Mike Bennett:
CD-R of the Month:
May,
2006

Two for the price of one, due to the double issue last time around. The May disc has a couple segueways that are a bit dodgy, but it's alright. I really dig the April one. Please send me a track list at mike_bennett@fufkin.com and I'll post it.

CURSE OF THE GOAT CLOUD (May 2006 Mix CD-R of the Month)

The Vores – The Rack
Plug Uglies – Grubby Supper
The Guess Who – If You Don't Want Me (From their garage rock years)
Robert Pollard – Blessed In An Open Hand
Genesis – I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (What a great tune)
Bobby Sutliff – Fall
Tiara – The Reason Why
Poor Luther's Bones – La La Land
Surf Punks – I Live For The Sun (I'm a sucker for this band's dumb poppy punk)
The Well Wishers – Break It Up
The Boo Radleys – Feel The Answer Within
Menthol – New Recruits (Their last album was a neat new wave-y pop disc)
Arctic Monkeys – Dancing Shoes (Not as good as their press, but certainly a good band)
Queen – Somebody To Love
Sadina – It Comes And Goes (Girl pop magic from the ‘60s)
Kelley Stoltz – The Sun Comes Through
Chitlin' Fooks – Homework For Sale
Too Much Joy – Song For A Girl Who Has One (Singer Tim Quirk now works for eMusic)
Tangiers – Dragging The Harbour
Scissor Sisters – It Can't Come Quickly Enough
The Beach Boys – You Still Believe In Me
Beth Orton – Shopping Trolley (Love her new album – her best yet)
Daniel Wylie – Love, Love, Love

Now onto last month:

Picking Up Where God Left Off (April 2006 mix CDR of the month)

Belle And Sebastian – Song For Sunshine
Evie Sands – Take Me For A Little While (From her first solo album – what a great singer, now in Adam Marsland's Chaos Band)
Love & Rockets – No New Tale To Tell (Always a favorite)
Tapes ‘n Tapes – Cowbell
Komeda – Reproduce
The Monks – I Hate You
Mas Rapido! – Stand Up 4 Yourself
Dodgy – Whole Lot Easier (Forgotten ‘90s Britpop – very good)
Ted Leo + Pharmacists – Walking To Do
Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 – Killing Me
The Angels – Coming Down (Original single version)
Jen Trynin – Around It (After reading her book, went back to the music – still sounds good)
Harvey Danger – Little Round Mirrors
The Merrymakers – Don't Tell Me
The Boomtown Rats – Someone's Looking At You
Supergrass – Kick In The Teeth
Candy Staton – I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart
(That A Young Man's Fool) (Great Southern soul reissue)
Lynchpin – Take It Like A Man (Gene Pitney cover – R.I.P.)
Immaculate Machine – So Cynical
Statuesque – Rock And, Therefore, Roll
Alan Parsons Project – I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
KT Tunstall – Silent Sea (Deserves her success – good singer-songwriter stuff)

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