Mike Bennett:
CD-R of the Month:
January/February, 2007

Here are the CDs I made for December 2006 and January 2007. Please send me your track lists – mike_bennett@fufkin.com.

Dec. 2006 Mix CD-R

The War On Crispness

Yo La Tengo – I Should Have Known Better
Steppenwolf – Move Over (Chooglin...)
The Living End – Roll On (Just saw them live – they still can bring it)
The Hold Steady – You Can Make Him Like You
Robert Gordon – Someday Someway
The Waistcoats – Forgive Me (From a Swedish pop comp)
Chris Brown – Not Gonna Make It Easy
Tiger Trap – You And Me (Love the winsome pop)
The Kinks – Rainy Day In June
The Handsome Family – Tesla's Hotel Room
Moonbabies – Stars Of Warburton (Midnight Oil cover)
Cee-Lo – Living Again (Look for the Cee-Lo compilation on Sony/BMG)
Prototypes – Danse Sur La Merde
Silver Jet – Master Plan
The Clash – Clampdown
The Goldstars – It's All About You
The Screaming Blue Messiahs – Bikini Red (Great forgotten group)
The Aerovons – Resurrection
Lindsey Buckingham – Cast Away Dreams
Western Electric – Faithless Disciple
Grand Funk – Bad Time (This is a second time on a mix – great tune)
Field Music – 17
Heaven 17 – Five Minutes To Midnight (Their first three albums reissued a budget price in 2006)
K-oS – The Anthem

January 2007 Mix Disc of the Month

I'm The Coolest Hostage

Midlake – Branches
Dumptruck – Island (This song fits so well after the mellow Midlake...and ups the tempo)
Gomez – Plug One Down (I highly recommend the two CD singles and other stuff comp)
Keene Brothers – This Time Do You Feel It?
The Damned – I Just Can't Be Happy Today (Great psych-edged garage rock from punk originals)
Q65 – It Came To Me (Awesome ‘60s Dutch rock and roll)
Bang! Bang! – No Real World
Hypnolovewheel – Wow! (What a fun band – wobbly ‘90s indie guitar pop)
Maple Mars – First Chick In Space
Young And Sexy – Conventional Lullabies
Lou Reed – Turn To Me (One of Reed's funniest numbers)
Ultimate Fakebook – I'm All Out Of It Now
Steve Almaas and Ali Smith – The Winner
Post Office – Pillows (This album sounds better now than it did when it came out)
Roy Wood – Going Down The Road (A reggae tune with bagpipes!)
Jon Langford – Working Man's Palace
Chuck Strong – I Got Married Too Soon (From Birmingham soul comp)
Ben Folds Five – Don't Change Your Plans
The Supers – Any Idiot
The Auteurs – New French Girlfriend
They Might Be Giants – She's An Angel
The Futureheads – Favours For Favours
La Peste – Better Off Dead
Smile – You Cast A Crazy Spell On Me

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