Favorite Songs of 2009: 1-10

10

Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned - Everything Is, Pt. III

9

Raekwon - 10 Bricks (ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface)

8

Sister Suvi - Longlegs

7

Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort

6

Black Lips - Drop I Hold

5

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able

4

Bat For Lashes - Daniel

3

Girls - Solitude

2

Sharon Van Etten - Much More Than That

1

Shilpa Ray - Beating St. Louis

Favorite Songs of 2009: 11-20

20

Miami Horror - Sometimes

19

Say Hi - The Stars Just Blink For Us

18

Ah Holly Fam'ly - All Unfolding

17

Generationals - When They Fight They Fight

16

The Middle East - The Darkest Side

15

Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring

14

Miike Snow - Sans Soleil

13

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home

12

Phoenix - Fences

11

Washed Out - Feel It All Around

Favorite Songs of 2009: 21-30

30

The Antlers - Epilogue

29

Camera Obscura - French Navy

28

Hey Champ - Cold Dust Girl

27

Music Go Music - Warm In The Shadows

26

Slaraffenland - Away

25

Ancient Crux - In Teen Dreams

24

Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring

23

Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (ft. Laetitia Sadier)

22

The XX - Crystalised

21

Brazos - Day Glo

Favorite Songs of 2009: 31-40

40

CANT - Ghosts

39

Intelligence - Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine

38

Junior Boys - Parallel Lines

37

Wild Beasts - All The Kings Men

36

Religious Girls - White Mage

35

Dead Man's Bones - My Body's A Zombie For You

34

Still Flyin - The Hottchord Is Struck

33

BBU - Chi Don't Dance

32

Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers

31

Crystal Antlers - Your Spears

Favorite Songs of 2009: 41-50

These are my favorites from 2009.  Hope you find something you love.

50
The Sandwitches - Back To The Sea

49

Wye Oak - Take It In

48

Nurses - Technicolor

47

El Perro del Mar - Change of Heart

46

Tiny Vipers - Dreamer

45

A.C. Newman - Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer

44

Lightning Dust - Never Seen

43

Pink Mountaintops - Vampire

42

Mason Proper - Fog

41

Le Loup - Neahkahnie

Favorite Songs of 2008

Like a few fingers of Lagavulin, "Red Socks Pugie" has the ability to make me question consuming anything else when it's available.  It's on par with "Like Eating Glass" and "Citizens of Tomorrow" and remains in the heaviest of heavy car rotations.  And Forest Fire has made my favorite album of the year with one of the most raw, honest pieces of art I've heard in a long while.  These are my favorite songs of 2008.

1. Foals - Red Socks Pugie

2. Forest Fire - Slow Motion

3. Santogold - Anne

4. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

5. Beach House - Gila

6. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream

7. Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping

8. Sister Suvi - The Lot

9. Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds and a Sound

10. The Morning Benders - Crosseyed

11. GZA - Paper Plate

12. The Dodos - Fools

13. Jim Noir - Happy Day Today

14. Frauke - Parasite Fungus

15. A-Ko - Soul '69 (Part II)

16. M83 - We Own The Sky (Maps Mix)

17. Black Kids - I've Underestimated My Charm (Again)

18. Wolf Parade - Language City

19. Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Metronomy Remix)

20. The Walkmen - On The Water

21. Of Montreal - Feminine Effects

22. Bodies Of Water - Gold, Tan, Peach and Grey

23. Passion Pit - Cuddle Fuddle

24. The Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking

25. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Frank, AB

Blind Pilot

I think I reversed jinxed myself...last night I was telling someone I haven't gotten really excited about a band in a while. Today I heard Blind Pilot, two guys from Portland who toured on their bikes through Canada and the west coast. Their new album, 3 Rounds and a Sound, is wildly good. But the title track is, for lack of a more appropriate and less dramatic word, astonishing.

A few days ago I would've knocked their band name, but now it appears they're unintentionally topical. So now there is nothing negative to say about them. Nahsing. This is one of the best bands I've heard all year, and this first track is deserving of heavy, heavy rotation.

Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds and a Sound

Blind Pilot - One Red Thread

And here's the video for "Go On, Say It"



Buy 3 Rounds and a Sound immediately.