I know, it's only been a week, but since I don't have any excuses for my laziness anymore, I feel guilty. Which means, this is going to be a ridiculously long post with lots of music. I don't have much time, so a few sentences about each albums/songs/whatever should be doing it. Here we go: New Goldfrapp album Seventh Tree - old news, I know. Still, it is awesome. It's nothing like Supernature,
- Au Revoir Simone - Lark (fisher preyes remix)
- Au Revoir Simone - Lark (fisher preyes remix)
- Autokratz - It's On (fisher preyes remix)
- Autokratz - It's On (fisher preyes remix)
- Be your own pet - Blow yr mind
- Be your own pet - Blow yr mind
- Be your own pet - You're a waste
- Be your own pet - You're a waste
- Cut Copy - Lights & Music (Superdiscount Remix)
- Cut Copy - Lights & Music (Superdiscount Remix)
- Digitalism - Yes, I Don't Want This
- Digitalism - Yes, I Don't Want This
- Goldfrapp - Happiness
- Goldfrapp - Happiness
- Goldfrapp - Road To Somewhere
- Goldfrapp - Road To Somewhere
- Munk - Mein Schatzi (Zongamin Remix Bonus Beats)
- Munk - Mein Schatzi (Zongamin Remix Bonus Beats)
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Albert Goes West
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Albert Goes West
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - We Call Upon The Author
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - We Call Upon The Author
- Saturna - Pop Rocks
- Saturna - Pop Rocks
- Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Oceanographer
- Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Oceanographer
- Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Some Constellation
- Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Some Constellation
- The Long Blondes - Century
- The Long Blondes - Century
- The Whigs - Mission Control
- The Whigs - Mission Control
- The Whigs - Need You Need You
- The Whigs - Need You Need You
- ¡Forward, Russia! - Don't reinvent What You Don't Understand
- ¡Forward, Russia! - Don't reinvent What You Don't Understand
- ¡Forward, Russia! - We are Grey Matter
- ¡Forward, Russia! - We are Grey Matter
Yesterday was just another day at the office, at least for the most part. Feeling frisky, the desire for new music lingered around in my head. The universe picked up these traveling brainwaves and granted me a surprise in my inbox yesterday afternoon. Lo and behold, a group from Portland, Oregon called [...]
The SS mailbox got a note from Ryan Caroll of Saturna, a five-piece from Portland that'll be opening the West coast swing of Bob Mould's District Line tour in March. Ryan sent over an mp3 for their single "Pop Rocks,"...

Once again, it was extremely difficult to assemble this list of my favorite songs of 2007. While I was able to narrow down the songs I wanted for my top 25 in about a week of constant listening, I spent a much longer time trying to decide in which order each song should appear. Finally, I just came to a point where I decided that all of these songs are fabulous and so the "ranking" of them should be taken with a grain of salt. 25. The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room [...]

Bag Of Songs turns one this week. Wow, has it been a whole year already ? Thanks for coming along for the ride, hopefully you heard something you liked, or made you laugh, or at least surprised you in some way. A very special thanks to all the artists who have been featured here and to all of the great friends I have made along the way that make it matter. Lot's more goodies still to come , stay tuned. Here's a mixed dozen of the amazing independent artists that have been featured here [...]
I think I might make myself a cupcake for getting down into the 100s as a number of unread emails rather than the 300 it was yesterday! Yay me! And you might notice that I've tapped into a new resource to help you attain albums you think you'll like. More from that monstrosity and from other places I keep up with stuff... **For all the Brits out there, Atlanta's long time residents, the Hiss , will be hitting the UK in October and November. Visit their website for more info on where to see them. [...]
Saturna are very excited to be playing Bumbershoot this weekend with a ton of amazing acts like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Shins, The Blakes, School Yard Heroes, The Lashes and so many more. We're going on at 2pm on Monday in the Exhibition Hall, so see you there. Saturna has also been recieving tons of love from radio and the internet. KEXP , KUFO and other local NW stations along with internet radio stations Altrok and Shoegaze Radio Live and Sirius Radio shows have been playing Saturna songs. [...]
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Here is your mix for this week. I am off to college. We'll catch up in a couple of days, once I get settled in Blacksburg. Enjoy! The Epochs - Head in the Fire Boy Kill Boy - Suzie Saturna - Roll Down Kings of Leon - Fans Kasabian - I.D. Blonde Redhead - Falling Man Albert Hammond Jr. - In Transit [...]
Saturna has continued to get amazing radio support all over North America. Big thanks to Lisa Wood for playing Just For Thrills on KEXP 's Audioasis in Seattle, WA and on KUFO 's Marconi Show in Portland OR. Saturna is excited to still be in the Top 10 on San Francisco's Bagel Radio , coming in this week at number 8. Thanks a ton Ted! And last but not least, we are really pleased that DJ Jules at Milwaukee, WI station WMSE has taken a [...]

