Bright Eyes - Cassadaga & Four Winds EP

The new Bright Eyes leaked today. I downloaded it. Then I uploaded it. Now you download it. I don't even know if it's good or not because I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. Also included is the Four Winds EP which has five b-sides that aren't on Cassadaga. The EP is really good, especially the title track. Apparently there's another b-side called "Endless Entertainment" on the official Bright Eyes website, but I can't seem to find it. There's another b-side that will go out to people who pre-order the album called "Susan Miller Rag", but it doesn't seem like that has been leaked yet. If I find either of those, I'll be sure to post them.


Four Winds EP
1. Four Winds
2. Reinvent the Wheel
3. Smoke Without Fire (feat. M. Ward)
4. Stray Dog Freedom (feat. Ben Kweller)
5. Cartoon Blues
6. Tourist Trap


Cassadaga
1. Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)
2. Four Winds
3. If the Brakeman Turns My Way
4. Hot Knives
5. Make a Plan to Love Me
6. Soul Singer in a Session Band
7. Classic Cars
8. Middleman
9. Cleanse Song
10. No One Would Riot for Less
11. Coat Check Dream Song
12. I Must Belong Somewhere
13. Lime Tree

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

The new Modest Mouse album leaked. I've got it on in the background right now, and I'm on track 10. I don't think it sounds very good, but I'll have to give it a proper listen or two at work tomorrow before I really start to make a decision. Either way, here it is. If it sucks, you can thank me for saving you $15.

EDIT: The track tags are reversed. Track 1 is tagged as 14, Track 2 as 13, and so on. I downloaded it in a torrent as a zip file, and just started upping the same zip file before I got it into iTunes. I figured a couple people might be as anal retentive about that kind of stuff as I am, and thought I would make a note of it here. Also, I'm coming around on the album. I don't know where I'd rank it amongst Modest Mouse's other albums, but I definitely enjoyed listening to it today.



1. March Into the Sea
2. Dashboard
3. Fire It Up
4. Florida
5. Parting of the Sensory
6. Missed the Boat
7. We've Got Everything
8. Fly Trapped in a Jar
9. Education
10. Little Motel
11. Steam Engenius
12. Spitting Venom
13. People as Places as People
14. Invisible

Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas

Best. Christmas album. Ever. Here are all five discs of Sufjan's new Christmas box set, plus an alternate version of "Put the Lights On the Tree" from the self-released version of Volume II. Enjoy. Also, I really encourage you to go out and pick this up if you like it. You can find it for $20 easily, and the packaging is really cool. You also get a bunch of extra goodies in the box.


Volume 1: Noel
1. Silent Night
2. O Come O Come Emmanuel
3. We're Goin' To the Country!
4. Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming
5. It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!
6. Holy Holy, etc.
7. Amazing Grace

Volume 2: Hark!
1. Angels We Have Heard on High
2. Put the Lights on the Tree
3. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
4. I Saw Three Ships
5. Only at Christmas Time
6. Once in Royal David's City
7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
8. What Child Is This Anyway?
9. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

Volume 3: Ding! Dong!
1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
2. Come on! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!
3. We Three Kings
4. O Holy Night
5. That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!
6. Ding! Dong!
7. All the King's Horns
8. The Friendly Beasts

Volume 4: Joy
1. The Little Drummer Boy
2. Away In A Manger
3. Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time!
4. The First Noel
5. Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)
6. The Incarnation
7. Joy To The World

Volume 5: Peace
1. Once in Royal David's City
2. Get Behind Me, Santa!
3. Jingle Bells
4. Christmas in July
5. Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming
6. Jupiter Winter
7. Sister Winter
8. O Come O Come Emmanuel
9. Star of Wonder
10. Holy, Holy, Holy
11. The Winter Solstice

Happy Christmas Vols. 1-4

Thanksgiving is almost here, which means non-stop Christmas music is right around the corner. In the spirit of that, I'm going to post some Chritmas music. Here are all four volume of punk/ska/emo/indie rock label Tooth & Nail's Christmas compilations, featuring such bands as MxPx, Relient K, Emery, Switchfoot, the Supertones, Joy Electric, and more. Enjoy!

