The Beat Frequency - April 16, 2010

I'm really bad at updating blogs.  It's kind of thing of mine to have a blog, write all the posts except the last few and just stop.  My new goal is to actually finish this one.

The night before this show I went out to a birthday party for Jenn from Wye Oak at the Golden West Cafe in Baltimore.  It was pretty cool.  Friend of the band Mickey Free performed along with a few other acts for the birthday girl.  The party was pretty fun, there was a giant moose head, beer, a guy with a tattoo of Talking Heads lyrics ("There's a city in my mind" if you were wondering), and decently good times.  I played the Mickey Free remix of "That I Do" by Wye Oak in honor of the event.

Darwin Deez's "Radar Detector" was a solid part of my playlist this time of year.  It's cute and bouncy. 

The Dirty Projectors' "Two Doves" was played with Nico's "These Days" because I had recently found out "Two Doves" contained a few lyrical references to "These Days", a classic Jackson Browne song I've known since I was very little.  (He wrote that song when he was in high school.  Deep stuff.  My mom's a big Jackson Browne fan.  We named our dog after him.)

Mates of State's cover of Girls' "Laura" was a really good one during this time of year too.  I like the cover way better.

Here's the entirety of the playlist.

1	Boston	More Than A Feeling
2	Toto	Africa
3	The National	Start A War
4	Wye Oak	That I Do (Mickey Free Remix)
5	Local Natives	Sun Hands
6	The Clash	Train In Vain
7	Bob Dylan	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
8	Devo	Girl U Want
9	Wilco	Muzzle of Bees
10	Weezer	El Scorcho
11	Talking Heads	Road to Nowhere
12	Elliott Smith	Memory Lane
13	Magnetic Fields	I'll Dream Alone
14	Owen Pallett	Lewis Takes Action
15	Barenaked Ladies	I'll Be That Girl
16	Surfer Blood	Swim
17	Tokyo Police Club	Breakneck Speed
18	The Wombats	Here Comes The Anxiety
19	The Magic Number	The Pulse
20	Radiohead	No Surprises
21	The Blow	True Affection
22	Darwin Deez	Radar Detector
23	The National	Afraid of Everyone
24	Jens Lekman	If You Ever Need A Stranger
25	Dirty Projectors	Two Doves
26	Nico	These Days
27	Eric Clapton	Got You On My Mind
28	Prince	I Would Die 4 U
29	Mumford & Sons	Cousins (Vampire Weekend cover)
30	Mates of State	Laura (Girls cover)