by Thievery Corporation
- "The Cosmic Game", Thievery Corporation -- I first heard Thievery Corporation on the "Garden State" Soundtrack. The song was "Lebanese Blonde". It was amazingly smooth. It had this mid-eastern feel at the beginning which gets combined with what I think is a bossa nova beat. I picked up their latest album and found it was filled with songs that have this great combination of world music sounds and really interesting rhythms. How can you not like a song titled, "Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun)"?
- "Plans", Death Cab for Cutie -- I loved their last album Transatlanticism. I found them while browsing Amazon, checking out that little "people who bought X also bought Y" feature. I'm sure you can find a million other Death Cab fans on the web who can explain their allure better than I can. All I know is they are smooth and understated. Given the number of times I have listened to their music I seriously should be sick of them by now but I still like them.
