Number 5: Bright Eyes - Cleanse Song
Album: Cassadaga, 2007.
Added 9/4/07, 84 plays.
A friend of mine did a cleanse recently - no alchohol, no sugar, no caffeine, no salt, that sort of thing. I think this may be a step above that, either rehab or some other change in your life. Or any change in your life. Every once in a while, I (and others too) get this nagging feeling to change something in my life. Anything. Everything. Here, it looks like Conor saw things in his life that he just couldn't stand, split for SoCal, and became a vegetarian. Profound changes in your life. Rebirth.
you might also like...
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
Elliott Smith - Somebody That I Used to Know
Death Cab for Cutie - Passenger Seat
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Top 100: #6: Blue, Bright Blue Saturday
Number 6: Goldfrapp - A&E
Album: Seventh Tree, 2008.
Added 5/6/08, 84 plays.
Probably my favorite song about a suicide attempt. For those who don't know, A&E is the UK version of the ER - Accident and Emergency. I imagine that she wanted someone who didn't want her back, took some pills to numb the pain (been there), and woke up in a hospital (not yet). Once again, she's using some fantastic songwriting here - who would describe a hospital gown as a "backless dress?" And when he doesn't even show up to see her... heartbreaking. Okay, it's also one of my favorite breakup songs.
you might also like...
Brazilian Girls - Don't Stop
Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
Moby - We Are All Made of Stars
Album: Seventh Tree, 2008.
Added 5/6/08, 84 plays.
Probably my favorite song about a suicide attempt. For those who don't know, A&E is the UK version of the ER - Accident and Emergency. I imagine that she wanted someone who didn't want her back, took some pills to numb the pain (been there), and woke up in a hospital (not yet). Once again, she's using some fantastic songwriting here - who would describe a hospital gown as a "backless dress?" And when he doesn't even show up to see her... heartbreaking. Okay, it's also one of my favorite breakup songs.
you might also like...
Brazilian Girls - Don't Stop
Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
Moby - We Are All Made of Stars
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Top 100: #7: I Just Won't Tell You About It
Number 7: The Bridges - Pieces
Album: Limits of the Sky, 2008.
Added 1/5/09, 81 plays.
This about the mistakes we make in a relationship and how it can ruin everything, but said in the nicest way possible. The lead here has got one set of pipes on her, and great at making this fairly common phenomenon sound earnest and heartfelt, like this is the only time it's happened to her. Except that she's smart, she has a strategy for delaying the inevitable - she just won't tell you about it. Trust me, someone will crack.
you might also like...
Charlotte Sometimes - How I Could Just Kill a Man
Jamie Lidell - Another Day
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles - The Day We Met
Album: Limits of the Sky, 2008.
Added 1/5/09, 81 plays.
This about the mistakes we make in a relationship and how it can ruin everything, but said in the nicest way possible. The lead here has got one set of pipes on her, and great at making this fairly common phenomenon sound earnest and heartfelt, like this is the only time it's happened to her. Except that she's smart, she has a strategy for delaying the inevitable - she just won't tell you about it. Trust me, someone will crack.
you might also like...
Charlotte Sometimes - How I Could Just Kill a Man
Jamie Lidell - Another Day
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles - The Day We Met
Monday, September 27, 2010
Top 100: #8: "You're Running Down My Thigh," She Said
Number 8: Born Ruffians - Hummingbird
Album: Red Yellow & Blue, 2008.
Added 5/22/08, 77 plays.
Another one of those indie pop-rock bands I seem to get tired of after a while. Here's a pretty good song about a girl being lost in a relationship with a high-energy backtrack that sounds a lot like Vampire Weekend. Which is fine, those guys know how to wrire a pop song. But I haven't heard anything from Born Ruffians in a while, nothing to hold my interest.
you might also like...
Black Kids - Hurricane Jane
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
Yeasayer - O.N.E.
Album: Red Yellow & Blue, 2008.
Added 5/22/08, 77 plays.