Volume 1
1. The O.C. Supertones - Joy To The World
2. Joy Electric - Winter Wonderland
3. Chasing Furies - O Come Emmanuel
4. Starflyer 59 - A Holiday Song
5. Five Iron Frenzy - You Gotta Get Up
6. Sarah Masen - Heaven's Got A Baby
7. Plankeye - Away In A Manger
8. Almonzo - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
9. Pep Squad - Feliz Navidad
10. Bon Voyage - Holly Jolly Christmas
11. Seven Day Jesus - O Holy Night
12. One Eighty - Mele Kalikimaka
13. Switchfoot - Evergreen
14. House of Wires - Do You Hear What I Hear?
15. Fold Zandura - Asia Minor
16. Huntingtons - It's Always Christmas At My House
17. The Dingees - We Three Kings
18. Puller - Saviour Of The Fools

Volume 2
1. MxPx - Christmas Day
2. Sixpence None The Richer - You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
3. All Star United - I Wish It Would Be Christmas Everyday
4. Plankeye - Jesu Bambino (The Infant Child)
5. Hangnail - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
6. Joy Electric - Lollipop Parade (On Christmas Day)
7. Flight 180 - O Come All Ye Faithful
8. Starflyer 59 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
9. Viva Voce - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
10. The Normals - Peace Child (O Come Emmanuel)
11. Fanmail - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
12. Norway - White Christmas
13. Element - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
14. The Deluxtone Rockets - Santa Claus Is Back In Town
15. House Of Wires - Caroling, Caroling
16. Lost Dogs - The Chipmunk Song

Volume 3
1. The O.C. Supertones - Heaven's Got A Baby
2. Relient K - Santa Claus is Thumbing To Town
3. Cadet - The First Noel
4. Bleach - What We Call Christmas
5. Earthsuit - Wonderful Christmas Time
6. Kendall Payne - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
7. Hangnail - Do You Hear What I Hear?
8. Poor Old Lu - What Child Is This
9. Joy Electric - Mrs. Santa Claus
10. Denison Witmer - A Christmas Song
11. Ace Troubleshooter - Have It All
12. Starflyer 59 - I'll Be Home For Christmas
13. Aaron Sprinkle - A Christmas Song For All Year Round
14. Skyline Drive - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
15. Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes - I Hate Christmas Parties

Volume 4
1. Switchfoot - Evergreen
2. Emery - (Ho Ho Hey) A Way For Santa's Sleigh
3. Anberlin - Baby Please Come Home
4. Eisley - The Winter Song
5. Starflyer 59 - Christmas Time Is Here
6. Aaron Gillespie and Kenny Vasoli - Yule Be Sorry
7. Mae - Carol of the Bells
8. Copeland - Do You Hear What I Hear
9. Relient K - I Celebrate the Day
10. Hawk Nelson - Last Christmas
11. Spoken - Mary Did You Know
12. The Fold - O Holy Night
13. Number One Gun - Of Two Bearded Men
14. Davis, John - God is Real (Jesus is Alive)

Download all four volumes from MegaUpload

Jens Lekman - Oh, You're So Silent, Jens

I should probably start this post off introducing myself. My name is Jed. Perhaps you've seen my website. Probably not, though. Anyway, you're not here for that, you're here to steal music. So here we go.

This CD is somewhat new to my repitoire (a few months), but it already holds a special place in my heart. Jens' voice is so pathetic and wonderful at the same time. However, it's Jens' honest from-the-heart lyrics that hit home for me. Listen to the song "Someone to Share My Life With." The first time I heard that song, I shed a tear.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Yay! I finally got around to uploading the greatest album of all time! I'm not even going to write anything about this one, suffice to say that it literally changed my life, something only 4 or 5 bands have managed to do. Enjoy, and all that nonsense.



1. The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1
2. The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. 2 & 3
3. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
4. Two-Headed Boy
5. The Fool
6. Holland, 1945
7. Communist Daughter
8. Oh Comely
9. Ghost
10. Untitled
11. Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2

Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche (Full Album - Leaked!)

Yes indeed, the new Sufjan album comprised of outtakes and demo versions from Illinois (including three alternate versions of Chicago... woohoo!) got leaked already, even though it's not scheduled to come out until July. I'm downloading it right now, so I can't write anything about how awesome it is yet (although I've already heard the title track, and it is as good as anything on Illinois). You can thank Tim for this one, since he sent me the link. Here it be:


1. The Avalanche
2. Dear Mr Supercomputer
3. Adlai Stevenson
4. The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night by Saint Dargarius and his Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
5. Chicago (acoustic version)
6. The Henney Buggy Band
7. Saul Bellow
8. Carlyle Lake
9. Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in his Hair
10. The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
11. Kaskaskia River
12. Chicago (adult contemporary easy listening version)
13. Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
14. No Man's Land
15. The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
16. The Pick-up
17. The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?"
18. For Clyde Tombaugh
19. Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version)
20. Pittsfield
21. The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)

Bonus album review-type thing
Bonus news blurb about the album

Sufjan Stevens Rarities

While looking for a tracklisting for the vinyl version of "Welcome to Michigan" so I could see what the bonus tracks were before I bought it, I stumbled across an amazing find. 20 vinyl-only/rare/unreleased Sufjan tracks! Woohoo! So here's the link:

http://allimperfectthings.typepad.com/allimperfectthings/2006/03/sufjan_stevens_.html