Yes, kids, I do have a personality apart from politics. In a past life, I owned a music retail outlet that specialized in, among other things, Canadian indie music. True story. I’ve also been to the Austin City Limits Music Festival – twice. I’m fond of Austin. And I’ve watched High Fidelity way too many times. Here’s my latest attempt at a listenable playlist, which I’ve named (in true music geek fashion) We need to talk after a line in the Bloc Party song. It doesn’t make much sense, but at least this time I haven’t tried to shove a country song in there somewhere.
- Death Cab for Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart [edit]
- Broken Bells – The High Road
- Stars – Violent
- Goldfrapp – Happiness
- No Doubt – It’s My Life
- Moloko – Pure Pleasure Seeker
- Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
- Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
- Muse – Uprising
- The Gossip – Standing in the Way of Control
- Spinnerette – Ghetto Love
- Super Furry Animals – The Man Don’t Give a Fuck
- Bloc Party – Flux
- The Black & White Years – Power to Change
- Snow Patrol – Wow
- Arctic Monkeys – Brianstorm
- Travis – Something Anything
- The New Pornographers – Use It
- Razorlight – Somewhere Else
- Keane – Crystal Ball
- Stardeath & White Dwarfs / The Flaming Lips – Time / Breathe [reprise]
- Beach House – 10 Mile Stereo
- Broken Social Scenc – Lover’s Spit
- Metric – Gimme Sympathy
- Jarvis Cocker – Running the World
