1. Shut Down the Streets - A.C. Newman
2. The Slow Wonder - A.C. Newman
3. Sorry is Gone - Jessica Lea Mayfield
4. Man About Town - Mayer Hawthorne
5. Wanted on Voyage - George Ezra
6. In///Parrallel - Dhani Harrison
7. S/T - Rainer Maria
8. Baby Driver (Music From the Motion Picture)
9 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
10.
Hedwig and Angry Inch Original Cast Recording - I saw a production of this in Cincinnati years ago (I think Julie got the tickets from WOXY, in fact). Really love the play and the music but had only ever heard the movie soundtrack and the cover album (Wig in a Box). This is mostly pretty good. I don't think I like the main character as much in this as other versions, however.
11.
Yoko - Beulah - I've been cleaning up my music library lately because I switched to Android and am finally abandoning my old iPod classic, just can't deal with iTunes anymore, and don't want to carry two devices. Anyhoo... I've been re-ripping stuff that I had in M4A format so that I don't eventually run into a wall with that format, and I had a song off of this album, but had never listened to it. Cincinnati still had a copy so here we are. That's a long story for an album that didn't do much for me. It sounds like Beulah, which I liked, but nothing stands out as a keeper. I'll probably delete it.
12.
Invitation - Filthy Friends - Sounds pretty much like a female fronted REM. Makes sense with Peter Buck in the mix. It wasn't bad, but I didn't fall in love with it. It seemed a tad over-produced and slick, even for me.
13.
This Machine - The Dandy Warhols - I like "Bohemian Like You" and "We Used to be Friends," that was about the extent of my DWs knowledge prior to getting a few of their recently. First listen on this one makes me think they're not my cuppa. It's good enough, but it's not something I think I'd find myself going back to.
14.
Jukebox the Ghost - Jukebox the Ghost
15.
Safe Travels - Jukebox the Ghost - I saw these guys a long time ago at MPMF, might even have been the first year that Citybeat owned the festival, so how long ago was that? So I've liked them a while, but not necessarily kept up with them.
Safe Travels I had heard before, back when Rdio was still around. I enjoyed it, and will probably give it some more attention. The self titled effort has a similar quality but there's no evolution there so it gets same-y. These guys are what Walk the Moon could be, if they hadn't driven themselves off the Top 40 cliff.
16.
The Very Best of Daryl Hall and John Oates - Hall & Oates - Yeah, I know. This was about filling in holes in my library more than anything. The stuff I've known all my life fits the nostalgia/guilty pleasure category. The stuff I'm less familiar with doesn't hold up to 2018 sensibilities very well (not that "I Can't Go for That" really does either). I'll keep the ubiquitous stuff and delete the rest. Oddly, "Method of Modern Love," is a song that 'Weird' Al included in one of his polka medleys once and I had never known what the source was, now I do, but I'll never listen to it outside of the WAY medley again, turrible.
17.
Most Messed Up - Old 97s - I have a complicated relationship with these guys. I've had
Fight Songs forever and I really love that album. We went to see them live once, based on loving that album, and because so many people rave about their live show. We thought they were boring as fuck. I've tried several albums since then and they really don't do much for me, this one is no exception. It's not bad, it's just not exciting in any way.
18.
She's About to Cross My Mind - The Red Button - Pandora served the title single up to me one day and I fell for it instantly, this is exactly the sort of jangly pop that I like. There's some Candy Butchers in here, some Belle and Sebastian, some Shoes. Four and a half out of five would recommend.