Lush Sounds for a Sunday

I am attempting to enter the wicked world of HTML. Buried in this entry are several free downloads from the artists themselves.

My listening patterns this week have included Hem, Over the Rhine, The Guggenheim Grotto, and - as always - Josh Ritter.

I first heard the Joseph Arthur cover of "In the Sun" on a live cut from Coldplay's appearance on Austin City Limits. At the end of their performance, Martin quipped, "This is the best song ever written in my opinion." It's a very good song, Chris, yes.

Other highlights in this mix include former roommates', Redder Records' generous free cover of Nada Surf's "Inside of Love," as performed by in-house genius/former workerbee, Ben Barnett AKA Kind of Like Spitting (say that ten times really fast) and songs from the second season of ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas should win an award. According to IMDB, she hasn't yet. Finally, I'm still rockin' Trespassers William, even though Mazzy Star did it better and a decade earlier.

1) M. Ward - Transfiguration, No. 1
2) * Hope for a Golden Summer - Hearts in Jars
3) * The Guggenheim Grotto - One for Sorrow
4) * Josh Ritter - Girl in the War
5) The Elected - I'll Be Your Man
6) Sam Winch - I Got Some Moves
7) Rosie Thomas - Since You've Been Around
8) Merrick - Infinity
9) Michael Stipe & Coldplay - In the Sun
10) * Hotel Lights - Stumblin' Home Winter Blues
11) Gillian Welch - Revelator
12) Over the Rhine - I Want You to Be My Love
13) * Kind of Like Spitting - Inside of Love
14) Trespassers William - Lie in the Sound
15) Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
16) Damien Rice - Prague
17) * hem - Carry Me Home
18) M. Ward - Transfiguration, No.2

I know, I know. Nobody's going to visit all of these links. I just had to prove it to myself that I can do this HTML thing. At least check out the ones with *highlighted songs. There you can hear what I'm talking about. Wait. You can't actually hear me talking. I should try and rephrase that, but I won't.