miTunes: THE CURRENT, JUNE '06

By: B -- 7/17/06

A monthly series with a simple premise: one CD’s worth of the best songs played on 89.3 The Current throughout the month. Two criteria: (1) the songs have to be obscure, underground and/or mostly forgotten, and (2) they must be pop friendly. I wade through The Current’s deep catalog of music (listening to it nearly all day, every day at work) to discover the hidden pop gems. I like to think I have an ear for quality pop music; this series is my supposed evidence.

1. “Stay Human (All the Freaky People)” – Michael Franti & Spearhead

2. “Extraordinary Machine” – Fiona Apple

3. “Stoppin’ The Love” – KT Tunstall

4. “Atomik Lust” – Super Furry Animals

5. “Oh My Corazon” – Tim Burgess

6. “Sweet and Easy” – Soledad Brothers

7. “The Funeral” – Band of Horses

8. “Dirty Lives” – Love as Laughter

9. “C + F” – Sam Prekop

10. “The Curse of Being in Love” – Sondre Lerche

11. “Phenomena” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

12. “A Kiss to Tell” – Diamond Nights

13. “Coming Home” – the 88

14. “Wordless Chorus” – My Morning Jacket

15. “For Sale” – Kasey Chambers

16. “Leaders of the Free World” – Elbow

17. “Nothing But the Water (II)” – Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

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