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This week, my hands got so dry because of the cold, clear skies and the harsh soap at work, that I finally gave hand cream a try.

Also this week, I remembered to play music from Juno, AND figured out to keep the robot myspace ho’s at bay!

artist - song - album :: extra info

Point Juncture, WA - Sick on Sugar - forthcoming Heart to Elk
(myspace | website)

Black Mountain - Angels - In The Future
(website | myspace)

Throw Me the Statue - About to Walk - Moonbeams
(myspace | Baskerville Hill)

Kimya Dawson - So Nice So Smart - Juno Soundtrack
(website | myspace | livejournal)

Aster - Attempting to Multiply - Some Things Seldom Heard Of
(website | myspace | Attempting to Multiply video)

Cat Power Jukebox - Silver Stallion - Jukebox :: The Highwaymen cover
(myspace | @ Matador)

Kelley Stoltz - Your Reverie - Circular Sounds :: out February 5
(website | myspace | @ Sub Pop)

El Perro Del Mar - How Did We Forget? - From the Valley to the Stars :: out February 27
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Hot Chip - Made in the Dark - Made in the Dark :: out February 4
(website | myspace | Ready for the Floor video)

The Whigs - Right Hand on my Heart - Mission Control
(website | myspace)

Meshach Jackson - Smile - Experiments in Drowning EP
(website | myspace)

Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Glue Girls - Pershing
(website | myspace)

Red Ghost - The Widow :: Mars Volta cover
(myspace)

Aloha - Body Buzz - Light Works EP
(myspace)

Antsy Pants - Tree Hugger - Juno Soundtrack :: also a Kimya Dawson project
(myspace)

Alex Arrowsmith - Going Insane for the McCain Campaign - Missing Briefcase
(website | myspace | youtube)
mp3s:

Aster - Attempting to Multiply
Kelley Stoltz - Your Reverie
The Whigs - Right Hand on My Heart
Aloha - Body Buzz

 

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I forgot that I was totally planning on playing something from the Juno soundtrack! Dang it! I saw it this week and I loved it! I want to own the super-delux version of it when it comes out on DVD. Oh well, I guess there’s next week. I’m still really happy with this mix.
artist - song - album :: extra info

Cars and Trains - Broken Record Player - Rusty String
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Chairs in the Arno - Winter Song - File Folder
(website | myspace)

Evangelicals - Skeleton Man - The Evening Descends :: out January 22
(myspace | last.fm)

Headlights - Cherry Tulips - Some Racing, Some Stopping :: out February 19
(website | myspace)

Wye Oak - Warning - If Children
(website | myspace)

Little Beirut - Loose Medusa - High Dive
(website | myspace)

Windy City Gentleman - Hey Mister - Kiddies vs Piggies EP
(myspace)

Ida - The Killers - Lovers Prayers
(website | myspace)

The Owls - Peppermint Patty - Daughters and Suns
(website | myspace)

Yeasayer - 2080 - All Hour Cymbals
(website | myspace)

Thao Nguyen - Beat (Health, Life, Fire) - We Brave Bee Stings and All
(website | myspace)

Fernanda Takai - There Must Be An Angel :: Eurhythmics cover
(Pato Fu: website | myspace | Mamã Papá video [so good!])

M83 - Couleurs - Saturdays = Youth :: out April 15
(website | myspace)

Alex Arrowsmith - High Speed Chase - Missing Briefcase
(website | myspace | youtube)
mp3s:

Chairs in the Arno - Winter Song
Wye Oak - Warning
Ida - The Killers (via Pitchfork)
The Owls - Peppermint Patty
Yeasayer - 2080
Thao Nguyen - Beat (Health, Life, Fire)

 

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I loved doing the year-end best-of stuff, but it’s so great to start a new year and look forward! There’s so many new releases right now, I’ve only scratched the surface this week. If this were my job, I’d write “I love my job” right here, without “quotes.”
artist - song - album :: extra info

Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup - Made of Bricks
(website | myspace | Pumpkin Soup video)

Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down - Swimming Pools - We Brave Bee Stings and All
(website | myspace | @ NPR’s World Cafe | @ Daytrotter)

British Sea Power - Waving Flags - Do You Like Rock Music :: out February 12 on Rough Trade
(website | myspace | Waving Flags video)

Sambassadeur - Final Say - Migration
(website | myspace)

The Bongolian - The Champion - Outer Bongolia
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Hayden - Where And When - In Field & Town :: out January 15
(website | myspace | last.fm | @ CBC Radio 3)

Lismore - Paradis - In Loss We Trust
(website | myspace | Paradis video)

The Mountain Goats- Sax Rohmer #1 - Heretic Pride
(website | myspace)

Little Beirut - The Lottery - High Dive :: probably out in March, maybe sooner?
(website | myspace)

Carcrashlander - Gold Sunset - self-titled
(website | myspace | @ Local Cut)

The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead - Keep Your Eyes Ahead :: out January 29
(myspace | @ Sub Pop)

