First up, Los Angeles' old-timey infused
Ditty Bops did their song "Sister Kate" from their super good self-titled 2004 album (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next was San Francisco's
Mates of State doing "Starman" from their
All Day EP which also came out last year, and is some of their best I've heard (
iTunes,
Amazon,
Other Music). Then we go back in time for a great track by
Nancy Sinatra... well, it's
by Lee Hazlewood, it's
performed by
Nancy Sinatra, but regardless it is awesome. The song is "Sugar Town," and I pulled it off her
Greatest Hits album, but is also on other releases (
Amazon,
Other Music). She also has a new self-titled album which you can
check out in iTunes. And finally from the shadow of
Belle & Sebastian come Scotland's
Camera Obscura with their song "Happy New Year" from their not-as-heard-as-
Underachievers Please Try Harder-album
Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (
iTunes,
Amazon,
Other Music). They have a new EP called
I Love My Jean coming out next week (
Amazon), so watch for that, it's quality.
This week's episode features an edited clip from the February 18th, On the Media from NPR. In it, co-host Brook Gladstone interviews Renita Coleman who conducted a large-scale study of people in various profession's ethics and found surprising results. Download the whole show as an MP3 and check it out.