(Quick Crusader note- official final tally, tie between TJ and SJ in shuffle for this week- huzzah!)
The Josh-Here we go around one more time:

1. Devendra Banhart - Little Boys

Cool song. I like Devendra, but he's a bit overrated. He's good, and he's a talented guy, but I'd say that a handful of stuff on this album is just okay. This song is one of the better ones though. Very bluesy, very old school. Plus he got to hang out with Beck in that magazine I have. About halfway through this goes into a 60s style shimmy, and it gets much better. Haunting vocals in the back too. But the lyrics are weird, he talks about "oh so many little boys I wanna marry". Hmm, I wonder what this one is about.

2. Four Tet - Joy ft. Percee P

I heart Four Tet. This is a remixed version of one of his tracks that he did and had the great Percee P rap on. I love Four Tet because all of his stuff is really big on percussion and he usually throws weird electronic sounds and instruments in the mix. Four Tet is Kieran Hebden, who used to be in a band called Fridge with Adem Ilhan, and Adem Ilhan went on to record under the name Adem. You guys might remember Adem because he has a song called Launch Yourself, also the title of the first volume of my recent mixes. Great track, great transition too. Towards the end kicks into a funky bassline and the cymbals calm down a little bit.

3. Chris Thile - How To Grow A Woman From The Ground

I originally purchased this album for the Strokes and White Stripes covers on it, which are fantastic. But the rest of the album in places is a bit generic in terms of the bluegrass style he does. This track is one of the standouts, though. Nice little plucking mandolin and fiddle, sad melody. Almost European sounding in its melody. Fantastic song. Chris Thile has a great voice.

4. Panda Bear - Untitled 1

Okay, you guys know now, especially you Chriz, that I am an absolute junkie for anything Animal Collective. This album is far different from his new release that we've all been jamming to. It's all acoustic, none of the songs have titles, some are instrumental, and some just feature Panda Bear moaning a melody along to the song. The latter being the case with this track. Drug influenced? Probably. But still kind of sweet. Or annoying, depending on how you look at it.

5. John Fogerty - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Whoa! Even Chris just noted what an amazing transition that was. What can I say about this song, truly one of the greatest songs ever written. Fogerty, you rock, don't never chane.

6. The Clash - Police and Thieves

Uh huh. Yea, iPod, you did just rock my balls off. What's that? Oh, you giggled sheepishly. You little devil you. What a fucking song. Always makes me think of Owen Wilson in that gray suit driving to that weird house in his sportscar in Royal Tenenbaums to score drugs.

7. Dr. Dog - The World May Never Know

Ohhhhh sweet syrupy Dr. Dog. Does it get any sweeter? I think not. The doo wop background vocals, echoey drums, plodding piano. Great great song. Like Chriz said in a previous shuffle, quickly becoming one of my favorite modern bands. They're not afraid to go really McCartney/Beatles-esque, and really sappy, and I appreciate that.

8. J Dilla - Track 16

I wish Dilla would've titled these beats. This beat sounds like the Nutcracker meets Dragnet. Dragnut, i title this. Really fucking ill, from the beat GOD Dilla. RIP.

9. Tom Waits - The Return Of Jackie And Judy

You guys may also know of my extreme Waits devotion. A dirty Waits rocker, great vocals, great stomp to it. You really can't go wrong with Tom Waits. This is from the new Tom Waits Orphans box, B-sides new tracks and rarities. I could really jam to this one.

10. Roc C. & Oh No - Louder(Prod. by J Dilla)

Eh, the one stinker in my whole bunch. This is a track off of Donuts and these two doofuses decided to rap over it and ruin it. Oh No, stick to the beats. Roc C., go stick to your moms.

Well, a pretty damn good shuffle until the end, but still.

The info shuffle- Sir Jon

1. The Information- Beck

Awesome production on this from Beck’s latest. Kinda hard for him, love the girl moaning in this, but another winner from Mr. Hansen.

2. Pyramid Song- Radiohead

Weep for me Thommy! A piano chant from the Radiohead boys, imagine them taking it slow these days, never! This one is beautiful though and enchanting, you just fall into it and become hypnotized by its repetition, especially once the drumming and strings come into play.

