I’m pretty much using this as a 30-in-30 crutch. I’m ok admitting that. However, I’ve also received a direct plea to do it again so here we go!

1. High on a Mountain Top — Loretta Lynn (Van Lear Rose) – The thing I love about Shuffle Friday is that it helps me find music that I didn’t even know I had. This is the Jack White collaboration that got rave reviews a few years ago. This being said, I likely won’t listen to it.
2. Slow Show– The National (Boxer) — This is one of those bands that requires multiple listens to get into (in my opinion). The lead singer has a sort of drone to his voice that makes me want to wrestle him. However, over time, it grows on you. Now I love this band
3. 16 Track Scratch — Calexico (Hot Rail) — Calexico is easily my favorite band of the moment. This song is kind of this weird mix of electronica and southwestern sounds. A match made in heaven really.
4. I’m still your fag — Broken Social Scene (You Forget it in People) – These guys are canadian so I think they get away w/ using the word Fag without offending? I dunno. But the song is incredibly cool?
5. The Weakest Part — Yo la Tengo (I’m not afraid of you and I will beat your ass) — I think this song is so incredibly cool and catchy that it helps me ignore the weird title of this album. If you’re looking to get into Yo la Tengo, this is the most approachable album of their vast repository.

Ok Coleman, you requested this, let’s see what kind of crappy Jack Johnson mix you’re gonna lay on us!

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I’ve spent entirely too much time listening to this album from the band Beach House. It’s their third album and first out on subpop. It reminds me a little of 70’s pop. I’ve read comparisons to Fleetwood Mac though they remind me of a less melodic Fleet Foxes. If you’re into good sounding tunes, I highly recommend. Below are links to samples of my favorite songs. Give em a listen why don’t you

• Zebra
• Norway
• Lover of Mine

It’s day 5 people so it’s time to do a little shuffle friday action. This is the first time I’m doing this with my android and considering my collection on this phone consists of 9,000 Belle and Sebastian songs and a Pearl Jam song, this could get interesting.

1. The Way that he Sings — My Morning Jacket (At Dawn) — There’s a really good chance that if I were a hippie, all I’d listen to was this album
2. Hallelujah — Rufus Wainwright (Shred Soundtrack) — Wait a minute, the Shrek Soundtrack? Where did this come from? But I am actually a Rufus fan so I guess this can stay. But for real, I need to figure this out
3. Seven Swans — Sufjan Stevens (Seven Swans) — This is Sufjan’s “religious” album. But he’s Episcopalian, like I. So how religious could this be? Let’s get real
4. Don’t Cry — Guns N’ Roses (Greatest Hits) — You can tell me all you want not to cry Axl, but with sweet sweet ballads like this, how can I not?
5. The Happy Birthday Song — Andrew Bird (The Mysterious Production of Eggs) — What Sufjan was to me 3 years ago, Bird is to me today. He helps me get in touch with my feminine side. When the estrogen therapy isn’t working that is

Got a shuffle friday you wanna share?