Jon Wolf's February '09 Playlist

Editor's Note: DeadJournalist.com contributor Jon Wolf AKA HIGHLY REC'D brings you his latest installment of The Monthly Mixtape. To join his mailing list,e-mail him at: highlyrecd@gmail.com

February '09: "Join a Local Gang and Get a Cool Nickname!"

1. Franz Ferdinand - Twilight Omens
2. Gramercy Arms - Automatic
3. Elle Milano - Laughing All the Way to the Plank
4. The Rifles - The Great Escape
5. Japanese Cartoon - Heirplanes (prod. by and/or is Lupe Fiasco)
6. Dan Black - Yours
7. The Pragmatic - Circles
8. Modern Skirts - Face Down
9. Telekinesis! - Coast of Carolina
10. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Heavy Orange (Cardinology vinyl bonus track) (R.I.P. The Cardinals 2004-2009)
11. Pete Yorn - Shotgun (new song from upcoming 2009 LP, special thanks: http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com)
12. The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations
13. Teenage Bottlerocket - Crawling Back to You
14. Model UN - White Teeth
15. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Gardenia
16. Lilly Wood & The Prick - L.E.S. Artistes (Santogold cover)
17. Coconut Records - Wires
18. Coconut Records - Saint Jerome
19. The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Ballad of The RAA
20. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place
21. The Deep Dark Woods - All The Money I Had Is Gone (Special thanks: http://www.hearya.com)
22. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Buriedfed
23. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - The Debtor
24. The National - So Far Around The Bend (preview, from Dark Was The Night charity album, due out 2/17, http://www.darkwasthenight.com)

Tracks:
http://www.box.net/shared/5rzhhgv6ea

The Fresh Prince asked his mother for Adidas but she bought him Zips:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/om3pq6


New Feature: Unsigned Hype!
"In An Aeroplane Over Alberta..."

There are better recommendations than being compared to Neutral Milk Hotel, I'm not sure what they are, but I'm sure they exist.
Somehow still unsigned, The Rural Alberta Advantage finally received a break when their album Hometowns was picked up by eMusic in late 2008, that allowed them to sneak onto several year-end lists, and hopefully much more attention in 2009.

There's still room on the bandwagon, so if you like what you hear, jump on board:

http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Rural-Alberta-Advantage-Hometowns-MP3-Download/11325563.html