Playlist

Instant Playlist - August 28 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week.

Instant Playlist - August 21 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week

Instant Playlist - August 13 2008

Jay-Z Dope Boy Fresh (Jockin’ Jay-Z) (Def Jam) Over a stark but rocking minimalist beat from Kanye West, a boastful Hova spits verses that quote Run-DMC and Lil Wayne while dissing Noel Gallagher, who, let’s face it, really does deserve it.

Instant Playlist - August 7 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week

Instant Playlist - July 31 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week

Instant Playlist - July 24 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week.

Instant Playlist - July 17 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week.

Instant Playlist - July 10 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week.

Instant Playlist - July 3 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week.

Instant Playlist - June 26 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week.

Instant Playlist - June 19 2008

The Straight’s highly subjective rundown of songs you need to download this week.

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Instant Playlist - June 12 2008

Fleet Foxes Ragged Wood (Sub Pop) Like a more rustic Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes uses reverb-saturated vocal harmonies and a rootsy guitar twang to evoke the sweet exhilaration of running through a forest at twilight.

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Instant Playlist - June 5 2008

Danko Jones Code of the Road (Aquarius) Get the Trans Am out of hock and toss away those dusty KISS 8-tracks; this Canuck power trio revives the spirit of flat-out ’70s boogie rock with serious aplomb.

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Instant Playlist - May 29 2008

Wire One of Us (Pink Flag) With its gritty, pulsating bass, danceable beat, and sardonic refrain (“One of us will live to rue the day we met each other”), this is a concrete example of why Wire has outlasted all of its first-wave punk peers.

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Instant Playlist - May 22 2008

The National “Blank Slate” (Beggars Banquet) The National doesn’t rock out very often, but when it does—like on this agreeably thumping number from the band’s new Virginia EP—you can almost forgive singer-lyricist Matt Berninger for being such a mopey fuck.