The Friday Tape Files, Volume 2 Preview

I go through phases as an OCD completist where I spend too many hours scouring the internet searching for rarities and oddities by my favorite musicians. (It's made me lazy, actually; I remember spending countless hours scouring record store bins long before forums, blogs, and file sharing was born; and especially prior to my move here, growing up in a small West Texas town where indie and punk rock were still truly considered "underground", my musical taste was acquired by practice, practice, and practice. But alas, I digress.)

Presently, I have been hunting down the discographies of Sparklehorse and The Mountain Goats, two very prolific writers and musicians. The Mountain Goats, aka John Darnielle, have produced no less than thirty albums and EPs (and appeared on countless compilations and the like, also). Sparklehorse, aka Mark Linkous, has only produced four records as Sparklehorse, as well as little more than a handful of singles and EPs. Linkous's music is equal parts lo-fi and alt-country, producing a soft, natural indie pop-infused sound. This song, "Some Sweet Day," off the 2004 release Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of the Mountain is my personal favorite from the release.

Download: Some Sweet Day, mp3. hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ggn222ms9a0
Website: Sparklehorse.com
Myspace: Here
Wikipedia: Article
Yahoo! Group: Painbirds