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dear friends,

1. here is the official soft communication list of albums & songs recommended for april '05.

songs:

exploding hearts/modern pretender
cocco/my dear pig
the dears/22: the death of romance
spitz/ai no shirushi
shiina ringo/momen no handkerchief
the verlaines/don't send me away
the bees/chicken payback
duran duran/the chauffeur
level 42/something about you*
morrissey/last of the famous international playboys*
bauhaus/kick in the eye*
prince/let's go crazy*
luke temple/in the end
brendan benson/emma j
carla bruni/quelqu'un m'a dit
david bowie/cactus
silvio rodriguez/ojala
van morrison/t.b. sheets
autolux/angry candy
marcos valle/she told me, she told me
the firm/radioactive
spandau ballet/gold
yoko ono/radioactive
the go! team/ladyflash
gorillaz/feel good inc.
antony & the johnsons/for today I am a boy
buffy sainte-marie/co'dine
lcd soundsystem/tribulations**
frank black/hang on to your ego**
the walkmen/revenge wears no wristwatch**
my bloody valentine/when you sleep**
the smashing pumpkins/1979**
ted leo and the pharmacists/the high party**
the stooges/t.v. eye**
tv on the radio/staring at the sun**
iggy pop/neighborhood threat**
modest mouse/gravity rides everything**
modest mouse/the world at large**
the sea and cake/all the photos**
of montreal/eros' entropic tundra**
pixies/brick is red**
british sea power/remember me**
pavement/rattled by the rush**
nirvana/about a girl**
blankey jet city/salinger
ajico/fukamidori
bruce springsteen/rosalita
bruce springsteen/angel eyes
amusement parks on fire/smokescreen
beck/missing
smoosh/make it through
stars/big fight
the white stripes/blue orchid**
bloc party/this modern love**
the shins/so says I**
bloc party/positive tension**
bloc party/blue light**
the kinks/lola**
french kicks/1985**
david bowie/life on mars**
david bowie/star**
new order/age of consent**
pavement/jackals, false grails: the lonesome era**
the doors/roadhouse blues**
ted leo and the pharmacists/I'm a ghost**
the thermals/time to lose**
the dirtbombs/underdog
grandmaster flash & the furious five/white lines
kraftwerk/trans-europe express
afrika bambaataa/planet rock
neneh cherry/buffalo stance
roy harper/forever
aimee mann/little bombs

albums:

wicked farleys/sentinel & enterprise
the dears/no cities left
british sea power/open season
the verlaines/way out where
the evens/the evens
brendan benson/lapalco
aimee mann/the forgotten arm

love, d

* cover choices du month for contributor george

** most listened to tracks for contributor jeremiah

NB I did one song per artist unless an entire album was recommended. if I made an error, contact me & I will correct it.