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Brent & Kent’s Best Songs of 2011

K&B Music — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:05:35 +0000

The Annual Combo List of our favorite songs, ranked and averaged.

Top 20:

1. Sadness Is a Blessing – Lykke Li

2. Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out – The Antlers

3. Rolling In The Deep – Adele

4. Hanging From a Hit – Okkervil River

5. The Words That Maketh Murder – PJ Harvey

6. California – EMA

6. Two Cousins – Slow Club

8. Carrying the Torch – Generationals

9. Shangri-La – YACHT

10. Walking Far From Home – Iron & Wine

11. Go Outside – Cults

12. My Mistakes – Eleanor Friedberger

13. Runner Ups – Kurt Vile

14. Wicked Games – The Weeknd

14. Dust Bowl III – Other Lives

16. The Last Goodbye – The Kills

16. Hate Me Soon – Yellow Ostrich

18. Sleep – The Dodos

19. Lovers Lane – Hunx & His Punx

20. Serve the People – Handsome Furs

20. Meantime – Givers

22. Would You Say Stop? – Acid House Kings

22. Deep Oblivion – David Lowery

24. I Miss My Friend – Madeline

24. Civilian – Wye Oak

26. I Was There – The War on Drugs

27. Spitting Blood – Wu Lyf

28. Drover – Bill Callahan

29. Tina Said – Those Darlins

29. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Byé Lai Mar – This one isn’t in the playlist above, because it is cooler than you.

31. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson

31. The Hunt – Youth Lagoon

Top 50

1. Sadness Is a Blessing – Lykke Li

2. Hanging From a Hit – Okkervil River

3. Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out – The Antlers

4. California – EMA

5. The Words That Maketh Murder – PJ Harvey

6. Parentheses – The Antlers

7. Rolling In The Deep – Adele

8. Mermaid – Okkervil River

9. Two Cousins – Slow Club

10. Shangri-La – YACHT

10. We Need a Myth – Okkervil River

12. Carrying the Torch – Generationals

12. Your Past Life as a Blast – Okkervil River

14. Dirty Mister Dirty – Generationals

15. Love Out of Lust – Lykke Li

16. Piratess – Okkervil River

17. Ten-Twenty-Ten – Generationals

18. Goose & Gander – Generationals

19. Someone Like You – Adele

20. Rich Kids Blues – Lykke Li

20. French Exit – The Antlers

22. If We’re Still Alive – Slow Club

23. Get Some – Lykke Li

23. To Have in the Home – Woods

25. Victory Dance – My Morning Jacket

26. I Promise – Generationals

26. Youth Knows No Pain – Lykke Li

28. Let England Shake – PJ Harvey

28. For Charles Bronson – The Mountain Goats

30. No Widows – The Antlers

31. Putting the Dog to Sleep – The Antlers

32. Damn These Vampires – The Mountain Goats

33. You Say It Too – Generationals

34. Holdin’ on to Black Metal – My Morning Jacket

35. Wake and Be Fine – Okkervil River

36. Walking Far From Home – Iron & Wine

37. Go Outside – Cults

38. My Mistakes – Eleanor Friedberger

39. Runner Ups – Kurt Vile

40. Wicked Games – The Weeknd

40. Bad As Me – Tom Waits

42. Dust Bowl III – Other Lives

43. The Last Goodbye – The Kills

44. Hate Me Soon – Yellow Ostrich

45. Sleep – The Dodos

46. Lovers Lane – Hunx & His Punx

47. Serve the People – Handsome Furs

48. Meantime – Givers

48. Would You Say Stop? – Acid House Kings

50. Deep Oblivion – David Lowery

50. I Miss My Friend – Madeline

52. Peeping Tomboy – Kurt Vile

53. Civilian – Wye Oak

54. New Year’s Eve – Tom Waits

55. I Was There – The War on Drugs

56. Tamer Animals – Other Lives

57. Spitting Blood – Wu Lyf

58. Bumper – Cults

59. Tina Said – Those Darlins

59. Raise ‘Em Up on Honey – David Lowery

61. Drover – Bill Callahan

61. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson

63. Do I Have Power – Timber Timbre

64. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Byé Lai Mar

64. Most Wanted – Cults

66. The Hunt – Youth Lagoon

66. Bury Me Standing – Handsome Furs

68. Cheerleader – St. Vincent

69. You Know What I Mean – Cults

70. Time – Black Lips

71. Ghosts – The Head and the Heart

71. Two Lovers – The Rural Alberta Advantage

73. Tonight’s the Kind of Night – Noah & the Whale

74. 14 Crowns for Me & Your Friends – Wu Lyf

75. Under Cover of Darkness – The Strokes

76. Struggle – Ringside

76. Where I’m Going – Cut Copy

78. Shake It Out – Florence & The Machine

79. Benediction – Thurston Moore

80. Spooky Jookie – Man Man

80. The Curse of Being Young – Hunx & His Punx

82. The Saddest of All Keys – Tapes ‘n Tapes

82. Inn of the Seventh Ray – Eleanor Friedberger

84. Come on Beat It Down – Ethan Gold

84. Goshen – Beirut

86. For True – Trombone Shorty

87. All Night Right of Way – Quintron

88. Tell Me – Tom Waits

88. Jesus Fever – Kurt Vile

Here are Kent’s lists for 2011, Brent’s can be found on his site.

Kent’s Top 20

1. Walking Far From Home – Iron & Wine

2. Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out – The Antlers

3. Hanging From a Hit – Okkervil River

4. Runner Ups – Kurt Vile

5. Bad As Me – Tom Waits

6. Dust Bowl III – Other Lives

7. Sadness Is a Blessing – Lykke Li

8. Carrying the Torch – Generationals

9. Hate Me Soon – Yellow Ostrich

10. Sleep – The Dodos

11. California – EMA

12. Meantime – Givers

13. Deep Oblivion – David Lowery

14. Civilian – Wye Oak

15. I Was There – The War on Drugs

16. Spitting Blood – Wu Lyf

17. Drover – Bill Callahan

18. If We’re Still Alive – Slow Club

19. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Byé Lai Mar

20. The Hunt – Youth Lagoon

Kent’s Top 50

1. Walking Far From Home – Iron & Wine

2. Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out – The Antlers

3. Hanging From a Hit – Okkervil River

4. Mermaid – Okkervil River

5. Runner Ups – Kurt Vile

6. Bad As Me – Tom Waits

7. Dust Bowl III – Other Lives

8. Sadness Is a Blessing – Lykke Li

9. Carrying the Torch – Generationals

10. Hate Me Soon – Yellow Ostrich

11. Sleep – The Dodos

12. California – EMA

13. Piratess – Okkervil River

14. Meantime – Givers

15. Deep Oblivion – David Lowery

16. Parentheses – The Antlers

17. Peeping Tomboy – Kurt Vile

18. Civilian – Wye Oak

19. Goose & Gander – Generationals

20. I Was There – The War on Drugs

21. Tamer Animals – Other Lives

22. Spitting Blood – Wu Lyf

23. Your Past Life as a Blast – Okkervil River

24. Raise ‘Em Up on Honey – David Lowery

25. Drover – Bill Callahan

26. French Exit – The Antlers

27. If We’re Still Alive – Slow Club

28. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Byé Lai Mar

29. The Hunt – Youth Lagoon

30. The Words That Maketh Murder – PJ Harvey

31. Cheerleader – St. Vincent

32. To Have in the Home – Woods

33. Youth Knows No Pain – Lykke Li

34. For Charles Bronson – The Mountain Goats

35. Time – Black Lips

36. Ghosts – The Head and the Heart

37. Tonight’s the Kind of Night – Noah & the Whale

38. 14 Crowns for Me & Your Friends – Wu Lyf

39. Putting the Dog to Sleep – The Antlers

40. Someone Like You – Adele

41. Struggle – Ringside

42. Shangri-La – YACHT

43. Benediction – Thurston Moore

44. Spooky Jookie – Man Man

45. The Saddest of All Keys – Tapes ‘n Tapes

46. Come on Beat It Down – Ethan Gold

47. For True – Trombone Shorty

48. Holdin’ on to Black Metal – My Morning Jacket

49. All Night Right of Way – Quintron

50. Jesus Fever – Kurt Vile

Best Music of 2011

K&B Music — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:58:31 +0000

Kent’s Best of:

Legitimately Good Albums

Okkervil River – I Am Very Far – After two less-than-memorable releases, Okkervil River pulls it together. They’ve finally got the “rock n roll” sound they were trying for on The Stage Names down, yet there is plenty of rambling woe is me Okkervil River songs as well. Pity that the best song, Mermaid, was only released as a single.
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo – Brent thought it was odd that I would like this album so much, due to its lyrics of woe, and I thought it was odd that he would like it so much, due to its guitar virtuosity. Kurt Vile does both things really well. I like that the guy has such a terrible voice (All my favorite singers couldn’t sing). I like the too lazy to be punk aesthetic. I like that just about every episode of my new favorite terrible TV show, Revenge, has a song off this album in it.
Tom Waits – Bad as Me – Like Okkervil River, Tom Waits has been putting out some crummy albums of late. I suppose I shouldn’t say crummy, because Tom Waits and Okkervil River’s crap is way better than most other bands best efforts. Anyway, this is Tom Waits’ best work since Mule Variations. I like the way each song goes in it’s own direction, rather than the unified sound of Real Gone.

Good Albums That Aren’t As Good As The Legitimately Good Albums, But Are Still Pretty Good.

Generationals – Actor-Caster – Generationals make a strange kind of music. It’s nostalgic pop, but with a synthesizer twinge. It’s like they have taken samples of old music and stitched them together. The guitar sounds like it is straight out of the 60s. The production is great, and they have a great ear for adding odd instruments to the mix without overdoing it. I had 3 chances to go see them this year, and did not make a single one, and I regret that. I think their biggest accomplishment is being a New Orleans band that doesn’t sound like a New Orleans band.
The Antlers – Burst Apart – Once you make a great concept album, I feel like you have to keep on making concept albums. It just seems weird to not over-analyze an Antlers album as a whole.
Other Lives – Tamer Animals – Apparently they have another album that sounds just like this one. I must have had it at some point, because Brent has it. Apparently it didn’t survive the yearly purge of crappy music. The three song stretch of Tamer Animals, Bust Bowl III, and Weather is just fantastic reverb-y goodness.
Yellow Ostrich – The Mistress – I love a lo-fi sound. I love recorded loops. I love harmonies. Naturally, I really enjoy Yellow Ostrich’s weirdo album. All the songs are pretty much the same, but the sound is fantastic.

Albums that have one or two really good songs on them, and a bunch of filler.

Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
EMA – Past Life of Martyred Saints
The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient

Albums with a great sound that don’t have any great songs on them

Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
The Dodos – No Color

Album that would have been on this list had Kurt Vile not come around
and said “This is how you do it”

Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts

Brent’s best of:

10) Slow Club:Paradise- I had a bunch of albums tied for 10th, at the end, it was either this, or Those Darlin’s. Slow Club won because the first song, Two Cousins, is so good. It gets me excited for the whole album. It never tops the opener. But especially as a sophomore effort, I really think they did a bang-up job.9) Allo Darlin’: Allo Darlin’- This came out in 2010, and has the worst name I can think of for a band. So that was two strikes right there. But it’s sweet and clever in the way that Belle and Sebastian or Camera Obscura can be. Horrible name. It bears repeating. Adele:21- There are some lousy songs on this thing, but it also includes two songs that could be the song of the year for me. And several others that might be in that category if they were in the shadow of the Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You. And I love the concept of Adele being a popstar who outsold like everyone else this year.7) The Weeknd:House of Balloons- I am the last person that should be liking this album, and I’m sure I don’t get all its references, but it won me over. It sounds like 1990’s R&B to me, but I’m sure I have that wrong. Much more than the sum of its parts.6) Hunx & His Punx:Too Young to Be in Love – Phil Spector girl-group songs sung by a gay! Where do I sign up? I loved this album. Pure joy. And then they whip out this raspy-voiced lady singer! Even better.

5) The Anlers:Burst Apart – Their last album, Hospice, was great, but sounded lousy. This album is good but it sounds great. The Antlers make great songs. Every Nigh My Teeth Are Falling Out. Come on.

4) Lykki Li:Wounded Rhymes – Any of these next three could be my number one album. Lykki Li is like 20 or something. It’s crazy how good these songs are when you consider how young she is. There seems to be a real trend of retreading Phil Spector. But her Sadness is a Blessing is the only take on it that expanded on it in any way. Love Out of Lust is going to be one of my favorite songs as long as I am in love. Rich Kid Blues and Get Some should be on the radio.

3) Cults:Cults – Okay, I take that back. I think the Cults reference the Spector sound and they do some good stuff with it indirectly. Go Outside is one of my favorite songs of the year, which is unfortunate because it was released last year. The album is 2011 however, and songs like You Know What I Mean and Bumper grew on me all year. Kent hit the head on the nail. This is next what seems to be a constant line of noise guy/girl singer bands (Sleigh Bells, Crystal Castles).