Another one of those indie pop-rock bands I seem to get tired of after a while. Here's a pretty good song about a girl being lost in a relationship with a high-energy backtrack that sounds a lot like Vampire Weekend. Which is fine, those guys know how to wrire a pop song. But I haven't heard anything from Born Ruffians in a while, nothing to hold my interest.
you might also like...
Black Kids - Hurricane Jane
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
Yeasayer - O.N.E.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Top 100: #9: Deer Might Fly, Why Not? I Met You
Number 9: The Weepies - All That I Want
Album: Happiness, 2003.
Added 11/18/07, 76 plays.
Someone once accused me of hating Christmas music, which is simply not true. However, I really can't stand tacky sentimental crap I've heard over and over my whole life. You gotta mix these things up.
So, yes, the Weepies. For a band with such a sad name, they sure can write some cute pop songs. It's a romantic idea, having everything you want for Christmas (or life) already in another person, even as unlikely as that sounds. Lovely.
you might also like...
Alexi Murdoch - All My Days
Jack Johnson - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Griffin House - The Guy that Says Goodbye to You is Out of His Mind
Album: Happiness, 2003.
Added 11/18/07, 76 plays.
Someone once accused me of hating Christmas music, which is simply not true. However, I really can't stand tacky sentimental crap I've heard over and over my whole life. You gotta mix these things up.
So, yes, the Weepies. For a band with such a sad name, they sure can write some cute pop songs. It's a romantic idea, having everything you want for Christmas (or life) already in another person, even as unlikely as that sounds. Lovely.
you might also like...
Alexi Murdoch - All My Days
Jack Johnson - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Griffin House - The Guy that Says Goodbye to You is Out of His Mind
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Top 100: #10: Do You Want to Fuck?
Number 10: Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Album: Vampire Weekend, 2008.
Added 7/17/07, 73 plays.
I first heard of Vampire Weekend when I saw this song on the iTunes music store, and only clicked on it because of the Cape Cod reference. And my life was never the same. The key to this song is (obviously) the simplicity. There's just not a whole lot going on, particularly when you look at some of the other stuff on the album. It's easy. Which sounds like a cop out, but I think is (well, was) a nice change of pace. A simple backbeat with slightly quirky lyrics? It works.
you might also like...
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Death Cab for Cutie - No Sunlight
Feist - Mushaboom
Album: Vampire Weekend, 2008.
Added 7/17/07, 73 plays.
I first heard of Vampire Weekend when I saw this song on the iTunes music store, and only clicked on it because of the Cape Cod reference. And my life was never the same. The key to this song is (obviously) the simplicity. There's just not a whole lot going on, particularly when you look at some of the other stuff on the album. It's easy. Which sounds like a cop out, but I think is (well, was) a nice change of pace. A simple backbeat with slightly quirky lyrics? It works.
you might also like...
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Death Cab for Cutie - No Sunlight
Feist - Mushaboom
Friday, September 24, 2010
Top 100: #11: Never Gonna Let You Down
Number 11: Loney, Dear - I Am John
Album: Loney, Noir, 2007.
Added 6/13/07, 72 plays.
I get the feeling that this song is about his turbid relationship with himself - like those nights where you just have a crisis of identity and get "lost" so to speak, losing track of who and where you are. The end of the song to me represents the feeling of falling back in love with yourself, at least for a little while, even though you know you're probably just going to continue to disappoint yourself again anyway. It's beautiful and bittersweet, and it says so much through so few words.
you might also like...
Josh Ritter - Wolves
Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It
Jens Lekman - And I Remember Every Kiss
Album: Loney, Noir, 2007.
Added 6/13/07, 72 plays.
I get the feeling that this song is about his turbid relationship with himself - like those nights where you just have a crisis of identity and get "lost" so to speak, losing track of who and where you are. The end of the song to me represents the feeling of falling back in love with yourself, at least for a little while, even though you know you're probably just going to continue to disappoint yourself again anyway. It's beautiful and bittersweet, and it says so much through so few words.
you might also like...