Saturna - Periwinkle (Nexus Underground 2007) Saturna - Some Delicious Enemy / Nexus Underground When you think Portland and music, what do you think of? If you've been reading a whole lot of Spin or Tiny Mix Tapes , you may be thinking in the vein of The Decemberists or Mirah or The Thermals. If you've been reading us, you may be thinking Lifesavas or Gouseion (you music-savvy devil , you). If you don't read any of those things and don't really care about [...]
Its been a good couple of weeks for Saturna. We played an awesome show in Seattle with The High Violets , Levator and Romance (thanks to Seattlest for the show preview). Last week in Portland we played the KEXP PDXplore showcase with The Purrs , Shorthand For Epic and Bombs Into You and this Saturday played Rock Paper Scissors at the Division St. Fair with Southerly , The Lightning Bugs, Theda Bara , and a bunch of other bands. [...]

Let's say you're at a bar, a DJ is spinning brit-rock and you're having a good time. You'd normally expect to hear ' Rocks ' by Primal Scream . But the DJ can't find that disc. Instead, he/she puts on Pop Rocks by Saturna . You're just as satisfied. They're a band from Portland, OR, music in the vein of BRMC , Secret Machines , Spiritualized and The Dandy Warhols . The new material (off Some Delicious Enemy) is equal parts ' fuzzy, driving, [...]
Big thanks to Tom from the Bag of Songs blog in Philadelphia for his review of Some Delicious Enemy . He says, "It's an incredibly infectious blend of massive sounding guitars and powerful drumming, topped with soaring, reverb soaked vocals as melodic as Oasis used to know how to write." He also compares Saturna to Lush, Ride, and Stone Roses. Tom says its, " A perfect summer album " and " A best of 2007 contender for sure ." He also linked to Roll Down [...]

If you're a fan of bands like Ride , Lush , Catherine Wheel or The Stone Roses you need to add Portland, Oregon's Saturna to your list. Their new album Some Delicious Enemy more than holds it's own against any of those band's releases. It's an incredibly infectious blend of massive sounding guitars and powerful drumming, topped with soaring, reverb soaked vocals as melodic as Oasis [...]
Big thanks to Christy from Bring Me Up for her review of Some Delicious Enemy. She says that Saturna reminds her of Sonic Youth and that, " It would be criminal to overlook this band ." She gives Saturna some amazing compliments saying, "My favorite track is Roll Down ," and Leader Of The Western Stars is "Incredibly beautiful." She also concludes that, "You will find the entire album is full of possible favorites." Read the entire review here: http://scrink.com/blog/music/2 007/07/saturna.html

Saturna Some Delicious Enemy launched on June 12, 2007 by Nexus Underground. Brian Addison and Tony Lash mixed the disc. Less than a month later they were invited to play MusicfestNW in Portland, Oregon! This is a huge deal because Saturna will be sharing the stage with acts such as Spoon, Wolf Parade and The Thermals! They are also charting at #1 on Bagel Radio from San Francisco. Sounds like success to me, but it's not until you hear their music that [...]
Tons of things are happening in the world of Saturna and there has been a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about it. The Punk Guy in NYC has listed Saturna on their New Music Links and posted Pop Rocks along with songs from The Moths , La Cacahouette , Theo & The Skyscrapers and other great bands. http://www.thepunkguy.com/2007 /07/11/morning-music-links-new -music-vids-sites/ The Neo-Surrealist Movement has listed Some [...]
A. NEW MUSIC: Theo from Lunachicks and famous tattooed model, has a new band, with Sean from the Toliet Boys, worth checking out: Theo and the Skyscrapers - Jealousy Died . Pretty good huh? Check out their site HERE . B. So check out the new MUSIC COMMUNITY, NEWSOUNDLAND.COM . They are offering 5 beta invites. register on their launchpage "HOW TO GET AN INVITE" and make sure you write in the comments: THEPUNKGUY - There´s two main things that will differ from other music communities. [...]

I have a soft spot in my heart for bands that embody that timeless dark-romantic dreampop sound that made bands like SLOWDIVE and RIDE so special. SATURNA are another great new band from Portland, Oregon, with a brand new LP called "Some Delicious Enemy". The ten song set is a dreampop juggernaut, echoing the blistering atmospherics of early 90's shoegazer bands. Tasteful electronic touches elevate that nostalgic sound into something more along the lines of CURVE or early 2000's era PRIMAL SCREAM. "Some Delicious Enemy" is also a solid rock album wherein [...]