Is It Really?

Three Hundred Forty-Two

Artist - Lou Rawls
Album - That's Lou
Released - 1967
Label - Capitol
Genre - Funk/Soul

Tracks:
Side One
When Love Goes Wrong
Problems
Reminiscing Monologue
They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes)
Ear Bender Monologue
What Are You Doing About Today
Show Business Monologue
Show Business
Side Two
Please Give Me Someone to Love
Hard To Get Thing Called Love
(How Do You Say) I Don't Love You Anymore
Street Dreams
The Love That I Give

Not since the great Ray Charles burst into the musical firmament has an entertainer illuminated contemporary music with the brilliance of Lou Rawls.  Having a string of smash hit albums to his credit, Lou approaches the materials in tis album with supreme confidence and self-assuredness of a "star."  He knows what to do.  He knows he's right.  And when you know you're right, you an hardly ever go wrong.  And the combining of Lou Rawls with H.B. Barnum's music is a stroke of genius or good fortune (or both) unparalleled since someone at Capitol thought of putting Nelson Riddle together with Frank Sinatra.

What great things to come out of Lou Rawls and what amazing things he has done for this record.

Enjoy!

King of Pop

Three Hundred Forty-One

Artist - Michael Jackson
Album - Thriller
Released - 1982
Label - Epic
Genre - Pop

Tracks:
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Baby Be Mine
The Girl is Mine (with Paul McCartney)
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
The Lady In My Life

He wasn't coined the King of Pop for no reason.  Michael Jackson was on top of the world when Thriller was released, which was his sixth studio album.  A star as a child with the Jackson Five, Michael Jackson was no stranger to fame and being on stage.  As this album portrays a variety of different genres, (i.e., Pop, R&B, Rock, Disco), it quanifies the musical ability and also brings a distinct label to Michael Jackson's style.

Enjoy!

Is It Summer Yet?

Three Hundred Forty

Artist - The Beach Boys
Album - All Summer Long
Released - 1964
Label - Capitol
Genre - Rock, Surf Rock

Tracks:
Side One
I Get Around
All Summer Long
Hushabye
Little Honda
We'll Run Away
Side Two
Wendy
Do You Remember?
Girls On The Beach
Drive-In
Don't Back Down

It definitely felt like Summer when I decided to play this record first thing in the morning.  That was, of course, until I stepped outside to about 40 degrees of cold weather smacking me in my face.  The sixth album by SURF ROCKERS The Beach Boys, All Summer Long is very in tune with the Summer and being on the beach.  I guess that is why you would categorize them as Surf Rock, which is a term I laugh at because I guess you can pretty much name any type of rock.  Brian Wilson is pretty much the mastermind behind all of The Beach Boys' hits.  Such a talented writer and musician.

Enjoy!

When We Were Young

Three Hundred Thirty-Nine

Artist - Wolf Parade
Album - Expo 86
Released - 2010
Label - Sub Pop
Genre - Indie Rock

Tracks:
Cloud Shadow on the Mountain
Palm Road
What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had to Go This Way)
Little Golden Age
In The Direction of the Moon
Ghost Pressure
Pobody's Nerfect
Two Men in New Tuxedos
Oh You, Old Thing
Yulia
Cave-O-Sapien

Enjoy!

The Future is Yours....or Ours

Three Hundred Thirty-Eight

Artist - And So I Watch You From Afar
Album - All Hail Bright Futures
Released - 2013
Label - Sargent House
Genre - Post-Rock

Tracks:
Eunoia
Big Think Do Remarkable
Like a Mouse
Ambulance!
The Stay Golden Pt. 1
The Stay Golden Pt. 2 (Rats on a Rock)
The Stay Golden Pt. 3 (Trails...)
Mend and Make Safe
Ka Ba Ta Bo Da Ka
Things Amazing
All Hail Bright Futures
Young Brave Minds

To a band that I discovered online, spread the word to a friend and a week later we saw them live.  Nearly ripping my face off with their enormous sound, And So I Watch You From Afar (ASIWYFA) just released their third album on Sargent House Records.  They have a unique post-rock with a little bit of a math rock vibe. I do have to say, after seeing them and buying a shirt, to this day, months later, I still wear that shirt almost every day.

Enjoy!

