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Testament - the Wake
This is one of my favorite songs from the past few years. Beautiful music. Beautiful lyrics. The entire tone is just perfect.
The Ghost - James Yuill
Tones of protection of and optimism that made this song a good companion for the Fall 2008 election season when everything looked rather peachy and hopeful.
Olympic Airways - Foals
I remember watching this video at the library when I was inundated with work but dreaming of freedom, and then feeling that freedom over the summer as I drove on Highway 89 along Lake Tahoe - the same song blaring from my stereo.
Plays John Cassavetes, Pt. 2 - DJ /Rupture v. Ekkehard Ehlers
Since I began listening to him in 2002, DJ /Rupture has matured a great deal. Like a marriage or friendship, I am happy to be sharing part of my (musical) life with him.
The whimsy and freshness of Jared's spring wedding in South Carolina.
In the Morning - Masters of the Hemisphere
There is some shame in hearing an album for the first time years after it's release (especially when it is a member of the contemporary indie zeitgeist), but I am glad that I heard it at all. I wish that I could put most of the album on this list.
Lightspeed - Matt & Kim
Reminds me of another classic.
Ready 2 Wear - Felix da Housecat
I liked this song a great deal all year but it wasn't until I was compiling this list that it hit me how much staying power this song has. It never gets old.
Negative Thinking - Death Set
Feeds into the reckless abandon that I loved about the punk rock from my youth.
Again & Again - Black Lips
Can more bands sound like this, please?
Hung Up On A Dream - Tough Alliance
Fittingly, this song received heavy rotation especially while I was interviewing at law firms in fall 2008. I think part of me is still in that hotel in SF's tenderloin, waiting got a cab that never showed up.
Let's Go Surfing - the Drums
Life's a beach and everyone should dance on my grave once I'm dead with this song on full blast.
Skeleton - Abe Vigoda
I don't think I would have liked this song so much if the music video was not so haunting.
So Bored - Wavves
More than in the past, there are a great deal of bands that put together smashing tracks, but just don't have the ability to put together a good string of distinctly wonderful tracks. Wavves is rather new, so maybe they will put together some better stuff in the future, but for now this song is the zenith.
Summer Long - Papercuts
The worst part about being in California was having to get off the phone with Lindsay every day knowing that the vice of loneliness was closing both of us in. Fuck long distance relationships.
Stardust - Louis Armstrong
There are moments in my relationship with Lindsay when I begin to understand what Woody Allen is saying about love and memory in Stardust Memories. I don't think that I was able to really get some of the nuance until I was able to have similar moments with someone I love.
Daily Routine - Animal Collective
I not by any means a member of the ACo cult, but this song is a strong representation of many goods things that they do but that also get annoying when listening to an entire album.
Young Shields - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Brooding and dancing! Why couldn't this song exist when I was 16?
Rake's Song - the Decemberists
One of the many songs I fell in love with when driving around California this summer. The Decemberists do a great job of creating strong presence while remaining true to their more subtle style. This album (Hazards of Love) shows off their range very well.
Sun Too Bright Turn it Off - Starkey v. Slugabed
I listened to a lot of Starkey this year and this song really shows his talent of mixing intensity with sentimentality. It's why he is a keeper.
Everybody's Down - No Age
Everything stops when the drums enter the track. I just get lost in them.
Seventeen Years (from Honey Oil War mix) - 16bit v. Ratatat
I listened to this mix weekly over the summer in Sacramento, running along Ancil Hoffman's trail. Great rendition of an epic Ratatat song.
Bank Teller - Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
This song is just so fun and for some reason makes me think of standing in line at the Wells Fargo on Market Street in SF and awkwardly positioning myself so I can meet with an attractive teller, though I have no recollection of this ever happening. (Couldn't find link to track.)
Idyll - Benoit Pioulard
I didn't know that songs could come with warm blankets.
Romantic Music - Daedelus
Listened to this song as I walked to the polling place where I was a poll watcher. Obama's campaign was a romance of sorts, for better or for worse. (Couldn't find link to track.)
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