Courtenay’s Cuts: Session 10

OLD
Centro-matic – Say Something/95 Frowns (2002)

I can’t believe it took me so long to listen to Centro-matic. People have been telling me to do this for forever, it seems. Will Johnson sounds so injured (and sexy!) in this one. I picked this one to share with you guys because my favorite songs always end up being the ones with the great lyrics that I can sing along to. This one is just so raw – gotta love it!

NEW
Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career (2009)

Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell just has a knack for writing lovely little songs with charmingly pessimistic lyrics. I had to grace you all with this song because I love the keyboard part. I don’t know what it is about Scotland that seems to produce such clever pop songs, but I can certainly appreciate it.

BORROWED
Vetiver – To Baby (2008)

Vetiver’s 2008 album, Thing of the Past is an entire album of folk covers from the late 60s and early 70s. This one is my personal favorite, and try as I might I cannot seem to find the original, by Biff Rose. I suppose I haven’t sifted through enough used vinyl racks in random places. This song is lazy summer days and nostalgia. And who doesn’t love that?

BLUE
B.B. King – Sweet Little Angel (1956)

This song just never gets old! You know a song is great when you’re smiling within the first 4 seconds. And it just gets so much better after that. This one has everything – the blues guitar makes my ears melt (in a good way!). Not to mention his voice just sliding around everywhere. B.B. King is my anti-drug.

where you’ll find me
11/08: Snoop Dogg at House of Blues

by Courtenay Paris