Larson's short bus list!

5. iPod touch & Skull Crusher headphones
I got my iPod touch after a great deal of thought and a moment of weakness. I got my Skull Crusher headphones for being "Employee of the Century" or something like that.. stoked on both!


4. Graveyard
Recommended to me on a drunken friday.. which made for a rocking saturday. I mean to do a review of this album but have been far to lazy to do so. Just buy it, roll a J on the album sleeve and zone out while staring at your favorite tapestry. myspace.com/graveyardsongs

3. Jens Lekman
I believe I texted my wife one day to let her know that I'd go gay for him. I received his music via 2 friends and waited for about 6 months to listen to him. What can I say.. I'm lame like that. "A Postcard To Nina" really kick started my love affair "Kanske Är Jag Kär I Dig" cemented it..


2. Kanye West - Goodlife
The first time I fully heard this song I was cleaning the bathroom while listening to a jacked copy of "Graduation" that was playing in the wrong order. I was stoked on "Goodlife" instantly but due to bathroom cleaning didn't hear when that song ended and "Barry Bonds (Featuring Lil Wayne)" out-of-orderly started up. That song blows hard! and I'm a Kanye and Lil Wayne fan..

Anyways.. "Goodlife" proved to me how on the late freight I had been with "Graduation". I didn't really give a crap when it came out because.. well I don't really know.. I was probably knee deep in some sad bastard music at the time. Anyways "Goodlife" made me love this album so much, put the video on my myspace and change my ringtone. What can I say.. "I got's to shine!"

1. The Envy Corps
I feel like these are my guys of 2008. I found "The Story Problem" via "Run Fat Boy Run".. this album rules! Listen to the whole thing over and over...

Cranewife's Top 5 Summer Spectacular

1. Jens Lekman- Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007). Doo-wop-y, sweet, self conscious music. Bonus internet fun: "A Postcard to Nina" live video featuring Jens and a ukelele.





2. The Lost Patrol/ The Lost Patrol Band/ Invasionen. Lead singer of Refused and The (International) Noise Conspiracy sings poppy break-up songs. Apparently they keep getting sued, thus the name changes.



3. Cover songs. Done right they can be mind blowing. See: Mark Kozelek's "What's Next to the Moon" (2001) (yes, AC/DC) or Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey (2005).





4. The great nation of Sweden. Currently providing me with almost all of the music I listen to.







5. Falling asleep to music. A classic now and forever. Current favorites: Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures (1979), Shout Out Louds-Our Ill Wills (2007), any Sigur Ros.

Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams (2008)

The summery album art seems like a good fit for the happy and lo-fi indie pop. The casually sung vocals and cheesy Casio keyboard background beats might deter some people, but they compliment each other nicely. They sound a little bit like the Magnetic Fields and Jens Lekman.