U2 - I Will Follow

I can almost understand why they got so big.

One time in high school I got free tickets to see U2 in Oakland. I sold them and used the money to go snowboarding. Sorry guys.

Yo La Tengo - Here to Fall

This is one of those songs (I listened to it a bunch of times in the same day). Understated, highly worthwhile. Play it loud. (and the video is rad, too)

"There will be some happy endings

There'll be dreams that don't come true
But in the times ahead, there's love and hate and hope and dread coming
All and all, it makes it that much harder for you, yeah.

It's worth noting that Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, the couple who started this band, are also married to each other.

And the band's name? Read this. 

Another great, great song that's got the same sort of quality:

Cibo Matto - Working For Vacation

"people got science but make no sense...
when I think of something goes out to space
then it comes back in another shape
we know we're not apes but we could make
sweet seedless grapes"

"feeling wrong because the days are too long
counting heartbeats 72 in a minute"