to what is probably a slightly louder than healthy level, and let the people and buildings roll by me. I get lost in the dilapidated buildings and the interrupted lives of the people I see - the people who I can't imagine envisioned their lives turning out the way they did, but still soldier through every single day. It's melancholy and hopeful, all at once.
This past Friday night was a wonderfully gray night when I was making this trek. The shuffle mode was especially profound in it's selections for the evening's soundtrack. Here were the highlights:
* Adem - 'Tears Are In Your Eyes' MP3* Elizabeth Willis - 'In Your Eyes' MP3* Sparklehorse - 'It's A Wonderful Life' MP3
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Adem,
Elizabeth Willis,
Sparklehorse
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After what may have been the longest Monday in the history of Mondays, I took my beloved dog and my beloved Zune out for a head-clearing walk in the snow...I left my musical fate up to mystical powers of the shuffle mode. Here are the three tracks that served as my soundtrack...yeah, it was cold....short walk.
* Beck - 'True Love Will Find You In The End' MP3* Drive By Truckers - 'Wallace' MP3
* Sparklehorse - 'King Of Nails' MP3
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Beck,
drive-by truckers,
Sparklehorse
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To me, Sparklhorse always sounded like October. Or at least how October felt in Ohio. Beautiful, but sort of sad, knowing that Summer was over and winter was looming...the last of the bright colors, muted and fuzzy. But still the prettiness lingers. That is what October looks like in Ohio, and what Sparklehorse sounds like.
It's a Spring day here, but one that feels like Autumn. Gray, sort of dreary, but the sun is tyring to peak through. It feels like Sparklehorse.
03-PianoFire.mp302-GoldDay.mp314-SomedayIWillTreatYouGood.mp3
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Sparklehorse
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I hear certain songs that I think would work so perfectly for the movie i will never write. I have a collection of scenes, not a story necessarily, but several scenes that I see when ever a certain song comes on.
Some artists just seem to have that cinematic quality to them...Tom Waits, Massive Attack, and Iron and Wine for example.
This Sparklehorse song has always been the track that I had pegged for the fade to black, credits rolling, grand finale to my imaginary film. The soundtrack is coming along nicely...maybe someday the rest of the movie will fall into place.
Slow motion exit...screen fades to black...cue the music
-sparklehorse-sickofgoodbyes.mp3
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Sick Of Goodbyes,
Sparklehorse
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