Blues-Y

Three Hundred Thirty-Seven

Artist - B.B. King
Album - Back In The Alley (The Classic Blues of B.B. King)
Released - 1970
Label - MCA Records
Genre - Blues

Tracks:
Side One
Sweet Little Angel
Watch Yourself
Don't Answer the Door
Paying the Cost to be the Boss
Sweet Sixteen
Side Two
Gambler's Blues
I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me
Lucille
Please Love Me

After a long day of being lazy and finally making my way out of the house, I bring to  you this gem of gems that I found while searching through records at a local shop.  B.B. King's greatest songs from 1964 and 1967, each one is quite a delight to listen.  As much as I enjoy blues and I think B.B. King's style is truth.

Enjoy!

Mother Nature Approves

Three Hundred Thirty-Six

Artist - If These Trees Could Talk
Album - Above The Earth
Released - 2009
Label - The Mylene Sheath
Genre - Post-Rock

Tracks:
From the Roots to Needles
What's In The Ground Belongs To You
Terra Incognita
Above the Earth
Below the Sky
The Sun in the North
Thirty-Six Silos
The Flames of Herostratus
Rebuilding the Temple of Artemis
Deus  Ex Machina

Enjoy!!

Now For a Little Color

Three Hundred Thirty-Five

Artist - Maps & Atlases
Album - Perch Patchwork
Released - 2010
Label - Barsuk Records
Genre - Indie Rock

Tracks:
Will
The Charm
Living Decorations
Solid Ground
Is
Israeli Caves
Banished Be Cavalier
Carrying the Wet Wood
Pigeon
If This Is
Was
Perch Patchwork

Enjoy!

Babies with Laser Eyes

Three Hundred Thirty-Four

Artist - The Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Henry Rollins and Peaches
Album - The Dark Side of the Moon
Released - 2010
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Alternative Rock

Tracks:
Speak to Me
Breathe
On the Run
Time
Breathe Reprise
The Great Gig in the Sky
Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse

Just a short blurb I wanted to write about before getting into this album, which by the way is magnificent.  Today, as I was roaming around the streets of Austin, I realized I have ONE MORE MONTH left if this year long expedition.  To think that it almost seemed like yesterday that I started this and realized it was going to be such an enjoyable trek.  THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR albums I've listened to from April 20th, 2012 until today.  I can honestly say that this has been a commitment I've enjoyed and I will be sad when it comes to an end.  But don't cry tears of joy now because we have thirty-one records left to enjoy together.

I can't take all the credit for today's choice since it came from the immaculate collection of my roommates.  He gave me a few records to pick from and when I started flipping through them, this one caught my eye.  One, being The Flaming Lips and two, the cover tripped me out because there is a baby on it holding the guitar with laser eyes in the colors of the rainbow.  For those of you who do not know much of who The Flaming Lips are, they are such a fun, trippy, psychedelic and unpredictable band.  For a band as experimental as The Flaming Lips to cover Pink Floyd's 1973 masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon, you have to tip your hat to them.  I say that because I believe, Pink Floyd's rendition of The Dark Side of the Moon is so perfect and amazing and for a band like The Flaming Lips to cover it, they did a spectacular job.  Incorporating acts like Henry Rollins and Peaches (who is a favorite of mine) with Stardeath and White Dwarfs, this album is a great cover.  Every song, from the first to the last, puts a perfect pitch on each song.  From the trippy sounds to the clear vinyl it came on.

Enjoy!

Only on the Cheek

Three Hundred Thirty-Three

Artist - Kiss
Album - Destroyer
Released - 1976
Label - Casablanca
Genre - Hard Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Detroit Rock
King of the Night Time World
God of Thunder
Great Expectations
Side Two
Flaming Youth
Sweet Pain
Should It Out Loud
Beth
Do You Love Me

Enjoy!

Not Sons, Daughters

Three Hundred Thirty-Two

Artist - Joni Mitchell
Album - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Released - 1977
Label - Asylum
Genre - Folk/Pop

Tracks:
Side One
Overture - Cotton Avenue
Talk to Me
Jericho
Side Two
Paprika Plans
Side Three
Otis and Marlena
The Tenth World
Dreamland
Side Four
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Off Night Backstreet
The Silky Veils of Ardor

Enjoy!