Josh Ritter - Wolves
Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It
Jens Lekman - And I Remember Every Kiss
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Top 100: #12: The Way She Looks in Her Underwear
Number 12: Josh Ritter - To the Dogs or Whoever
Album: The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, 2007.
Added 12/22/07, 69 plays.
I love all the historical/literary references here. Everyone in here are strong figures that took a stand for their beliefs, even if it killed them. It's about taking risks.
you might also like...
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Airline to Heaven
Ryan Adams - Pearls on a String
The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart
Album: The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, 2007.
Added 12/22/07, 69 plays.
I love all the historical/literary references here. Everyone in here are strong figures that took a stand for their beliefs, even if it killed them. It's about taking risks.
you might also like...
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Airline to Heaven
Ryan Adams - Pearls on a String
The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Top 100: #13: Don't Let Anyone Stand in Your Way
Number 13: Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina
Album: Night Falls Over Kortedala, 2007.
Added 11/8/07, 68 plays.
Jens tells the story of how he was an accidental beard. It's a pretty hilarious story, over a simple (at first) rhythm. At the end when it crescendos, and we get to the moral of the story, that just kills me every time. This is the song that really got me into Jens.
Also, check out my recording from when I saw him at the Paradise a couple years back, with a far more detailed version of the story:
you might also like...
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rise Up With Fists!!
David Byrne & Dirty Projectors - Knotty Pine
Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You
Album: Night Falls Over Kortedala, 2007.
Added 11/8/07, 68 plays.
Jens tells the story of how he was an accidental beard. It's a pretty hilarious story, over a simple (at first) rhythm. At the end when it crescendos, and we get to the moral of the story, that just kills me every time. This is the song that really got me into Jens.
Also, check out my recording from when I saw him at the Paradise a couple years back, with a far more detailed version of the story:
you might also like...
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rise Up With Fists!!
David Byrne & Dirty Projectors - Knotty Pine
Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Top 100: #14: How to Gracefully Disappear in a Room
Number 14: The National - Secret Meeting
Album: Alligator, 2005.
Added 7/31/07, 68 plays.
I think this song is more about creating a mood than any particular subject. They dabble with notions of paranoia and mental instability, and when you put that over a gloomy and brooding backtrack, well, that seems to work very well here.
you might also like...
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Frightened Rabbit - Good Arms vs Bad Arms
Wilco - Kamera
Album: Alligator, 2005.
Added 7/31/07, 68 plays.
I think this song is more about creating a mood than any particular subject. They dabble with notions of paranoia and mental instability, and when you put that over a gloomy and brooding backtrack, well, that seems to work very well here.
you might also like...
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Frightened Rabbit - Good Arms vs Bad Arms
Wilco - Kamera
Monday, September 20, 2010
Top 100: #15: A Change of Mind, Then a Change of Position
Number 15: Choir of Young Believers - Action/Reaction
Album: This Is For the White in Your Eyes, 2009.
Added 7/6/09, 66 plays.
Despite the upbeat rhythm and soaring vocals, this is one of the saddest songs I know of. It's about heartache and loss, all over a girl ("a monument") who, despite your actions, will not give you a reaction.
The thing about monuments; they're hard to move. Or remove.
you might also like...
The Cave Singers - Leap
Elizabeth & the Catapult - Taller Children
Fanfarlo - Harold T. Wilkins, Or How to Wait for a Very Long Time
Album: This Is For the White in Your Eyes, 2009.
Added 7/6/09, 66 plays.
Despite the upbeat rhythm and soaring vocals, this is one of the saddest songs I know of. It's about heartache and loss, all over a girl ("a monument") who, despite your actions, will not give you a reaction.
The thing about monuments; they're hard to move. Or remove.
you might also like...
