I’ve listened to the new Paste Sampler a few more times, and here are my favorite tracks:
Conventional Wisdom by Built To Spill - Good lyrics with a catchy guitar riff - sometime life surprises.
Hunger by Nicolai Dunger – This Swedish soccer player turned musician can sing.
Yeah! by The Golden Dogs - I like this song mostly for the chorus: Bop bop bodda bop bop badodda, with yeahs peppered in between. Reminds me of The Strokes and Kings of Leon.
Skeleton Key by Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s – For some reason, it reminds me of a non-country version of Nickel Creek and sounds best with headphones.
Roly Poly by The Little Willies – Having started as a Willie Nelson cover band, Norah Jones’s side project has come a long way, and you have to like a song with lyrics like, Roly Poly, eatin’ corn and taters, hungry every minute of the day. Roly Poly, gnawin’ on a biscuit, as long as he can chew it, he’s okay.
Let Me Go by Sonya Kitchell – Sounding a little like Joss Stone, Kitchell at the age of seventeen has an old soul that emanates from her vocals. Her web site has a live video performance of the song.
Anna by Ellery – Performed by a husband-and-wife duo (image below), this is a beautiful, well-crafted song and my favorite on the sampler.
In your short life, you’ve lived a thousand times
You stood so brave, they robbed you blind
The truth is, there’ll be harder times
It’s okay to say you’re fine
But I’ll be waiting back behind (and)
you can make your troubles mine...
One Man Wrecking Machine by Guster – My second favorite on the sampler – a song about time machines, getting in girls’ pants, high school and friends. It’s fun and has a great chorus: inspired by true events on movie screens, I am a one man wrecking machine.
One More Day by The Wood Brothers – Chris Wood - of Medeski Martin and Wood - and his brother Oliver deliver stripped down folk with great bass and guitar.
Conventional Wisdom by Built To Spill - Good lyrics with a catchy guitar riff - sometime life surprises.
Hunger by Nicolai Dunger – This Swedish soccer player turned musician can sing.
Yeah! by The Golden Dogs - I like this song mostly for the chorus: Bop bop bodda bop bop badodda, with yeahs peppered in between. Reminds me of The Strokes and Kings of Leon.
Skeleton Key by Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s – For some reason, it reminds me of a non-country version of Nickel Creek and sounds best with headphones.
Roly Poly by The Little Willies – Having started as a Willie Nelson cover band, Norah Jones’s side project has come a long way, and you have to like a song with lyrics like, Roly Poly, eatin’ corn and taters, hungry every minute of the day. Roly Poly, gnawin’ on a biscuit, as long as he can chew it, he’s okay.
Let Me Go by Sonya Kitchell – Sounding a little like Joss Stone, Kitchell at the age of seventeen has an old soul that emanates from her vocals. Her web site has a live video performance of the song.
Anna by Ellery – Performed by a husband-and-wife duo (image below), this is a beautiful, well-crafted song and my favorite on the sampler.
In your short life, you’ve lived a thousand times
You stood so brave, they robbed you blind
The truth is, there’ll be harder times
It’s okay to say you’re fine
But I’ll be waiting back behind (and)
you can make your troubles mine...
One Man Wrecking Machine by Guster – My second favorite on the sampler – a song about time machines, getting in girls’ pants, high school and friends. It’s fun and has a great chorus: inspired by true events on movie screens, I am a one man wrecking machine.
One More Day by The Wood Brothers – Chris Wood - of Medeski Martin and Wood - and his brother Oliver deliver stripped down folk with great bass and guitar.