Estranged Covers

Three Hundred Thirty-One

Artist - Mogwai
Album - The Hawk is Howling
Released - 2008
Label - Wall of Sound
Genre - Post Rock

Tracks:
A
I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
Batcat
Danphe and the Brain
B
Local Authority
The Sun Smells Too Loud
Kings Meadow
C
I Love You, I'm Going to Blow Up Your School
Scotland's Shame
D
Thank You Space Expert
The Precipice

To like is to like and to love is to love.  With like, it's something you can tolerate or accept for a brief period of time, but to love is something you are willing to withstand through the test of time.  I like a lot of artists and their music, but it takes something special for me to love it and I know that I love Mogwai.  I think the more I listen to post-rock, the more I appreciate music without lyrics.  Hearing the sounds of the instruments; guitar, drums, bass allows you to make up what you wish to think about at that moment.  Mogwai's sixth album, The Hawk is Howling is one of those albums.

Enjoy!

ReIssue Issues

Three Hundred Thirty

Artist - The Beatles
Album - Revolver
Released - 1966 (Reissue 2009)
Label - Parlophone/Capitol/EMI
Genre - Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Taxman
Eleanor Rigby
I'm Only Sleeping
Love You To
Here, There and Everywhere
Yellow Submarine
She Said She Said
Side Two
Good Day Sunshine
And Your Bird Can Sing
For No One
Doctor Robert
I Want to Tell You
Got to Get You Into My Life
Tomorrow Never Knows

Thirty-Four more records to go and the year long expedition will end.  I guess I have thirty-four more days to figure out what I want to do next or maybe I can continue to post records and think of another adventure to embark on.  Until then, here I bring you The Beatles' Revolver which was a reissue that was released in 2009.  Originally released in 1966, this was The Beatles' seventh studio album.  A band with such great magnitude, each song on this album is absolutely superb.  

Enjoy!

A Lady Appears

Three Hundred Twenty-Nine

Artist - Rita Coolidge
Album - Anytime...Anywhere
Released - 1977
Label - A&M
Genre - Pop

Tracks:
Side One
(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
The Way You Do The Things You Do
We're All Alone
I Feel The Burden (Being Lifted Off My Shoulders)
I Don't Want To Talk About It
Side Two
Words
Good Times
Who's To Bless and Who's To Blame
Southern Lady
The Hungry Years

Enjoy!

Speed of Light

Three Hundred Twenty-Eight

Artist - Electric Light Orchestra
Album - Out of the Blue
Released - 1977
Label - Jet/United Artists
Genre - Symphonic Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Turn to Stone
It's Over
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Across the Border
Side Two
Night in the City
Starlight
Jungle
Believe Me Now
Steppin' Out
Side Three
Standin' in the Rain
Big Wheels
Summer and Lightening
Mr. Blue Sky
Side Four
Sweet is the Night
The Whale
Birmingham Blues
Wild West Hero

Enjoy!!

No, No, No

Three Hundred Twenty-Seven

Artist - Yes
Album - The Yes Album
Released - 1971
Label - Atlantic
Genre - Progressive Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Yours is no disc
The Clap
Starship trooper;
  a. Life seeker
  b. Disillusion
  c. Wurm
Side Two
I've seen all good people:
  a. Your move
  b. All good people
A venture
Perpetual change

Enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES TAYLOR

Two Hundred Twenty-Six

Artist - James Taylor
Album - Sweet Baby James
Released - 1970
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Rock/Folk

Tracks:
Sweet Baby James
Lo and Behold
Sunny Skies
Steamroller
Country Road
Oh Susannah
Fire and Rain
Blossom
Anywhere Like Heaven
Oh Baby, Don't You Loose
Your Lip on Me
Suite for 20G

The second album by singer/songwriter James Taylor, I decided to play this Sweet Baby James on his birthday which was March 12, 2013.

Enjoy!

Red Lips with Sunglasses

Three Hundred Twenty-Five

Artist - Saga
Album - Worlds Apart
Released - 1981
Label - Portrait
Genre - Progressive/New Wave Rock

Tracks:
Side 1
On The Loose
Wind Him Up
Amnesia
Framed
Time's Up
Side 2
The Interview
No Regrets (Chapter V)
Conversations
No Stranger (Chapter VII)

Enjoy!

Bushels

Three Hundred Twenty-Four

Artist - Led Zeppelin
Album - IV
Released - 1971
Label - Atlantic
Genre - Rock

Tracks:
Black Dog
Rock and Roll
The Battle of Evermore
Stairway to Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
Four Sticks
Going to California
When the Levee Breaks

Enjoy!

