Playlist | Ben Ratliff
Sounds From Around the World, Some Dark, Others Delicate
By Ben Ratliff
Published: November 5, 2009
Ithamara Koorax & Juarez Moreira “Bim Bom: The Complete João Gilberto Songbook”
Krallice “Dimensional Bleedthrough”
Egberto Gismonti “Saudaçoes”
Group Doueh “Treeg Salaam”
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou “Echoes Hypnotiques: 1969-1979”
Zune Playlist - The Krallice, Group Doueh and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou albums are not available yet and only some tracks from the Egberto Gismonti album are available with the Zune Pass, but may be purchased through Zune. Once available the playlist will be updated.
Playlist | Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart “What Will We Be”
Devendra Banhart didn’t actually name albums by these bands, but in some cases named specific songs. Compilations or the most recent album were used and where covers or remixes were discussed those specific tracks are included.
Guns N’ Roses “Greatest Hits”
Nirvana “Nirvana”
The Rolling Stones “Jump Back - The Best of The Rolling Stones, ‘71 - ‘93”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan “Anthology”
Ali Farka Touré “savane”
Simón Díaz “Mis Canciones”
Mobb Deep “The Safe Is Cracked”
Tha Alkaholiks “Coast II Coast”
Wu-Tang Clan “Legend Of The Wu-Tang: Wu-Tang Clan’s Greatest Hits”
Gang Starr “Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr”
Casual “Il Luminacions”
Del “The Producer Vol. 1”
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Hieroglyphics “Full Circle”
David Bowie “Quicksand”
Desmond Dekker “007 (Shanty Town)”
Oasis “(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady”
Xiu Xiu “Support Our Troops OH! (Black Angels Oh!)”
Phoenix “Rome”
Kath Bloom “Forget About Him”
Leonard Cohen “Songs of Leonard Cohen”
R. Kelly “Double Up”
Mary J. Blige “Reflections: A Retrospective”
The-Dream “Shawty Is Da Sh*!”
The-Dream and Mariah Carey “My Love”
Mariah Carey “Obsessed”
OMC “How Bizarre”
Blues Traveler “Hook”
Shaggy “The Best Of Shaggy”
Zune Playlist - The Simón Díaz album is not yet available with the Zune Pass. Once available the playlist will be updated.
Playlist | Nate Chinen
Moods Unsettling, Reflective, Eerie and Crunchy
By Nate Chinen
Published: October 28, 2009
On Fillmore “Extended Vacation”
Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio “Reflections”
Fire! “You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago”
Pelican “What We All Come to Need”
Rihanna “Russian Roulette”
Zune Playlist - The Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio album is not available yet and the Fire! album is not yet available with the Zune Pass, but may be purchased through Zune. Once available the playlist will be updated.
Playlist |Jon Pareles
Skiffle Redefined, Afrobeat Resurrected
By Jon Pareles
Published: October 22, 2009
Built to Spill “There Is No Enemy”
Bell Horses “This Loves Last Time”
Pax Nicholas and the Nettey Family “Na Teef Know de Road of Teef”
The Dodos “Time to Die”
Maps “Turning the Mind”
OOIOO “Armonico Hewa”
Zune Playlist - The Bell Horses and OOIOO albums are not yet available with the Zune Pass, but may be purchased through Zune. Once available the playlist will be updated.
Playlist | Jon Caramanica
Honoring Inspirations From Life and Beyond It
By Jon Caramanica
Published: October 15, 2009
Travis Porter
Ariana Delawari “Lion of Panjshir”
Roc Raida
Unkut.com
RocktheDub.com
djatrak.com
J Moss “Just James”
James Hand “Shadow on the Ground”
“Silky Soul Music … An All-Star Tribute to Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly”
Zune Playlist - Music by Travis Porter and Roc Raid are available on their websites. The Ariana Delawari and Tribute to Maze albums are not yet available with the Zune Pass. Once available the playlist will be updated.