3. Tiny Bombs- Superchunk

Cool lil indie rocker, very guitar driven and I like the everyday tiny bombs message. Thanks to the josh for sending this to me. I don’t know much about this band other than this song, but I really like this one.

4. Shine It All Around- Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation

This is the only song I really know well from Plant’s latest solo album, that Mighty Rearranger. It’s not bad, sounds like a later Zep song or surprise surprise, early Plant solo, better than most of his solo stuff.

5. Born of a Broken man- Rage Against The Machine

Wow, lyrics so true, and I feel them very deeply. And they do the soft to loud transition so well, unlike all those nu-metal bands who base their whole sound on it. P.O.D., all you busters, just listen and weep that you can’t stomp like this!

6. Answers to your Questions- Loose Fur

Strange transition here, but I so heart Loose Fur its not even funny. This is a sleepy Jim O’Rourke number from the album. One of the weaker tracks, but with them, still very listenable.

7. Bulletproof

I Wish I Was- Radiohead

Wow, you can instantly tell this is from the Bends. I had forgotten about this, good, but not great Radiohead track.

8. Wish You Well- Bernard Fanning

Great poppy number that the Josh gave me. Awesome guitar, and great background singers to support Fanning, thanks for waking me up after Yorke put me out! Boy, this guy can wail.

9. Am I High, ft. Malice- NERD

While I love this song, it is also one of those that makes me feel like a total wannabe-15 year old poser, yikes(now if only I had a sweet Orange Julius to go with my mall hanging get-up)! Anyway, classic Neptunes production and Malice breaks it down, “I’m so High1”

10. Con Carino- Gruff Rhys

Awesome ending, my main Super Furry, we are boxing El Chriz in with Animals today. No idea what the lyrics mean, but cool fuzzy guitar and Gruff riffing over it all, I’ll take it.

Well, that’s pretty damn solid, some weird transitions, but I’ll put it up vs. anybody, yeah!

El Chriz, yucky on the shuffle

1 The White Stripes - As Ugly As I Seem

A good start to this shuffle. Jack counts it down, "1, 2, 3..," and we delve into a nice acoustic ditty. Get Behind Me Satan is maybe not their best album, but it really is probably my favorite. Such a diverse selection.

2 Roman Candle - Something Left To Say

This is the only song I've heard from these alt-country rockers. It's from a V2 Records compilation that I picked up for free at Plan 9. It's a good song. Reminds me of something else... but I've never put my finger on it.

3 Prince - Computer Blue

This song scared me for a second. I recently stepped through the door called Prince... and have been enjoying a lot of his stuff. The production on this song is a bit dated, but still very interesting. I think I've heard this album (Purple Rain) only once or twice in its entirety.

4 Led Zeppelin - Dancin' Days

From, in my opinion, the last really good Led Zeppelin album, Houses of the Holy. Having said that, this isn't one of my favorite tracks. Stone Temple Pilots covered it in the mid 90s, and for some reason it has felt generic to me ever since. A hill among mountains... but a hill nonetheless.

5 Common - It's Your World / Pop's Reprise

The Josh just said that this is a Dilla beat. First time I've heard this song... and it's kind of cool. Has a real 70s R&B sound to it, positive rap. The song ends with little kids describing what they want to be when they grow up.... and then Common's Dad goes all Maya Angelo with a super positive message. Silly? Kind of. But kind of cool too.

6 U2 - God Part II

Bono decides to write a sequel to Lennon's God. I never understood where he was coming from with this song. Some of the lyrics are cool, but sometimes they come off as sophomoric.

7 Walkmen - Another One Goes By

Cool song. Great album.

8 Led Zeppelin - Achillies Last Stand

Another Zeppelin song. A bit too epic.

9 Common - The Feed

Another Common song. Right now, it's not doing anything for me.

10 Led Zeppelin - White Summer / Black Mountain Side

Oh, for the love of god... This is a great song, but come on!

Final thoughts: Maybe my IPod thought it would go with a theme: common. Common the rapper. Common songs. Common artists. Three Zeppelin tracks and two Common tracks sink this boat. Plus, I had stuff to do and couldn't pay attention to the latter tracks anyway. A weak week.