Posted a quick mix of the songs I've been listening to lately during this foggy Indian Summer. The tracks will re-arrange themselves after the first play, but this is the original order in which I uploaded them. ENJOY.

There Goes the Fear – Doves
Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
Pursuit of Happiness – Kid Cudi (featuring MGMT & Ratatat)
Please Visit Your National Parks – Oxford Collapse
Swim – Frightened Rabbit
Tessellate – Tokyo Police Club
Airplanes – Local Natives
A Brief History of Love – The Big Pink
Oh my God, Whatever, Etc. – Ryan Adams
Blue Skies – Noah and the Whale
Fun Stuff – Frightened Rabbit
Your Ghost – Greg Laswell
I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers
Slow Life (featuring Victoria Legrand) – Grizzly Bear
Kettering – The Antlers
Rome – Phoenix
Stars – The xx
Epilogue – The Antlers

The best version of this I’ve heard. Recorded live at Bon Iver’s last concert (for a while…let’s hope that’s actually the case) at Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on October 11, 2009

Your Love by Bon Iver  
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Your Ghost by Greg Laswell  
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Heard this on the latest episode of Gray’s Anatomy – it’s a cover of Kristin Hersch’s ‘Your Ghost’ – and it’s ephemeral and gorgeous. Perfect “cozy fall day sitting by the fire” song. (If only I had a working fireplace…)

Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap  
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First heard about this song from Ryan Vance, and haven’t been able to stop listening to it. It reminds me of something…can’t quite place it. HELP ME, INTERNETS…it’s driving me nuts!

Slow Life (Feat. Victoria Legrand) by Grizzly Bear  
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And yes, this *IS* from the Twilight: New Moon Soundtrack. (And you can just kindly STFU right now, thank you very much.)

Today's horoscope leaves me saying "Seriously? WTF"? Personally, I think Rick Levine is losing it, or also drank a bit too much this weekend. Possibly both.

In honor of that theme, enjoy Fanfarlo's "The Walls are Coming Down". 29 The Walls Are Coming Down

Frightened Rabbit – only quite possibly my favorite band of all time – released two new tracks today. The first, "Swim Until You Can't See Land", is an upbeat, cheery track, and if it serves as a hint of their forthcoming album (expected Spring 2010) we can expect it to be a bit cheerier than The Midnight Organ Fight. I'm all about change, but the poignancy and rawness of the songs on The Midnight Organ Fight affected me in ways no other album has. Ever. I hope they don't lose that authenticity.

And then I listened to the second song, "Fun Stuff". And my fears were for naught; with one listen, I was obsessed & felt the need to listen to it on repeat. Repeatedly. With much repetition. 

Fun Stuff – Frightened Rabbit

I took off my clothes,
She took off hers too,
With no fanfares and
No hallelujahs.
Throughout the night, 
I would grind
And breathe the truth.

There's nothing sadder
Than sad, sad sex,
And the bad, bad news
Is that I gave in
To the ugly hand
That first led me away from you.

AAH, the fun stuff is not so fun without you.

So I drink until
I fill my brim
But there's nothing that
Fills me up the same
As the tiny word
Broadcast across the sea.

And should I go out
To dance tonight,
Well my two left feet
Need you to right
Or I'll spin around
In circles endlessly.

Oh, the fun stuff is not so fun without you.

Well the city was born
Bright blue today
And I whistle through
The sunlit streets.
And my empty hand
Fell cold from under you.

And I'm quite alright,
I get by just fine,
I'm not depressed,
Not most of the time,
Just the fun stuff
Is much less fun without you.

The fun stuff is much less fun without you.

A Brief History Of Love by The Big Pink  
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Reminds me a bit of GlasVegas with a touch of The XX thrown in for some additional epicness.