31. Travis - Walking Down the Hill (2003)

As we wrap up Week 7 of our "Music Togetherness" project, it was interesting listening to Travis, a band which I hadn't heard anything from in quite a long time. While not being a great band by any means, they were able to craft a few very good songs, most of which were on their fourth album, 2003's 12 Memories. This song in particular was a standout, as it was fairly obvious that the band was strongly influenced by Radiohead in the writing of the song, with the glitchy drumbeat that propels the song forward. This song is, once again, very nice listening for a gloomy day.....which we seem to be having a lot of lately.

4. My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday (2003)

Jim James has one of my favorite voices in music, as long as he's not trying too hard to sound like Prince. On this song, the chorus sounds as if he's singing down to you from the heavens, the constant reverb on his vocals is just perfect on this track. It's one of the biggest sounding songs I've ever heard, and has the guitar solo to back it up. Seeing this song performed live has been a highlight of my music watching life. Check out the new Monsters of Folk album too.....James just dominates the others on the record.




Unfortunately this is a live version, as the regular album version has been removed. When/if the regular version appears again, I will replace it on this post.