Albums
1. Why? Alopecia
2. The Dodos Visiter
3. M83 Saturday = Youth
4. Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster
5. The Kills Midnight Boom
6. Hot Chip Made in the Dark
7. MGMT Oracular Spectacular
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9. Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line
10. Adele 19
11. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
12. TV on the Radio Dear Science
13. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
14. Cold War Kids Loyalty to Loyalty
15. Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight
16. Portishead Third
17. Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
18. Sons and Daughters This Gift
19. Sigur Ros Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
20. Saul Williams The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
21. Mates of State Re-arrange Us
22. Gang Gang Dance Saint Dympha
23. Single Frame S F E P
24. Justin Townes Earle The Good Life
25. Love is All A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
26. Ladyhawk Ladyhawk
27. The Black Keys Attack & Release
28. Beck Modern Guilt
29. Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer
30. Lil Wayne The Carter III
31. She Keeps Bees Nest
32. Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV
33. The Gutter Twins Saturnalia
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35. Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak
36. Blitzen Trapper Furr
37. She & Him Volume One
38. The Black Ghosts The Black Ghosts
39. The Walkmen You & Me
40. Islands Arm’s Way
41. Mogwai The Hawk is Howling
42. The Rosebuds Like Like
43. Dr. Dog Fate
44. Bloc Party Intimacy
45. Atmosphere When Life Gives You Lemonade, Paint That Shit Gold
46. Man Man Rabbit Habits
47. The Faint Fasciinatiion
48. Alias Resurgam
49. Xiu Xiu Women as Lovers
50. Scarlett Johansson Anywhere I Lay My Head
Songs
- "Fatalist Palmastry” by Why? from Alopecia
- “Kim & Jessie” by M83 from Saturdays = Youth
- “Get Better” by Mates of State from Re-arrange Us
- “White Winter Hymnal” by Fleet Foxes from Fleet Foxes
- “Vanished” by Crystal Castles from Crystal Castles
- “Fast Blood” by Frightened Rabbit from The Midnight Organ Fight
- “Cold Mining” by Single Frame from S F E P
- “U.R.A. Fever” by The Kills from Midnight Boom
- “My Year In Lists” by Los Campesinos! from Hold On Now, Youngster
- “God” by The Dodos from Visiter
- “Hometown Glory” by Adele from 19
- “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver from For Emma, Forever Ago
- “Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur” by Sigur Rós from Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
- “Machine Gun” by Portishead from Third
- “Shake a Fist” by Hot Chip from Made in the Dark
- “Let The Beat Build” by Lil Wayne from Tha Carter III
- “Dancing Choose” by TV on the Radio from Dear Science
- “Time to Pretend” by MGMT from Oracular Spectacular
- “Connjur” by School of Seven Bells from Alpinisms
- “Furr” by Blitzen Trapper from Furr
- “Hands In The Air” by Girl Talk from Feed The Animals
- “Oxford Comma” by Vampire Weekend from Vampire Weekend
- “House Jam” by Gang Gang Dance from Saint Dymnphna
- “Robocop” by Kanye West from 808s and Heartbreak
- "Some Way Through This" by The Black Ghosts from The Black Ghosts
- "Soviet Connection,” The Theme from Grand Theft Auto IV by Michael Hunter
- “Oh, La” by Ra Ra Riot from The Rhumb Line
- “Tiger Phone Card” by Dengue Fever from Venus on Earth
- “This Gift” by Sons and Daughters
- “Shoulda Known” by Atmosphere from When Life Gives you Lemonade . . .
- “Leeds United” by Amanda Palmer from Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
- “Nothing Ever Happens” by Deerhunter from Microcastle
- “Creeper” by Islands from Arm's Way
- “The Crippled Jazzer” by Marnie Stern from This Is It and I am It . . .
- “Geraldine” by Glasvegas
- “Raincoat Song” by The Decemberists from Always a Bridesmaid Vol. 3
- “Hard Livin'” by Justin Townes Earle from The Good Life
- “Every Valley is Not a Lake” by Cold War Kids from Loyalty to Loyalty
- “Guessing Game” by Elzhi from The Preface
- “Release” by She Keeps Bees from Nest
- “Batcat” by Mogwai from The Hawk is Howling and Batcat EP
- “Angels” by Black Mountain from In The Future
- “DNA” by Saul Williams from The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
- “Kevatrumpu” by Paavoharju from Laulu Laakson Kukista
- “Same Old Thing” by The Black Keys from Attack & Release
- “Better Than Heaven” by Bloc Party from Intimacy
- “I Know I See I Love” by Rainbow Arabia from The Basta
- “I’m Amazed” by My Morning Jacket
- “Pork and Beans” by Weezer from The Red Album
- “Love in this Club” (MSTRKRFT Remix) by Usher
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6 comments:
There are a few bands I have wanted to check out from seeing this list and other recommendations. A couple on your list were Blitzen Trapper and TV on the Radio. A few other artists not on the list that I've heard songs from that I have liked this year have been the Heligoats, Blind Pilot, and Sun Kil Moon. You should check these bands out. I have a lot of listening to do!
Great list Jarrett! I'll definitely be checking out the Alopecia one, had heard of them but never picked it up. Probably lots of others too. Seems like I discover most of my music from these year-end lists.
I did get the Sun Kil Moon this year. I liked it, but it never really hit me that strongly. I'll give it another shot or two. I love his other stuff.
I have heard of Blind Pilot. I'll check 'em out.
Another interesting band is "Vampire Weekend." I've enjoyed the CD a lot so far. It's unlike anything I have ever heard of. I also wanted to get an explanation on why Scarlett Johansson is on this list. I haven't actually listened to it, but I can imagine.
I did enjoy Vampire Weekend this year, although it took the whole year for me to finally buy into the idea of the album as a whole, which is why it didn't make the list. Maybe it should have.
I really appreciated the shoegazing, Cocteau Twins-style of the Johansson album. Most people panned it, and I get why. I'm a sucker sometimes.
Listen to Dr. Dog, "Fate", from front to back, and then, go and see them Live.. They are very laid-back, have stayed out of most of the media, and therefore, never got the recognition they deserved for this great c.d. Check out their YouTube videos. They have been on Letterman, Conan, etc., a few times, and even have a couple of songs on movie tracks, but, they have been on a world tour, were the cover story on Relix Mag. this year as "America's Next Greatest Band", yet, love touring live and playing small venues/bars, and are easily overlooked. Great song writing.. 2 lead singers, both so totally different, and switch and play many different instruments. A couple of them have been, quietly, lending a hand and helping to produce some new musician's c.d.s, also. Check them out, as they don't "toot their own horn". Many people are just discovering them. They have been together for years, quietly, and let their fans lead the way instead of being media mongers, like many other bands that are actually imitating them and their style of music, dress, etc., right now.
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