1. The Money Express, David Shire
2. Psychic City (Voodoo City), YACHT
3. Nigeria What?, Debruit
4. 3:25, Clutchy Hopkins
5. Home (RAC Mix), Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
6. Swim Until You Can’t See Land, Frightened Rabbit
7. L.I.E., N’dambi
8. I Can’t Go For That, The Bird and The Bee
9. Alligator (Toro Y Moi Remix), Tegan and Sara
10. Jamana Be Diya, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
11. Gathering All The Lost Loves, General Elektriks
12. The Mall and Misery, Broken Bells
13. Witness Dub, Roots Manuva
14. Pray For Rain, Massive Attack

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1. Can’t Get Up If You Can’t Get Down, US Navy Port Authority Soul Band
2. Who Makes Your Money, Spoon
3. Medicine Man, Zero 7
4. Stylo, Gorillaz
5. Saturday Come Slow, Massive Attack
6. Soldier of Love, Sade
7. Wasabi, The Arch Cupcake
8. Do You Really Want To Rescue Me Part 1, Elsie Mae
9. Ajula / Mbamba, Bela Fleck
10. Apache, Jorgen Ingmann
11. Quelqu’un m’a dit, Carli Bruni

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1. Lay Down In The Tall Grass, Timber Timbre
2. Le Chat Du Cafe Des Artistes, Charlotte Gainsbourg
3. Vibe So Hot, Benji Hughes
4. Duet With The Northern Sky, Sleepy Sun
5. The Calculation, Regina Spektor
6. Mojo Hand, Lightnin’ Hopkins
7. Moving To L.A., Art Brut
8. Hood Pass Intact, Dam-Funk
9. Drop It (Like A Funky Muppet), Magic Drum Orchestra
10. Sea Within A Sea, The Horrors
11. Into The Wind, Bei Bei & Shawn Lee
12. Lovers’ Carvings, Bibio

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1. Too Many Birds, Bill Callahan [iTunes | amazon]
2. We Will Not Be Lovers, Mike Doughty [iTunes]
3. Words & Music, Sondre Lerche [iTunes | amazon]
4. Je t’aime moi non plus, Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin [iTunes | amazon]
5. Fantino, Sebastien Tellier [iTunes | amazon]
6. Maybe So, Maybe No, Mayer Hawthorne [iTunes]
7. Schulmaedchen Report, Grat Wilden & Orchestra [amazon]
8. Givin’ up Food for Funk Pt. 1, The J.B.’s [iTunes | amazon]
9. Rocket Science, Teddybears [forthcoming]
10. IRM, Charlotte Gainsbourg [forthcoming]
11. Coat of Arms, Nosaj Thing [iTunes | amazon]
12. Hi Low and In Between, One eskimO [iTunes]

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“I’m not a rocket scientist / I rock the house and sign the checks and that’s it / Don’t take no astrophysicist to make you blow out your system, kick it”.

Rocket Science (MP3) (N.B. Once the song was described as “Roket Science” on the KCRW feed, unclear if that was a typo or the correct spelling)

The Teddybears (Myspace)

Update: Here’s a high quality link thanks to commenter Ben: 4shared, Rapidshare.

Album (Amazon, iTunes)
Brett Dennen (official site)
San Francisco (MP3)

In 2004 and 2005 I was touring with the Pixies. I was a co-founder of two music companies that recorded and sold concerts on CD. One of the members of the crew who I became good friends with shared with me the most amazing recording from a high school band. It was the stuff of legend; something everyone else had already heard and couldn’t stop talking about. I can’t say too much more about where the band is from, or why the recording was available, but I can say this: I knew the moment I heard this recording that I wanted to produce & sell this record.

Everyone who heard the tape loved it, though no one could explain why. Maybe it’s the screaming fans? The pratfall? The earnestness of our emcee? It doesn’t do much good to explain it, the best thing to do is to simply listen. I purchased the recording and we sent it to get mastered, a job that was completed on November 19, 2005. After that, life got in the way. The original plan was to put High School Band Concert out on CD, packaged in one of those old-school cardboard boxes three times bigger than the CD itself, designed to fit into a record store’s old record shelves. But before any of that happen, the project stalled, and the master recording has sat on my bookshelf. Until now.

Available here, a gift to the world, is High School Band Concert. Download any individual track, or the entire 28 minute CD.

Download The Full CD [.ZIP format]

Individual MP3s:

1. Introduction
2. America The Beautiful
3. Bach Minuet in G Major
4. Introduction to Corelli
5. Corelli Quartet Part I
6. Corelli Quartet Part II
7. Introduction to Jazz
8. 5-Foot-2 Eyes of Blue
9. Orchestra Warm-Up
10. The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
11. Introduction to Chopin
12. Chopin Piano Solo
13. Introduction to Rap
14. Rap
15. H To The Izzo
16. Revolution #16
17. Death Metal
18. Thank You
19. America The Beautiful (Reprise)

Image from dugspr on flickr.

Massive Attack (iTunes, Amazon)

Massive Attack, Paradise Circus (MP3)

Album (iTunes, Amazon, Label)

The Deadbeats, Turtle (MP3)