1. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
   You know how every once in a while a song comes along that just absolutely blows you away? This is one of those songs.
2. The Incredible Moses Leroy - 1983
   If your name was R. Fountenberry, maybe you’d go by “Moses Leroy” instead too. I still haven’t quite figured out this guy, but his synthesizer obsession at least has me intrigued.

3. Blue October - Calling You
   Another track that I dig in spite of the fact that the rest of the album is pretty awful and the band itself seems boring as hell.
4. Bright Eyes - Lover I Don’t Have to Love
   One of these days I’l be able to witness the genius of Conor Oberst in its full glory at a show. So far I’m 0 for 1, having seen one show where he was falling down drunk. This album is just ridiculously good.
5. The Distillers - Drain the Blood
   Is “Chick Punk” a genre? The fact that lead singer Brodie Dalle used to be married to Rancid’s Tim Armstrong certainly gives her some punk cred.
6. The Bens - Bruised
   What if I told you that three guys started a band primarily based on the fact that their first names were all “Ben”? Messrs. Folds, Kweller and Lee put together a decent EP, but this track really stands out.
7. Blue Man Group - White Rabbit
   Blue Man Group covers Jefferson Airplane with some help from vocalist Esthero. Remember what the door mouse said…feed your head.
8. Jack Johnson - Rodeo Clowns
   Mellow surf-rocker Jack Johnson wrote this track for G. Love and Special Sauce, who recorded it for their 1999 album Philadelphonic, and then manages to cover his own song here.
9. The Mars Volta - Televators
   My friend Brian got me into this band, which was formed out of the ashes of At the Drive-In, who self-destructed just as they were getting big.
10. Guster - Amsterdam
    From Pitchfork: “This song is so insidiously catchy it could be the theme to a fucking sitcom.” They’re certainly not lying.

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