It is 3 in the afternoon, the sun is gone, the sky is gloomy, and it is about to rain.

This might be the kind of thing you would listen to if you were driving on some lonesome highway where you could see the horizon for miles. You’d drive right into the thunderstorm — which you could see brewing from afar — then cranking this up and going with it. It’s a bit moody, but hey — rain is depressing.

01. Neil Young - “See The Sky About To Rain” (On The Beach)
02. Neon Indian - “Terminally Chill” (Psychic Chasms)
03. Yo La Tengo - “You Can Have It All” (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
04. Galaxie 500 - “Blue Thunder” (On Fire)
05. Caribou - “Melody Day” (Andorra)
06. Broken Social Scene - “Superconnected” (Broken Social Scene)
07. Violent Femmes - “I Hear The Rain” (Hallowed Ground)
08. Queens of the Stone Age - “The Sky Is Fallin’” (Songs For The Deaf)
09. Dungen - “Ta Det Lugnt” (Ta Det Lugnt)
10. The Beta Band - “Inner Meet Me” (The Three E.P.’S)
11. The Byrds - “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” (Greatest Hits)
12. Uncle Tupelo - “Sandusky” (March 16-20 1992)
13. My Morning Jacket - “Golden” (It Still Moves)
14. Credence Clearwater Revisited - “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” (Chronicle, Vol. 1)

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