A Man With a Feather

Three Hundred Twenty-Three

Artist - Dan Fogelberg
Album - Souvenirs
Released - 1974
Label - Epic
Genre - Rock/Soft Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Part of the Plan
Illinois
Changing Horses
Better Change
Souvenirs
The Long Way
Side Two
As The Raven Flies
Song from Half Mountain
Morning Sky
(Someone's Been) Telling You Stories
There's a Place in the World for a Gambler

Enjoy!

Not the Animal

Three Hundred Twenty-Three

Artist - T.Rex
Album - Electric Warrior
Released - 1971
Label - Reprise
Genre - Glam/Folk Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Mambo Sun
Cosmic Dancer
Jeepster
Monolith
Lean Woman Blues
Side Two
Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Planet Queen
Girl
The Motivator
Life's A Gas
Rip Off

Enjoy!

Vroom, Vroom

Three Hundred Twenty-One

Artist - The Cars
Album - Shake It Up
Released - 1981
Label - Elektra
Genre - New Wave/Pop Rock

Tracks:
1
Since You're Gone
Shake It Up
I'm Not The One
Victim of Love
Cruiser
2
A Dream Away
This Could Be Love
Think It Over
Maybe Baby

Enjoy!

Takin' It Back....WAY BACK

Three Hundred Twenty

Artist - Joe Tex
Album - Soul Country
Released - 1968
Label - Atlantic
Genre - Folk/Soul/Country

Tracks:
Side One
I'll Never Do You Wrong
Ode to Billie Joe
The Dark End of the Street
Funny How Time Slips Away
Engine Engine Number Nine
Side Two
Skip A Rope
Green Green Grass of Home
Set Me Free
By The Time I Get to Phoenix
Honey

The similarities between R&B and country music are deeper than generally realized by adherents of either field.  Country songs, like R&B songs are about events that touch the minds and hearts of ordinary people.  The main subject matter for both forms of music is love: love that brings joy or love that brings pain, love requited and love unrequited, young love, jealous love, true love.  Country songs may be more descriptive, R&B songs are more emotional.  But both tell it like it is -- without pretense, without adornment.

Perhaps that is why Joe Tex, one of the country's greatest R&B stars, whose recordings have graced the top of the best-selling charts throughout the world, can sing outstanding country hits of the past year and invest them with such warmth and feeling that in spite of their familiarity they sound fresh and new again.  It takes an extraordinary performer like Joe Tex to revitalize Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe, Glenn Campbell's By The Time I Get To Phoenix, or Bobby Goldsboro's Honey, let alone such well known country standards as Engine Engine Number None, Funny How Time Slips Away, Green Green Grass of Home and Set Me Free.

It is not surprising that Joe Tex should turn to country material for this new album.  He is closer to the country field tat most soul artists.  One of his earliest idols was Hank Williams.  His record company, Dial Records, is based in Nashville.  He has recorded all of his hits in Nashville, from Hold What You Got to Skinny Legs and All.  And Joe Tex's record produced, Buddy Killen, is one of the owners of a most successful music publishing firm, Tree Music, which handles a large number of top country songwriters.  (The other owner of Tree is Jack Stapp.)

In addition to the well known country songs in this album, there is a new Joe Tex song, I'll Never Do You Wrong.  Joe is a famous for his songs as his hit records; almost all of his hit singles (and he has had 20 in a row) have contained his own material.  I'll Never Do You Wrong adds another hit to his string.  This album adds a new facet to Joe Tex's career; it stakes out and validates his claim to "Soul Country."

Enjoy!

In Pursuit Of

Three Hundred Nineteen

Artist - Belle and Sebastian
Album - The Life Pursuit
Released - 2005
Label - Rough Trade/Matador
Genre - Indie Pop

Tracks:
Act of the Apostle
Another Sunny Day
White Collar Boy
The Blues are Still Blue
Dress Up In You
Sukie in the Graveyard
We Are the Sleepyheads
Song for Sunshine
Funny Little Frog
To Be Myself Completely
Act of the Apostle II
For the Price of a Cup of Tea
Mornington Cresent

I love Stuart Murdoch and his style of music.  Not only is Belle and Sebastian one of my favorites, but his other acts such as God Help The Girl (which was previously listed on this blog) is also my favorite.  This album is great and very relaxing.  Funny Little Frog is my favorite song on this album!

Enjoy!