The Cave Singers - Leap
Elizabeth & the Catapult - Taller Children
Fanfarlo - Harold T. Wilkins, Or How to Wait for a Very Long Time
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Top 100: #16: No Reason to Be Scared
Number 16: Walter Meego - Forever
Album: Voyager, 2008.
Added 7/15/08, 66 plays.
You know, I'll be honest, this song doesn't really hold up after repeated listenings, and I'm getting tired of it. It's repetitive, uninspired, and unchallenging. It's just got a simple message and a decent hook. There was a time and place for this in my life, but that time has past.
you might also like...
Chairlift - Evident Utensil
Coconut Records - Nighttiming
VHS or Beta - Can't Believe a Single Word
Album: Voyager, 2008.
Added 7/15/08, 66 plays.
You know, I'll be honest, this song doesn't really hold up after repeated listenings, and I'm getting tired of it. It's repetitive, uninspired, and unchallenging. It's just got a simple message and a decent hook. There was a time and place for this in my life, but that time has past.
you might also like...
Chairlift - Evident Utensil
Coconut Records - Nighttiming
VHS or Beta - Can't Believe a Single Word
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Top 100: #17: The Noise You Make When You Sleep
Number 17: Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
Album: Neon Bible, 2007.
Added 12/22/07, 65 plays.
Probably the best Bruce Springsteen song that wasn't writtenor performed by Bruce Springsteen. It's a great rollicking abstract tune about death. Or a terrorist. Or maybe about not being able to settle down. I don't know. It's just fun to listen to.
you might also like...
Interpol - Evil
TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
Animal Collective - My Girls
Album: Neon Bible, 2007.
Added 12/22/07, 65 plays.
Probably the best Bruce Springsteen song that wasn't written
you might also like...
Interpol - Evil
TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
Animal Collective - My Girls
Friday, September 17, 2010
Top 100: #18: Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Someday
Number 18: The Pretenders - Talk of the Town
Album: Pretenders II, 1981.
Added 5/21/07, 65 plays.
Pretenders Talk of the Town
Unrequited love's a bitch, ain't it?
Le sigh.
you might also like...
The Motels - Only the Lonely
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Album: Pretenders II, 1981.
Added 5/21/07, 65 plays.
Pretenders Talk of the Town
Unrequited love's a bitch, ain't it?
Le sigh.
you might also like...
The Motels - Only the Lonely
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Top 100: #19: Fuck Your Circle
Number 19: Geronimo - Just Like Water
Album: Enlightenment in a Small Town, 2007.
Added 4/27/08, 64 plays.
Just Like Water
Geronimo | MySpace Music Videos
I really have no idea what they're talking about here, I just think it's a fun song. I once heard that it takes eight minutes for the light from the sun to reach Earth, so, there's that little fun fact of the day.
you might also like...
The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Album: Enlightenment in a Small Town, 2007.
Added 4/27/08, 64 plays.
Just Like Water
Geronimo | MySpace Music Videos
I really have no idea what they're talking about here, I just think it's a fun song. I once heard that it takes eight minutes for the light from the sun to reach Earth, so, there's that little fun fact of the day.
you might also like...
The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Top 100: #20: Even If I Knew My Place
Number 20: Adele - Chasing Pavements
Album: 19, 2008.
Added 7/6/08, 62 plays.
Adele has one of the best voices I've heard in a long time. Here's another one of those relatable tracks, where we have to decide whether to keep the status quo or do something really hard and shitty. Yeeah.
you might also like...
Sara Bareilles - King of Anything
Regina Spektor - Samson
Missy Higgins - The River
Album: 19, 2008.
Added 7/6/08, 62 plays.
Adele has one of the best voices I've heard in a long time. Here's another one of those relatable tracks, where we have to decide whether to keep the status quo or do something really hard and shitty. Yeeah.
you might also like...
Sara Bareilles - King of Anything
Regina Spektor - Samson
Missy Higgins - The River
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Top 100: #21: I Try to Imagine a Careless Life
Number 21: Beirut - Scenic World
Album: Gulag Orkestar, 2006.