Playlist | Ben Ratliff
Doom Metal, Melodic Jazz, Boiled-Down Funk
By Ben Ratliff
Published: October 7, 2009
Shrinebuilder “Shrinebuilder”
Junk Culture “West Coast”
Fay Victor “The FreeSong Suite”
Coati Mundi “No More Blues 12”“
Francesco Cafiso “Angelica”
Zune Playlist - The Fay Victor and Francesco Cafiso albums are not yet available with the Zune Pass. Once available the playlist will be updated.
Playlist | Ghostface Killah
Shift of Gears, Looking Back and Ahead
By Melena Ryzik
Published: October 2, 2009
Ghostface Killah “Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City”
Ghostface Killah doesn’t actually name albums by these bands in his interview with Melena Ryzik so I’ve posted the most recent greatest hitsalbums by each.
Dru Hill “Hits”
Musiq (Soulchild) “Onmyradio”
Raphael Saadiq “The Way I See It”
Mayer Hawthorne “A Strange Arrangement”
Smokey Robinson “My World: The Definitive Collection”
The New Birth “The Very Best of The New Birth, Inc.”
The Moments “Love On a Two-Way Street - The Best of the Moments”
Curtis Mayfield “Superfly”
Gladys Knight “Ultimate Collection”
Noisettes “Wild Young Hearts”
Pink “Funhouse”
Vampire Weekend “Vampire Weekend”
Bruce Springsteen “Working on a Dream”
Billy Joel “The Essential Billy Joel”
Bob Dylan “Dylan”
Jay-Z “The Blueprint 3”
Lionel Richie “Lionel Richie: The Definitive Collection”
Pacific Division “Pacific Division EP”
Nipsey Hussle “Bullets Aint Got No Name Vol. 3”
Zune Playlist - The Vampire Weekend album is not available with the Zune Pass, but is available for purchase.
Playlist | Nate Chinen
Mature and Focused Sets, With Breaks for Playtime
By Nate Chinen
Published: September 25, 2009
Ahleuchatistas “Of the Body Prone”
Karen O and the Kids “Where the Wild Things Are”
Bill Frisell “Go West: Music for The Films of Buster Keaton” and “The High Sign/One Week: Music or The Films of Buster Keaton
Kornstad “Dwell Time”
David Sylvian “Manafon”
Zune Playlist - The Kornstad and David Sylvian albums are not yet available with the Zune Pass. Once available the playlist will be updated.
All Songs Considered July 24, 2009
Discoveries From The Pitchfork Music Festival
Published: July 24, 2009
Ponytail “Ice Cream Spiritual!”
Song: Beg Waves
F’ed Up “Chemistry of Common Life”
Song: No Epiphany
M83 “Saturdays=Youth”
Song: Kim & Jessie
The Killer Whales “The Killer Whales”
Song: Murph Is Being Unreasonable
Frightened Rabbit “Midnight Organ Fight”
Song: The Twist
DJ /rupture “Uproot”
Song: Capilano Bridge
The Playlists do not include the albums from F’ed Up and The Killer Whales, which are not available with the Zune Pass.
All Songs Considered July 20, 2009
A Folk Rock Dream Team, The Tallest Man On Earth, A Tribute To George Harrison, More
Published: July 20, 2009
Monsters of Folk “Monsters of Folk”
Song: Say Please
Monsters of Folk will be released on September 22, 2009
The Tallest Man on Earth “Shallow Grave”
Song: The Gardener
Yim Yames “Tribute To [EP]”
Song: All Things Must Pass
Title Tracks “Every Little Bit Hurts”
Song: Every Little Bit Hurts
Mount Eerie “Wind’s Poem”
Song: Ancient Questions
Bill Frisell “Disfarmer”
Song: Disfarmer Theme
Edward Sharpe “Up from Below”
Song: Home
The Playlists do not include the albums from Monsters of Folk, The Tallest Man on Earth, or Title Tracks, which are not available with the Zune Pass.
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