2) Generationals:Actor-Castor/Trust – I’m lopping together the EP and the album because both were excellent. I wanted like the dickens to put as my number one entry. But the only problem with this band – it’s fundamental to them and I don’t think they should change it – their lyrics don’t mean anything to me. So you have these unbelievably songs and pretty good production, but the words don’t take me anywhere. Which is a shame. It was by far the best tunes of the year in my opinion. Yes, I just said tunes.

1) Okkervil River:I Am Very Far/Mermaid – I love this band, and this is their best work since Black Sheep Boy. Also, as Kent pointed out to me last month, the Mermaid Single is a real piece of work too. Will Scheff is kind of a jerk, as I learned this year. But I will take his lyrics over almost anyone at this point. And they take enough left turns musically to make it an interesting album in that regard as well.

Find this same information here, at Brent’s blog: http://iloveyou2themax.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-albums-of-2011.html

Still to come: The Best Songs of 2011 List

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Kent — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:15:06 +0000

I’m not really sure how I never saw this movie until now. I think it came out in that period between 2002-2007 where I didn’t really watch movies.

Such a shame, because it is really a great film. I had previously only seen Adaptation, and I could never understand what the appeal of Charlie Kaufman was. After ESOTSM, I totally get it. It was like watching an Italo Calvino novel.

What a boring movie Adaptation was. Now I see that it wasn’t Charlie Kaufman’s fault, it was Nicolas Cage’s fault. Or maybe Spike Jonze’s.

After checking Wikipedia, I see that Spike Jonze has directed three movies: Being John Malkovich (written by Kaufman, which I haven’t seen), Adaptation, and Where the Wild Things Are (which is terrible). I think perhaps Spike Jonze’s reputation is a bit overblown.

Who are these people?

Kent — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:56:09 +0000

So this is what it feels like

Kent — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:47:31 +0000

I’m still really at a loss for words as to how this all feels. I think the whole city feels like Drew Brees’ kid right now.

But wait. Because I’m a monster. There’s one more thing:

You knew it was coming

Kent — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:29:47 +0000

Raheem Brock of the Colts posted this on this twitter feed, then quickly took it down, saying he was hacked:

Bring it on. We’ve seen worse. We heard it all after Katrina.

Remember Chicago, 2006?

I was pissed off about that then. Now, I’ve just grown used to it. I heard all the “Why rebuild in a flood zone?” idiots in Atlanta. I let it eat me up inside.

Not anymore. You want to taunt us with the Federal Flood? Go right ahead. We took it for the past five years, and we will keep on taking it. In that typical New Orleans way, we will wear it with pride:

In other news, I am so fucking excited about the Super Bowl that I am totally mentally crippled. Can’t focus, can’t concentrate, can’t sleep. I just sit and think of new things about Saints football.

PS: Raheem Brock, go fuck yourself. Thanks for the motivation.

Who dat say they gonna beat them Saints?

Kent — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:22:39 +0000

It happened.

DEUUUUUCE!

Kent — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:20:13 +0000

Resignations

Kent — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:39:31 +0000

So first Eddie Price resigns the mayorship of Mandeville.

Now Aaron Broussard (who previously ruined my chances for the presidency by seceding Jefferson Parish from the Union and making me a foreign-born citizen) has resigned as president of Jefferson Parish.

Only Nagin remains.

Funny how the suburbs went down first.

Best Music of 2009

K&B Music — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:21:19 +0000

Perhaps the most eagerly awaited post on elbuzzard.com is the annual Best Of music list. We pretend to be music critics, you pretend to be interested, the site gets a bunch of spam from auto-link generators that I have to delete. It’s a great time to be alive.

As always, feel free to post your own lists in the comments. We’re also looking for Top 50 Songs of 2009 lists for our Scientific Best of 2009 list.

So without further ado, here is the elbuzzard.com Best of Music 2009 List:

Brent’s List:

15) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Every year I fall in love with some band that has a jangle-pop sound. This year that band is Pains of Being Pure at Heart. They are noisier than my usual choice in this category. I must be growing up.

14) Girls – Album. Girls started out as annoying garage music. Then it got a little charming. Then it just ended up being charming. Then it was 14.

