Top 5 Songs of the Year to Date
This place is dead this week! Let’s argue about things.
- St. Vincent – Marrow
- Animal Collective – Brothersport
- Grizzly Bear – Fine For Now
- Mastodon – Diviinations
- Antony & the Johnsons – Epilepsy is Dancing
Comments
You left Phoenix off this list?! What the hell is wrong with you?!
I’m gonna come over to your cube and punch you in the nose.
I like those other five songs more! I need to be in the mood for Phoenix. These other songs, not so much. They’re awesome all of the time.
- “People Got A Lot of Nerve”- Neko Case
- “Silver Moons”- Sunset Rubdown
- “Another Saturday”- Stuart Murdoch
- “Keep It Goin’ Louder”- Major Lazer
- “The Last Baron”- Mastodon
No particular order
- Animal Collective “Brothersport” (this is tough because I love the whole damn album)
- JJ “Things Will Never Be The Same Again” (very new selection)
- Dirty Projectors “Stillness Is The Move”
- Camera Obscura “French Navy”
- Antony And The Johnsons “Another World”
Paris, I just got that JJ album the other night. Seems really cool!
It’s not surprising that a couple of these are from the “Summer Playlist” I haven’t listened to many new albums this year:
Phoenix – 1901 (this could easily be "Love like a Sunset Pt. 1)
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Magnolia Electric Co. – It’s Made Me Cry
Other Lives – E Minor
Camera Obscura – Honey in the Sun
John said:I need to be in the mood for Phoenix.
Bah!
Neko Case – “This Tornado Loves You”
Wilco – “Bull Black Nova”
St. Vincent – “Save Me From What I Want”
Grizzly Bear – “Southern Point”
Animal Collective – “Bluish”
For me…
Muse – United States of Eurasia
Silversun Pickups – The Royal We
Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch
Dredg – Information
Dredg – Lightswitch.
Yeah, I know, not much variety, but I can’t stop listening to these songs (basically the Dredg and Silversun Pickups albums from this year have tons of awesome songs)
I am terrible with song titles (and too lazy to look them up at the moment)…
- I keep hearing a Grizzly Bear song on YRock and forgetting to download it when I get home. It’s really great and different.
- Phoenix we finally downloaded this weekend. 1961 is awesome!
- Also recently downloaded Oscar Wilde by Company of Thieves. I have a feeling it will go into the overplayed category REALLY soon since it’s on 104.5 (i still listen to mostly radio in the car.) Has anyone else noticed the quality of the recording is on the crappy side?
- Silversun Pickups is awesome.
- Kings of Leon has gone into the overplayed category, unfortunately. Your Sex is no longer On Fire. Too bad.
I saw a Phoenix video the other day. It was just okay. I’ll have to try more Silversun Pickups; I only know that one older hit.
Matt, what’s up with Other Lives?
Hutch, the JJ album has its swings. Track one is the highlight, though there are others.
Travis, I just saw a wild music video for Major Lazer’s Pon De Floor. I have never seen such absolutely ridiculous dance moves; naturally, I loved it.
Wildbirds and Peacedrums – “There is no Light”
Paris said:Travis, I just saw a wild music video for Major Lazer’s Pon De Floor. I have never seen such absolutely ridiculous dance moves; naturally, I loved it.
hahahahahahaha….that was dry hump-tastic….and directed by Eric Wareheim no less.
Wow, Matt. Finally got around to listening to There Is No Light and it’s ridiculously good. Of course, I’m a huge sucker for percussions — especially anything remotely tribal — so I’m biased on this one.