Added 5/25/07, 61 plays.
It's a simple tune with poignant lyrics that try to remind you why it's good to be alive. Really, that's all there is to it... but somehow, it speaks volumes to me.
you might also like...
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Iron & Wine - Boy With a Coin
Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone with You
Album: Gulag Orkestar, 2006.
Added 5/25/07, 61 plays.
It's a simple tune with poignant lyrics that try to remind you why it's good to be alive. Really, that's all there is to it... but somehow, it speaks volumes to me.
you might also like...
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Iron & Wine - Boy With a Coin
Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone with You
Monday, September 13, 2010
Top 100: #22: Tell Me Where It All Went Wrong
Number 22: Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
Album: Let's Get Out of This Country, 2006.
Added 6/30/07, 61 plays.
In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm kind of a sucker for new music in the style of '60s soul. Camera Obscura always does a great job of this, while still sounding modern and unique.
you might also like...
Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day
Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
Album: Let's Get Out of This Country, 2006.
Added 6/30/07, 61 plays.
In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm kind of a sucker for new music in the style of '60s soul. Camera Obscura always does a great job of this, while still sounding modern and unique.
you might also like...
Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day
Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Top 100: #23: Let's Pretend I'm Attractive
Number 23: Frightened Rabbit - The Twist
Album: The Midnight Organ Fight, 2008.
Added 7/8/08, 61 plays.
This song uses some great imagery to describe this encounter at the club. I especially love the idea of having to ask if someone blushed, because he can't tell, they "are already red." Also he doesn't care that she messed up his name twice, but at the end he's become more assertive, more confident. He wants her to know his name, and is calling her out - she's just like everybody else, she doesn't want to be lonely, she needs some human heat.
It's a cute little story over a great steady piano riff. It escalates at the end (as these things tend to do) into a frenzy of jubilation and celebration. It's enough to make you twist yourself.
you might also like...
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Yeasayer - Madder Red
Album: The Midnight Organ Fight, 2008.
Added 7/8/08, 61 plays.
This song uses some great imagery to describe this encounter at the club. I especially love the idea of having to ask if someone blushed, because he can't tell, they "are already red." Also he doesn't care that she messed up his name twice, but at the end he's become more assertive, more confident. He wants her to know his name, and is calling her out - she's just like everybody else, she doesn't want to be lonely, she needs some human heat.
It's a cute little story over a great steady piano riff. It escalates at the end (as these things tend to do) into a frenzy of jubilation and celebration. It's enough to make you twist yourself.
you might also like...
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Yeasayer - Madder Red
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Top 100: #24: Taking a Nap on Your Lap in the Shade
Number 24: Katie Herzig - Sweeter Than This
Album: Weightless, 2006.
Added 7/8/09, 61 plays.
Yes, it's sweet to the point of being saccharine, but that's okay every once in a while. It's got some cute sentiments, and gives a pretty good feel for how it is to be in love.
you might also like...
Josh Ritter - Kathleen
Ben Howard - Cloud Nine
Jorge Calderón & Jennifer Warnes - Keep Me in Your Heart
Album: Weightless, 2006.
Added 7/8/09, 61 plays.
Yes, it's sweet to the point of being saccharine, but that's okay every once in a while. It's got some cute sentiments, and gives a pretty good feel for how it is to be in love.
you might also like...
Josh Ritter - Kathleen
Ben Howard - Cloud Nine
Jorge Calderón & Jennifer Warnes - Keep Me in Your Heart
Friday, September 10, 2010
Top 100: #25: Punjabi's Finest
Number 25: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Pink India
Album: Stephen Malkmus, 2001.
Added 9/1/09, 61 plays.
Probably my favorite rock song about British colonial imperialism in the late 1800s.
you might also like...
Yo La Tengo - Tears Are in Your Eyes
Mazzy Star - Halah
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Bridges, Squares
Album: Stephen Malkmus, 2001.