13) Camera Obscura – This band can do no wrong in my ears, but they will probably never crack the top 5 in any countdown of mine because their style can only go so far. But they do it very well, and I want to live in their songs.

12) Handsome Furs – This was an album of nearly great songs that got by on the fact that all the songs were nearly great. This is a man/woman band, and they take really sexy pictures together, which (along with their connection to Wolf Parade) may have something to do with their spot on this list.

11) It’s True – Chelsey’s friend Hayden put this on our computer when she was staying with us. Further proof that once can listen to heaps of music from all over and be clueless about good things that are playing down the road from him. If you love heart-on-sleeve music, this is for you. If you don’t, this entire list may not be for you.

10) Yacht – Electronic pop music done in such a way that I like it. This is a tall feat. Chelsey doesn’t like it that much, which is puzzling to me.

09) The XX – Even though this only hit third, I think it is the album that I would most widely recommend. There’s something going on here that is just…sexy. And I don’t throw that word around. I promise. I wish I had a better word already.

08) Cass McCombs – A nice part of listening to 8000 albums a year is that some stick for no good reason. I like this album. I don’t expect you to. It’s slow and pretty with nice harmonies. And it has a song that has “See You Next Tuesday” in the refrain. Which is the name of my Tuesday drinking club.

07) The Flaming Lips – I’m so happy the Flaming Lips made a good album again. They were certainly due. Gets back to what they do well. Gets away from why they have sucked for the last 5 years.

06) Generationals – Ok here we go. Phil Spector meets Paul Simon meets Vampire Weekend meets Pet Shop Boys. From New Orleans. Good stuff.

05) Neko Case – Neko Case is my girlfriend. We met this year, and now we are going out. It’s serious. This album is about nature kicking human ass. Possibly out of love.

04) Rural Alberta Advantage – Kent calls this second-rate Neutral Milk Hotel. He may be right. But I like it better than most of what came out in 2008. And I think it was just re-released in 2009, but I am counting it as a 2009.

03) Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – This album is a poor man’s version of my number one. It’s got one badass song on it, and bunch of other songs that are badass to a lesser extent.

02) Antlers – Hospice – This is a poorly recorded album about a person caring for another person in Hospice care. Despite the sound quality, it wins you over. More than once I have caught myself craning my neck trying to make out lyrics because I am just that emotionally involved. This is a little pathetic. But there’s nothing I can do about it.

01) Elvis Perkins in Dearland – This was the best album of the year, hands down. Doomsday is the best song of the year, and the rest of the album isn’t too far behind. Note to everyone: if you want to make an album, hire a brass band to play on it. Boom! Great album. It makes all music 20% better.

Kent’s List:

1. Middle Cyclone – Neko Case
There is not an album that I listened to more than this one. Leslie absolutely hates it. She is at the Neko Case stage that I was last year. I just didn’t see the appeal. Then this album totally blew me away. I guess Leslie needs one more Neko Case album to come out before she comes around.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: Beth.

2. Elvis Perkins in Dearland – Elvis Perkins
For those that don’t know who Elvis Perkins is, he’s the son of Anthony Perkins, who was a huge Elvis Presley fan. His mother died in 9/11. It was tough to pick a top album, as this one is very deserving as well. Somehow, Perkins makes a rambling 6 minute folky country song enjoyable consistently on this album. It’s interesting that my top two albums could be considered country albums.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: Nobody that doesn’t already have it.

3. Con Law – Generationals
A local New Orleans band without the local New Orleans sound. Seriously, no funk, no brass bands, no Mardi Gras Indians. A great summertime album, that manages to sound retro without being too corny about it. A little pop, a little rock, a little electronic, great fun.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: Hipster dorks.

4. Hospice – The Antlers
This album is made for me: A concept album, with recurring themes, and winding lyrics. It took Brent and I forever to figure what the heck was going on in it, and what we came up with is: A guy working in a hospital falls in love with and marries a critically ill patient, they have a child, which kills her. Very sad. Very affecting. Unfortunately, they recorded the album themselves, and the mix is all messed up. Could have been #1 if it was recorded better.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: Sara F. (who introduced me to the Generationals)

5. XX – The XX
Sexy English electro-R&B album. For awhile, I thought it would be my top album this year, but I shelved it towards the end of the year for the ones above. The sound is very sparse, with a staccato guitar and booming, deep bass. I really enjoy the contrast of the two singers’ voices: silky female and mumbling male.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: Paul.

