Get Me To The Weekend (Again)...

Yeah, another one of those weeks. But, it's out of Minnesota (cool place) and back to Austin tonight, likely preceeded by shameless begging at the ticket counter for an exit-row window seat to crash and burn against. But that will likewise be preceeded by this, yet another gift to you, my friends. Here are the definite faves of this sleepless week. Enjoy.

The Answering Machine - "Silent Hotels". This is one of those tunes that lives for the chorus, laying in wait until it pounces on you with a charmingly catchy melody that has trailed me for days. And bonus points for the shouted - "You're Sick!".

Bright Eyes - "Cleanse Song". Our boy Conor seems to be in a very New Age state of mind these days. "On a detox walk through a Glendale park with sidewalk chalk someone wrote in red 'start over'." It's no "The City Has Sex" or "Lover I Don't Have to Love", but, hey, it's cozy; and right now I'll take that.

Wheat - "Little White Dove". A perfectly imperfect one here with the cracked "I'm so in love" sealing the deal for me. "And even if I built a boat and sailed away to sea, you'd be standing here right in front of me".

Dear And The Headlights - "I Just Do". Which brings us to the definite hit of the month. "The feeling's old but it's new to me, I guess". An unabashed love song of gigantic proportions. "I tell all my friends I gotta go, that I need rest, but I'm running for the phone (I think Casey knows)". If you don't love this band yet, then PLEASE explain to me why the hell not. "And calling to say 'hi' on your break, in less than 20 words you made my whole damn day". Seriously, you see what I mean? "At this rate, if you stay with me, you'll go to bed at 23 and wake up 65; oh next to you that would be just fine". And, on that note, I'm stoked to see my wife again tonight. "And, oh, I just love you, oh, I just love you".