NMT 107

Hard for a lady to plan her day at school tomorrow while also watching the 2-hour Grey's premiere. A show I get shushed alot during.


OUr pick this week is a band we've had before and one I'm really starting to get into, especially their last record. This is from their new record that came out last month, that I'm just waiting until Amazon offers it as a daily deal (I'm cheap).

They throw out many different styles and keep it tight at all times. This is one of those happy, lucky finds. If I didn't mention it the first go around, I firstheard them during the G8 concerts. They performed in Paris and I had never heard of them, but the crowd there obviously had. I was intrigued. Then they started cranking out the song "Hysteria" and I understood. Great band. Check them out.


From Teignmouth, Devon, England:


Muse - "Uprising":





Bonus Tracks:

27 sounds like a lot. Bonus points if you know the band he used to be in, just from his voice and not be using the internet machine.







Interesting cover. Now that those of you who listen to the radio have heard the original a million times, this may remind you how good the song is. Hear i froma differen angle so to speak (and yes, I'm also tired of hearing it everywhere I go. Not the bands fault though).

NMT 106

Oh for Christmas sake: it's PICK-TURE. PICK-TURE! A pitcher is someone who starts the play in a baseball game or what Mormon Girl uses to drink her Southpaw from. A little more effort people.


Our pick this week is a bit of a surprise. It's a duet between a singer and an (beautiful) actress. Wasn't sure how this was going to work since she put an album of Tom Waits covers out earlier in the year and it didn't go over so well. This album was recorded before that and is quite good.

The singer opened for R.E.M. when we saw them in Atlanta on their greatest hits tour in 2003 (or so). I like him and I think that helps here.

The idea for the album came from a dream he had and is in the style of the Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot albums from the late 60's (or so I'm told). It seems to be a couple telling the story of their relationship together. As far as i can tell. Either way, it's really good.

So, from Montville, NJ and NYC:


Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson - "Relator":





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What would an All-Star NMT band look like? Well, let's see: Get Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), some other dude from his band and M. Ward (She & Him) and throw them together. You could call it:

Monsters of Folk - "The Right Place":





I Miss the 90's:

Going to Seattle. Where "humidity" is something only losers put up with. Sure, we're unwashed misanthropes whose lead singer has a smack problem that will eventually kill him, but that doesn't mean we won't do a little something to help the kids. We're not that different from KG's boyfriend, Bill-O (except for that not being egocentric douchebags part). We love the folks.

NMT 105

Our pick this week is a celebration of our parents and thereby; our childhood (well, maybe just Amanda and I). Every household had (and probably still has) a copy of this record (and oddly, Air Supply's greatest hits. I found a copy of that in every house we went to for a period. Creepy.). That's probably not hyperbole since until Thriller came out 5 years later, this was the biggest selling album of all time. My dad loved this band and this is one of the albums we always listened to. We had it on every conceivable format: Album, tape, 8-track and now Cd and mp3. It holds up and I still love listening to it. This song, especially, for some reason just sounds like home.

I think this record is so good because it built by such raw, painful emotion. It was made at a time when the two couples in the band were getting divorced and all the songs are painful, sometimes hurtful ("Shacking up/Shacking up's all you want to do")and about the person standing right next to you singing harmony. All that mixed together makes for a powerful piece of work.


So, from Los Angeles, CA:

Fleetwood Mac - "Dreams":





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Filmed in the 18 months that these guys were the biggest band in the world. And don't any of you [ladies] over the age of 30 act like you didn't have some improper thoughts about him at a time when you had no idea what you'd do with it if you had it. And danced a slow dance to their ballad at the 8th grade dance.






I Miss the 90's:


Had the goatee, didn't have the shorts.

NMT 104

Whatever. Fuck Miami.


Our pick this week is a celebration of a favorite band that had a lull, with some good, but not great records and then came back with a vengeance with their last record, which was amazing. Also, it fits in with the fact that today starts the one month countdown for our trip to Seattle.

Yes, we're headed for a four night stay in October. Were going to do all the tourist stuff; Space needle, Harbour tour, Music experience thing, all that crap. We have tickets for a Seahawks game on Sunday, which will be fun. Oh, and Friday night Nick Hornby will be doing a reading and signing at the public library, which is two blocks from our hotel. That'll be friggin' sweet.

So, anyways, this is the first official single from their new album which is coming out end of this month, I believe, could be wrong. We had a performance of another new song on here a few weeks ago. Let's get excited.

So, from Seattle, WA:

Pearl Jam - "The Fixer":





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This is new today. I have her first record (and it is just one girl, performing under a band name - think Nine Inch Nails or Matchbox 20-not really that second one, I just hate that guy) and I liked it. This is on sale today and I think I shall get it;or perhaps I shall not. We'll see if lazy wins out. (she is a mighty foe).

A Fine Frenzy - "Blow Away":





This fits in with the Seattle theme. More locals boys made good. If you've seen the movie "Singles", Matt Dillion's band, Citizen Dick's big song was based on this, except theirs was called "Touch me, I'm Dick". Fun either way.


Mudhoney - "Touch me, I'm sick":

NMT 103

Apparently, EA, Kenny Chesney and Tim Tebow are BFF's. Not really sure what common bond they have, except maybe their tendency to fall for the wrong kind of man...(see, that wasn't necessary).


Our pick this week is a performer who was marketed through the country world, but is much to good a performer for that crap. She did an amazing version of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" on her first record, but unlike today's country stars, she's grown as an artist (Kenny: you like to get drunk and Pass/hang out on the beach. We got it. Move along. Plus, Jimmy Buffet is still alive, so we're good).

Her new record came out last week and it's really good. She has a Patty Griffin thing going on, which is good because I really like her too. She'd probably settle quite nicely into the Amanda/Vagina rock genre, which is ok. The album is streaming on her website: mindysmith.net

this song has a message I think we all tend to forget sometimes. Let's try not to.

(And yes, she's brunette-deal)

So, from Long Island, NY:

Mindy Smith - "Highs and Lows":





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this came out today and was the Daily Deal. Interesting idea, probably going to take some time to get into. (not an actual video, by the way, just something someone put together. you get the idea though).





Beautiful and Haunting. Way too young to know what they are singing, but hopefully one of them picked up the album and it changed their life a little bit for the better.