Unavoidable

Two Hundred Forty-Five

Artist - The Nation of Ulysses
Album - The Embassy Tapes
Released - 1992/2000
Label - Dischord Records (No. 124)
Genre - Post-Hardcore

Tracks:
Side 1
Uptight
R.O.T.T.E.N.
A.P.E. Embassy
Hex-Proof
Side 2
Outline for Hangout
Gimme Disaster
Shakedown (Party)
Last Train to Cool
P-Power pt. II

IMPORTANT:  This Nation of Ulysses record was made on a four-track 1/2" tape machine in September of 1992 at their Embassy in Washington, D.C..  Due to the limitations of the technology and the volume of the music there is a certain amount of tape noise which was unavoidable.

Enjoy!

From the Beginning

Two Hundred Thirty

Artist - Yo La Tengo
Album - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Released - 2000
Label - Matador
Genre - Alternative Rock

Tracks:
1
Everyday
Our Way to Fall
Saturday
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
2
Last Days of Disco
The Crying of Lot G
You Can't Have It All
Tear are in Your Eyes
3
Cherry Chapstick
From Black to Blue
Madeline
Tired Hippo
4
Night Falls on Hoboken

Enjoy!

In Depth

One Hundred Seventy-Second

Artist - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Album - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Released - 2000
Label - Constellation/Kranky
Genre - Post-Rock

Tracks:
1. Storm
2. Static
3. Sleep
4. Antennas to Heaven

Double LP, four track record, Godspeed You Black Emperor! is a great album.  As of late, I've been listening to a lot of post-rock (a lot of the post-rock posts are mainly influenced and suggested by my roommate Robbie) and all this listening and postings are amazing.  When listening to Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, I sat around my room and thought about all the things I did today and how just putting on a good record makes everything so much better.  Music in general is my drug and listening to this for the first time had me wondering why is it that it took me so long to discover this band.  Thanks to friends, I put on this bad boy, played it and LOVED IT.  I'm widening my listening to a little bit of everything,  but I feel like post-rock is right up there with my love for hip-hop.  Let's not forget to mention that this album was one of Pitchfork's top 200 albums of 2000.  I sometimes have a love/hate relationship with the way they rate their records, but this is not a bad position for Godspeed You Black Emperor!

Enjoy!

Please, take me to...

My one hundred thirty-first pick.

Artist - Clinic
Album - Internal Wrangler
Released - 2000
Label - Domino
Genre - Indie Rock

Tracks:
Side One
Voodoo Wop
The Return Of Evil Bill
Internal Wrangler
DJ Shangri-La
The Second Line
C.Q.
Earth Angel
Side Two
T.K.
Distortions
Hippy Death Suite
2nd Foot Stomp
2/4
Goodnight Georgie

Since I was listening to Spotify today, I bring to you Clinic.  To be more specific to the exact playlist, it was the Top 500 Tracks of 2000 by Pitchfork.  Needless to say, I am very much enjoying the variety of of tracks on that list and because they are so enjoyable to me, here I am writing about this very underrated band.  I think they are underrated, in my opinion, because not a lot of people know Clinic.  A post-punk band from England, Internal Wrangler is their debut album.  I think Ade Blackburn's voice is interesting and different.  Also, I think their fast-paced, eccentric sound with the combination of keyboards and organ makes it VERY interesting.  Between this album and Clinic's second album, Walking With Tee, I can see nothing much has changed, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing.  

Enjoy!

Covers

Nothing makes me feel as calm and tranquil as listening to my one hundred eighteenth pick.

Artist - Cat Power

Album - The Covers Record

Released - 2000

Label - Matador

Genre - Indie Rock

Tracks:

Side A

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Kingsport Town

Trouble Waters

Naked if I Want To

Sweedeedee

In This Hole

Side B

I Found A Reason

Wild is the Wind

Red Apples

Paths of Victory

Salty Dog

Sea of Love

Listening to Chan Marshall aka Cat Power sing is very relaxing.  Not only did I chose this record today for the simple fact that two of my favorite songs are on it (I Found A Reason and Sea of Love), it's because a friend spoke of her earlier today and I remembered I had this album.  This is just a stripped down version of cover songs sung by Chan with her unique touch added.  I've been a fan of Cat Power since my cousin told me about her in early 2000 and when I watched V for Vendetta a few years later and heard her cover to I Found A Reason, I swear I must have listened to that song a million times.  This album will get you through some emotional moments or maybe just those days where you feel like things are not going right.  

Enjoy!