Added 9/1/09, 61 plays.
Probably my favorite rock song about British colonial imperialism in the late 1800s.
you might also like...
Yo La Tengo - Tears Are in Your Eyes
Mazzy Star - Halah
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Bridges, Squares
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Top 100: #26: Spit Out Your Lies and Chewing Gum
Number 26: Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
Album: It's Never Been Like That, 2006.
Added 5/21/07, 60 plays.
Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
Uploaded by sagara-kun. - Explore more music videos.
This was the song that first got me into Phoenix. It's another catchy pop song about the end of a relationship. Here, the girl can't grow up and move on with the narrator. I love the idea of not accepting her as a consolation prize.
you might also like...
Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Vampire Weekend - I Stand Corrected
Architecture in Helsinki - Maybe You Can Owe Me
Album: It's Never Been Like That, 2006.
Added 5/21/07, 60 plays.
Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
Uploaded by sagara-kun. - Explore more music videos.
This was the song that first got me into Phoenix. It's another catchy pop song about the end of a relationship. Here, the girl can't grow up and move on with the narrator. I love the idea of not accepting her as a consolation prize.
you might also like...
Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Vampire Weekend - I Stand Corrected
Architecture in Helsinki - Maybe You Can Owe Me
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Top 100: #27: Strange How Your Mind Burns
Number 27: Pinback - Good to Sea
Album: Autumn of the Seraphs, 2007.
Added 4/4/10, 60 plays.
This is how I've been feeling for the past few months. He is in a relationship that is solid and sound, but the idea of the relationship cannot meet with the idea of what he is driven to do and who he is. He is glad to see her go so he can start living his life the way he wants to, but to break this relationship destroys his life, as least temporarily.
I've had a string recently of amazing and satisfying sex dreams about an ex. It's really not that kind to terrorize one in one's sleep.
Oh no, I've hit rock bottom.
you might also like...
Spoon - Don't You Evah
Minus the Bear - My Time
Stars - Elevator Love Letter
Album: Autumn of the Seraphs, 2007.
Added 4/4/10, 60 plays.
This is how I've been feeling for the past few months. He is in a relationship that is solid and sound, but the idea of the relationship cannot meet with the idea of what he is driven to do and who he is. He is glad to see her go so he can start living his life the way he wants to, but to break this relationship destroys his life, as least temporarily.
I've had a string recently of amazing and satisfying sex dreams about an ex. It's really not that kind to terrorize one in one's sleep.
Oh no, I've hit rock bottom.
you might also like...
Spoon - Don't You Evah
Minus the Bear - My Time
Stars - Elevator Love Letter
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Top 100: #28
Number 28: Santigold - Lights Out
Album: Santogold, 2008.
Added 12/10/08, 60 plays.
Great summer jam, sorry it took until the end of summer for it to come around.
you might also like...
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena
Tegan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost
Album: Santogold, 2008.
Added 12/10/08, 60 plays.
Great summer jam, sorry it took until the end of summer for it to come around.
you might also like...
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena
Tegan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost
Monday, September 06, 2010
Top 100: #29
Number 29: Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over
Album: Lungs, 2009.
Added 8/26/09, 59 plays.
Gorgeous. Unbelievable. About picking up the pieces and making yourself happy. First of all, Florence Welsh is an incredible singer (also, a hot redhead) who cannot help but put her whole self into a song. Secondly, this song has everything anybody could want. Drama, relatability, love, longing, and it's catchy as all hell. I can't help but (poorly) belt this out when it comes on in the car.
It's also a little sad: "I never wanted anything from you, except everything you had. And what was left after that, too." I guess he couldn't give it.
you might also like...
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
Akron/Family - River
Headless Heroes - Just Like Honey
Album: Lungs, 2009.
Added 8/26/09, 59 plays.
