The Music Slut's Top 5 Wedding Tracks

This weekend, both Jen and myself will be attending blissful ceremonies which inspired the following handful of romantic selections...

What are some of your untraditional favorites?

5. Esser - I Love You
4. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
3. The Antlers - Two
2. Morrissey - Will Never Marry
1. Nellie McKay - I Wanna Get Married (Live)

The Music Slut's CMJ 2008 Zune Playlist

Wondering what we selected?

Find out here!

TMS's CMJ showcase is on 10/21 @ Pianos.

MP3: Chairlift - Garbage (Live on WOXY)

The Music Slut Presents Nikka Costa's Imeem Playlist

Find out what she selected for 'On The Record' here!

Visit Nikka Costa on MySpace.

Her new LP, Pebble To A Pearl, is out today.

Imeem recently shared a live Bloc Party clip.

STREAM: Nikka Costa - Stuck To You

Have A Slutty Independence Day!

Happy July 4th to all.

Let the following tunes soundtrack your BBQ...

MP3: Idlewild - Fireworks [alt link]
MP3: CocoRosie - Sunshine [alt link]
MP3: The Decemberists - July, July [alt link]
MP3: Simian Mobile Disco - Hotdog [alt link]
MP3: Bright Eyes - Easy/Lucky/Free [alt link]

Grizzly Bear Frontman Gardens, Shares Summer Playlist

Ed Droste hearts the following tunes:

The Chap - Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
The Embassy - Some Indulgence
Sparks - When I'm With You
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
Atlas Sound - Activation
Bel Biv Devoe - Gangsta

Read his latest blog entry here.

MP3: Grizzly Bear - On A Neck...

Carrie Brownstein Shares 'Top 5 Driving Songs'

Her selections include:

Music Go Music - Light Of Love
Cal Tjader - Pantano
The Go Betweens - Spring Rain

Read the full NPR feature here.

MP3: Sleater Kinney - Oh!

British Sea Power Generates Mixtape For Nylon Mag

The Brighton-based quartet chose these artists:

Focus
Neil Young
Sigur Ros
Eddie Cochran
A Hawk And A Hacksaw
Stravinsky

View each & every selection here.

MP3: British Sea Power - Atom

White Rabbits Share SXSW Playlist

Drummer Jamie Levinson picked:

Pavement - Range Life
Can - Turtles Have Short Legs
Chuck Jackson - I Keep Forgettin'
The Troggs - Night Of The Long Grass
Fleetwood Mac - That's Enough For Me

For explanations behind each selection, head here.

Visit White Rabbits on MySpace.

Photo courtesy of D. Yee.

MP3: White Rabbits - Kid On My Shoulders

After The Jump Festival: Imeem Playlist!

Sample a track from each and every one of the fabulous bands performing at After The Jump Fest below, via Imeem. Who's your favorite? If you haven't already purchased your tickets to the night portion of the show, you can do so by following this link.

Free Day Show:


Night Show:

Slutty July 4th MP3s

The following tunes will make an appearance on my personal July 4th compilation.

Feel free to add them to yours too. Happy Independence Day!

(painting by Jasper Johns)

MP3s: Aimee Mann - 4th Of July + Decemberists - July, July! + Bjork - Declare Independence + Bright Eyes - Stray Dog Freedom + Sufjan Stevens - 50 States Song

Songs To Throw On Your NYE Playlist

You know you want 'em! (all MP3s)

The Walkmen - New Year's Eve

U2 - New Year's Day

Death Cab For Cutie - The New Year

What am I forgetting?

Coolest Anchorperson Ever: Anderson Cooper

From Gawker:



Who woulda guessed that Coops was a fan of Nouvelle Vague and Interpol?

Andy, see you at Radiohead next month! That is, if you have a ticket...

Your powers at CNN won't even work for an extra to those shows!!

Thom Wishes You A Happy Easter & Other Randomness.

Thom gets festive and recommends the new Liars album, awwww.

Although I will admit, I'm not the hugest Liars fan (the first one was genius but that last one was crap), maybe this new one will be good. Anyone hear it yet?

So, Hedwig review from Saturday.
Not nearly as good as the last go-round, I'm sad to say.
JCM was totally not into it and the new actors doing the 'live' show, are, well... not as good as the ones from a few months back. Sigh. Way more gummybears thrown into the crowd this time though, during "Sugardaddy".

Heavy rotation on my Ipod this week:

Le Tigre - My My Metrocard
Arctic Monkeys - Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?
Stephin Merritt - What A Fucking Lovely Day
The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
Radiohead - You And Whose Army?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Turn Into

Damn, there is some sort of weird pattern there the more I look at it. Fuck yeah yeah yeah?

Anyway, busy day for this slut, I'll be back with more later. How was your weekend?

Why I Love Pandora

Pandora has been very kind to me today.

Within the past hour, I've heard:

The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
The Stills - Lola Stars And Stripes
Interpol - NYC
New Order - Leave Me Alone
Nellie McKay - Dog Song
Hum - Stars
Regina Spektor - Us

ipod on random: 3/17/06

polyphonic spree - light and day
beck - scarecrow
kraftwerk - musique non stop
sigur ros - vaka (untitled #1)
jens lekman - a man walks into a bar
spiritualized - hold on
garbage - right between the eyes
nellie mckay - GES
arctic monkeys - a certain romance
sondre lerche - faces down

most played (so far) in 2006

i guess i can make this a semi-annual post.

considering we're only about 50-something days into 2006, i guess this list may change, a lot, over the next few months but as of now, here's my top 10 most played of this calendar year according to itunes:

1. we are scientists - in action
2. the strokes - you only live once
3. the strokes - juicebox
4. the strokes - heart in a cage
5. we are scientists - the great escape
6. morningwood - nth degree
7. nellie mckay - there you are in me
8. the strokes - razorblade
9. the strokes - on the other side
10. we are scientists - it's a hit

thank you rififi DJs!

for playing the following at TRASH last friday night:

hole-violet
arcade fire-rebellion
franz ferdinand-do you want to?
go gos-vacation
the cure-just like heaven
scissor sisters-filthy/gorgeous
interpol-next exit
lcd soundsystem-tribulations
the rapture-house of jealous lovers
morrissey-first of the gang to die
the smiths-ask
the smiths-this charming man
the strokes-juicebox

you ain't the misshapes, but not bad! you got me and my posse moving quite nicely.

ipod on random

today's selections:

radiohead - i can't
daft punk - burnin'
the strokes - ize of the world
sufjan stevens - chicago
monaco - what do you want from me?
zero 7 - destiny
yo la tengo - sugarcube
ryan adams - strawberry wine
franz ferdinand - outsiders
death cab for cutie - a movie script ending

updated playlist..

franz ferdinand - do you want to?
annie - greatest hit
coldplay - till kingdom come
cocorosie - beautiful boyz
the new pornographers - twin cinema
doves - sky starts falling
art brut - my little brother
group sounds - things fall apart
stars - your ex-lover is dead
death cab for cutie - soul meets body