Music Under Fire

You won't find a more extensive and quality playlist from a video game than EA's FIFA. Last year we broke out a list with 50 songs from 26 countries. This year's list doesn't match last year in numbers but with 42 tracks from 21 countries, FIFA 09 surely hasn't slacked off.

Along with some wonderful and peppy tunes, this game has some vivid graphics that makes for a wonderful playing experience. FIFA 09 will be available in stores October 2008.

Below we have the track listings as well as a few MP3s. Unfortunately, not all songs were available on iTunes when this was posted, so keep your eyes open for an iMix eventually. Enjoy.

The Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline
The Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
The Bloody Beetroots - Butter
Caesar Palace - 1ne
Chromeo - Bonafied Lovin’ (Yuksek Remix)
CSS - Jager Yoga
Curumin - Magrela
Cut Copy - Lights And Music
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Something For You (One Loaf Of Bread)
Datarock - True Stories
DJ Bitman - Me Gustan
Duffy - Mercy
MP3: Foals - Olympic Airways (buy)
The Fratellis - Tell Me A Lie
Gonzales - Working Together (Boys Noize Remix)
The Heavy - That Kind Of Man
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Remix)
Jakobinarina - I’m A Villain
Junkie XL feat. Electrocute - Mad Pursuit
Jupiter One - Platform Moon
Kasabian - Fase Fuse
MP3: The Kissaway Trail - 61 (buy)
The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be
Ladytron - Runaway
MP3: Lykke Li - I’m Good I’m Gone (buy)
Macaco - Movin’
MGMT - Kids - USA
My Federation - What Gods Are These
MP3: Najwajean - Drive Me (buy)
The Pinker Tones - The Whistling Song
Plastilina Mosh - Let U Know
Radiopilot - Fahrrad
MP3: Reverend And The Makers - Open Your Window (buy)
Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
The Script - The End Where I Begin
Señor Flavio - Lo Mejor Del Mundo
Soprano - Victory
The Ting Tings - Keep Your Head
The Veronicas - Untouched
The Whip - Muzzle #1
Tom Jones - Feels Like Music (Junkie XL Remix)
Ungdomskulen - Modern Drummer

(6.8/10) I never thought I would find one of my favorite songs of the year this week...

As I've been catching up on the slew of albums released this summer, Earlimart have been lingering in my ears since last year's Mentor Tormentor, which we placed "Nevermind The Phonecalls" at #49 in our top songs of last year. But this time its just the two you see above and since over time, the group has diminished to only vocalist Aaron Espinoza and his sidekick Ariana Murray (bassist/keyboardist/singer). Its hard to imagine now, that even Brian Aubert was once a part of the band named after a two-mile wide area.

The band has since been developing and blooming into something magnificent. I didn't get chills from Earlimart's Mentor Tormentor in 2007 and I didn't get any for Hymn & Her, but the album is sure-fire for what its worth. The production in the album is better, the craftmanship of each song lingers like that of their days of old, yet somehow each song takes a turn when you least expect it. Before I knew it, I could help but admit that I really enjoyed this album.

Aside from the composition of the album and the flow and entrancement it gets me into, like that of their inspiration, Elliott Smith, I found a few gems on this album, most particularly "Face Down In The Right Town". The song itself is a different direction that I normally fall into, but its near impossible to get caught up in the whispered "Doo-do's" of Espinoza's unmistakable voice.

All else aside, its a cool, summer song with an upbeat facade - rare for Earlimart. With Hymn & Her, its now noticable that the two remaining members of the band provided the biggest assets to Earlimart's success. With all other members cast off on this album, they created an album that is lush and palatable, yet even more lovable for their devoted followers.

MP3: Earlimart - Face Down In The Right Town (buy)

If you enjoyed this song, you can buy the album here.

Official - http://www.earlimartmusic.com/
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/earlimart

If you've noticed over the course of the last month, our feed has been making us look pretty bad, when actually - we're awesome (we think so anyway). Although our feed has fallen behind, showing updates five to six days behind, we can assure you, we've still been on top of the writing side of things. The cause of this mess was the switch of our blog address to our domain name (which happened last month).

So if you're confused about all of this and don't know which site address to visit, you can still go to either our domain (http://musicunderfire.com/) or our old google address (http://musicunderfire.blogspot.com/). It doesn't matter which - both will drop you into the same spot. Or you can forget we mentioned this and just know that our new feed is now fully functional once again!

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Thank you for being the loyal, lovable readers you are!

- The MUF Team

Let's say you have no clue what has been going on with the indie scene this year. Now all of the sudden you want in. No problem. In fact, KEXP has had you covered from day one. Their latest compilation, Live at KEXP - Volume 4, features many of this year's most influential artists playing live in-studio recordings and recordings from live remote broadcasts across the country.

KEXP's live sessions compilation has been gaining speed since its inception a few years back and with the September 16 release of their fourth live volume, no time is better than the present to get acquainted with the quality programming this station puts forth.

This 20-track compilation can be ordered exclusively through Insound. All proceeds benefit KEXP programming. The track listings are below.

1. Pela - Lost to the Lonesome
2. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
3. The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - I Never Thought I Could Feel This Way For A Boy
4. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Let Them Knock
5. The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No
6. The National - Start A War
7. Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
8 . Angelique Kidjo - Salala
9. Yeasayer - 2080
10. !!! - Yadnus
11. Fleet Foxes - Oliver James
12. Atmosphere - Guarantees
13. The Hold Steady - Your Little Hoodrat Friend
14. British Sea Power - Down on the Ground
15. Les Savy Fav - We'll Make A Lover Of You
16. Arthur & Yu - Lion's Mouth
17. The Raveonettes - Aly, Walk With Me
18. Calexico - Cruel
19. Carter Tanton - Red Balloons
20. Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town

Thanks to all those who have helped us reach this milestone along our road.