Take a Ride

Three Hundred Eighteen

Artist - Journey
Album - Escape
Released - 1981
Label - Columbia
Genre - Hard Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Don't Stop Believin'
Stone in Love
Who's Crying Now
Keep on Runnin'
Still They Ride
Side Two
Escape
Lay It Down
Dead or Alive
Mother, Father
Open Arms

The seventh studio album by San Francisco rockers Journey, Escape catapulted one song into karaoke mainstream heaven.  Don't Stop Believin' has to be one of those songs that never seems to die.  It's the most powerful motivational song next to a few other greats out there, but for the most part you put this record on, pump up the volume and sing your lungs to capacity.  Another great song on this record which is a lovely love/sad song is Open Arms.

Enjoy!

A Delicate Touch

Three Hundred Seventeen

Artist - Neil Diamond
Album - Tap Root Manuscript
Released - 1970
Label - Uni Records
Genre - Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Cracklin' Rosie
Free Life
Coldwater Morning
Done Too Soon
He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother
Side Two
Childsong
I Am The Lion
Madgirl
Soolaimon
Missa
African Suite
Childsong (Reprise)

Enjoy!

Quality Own

Three Hundred Sixteen

Artist - Buddy Greco
Album - All-Time Favorites
Released - 1960
Label - Sutton
Genre - Jazz/Pop/Rock

Tracks:
I'm Lost
Lillette
Flamingo
My Old Kentucky Home
Gentle Annie
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Old Dog Tray
Old Folks At Home
Beautiful Dreamer
The Camptown Races
Ring, Ring de Banjo

Enjoy!

Contemporary

Three Hundred Fifteen

Artist - Debussy
Album - Debussy's Greatest Hits
Released- 1972
Label - Columbia Records
Genre - Classical

Tracks:
Side 1
Clair De Lune
Golliwog's Cake-Walk
Reveire
Abraesque
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Side 2
Afternoon of a Faun
Fetes
Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea

Enjoy!

Constellation

Three Hundred Fourteen

Artist - Do Make Say Think
Album - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
Released - 2003
Label - Constellation
Genre - Post Rock

Tracks:
WH
Fredericia
War on Want
Auberge Le Mouton Noir
CH
Outer Inner & Secret
107 Reasons Why
Ontario Plates
SH
Horns of a Rabbit
It's Gonna Rain
Hooray!  Hooray! Hooray!

Enjoy this greatness of Post Rock.  This is an EXTRA special Post Rock album because it was intertwined with other instruments such as a saxophone, which gave it a jazz sorta feel.

Enjoy!

Free Flow

Three Hundred Thirteen

Artist - Christopher Cross
Album - Christopher Cross
Released - 1979
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Pop Rock/Contemporary

Tracks:
Say You'll Be Mine
I Really Don't Know Anymore
Spinning
Never Be The Same
Poor Shirley
Ride Like The Wind
The Light Is On
Sailing
Minstrel Gigolo

Enjoy!

Can You REED?

Three Hundred Twelve

Artist - Jimmy Reed
Album - Now Appearing
Released - 1966
Label - Vee-Jay Records
Genre - Blues/R&B

Tracks:
Side 1
Close Together
Got Me Chasing You
Wanta Be With You
Jimmy's Rock
Tell The World I Do
Side 2
You Know You're Looking Good
I've Got The Blues
Laughing at the Blues
Down The Road
Ain't Gonna Cry No More
You're My Baby

Quite recently, the 12 strong guitar has come into its own.  The utilization of the instrument, by Eric Darling in the hit recording "Walk Right In," has a lot to do with bringing it to the attention of the music minded public.  This is not to say however, that the instrument was completely forgotten over the past years.  As a matter of fact, performers such as Huddie Ledbetter used it regularly for many, many years.

It has been said that the 12 string guitar is the perfect instrument for interpreting the blues.  The instrument is a most difficult one to play as the motion that is required to ordinarily strike one string, results in the simultaneous sound of two strings.  In this recording, the vocal boss of the blues, Jimmy Reed, displays his unique talents not only with the familiar Jimmy Reed harmonica sound, but with the 12 string guitar.  The same soul searching feeling of Jimmy Reed, the vocal great, is transmitted by Jimmy Reed the 12 string guitar and harmonica great.

Indeed, Jimmy Reed equals greatness.  His guitar playing, his sound and everything in between is just so wonderful.

Enjoy!

