Monday, January 21, 2008

soundtrack to (the last 15 minutes of) my life




"Silver Lining" by Rilo Kiley: Super infectious alterna-folksy-pop driven by clapping hands and just about every corner of Jenny Lewis' always engaging range--the low, the high, the twang, and the tilt.











"Please Read the Letter" by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: One of those urgent ballads that plants itself in your head as though it were a chore to be done before the week is out. Plant and Krauss (perfectly matched) build as the song builds but never overstep its quiet insistence.










"Walking Down the Line" by Bob Dylan: The repeated guitar/verse/harmonica structure tricks you into believing this song is simple. It conjures Woody, Muddy, Pete and every ideal they represent as Dylan strums fast to the tracks they laid.

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