The Old Believers - There it Is - Some Songs By the Old Believers
(website | myspace)

Love Like Fire - Unlighted Shadow - An Ocean in the Air
(website | myspace | @ WOXY)

Oh Astro - Hello Fuji Boy - Champions of Wonder
(website | myspace | @ download.com)

The Magnetic Fields - California Girls - Distortion :: out January 15
(website | myspace)
mp3s:

Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down - Swimming Pools
British Sea Power - Waving Flags
Sambassadeur - Final Say
Hayden - Where And When (via Stereogum)
Lismore - Paradis
The Mountain Goats - Sax Rohmer #1
Carcrashlander - Gold Sunset (via Local Cut)
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Love Like Fire - Unlighted Shadow
Oh Astro - Hello Fuji Boy

 

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This is the rest of the best!

artist - song - album :: extra info

The National - Fake Empire - Boxer
(website | myspace | live @ NPR)

PJ Harvey - White Chalk - White Chalk
(website | myspace)

Okkervil River - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe - The Stage Names
(website | myspace | Not a Movie video)

The Octopus Project - Truck - Hello, Avalanche
(website | myspace | Truck video)

Tegan and Sara - Back in Your Head - The Con
(website | myspace | Back in Your Head video)

Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - self-titled EP
(website | myspace)

Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat - Spiderman of the Rings
(website | myspace | The Crystal Cat video)

The Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It - Our Ill Wills
(website | myspace) | (Leave It video)

Trespasser William - Felt Leaves - Noble House EP
(website | myspace)

Tunng - Bullets - Good Arrows
(website | myspace | Bullets video)

The Teenagers - Starlett Johansson
(myspace | Starlett Johansson video)

Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost - Cease to Begin
(website | myspace | Is There a Ghost video)

Broken Social Scene presents Kevin Drew - Backed out on the… - Spirit If
(BSS website | BSS myspace | Kevin Drew website | Kevin Drew myspace | Backed Out on the… video)

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - When Your Mind’s Made Up - Once Original Soundtrack
(The Frames: website | myspace | The Swell Season myspace | Once: website | myspace | When Your Mind’s Made Up video)

Iron & Wine - Resurrection Fern - The Shepherd’s Dog
(website | myspace | @ Sup Pop)

The Raveonettes - Dead Sound - Lust Lust Lust
(website | myspace | Dead Sound on YouTube)

They Might Be Giants - Careful what You Pack - The Else
(website | other website | myspace | fan Wiki)
mp3s:

The National - Fake Empire
Okkervil River - Our Life is not a Movie or Maybe
The Octopus Project - Truck
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat (via Pitchfork)
The Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It
Tunng - Bricks
The Teenagers - Starlett Johansson
Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost
The Raveonettes - Dead Sound

 

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More music! There’s one more coming after this. Sydney helped on this one.
artist - song - album :: extra info

Stars - Midnight Coward - In Our Bedroom After the War
(website | myspace)

The Go! Team - Doing it Right - Proof of Youth
(website | myspace | last.fm | Doing it Right video)

Bishop Allen - Rain - The Broken String
(website | myspace | Click Click Click Click video)

Beirut - Elephant Gun - Lon Gisland EP
(website | myspace)

Hayward Williams - Redwoods - Another Sailor’s Dream
(website | myspace)

Caribou - Eli - Andorra
(website | myspace | Melody Day video)

Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah - Night Falls over Kortedala
(website | myspace)

Moonbabies - Take Me to the Ballroom - Moonbabies at the Ballroom
(website | myspace)

Explosions in the Sky - The Birth and Death of Day - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
(website | myspace)

Lavender Diamond - Open Your Heart - Imagine Our Love
(website | myspace | Open Your Heart video)

The Postmarks - Goodbye - self-titled
(website | myspace | @ World’s Fair | Goodbye video)

Shapes and Sizes - Head Movin’ - Split Lips, Winning Hips, a Shiner
(website | myspace | @ Asthmatic Kitty)

The Choir Practice - I See Things - self-titled
(myspace | @ Mint Records | @ CBC Radio 3)

The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour - Challengers
(website | myspace)

Low - Breaker - Drums and Guns
(website | myspace | @ Sub Pop)

Mobius Band - Friends Like These - Heaven
(website | myspace | Friends Like These video)

The Clientele - Bookshop Casanova - God Save the Clientele
(website | myspace)

VHS or Beta - Can’t Believe a Single Word - Bring on the Comets
(website | myspace | Can’t Believe a Single Word video)

Dr. Dog - Worst Trip - We All Belong
(website | myspace)
mp3s:

Bishop Allen - Rain
Bishop Allen - Click Click Click Click
Hayward Williams - Redwoods
The Postmarks - Goodbye
Shapes and Sizes - Head Movin’
The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
Low - Breaker
Mobius Band - Friends Like These
The Clientele - Bookshop Casanova
Dr. Dog - Worst Trip