Gorgeous. Unbelievable. About picking up the pieces and making yourself happy. First of all, Florence Welsh is an incredible singer (also, a hot redhead) who cannot help but put her whole self into a song. Secondly, this song has everything anybody could want. Drama, relatability, love, longing, and it's catchy as all hell. I can't help but (poorly) belt this out when it comes on in the car.
It's also a little sad: "I never wanted anything from you, except everything you had. And what was left after that, too." I guess he couldn't give it.
you might also like...
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
Akron/Family - River
Headless Heroes - Just Like Honey
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Top 100: #30
Number 30: Dr. Dog - Heart It Races
Album: Heart It Races [EP], 2007.
Added 1/17/08, 57 plays.
A cover of Architecture in Helsinki, and in fact, from their EP. A huge improvement, I'd say; in the original, it almost sounds like they aren't taking it seriously, while Dr. Dog takes it, strips it down a little, and gives it a more earnest vibe. You get the sense of longing that I think they're going for. Dr. Dog, a master of melody. You just can't be in a bad mood when you hear this song.
you might also like...
Toro y Moi - Blessa
The Dodos - Fables
Architecture in Helsinki - Frenchy, I'm Faking
Album: Heart It Races [EP], 2007.
Added 1/17/08, 57 plays.
A cover of Architecture in Helsinki, and in fact, from their EP. A huge improvement, I'd say; in the original, it almost sounds like they aren't taking it seriously, while Dr. Dog takes it, strips it down a little, and gives it a more earnest vibe. You get the sense of longing that I think they're going for. Dr. Dog, a master of melody. You just can't be in a bad mood when you hear this song.
you might also like...
Toro y Moi - Blessa
The Dodos - Fables
Architecture in Helsinki - Frenchy, I'm Faking
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Top 100: #31
Number 31: Jens Lekman - Kanske Är Jag Kär I Dig
Album: Night Falls Over Kortedala, 2007.
Added 1/23/08, 56 plays.
Translation: I think I am in love with you.
One of my most favorite love songs ever. I've used the line "I think I'm going to drop my cool now" as the title of a mix I made for a girl. That's how much I love it. The intro is genius, how many times have you blabbered on about nothing just to talk to a girl? The little stutter he does is fantastic, the words are very literally coming out wrong. And sometimes, yes, the best way to touch someone's heart is to do something daring and stupid, and if you make an ass of yourself, hey, maybe she'll at least smile. It'd be worth it.
Once again, I'm a sucker for horns.
you might also like...
She & Him - This Is Not a Test
Yeasayer - Tightrope
Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You
Album: Night Falls Over Kortedala, 2007.
Added 1/23/08, 56 plays.
Translation: I think I am in love with you.
One of my most favorite love songs ever. I've used the line "I think I'm going to drop my cool now" as the title of a mix I made for a girl. That's how much I love it. The intro is genius, how many times have you blabbered on about nothing just to talk to a girl? The little stutter he does is fantastic, the words are very literally coming out wrong. And sometimes, yes, the best way to touch someone's heart is to do something daring and stupid, and if you make an ass of yourself, hey, maybe she'll at least smile. It'd be worth it.
Once again, I'm a sucker for horns.
you might also like...
She & Him - This Is Not a Test
Yeasayer - Tightrope
Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Top 100: #32
Number 32: Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - As Tall as Cliffs
Album: Not Animal, 2008.
Added 1/6/09, 56 plays.
I've been dreading writing about this song for a while. Not because I don't love it, but because I just don't get it. I love the sing-songy rhythm, the sweet melody, and it's just great music. But I can't figure out the lyrics. Anyone got any thoughts?
you might also like...
Bishop Allen - Rain
Blind Pilot - One Red Thread
Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
Album: Not Animal, 2008.
Added 1/6/09, 56 plays.
I've been dreading writing about this song for a while. Not because I don't love it, but because I just don't get it. I love the sing-songy rhythm, the sweet melody, and it's just great music. But I can't figure out the lyrics. Anyone got any thoughts?
you might also like...
Bishop Allen - Rain
Blind Pilot - One Red Thread
Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
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