6. Mo Beauty – Alec Ounsworth
Better known as the singer of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Alec Ounsworth recorded this album with New Orleans musicians like James Porter, but doesn’t really succumb to the New Orleans sound. He’s still the guy with the horrible voice from CYHSY. If your used to his voice, you can get into this album. If this is your first exposure to him, you’re going to turn it off quick.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: I’d like to say BJ here, because of the NOLA connection, but there’s no way.

7. Dragonslayer – Sunset Rubdown
I love Sunset Rubdown. Unfortunately, after their incredible Shut Up I am Dreaming, they haven’t been able to put together a really good album until now. It’s still not of SUIAD quality, but I like the trick of redoing phrases from that album in this one.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: Beats me, I think I stand alone on Sunset Rubdown albums. I’ll always have Beth to go to their live shows with me, though.

8. The Bright Mississippi – Allen Toussaint
Straight up jazz album from NOLA master Allen Toussaint. This is the album I play when I drive people to the airport. Everyone compliments it. It’s familiar, but not in that “I’ve heard this same music 1000 times on WWOZ” kind of way.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: People going to the airport.

9. Album – Girls
This seems to be the year of singers with terrible voices. This album manages to capture a beach party feel, without any sort of the polished Beach Boys sound that’s been trendy in indie rock for awhile. It’s a real messy album, and yet totally catchy and well-crafted. Fun to sing along with in the car.
Person most likely to enjoy this album: Amber.

Honorable Mentions

All in all, this really wasn’t a great year for new music. These are some others that I enjoyed throughout the year:

Embryonic – Flaming Lips
Keep It Hid – Dan Auerbach
March of the Zapotecs – Beirut
Horehound – The Dead Weather
Hometowns – The Rural Alberta Advantage
It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
Dark Night of the Soul – Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse

Top 50 Songs of 2009, Scientifically Determined

Another favorite feature is the scientifically created Top 50 Songs of 2009 list, based on an average of rankings from Kent and Brent (so far – I’ll update when/if we get more individual song lists.

Here’s the list as of 18 December 2009:

01. Doomsday – Elvis Perkins In Dearland
02. When They Fight They Fight – Generationals
03. VCR – The xx
04. Two – The Antlers
05. Sleep All Summer – St. Vincent and The National
06. 123 Goodbye – Elvis Perkins In Dearland
07. This Tornado Loves You – Neko Case
08. Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
09. Nobody Could Change Your Mind – Generationals
09. Watching The Planets – The Flaming Lips
11. The Afterlife – YACHT
12. Holy, Holy, Holy Moses (song for New Orleans) – Alec Ounsworth
13. Prison Girls – Neko Case
14. Dominos – The Big Pink
14. How’s Forever Been Baby – Elvis Perkins
16. Summertime Clothes – Animal Collective
16. The Reeling – Passion Pit
18. Don’t Forget Me – Neko Case
18. Idiots in the Rain – Alec Ounsworth
20. Crystalised – The xx
20. This Love Is Fucking Right – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
22. Idiot Heart – Sunset Rubdown
23. Psychic City – YACHT
24. Epistemology – M. Ward
24. Send My Fond Regards To Lonelyville – Elvis Perkins In Dearland
24. Edmonton – The Rural Alberta Advantage
24. Lust For Life – Girls
28. Hey – Elvis Perkins In Dearland
28. Marrow – St. Vincent
30. Honestly – It’s True
31. I Heard Your Voice In Dresden – Elvis Perkins In Dearland
31. Spacious Thoughts (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith) – N.A.S.A.
33. Talking Hotel Arbat Blues – Handsome Furs
33. There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve – A.C. Newman
35. Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
36. Calculator – Micachu & the Shapes
36. The Fear – Lily Allen
38. I Cut Like a Buffalo – The Dead Weather
38. Yeah! Oh, Yeah! – Tracey Thorn
40. Bear – The Antlers
40. Shelter – The xx
40. When The Night Comes – Dan Auerbach
43. Bad Romance – Lady GaGa
43. California On My Mind – Wild Light
45. Genius Next Door – Regina Spektor
45. Things I Like To Do – Ben Kweller
47. Drain the Blood – The Rural Alberta Advantage
47. I Can Be a Frog – The Flaming Lips
49. Middle Cyclone – Neko Case
49. Swashbuckler Blues – The Theater Fire

There you have it. Get cracking on your own lists.