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Heavy Rotation

Here's a quick run down of the sounds that have been pleasing my ears over the last couple of weeksC

Get Happy! 13 Songs to Repel Gloom

Things are looking bleak - earthquakes, unemployment, war - not to mention the end of the world in 2

Mercury Rev - In A Funny Way

01 - In A Funny Way 02 - Good Times Ahead 03 - The Black Swan Mercury Rev... (Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising (CD1)

01 - The Dark Is Rising (LP Version) 02 - Nocturne In C# Minor, Opus 27, No 1 03 - Planet Caravan

The Flaming Lips

Even within the eclectic world of alternative rock, few bands were so brave, so frequently brillian

Biography Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev are an American rock music group, formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker (vocals), Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars), Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a. "Grasshopper" (guitars, clarinet), Suzanne Thorpe (flute), Dave Fridmann (bass) and Jimy Chambers (drums). With their early records, Mercury Rev offered experimental, psychedelic rock, which gradually shifted to a melodic, ornate sound. Mercury Rev are often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact have close ties: Soon after the band's formation, Donahue also joined the Flaming Lips as second guitarist and appeared on two of their albums. Furthermore, since the 1990 album In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Dave Fridmann has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date except 1993's Transmissions from the Satellite Heart. Despite considerable critical acclaim, their early releases never gave Mercury Rev more than cult p