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New album Frog in Boiling Water is great by the way!

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from Dogsbody album

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My morning playlist has been Rilo Kiley and Jenny Lewis heavy. It's been a while since there's been an RK track in this community, so here is a good one.

I think I had a ticket to a Rilo Kiley show which was on their tour for their last album, but I think it was cancelled. I was lucky enough to be in New York City to see Jenny Lewis play with the Watson Twins a few years later. Have you been to any RK or JL shows?

I also found this version Jenny performed live in Sydney, a while ago. Youtube link

I had heard some of Beth Orton’s songs from her first album but it was only with the release of the second album, Central Reservation, that I really got into her. I went in a trip to Perth, Western Australia and had some time on my hands.l, So I went to check out some tunes in a local record shop

You may remember listening to CDs in stores? Central Reservation was at one of the listening points and Stolen Car was the opening track. Usually, you would skip through the tracks quite quickly to get a feel for if you liked the tunes enough to buy the CD, but with this disc I avidly listened to the whole album and then rushed to the counter to buy it.

I’ve never seen this performance on Letterman before. Enjoy Dave’s slightly stilted introduction!

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2011 live version

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Sum 41

Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/de/master/658501-Neneh-Cherry-Blank-Project

I think this is a cool song. I also like the opening track from the EP this is from, as it's set in my home town.

Here is the studio version. Youtube, Yewtube

There was and still is a rich seam of great stuff coming out of Canada. This is one of them, IMO.

This is from Tanya's possibly under-rated album Beautysleep which came out on 4AD. It's a beautiful album, but then again, I think that Ms. Donelly could literally sing the menu from a restaurant and sound great.

New…so new that maybe this doesn't yet show up for you…it's already May 31 where I am. New, but sounding quite familiar.

I'nm not sure why this popped into my head

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=Rn9Dkg_vRJc

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Sorry, I'm in a mood, as my kids say

Que faire quand on a tout fait

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This track was released digitally last year and just got a 7" release, this month.

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Another fun track out of Sydney with a dodgeball in a Scout hall video.

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A sweet sounding song from Sydney indie pop band, Bridge Dog.

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• Official homepage: http://www.curve.co.uk/

Such a chill little trip