I enjoyed listening to My Morning Jacket's album Z, so I thought I would add another album to the iTunes. Circuital (2011) is another strong album with great tracks like:"Victory Dance," "Circuital," "Otta My System," and "First Light." I can see myself eventually getting the whole catalogue.
The Old 97's have been a favorite band of mine for several years now. A while back I got the Old 97s record The Grand Theater Vol.1 and enjoyed it. So I've been meaning to pick up The Grand Theater Vol. 2 (2011) for a while and it is a worthy successor to volume one. My favorite tracks so far include: "No Simple Machine," "How Lovely It All Was," "Perfume," "Ivy," and "Visiting Hours."
I didn't really search out the music of The Decemberists until fairly recently as well, despite the fact that I read lead singer Colin Meloy's autobiographical book length essay on The Replacement's Let It Be for the Continuum 33 1/3 book series. And according to the All Music Guide, Castaways and Cutouts (2002) is their most essential recording. I'm not sure I agree, but it does have several standout tracks: "California One/Youth And Beauty,"July, July," "Grace Cathedral Hill," and "Clementine."
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