Haley Barnes isn’t a month into her freshman year at Baylor and she is already stealing the Waco music scene. Her charming voice that reminisces of Zooey Deschanel and Jenny Lewis turned heads and quieted the usually chatty coffee shop scene. Her sweet demeanor pairs perfectly with her delicate voice. Tonight she covered great tracks from Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Beruit, She & Him and even a little Johnny Cash. She was joined by Reagan Smith and together they created a memorable dent in “Common Grounds Open Mic Night”.

I’m really going to miss the summer time, here are two songs that I’ll keep listening to well into the school year.  This ones for Hallie with a special thanks to Mike for his sophisticated musical taste.

Daylight – Matt and Kim.mp3 (right click to save)

Five Years Time – Noah and the Whale.mp3 (right click to save)

When working on the film Dan In Real Life director Peter Hedges brought in singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche from pretty much the very beginning of production. What Sondre Lerche came up with really compliments the film and adds to its honest feel. Here are my two favorite songs from the soundtrack.

My Hands Are Shaking – Sondre Lerche.mp3 (right click to save)

To Be Surprised – Sondre Lerche.mp3 (right click to save)

Donnie Darko had some of best 80’s music.  In fact, if it hadn’t been for this film I would have continued to believe all my naive friends who claimed “there was no such thing as good music in the 80s.”  Here are a few songs from one of my favorite movie soundtracks.

Head Over Heels – Tears for Fears.mp3 (right click to save)

The Killing Moon – Echo and The Bunnymen.mp3 (right click to save)

Notorious – Duran Duran.mp3 (right click to save)

Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division.mp3 (right click to save)

Never Tear Us Apart – INXS.mp3 (right click to save)

If you like Donnie Darko check out the “Mad World” music video by Gary Jules.

Grapevine Fires – Death Cab for Cutie.mp3 (right click to save)

The fires in Southern California are incredibly dangerous, scary, and costly.  I wish we never had to deal with wildfires but in all the destruction there is something awfully beautiful that serves as a reminder of how powerless we really are.

Here’s one of the better remixes from the Passion Pit remix contest in anticipation of their upcoming album. I also had to throw in a track off Bromst by Dan Deacon because they both make some very strange and wonderful music.

Little Secrets (Letting Up Despite Great Faults Remix) – Passion Pit.mp3 (right click to save)

Woof Woof – Dan Deacon.mp3 (right click to save)

Plus Ones – Okkervil River.mp3 (right click to save)

Will Sheff incorporated a ton of references to other songs and artists in “Plus Ones.” Here’s the complete list compiled by Cynthia Closkey:

1 “96 Tears,” Question Mark and the Mysterians, 96 Tears (1966).

2 “99 Luftballons,” Nena

3 “Seven Chinese Brothers,” REM, Reckoning (1983).

4 “Eight Miles High,” written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn, and David Crosby, recorded by The Byrds and included on Fifth Dimension (1966).

5 “TVC15,” David Bowie, single (1976); a song possibly about Iggy Pop hallucinating, or possibly not.

6 “Care of Cell 44,” The Zombies, Odyssey and Oracle (1968).

7 “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years (1975).

8 “Three Times a Lady,” The Commodores, Natural High (1978).

9 “What’s New, Pussycat?,” Tom Jones (1965).

10 “Sixteen Candles,” The Crests (1958).

11 “Let’s Get Lost,” Chet Baker (1955).

A group of passionate Lord of the Rings fans from the UK produced a 40 minute prequel film to J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of The Ring they are calling The Hunt for Gollum. The group was on a budget of only $5,000 but they made a truly impressive piece with professional art direction, cinematography, CG, and soundtrack. Released just a few days ago, the film has already been viewed 500,000 times.

You can watch the entire film online for free by visiting their Dailymotion page.

It’s been a fantastic month at SoundSuck. We’ve had some great featured artists, shared a few new videos, and played some solid original and remixed tracks. I have final exams next week so I’m afraid I won’t be posting much for the next week or two. But I wanted to be sure to thank everyone who has been coming back to the blog over the past month by giving out the SoundSuck Mixtape Vol. 2. This April mixtape is a compilation of our ten favorite tracks we’ve shared on the blog over the past month.

Download SoundSuck Mixtape 4/09 Now!

Tracklist:

1. Black Heroes – Ratatat

2. Kids – MGMT

3. Wake Up (Where The Wild Things Are Version) – The Arcade Fire

4. Pachuca Sunrise (Acoustic) – Minus the Bear

5. My Girls – Animal Collective

6. Heavy Breath (Live) – David Bazan

7. 1901 (Alan Wilkis Remix) – Phoenix

8. Family Tree – TV On The Radio

9. Do You Realize?? (Postal Service Remix) – The Flaming Lips

10. Videotape (Mojib Remix) – Radiohead

Thanks again for all your support. If you are interested in writing something for SoundSuck shoot me an email!

Man I am looking forward to Summer break. Here’s a song that helps me get through the day.

The Way We Get By – Spoon.mp3 (right click to save)