(See bottom of post for links to playlist)
- The Folk Implosion: Wide Web FROM Dare to Be Surprised
- Albion Quartet: String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 9: I. Moderato – Allegro con brio (Antonín Dvořák) FROM Dvořák : Quartets Nos. 5 & 12 ‘American’ – Suk: Meditation
- Agent Orange: Everything Turns Grey FROM Living in Darkness
- Arcadia Quartet: String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59: II. Allegretto FROM Weinberg: String Quartets Nos. 1, 7 & 11, Vol. 2
- The Jesus And Mary Chain: Taste of Cindy FROM Pychocandy
- Brodsky Quartet: Quintet, Op. post. 163, D. 956: I. Allegro ma non troppo (Franz Schubert) FROM Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz
- Tom Waits: Telephone Call From Istanbul FROM Frank’s Wild Years
- Chiaroscuro Quartet: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”: I. Allegro (Franz Schubert) FROM Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 14 & 9
- Calexico / Iron & Wine: Burn that Broken Bed FROM In The Reins
- Doric String Quartet: String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18 MWV R 21: III. Scherzo FROM Mendelssohn: The String Quintets
- Damon & Naomi: Oceans in Between FROM A Sky Record
- Emerson String Quartet: String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49: III Allegro molto (Live) (Dimitri Chostakovitch) FROM Shostakovich: The String Quartets
- Dinosaur Jr (really a solo Lou Barlow tune): Poledo FROM You’re Living All Over Me
- Esmé Quartet: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato (Ludwig van Beethoven) FROM Beethoven, Bridge & Chin: To Be Loved
- Elevator To Hell: Three More Weeks FROM Parts 1 – 3
- Hagen Quartett: String Quartet in E minor: 3. Prestissimo FROM Verdi / Puccini / Muzio: Works For String Quartet
- Galaxie 500: Decomposing Trees FROM On Fire
- Manhattan String Quartet: String Quartet No. 15 in G major, Op. 161, D. 887: II. Andante un poco moto (Franz Schubert) FROM Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887
- Hedvig Mollestad: On the Horizon, Part 1 FROM Maternity Beat
- The Magnetic Fields: Tokyo Á Go-Go FROM The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees
- Parker Quartet: String Quintet in E flat major, Op. 97, B. 180: 3. Larghetto (Antonín Dvořák) FROM Kurtág: Six moments musicaux; Officium breve / Dvořák: String Quintet, Op. 97
- Superchunk: It’s So Hard to Fall in Love FROM Tossing Seeds (Singles 89-91)
- Pavel Haas Quartet: String Quartet No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegretto (Dimitri Chostakovitch) FROM Shostakovich : String Quartets Nos. 2, 7 & 8
- Sonic Youth: Mote FROM Goo
- Pellegrini Quartet: String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 19: I. Allegro moderato patetico (Ferruccio Busoni) FROM Busoni: String Quartets No. 1 and 2
- Sebadoh: Truly Great Thing FROM III
- Sequoia String Quartet: III. Tres Lent FROM RAVEL, M.: String Quartet in F major / BARTOK, B.: String Quartet No. 3 (Sequoia String Quartet) (Maurice Ravel – Bela Bartok)
- Meat Puppets: 100% of Nothing FROM II
- Tippett Quartet: String Trio: I. Allegro molto FROM Penderecki: Chamber Works
- M. Ward: Chinese Translation FROM Post-War
- Belcea Quartet: String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato (Johannes Brahms) FROM Brahms: String Sextets
- José González: Slow Moves FROM Veneer
- Diogenes Quartet: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 9: I. Andante – Allegro ma non troppo (Max Bruch) FROM Bruch: Complete String Quartets
- J Church: Night Time FROM Nostalgic for Nothing
- Ehnes Quartet: String Quartet No.14 in D Minor, ‘Death and the Maiden’ D. 810: III. Scherzo – Allegro molto FROM Schubert, Sibelius : Death & the Maiden, Intimate Voices
- Sebadoh: New King FROM III (Expanded)
Bonus song (not available from streaming services) Beck: Puttin it Down FROM Stereopathetic Soulmanure, VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/VHO8LEPYAO0
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