Gavin Age: 19 School: University of Florida Likes: daydreaming, manatees, cookies and milk

1. Pavement, Terror Twilight (1999, Matador Records)
   Last album by the lo-fi darlings. (This one's a little less lo-fi.) Band site @ Matador
2. Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998, Merge Records)
   Alice's musical looking glass. Band site
3. The Shins, Oh, Inverted World (2001, Sub Pop Records)
   Quicky indie rock. (You know the songs from Garden State.) Band site
4. Iron & Wine and Calexico, In the Reins (2005, Overcoat Records)
   He's still whispering, but now it's Tex-Mex. (It's a collaboration.) Iron & Wine site, Calexico site
5. The Postal Service, Give Up (2003, Sub Pop Records)
   Still cool, even though your mom and little sister both like it. Band site
6. DJ Spooky, Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1996, Asphodel Records)
   His debut. This is probably as mainstream as spacey ambient music will ever get. (Not counting Enya.) Band site
7. Elliott Smith, Either/Or (1997, Kill Rock Stars)
   Oh Elliott, we need you back. RIP Official fan site
8. Sleater-Kinney, All Hands on the Bad One (2000, Kill Rock Stars)
   Grrl punk that doesn't hurt my head. Band site
9. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight (2002, Merge Records)
   First it makes you want to sing along. Then it makes you wonder, "Why aren't there more CDs that make me want to sing along?" Band site
10. Thievery Corporation, The Mirror Conspiracy (2000, Eighteenth Street)
    This album makes relaxing cool again. Band site

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