Punk OVERLOAD

Three Hundred Eleven

Artist(s) - Variety
Album - Short Music for Short People
Label - Fat Wreck Chords
Released - 1999
Genre - Punk

Tracks:
TOO many to post

This is a first of many for me, I'm sure.  A present sent to me from my friend in Louisiana, Short Music for Short People will test your listening capacity.  With 101 (ONE HUNDRED ONE) 30 second songs, you will find yourself enjoying a tune just as it's about to change.  As I said before and I will say it again, i'm not entirely into punk, but I do like this record and I thought it was really fun to listen to.  Kudos to you Andrew for sending me such greatness.

Enjoy!

A La La La

Three Hundred Ten

Artist - The Police
Album - Reggatta de Blanc
Released - 1979
Label - A&M
Genre - New Wave/Post Punk

Tracks:
Side One
Message in a Bottle
Reggatta de Blanc
It's Alright For You
Bring on the Night
Deathwish
Side Two
Walking on the Moon
On Any Other Day
The Bed's Too Big Without You
Contact
Does Everyone Stare
No Time This Time

Enjoy!

The End of an Era

Three Hundred Nine

Artist - Prince
Album - 1999
Released - 1982
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Funk/Pop/Soul

Tracks:
Side 1
1999
Little Red Corvette
Delirious
Side 2
Let's Pretend We're Married
D.M.S.R.
Side 3
Automatic
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
Free
Side 4
Lady Cab Driver
All The Critics Love U In New York
International Lover

A fun fun fuuuuuuuuuuuuun record and if you like Prince, you will NOT be disappointed.  Prince's fifth studio album, 1999 was my year.  I'm saying it was my year because I graduated in 1999 and this song was in heavy rotation then.  Despite that ONE song, this is a pretty fun record.

Enjoy!

A Wolf, A Panther and an Eagle

Three Hundred Eight

Artist - This Will Destroy You
Album - This Will Destroy You
Released - 2008
Label - Magic Bullet
Genre - Post-Rock

Tracks:
A Three Legged Workhorse
Villa Del Refugio
Threads
Leather Wings
The Mighty Rio Grande
They Move on Tracks of Never Ending Light
Burial on the Presidio Banks

A semi-local band, hailing from San Marcos, Texas, is another great post rock band that I've heard as of late.  Since my roommate listens to a lot of post rock, he recommended this album.  If you have seen the movie Moneyball, The Mighty Rio Grande makes an appearance.  This is This Will Destroy You's debut album.

Enjoy!

And and For

Three Hundred Seven

Artist - Caspian
Album - Waking Season
Released - 2012
Label - Triple Crown Records
Genre - Post Rock

Tracks:
Waking Season
Procellous
Gone In Bloom and Bough
Halls of the Summer
Akiko
High Lonesome
Hickory '54
Long the Desert Mile
Collider in Blue
Fire Made Flesh

Enjoy!

A Journey

Three Hundred Six

Artist - Steve Miller Band
Album - Recall The Beginning...A Journey From Eden
Released - 1972
Label - Capitol
Genre - Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Welcome
Enter Maurice
High On You Mama
Heal Your Heart
The Sun Is Going Down
Somebody Somewhere Help Me
Side Two
Love's Riddle
Fandango
Nothing Lasts
Journey From Eden

Enjoy!

Just A Little

Three Hundred Five

Artist - Ceremony
Album - Zoo
Released - 2012
Label - Matador 
Genre - Punk

Tracks:
A
Hysteria
Citizen
Repeating The Circle
World Blue
Quarantine
Brace Yourself
B
Adult
Hotel
Ordinary People
Nosebleed
Community Service
Video

The sixth album by California punk rockers Ceremony, Zoo capitalizes on the era of punk into the mainstream of today.  I stumbled upon this band when I went to see No Age at Beauty Bar Austin last year.  Little did I know I would be walking into an ear opening sounds.  I'm not entirely into punk, but I do appreciate good punk music.  Usually, for me, I can tell if I like a song the first few seconds of listening, but when it's live, I like to get a feel for the band itself and the crowd.  If it were up to me, I'd listen to music live, then buy the album but for the most part, the bands that I like are bother great live and in concert.  When I stood in the crowd to listen to this band, I was very impressed with what they had to offer.  Of course, as soon as I got home, I got the album and listened to it in its entirety.  Pleasantly surprised, Hysteria ended up on my workout playlist.  Just a good listen will satisfy your needs.

Enjoy!