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Songs of the Week: 27 March 2006 by candv

Dan:
KCRW
KCRW. It’s free and it’s good. We here out in LA take it for granted, but it occured to me that probably 90% of our readers are unaware of this great station. They call themselves a “taste making” station. They basically play all the new, hip, bleeding-edge-of-cool music before anyone’s heard of it. There’s hip-hop shows, there’s techno shows, and there’s their crown jewel “Morning Becomes Eclectic,” a show dedicated to whatever music the moment dictates. What makes KCRW so unique is it’s hand-picked music. It’s the way radio used to be. It’s the way radio should be. And it’s free. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy.

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Amit:
My Morning Jacket - “Golden”
An acoustic guitar, steady country shuffle drumming and reverb vocals make “Golden” a rich change from the power chord drives of the Kentucky-based band My Morning Jacket. If you’re trying to build a playlist for a road trip, this track makes quite the modern addition amongst some classic James Taylor and Paul Simon tunes.

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Nate:
The Hold Steady - “How a Resurrection Really Feels”
“The priest just kind of laughed, the deacon caught a draft. She crashed into the Easter Mass with her hair done up in broken glass. She was limping left on broken heels when she said ‘Father, can I tell your congregation how a resurrection really feels?’” I mean, damn. Craig Finn might not sing, but he can sure as hell write. And to be honest, with a song closer to a short story of a sinner before she becomes a saint, a voice of straight whiskey and unfiltered cigarettes is the only delivery that makes sense. Rock and roll ain’t dead yet.

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posted on 12:01 am 03/27/2006
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