Суббота 28 Ноя 2009, 22:34
Alphabetically. I've come to realize how ridiculous it is to actually try and rank these.
1. A.A. Bondy – When the Devil's Loose
I wish I had a porch and lived in a cabin out in the country. Until the song ends. Then take me back to my normal, yuppie life with high-speed Internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0DWZ3VBROw
2. Animal Collective – My Girls
The song that turned these unlistenable noisemaking jackasses into everyone’s favorite jam band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE
3. Annie – Songs Remind Me of You
“You’re So Vain” for disco-loving homosexuals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y3FFWPBvBs
4. Big Boi – Shine Blockas (feat. Gucci Mane)
Party at my place, y’all. Shine Blockas will be on repeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBt_p8gFkw
5. Boston Spaceships – Tattoo Mission
A Robert Pollard song with a string hook and a Led Zeppelin riff. Yeah, I know, sounds crazy, but it's actually really good.
6. Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler
The Ram jumps off the top rope, the screen goes black, Bruce Springsteen does his thing and I cry. God damn this is some powerful stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRUEKJIcvbo
7. Built to Spill – Done
It’s kind of funny that I find a song about loneliness to be so comforting. Goes to show I’m not much of a lyrics guy.
8. Built to Spill – Hindsight
“Hindsight brings me down / keeps me on the ground.” Yeah, hindsight hit me pretty hard this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Ppc_4Be5o
9. Candlemass – If I Ever Die
Oh. My. God. It’s about time someone released a balls out metal song again where the lead singer doesn’t sound like Doctor Claw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9InehQEos
10. Clipse – Kinda Like a Big Deal (feat. Kanye West)
I feel like kinda like a big deal when this comes on my iPod as I walk my dog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diEVUSBnNc8
11. Clutch – 50,000 Unstoppable Watts
Rage Against the Machine – Sanctimonious Douchebaggery + Awesome Blues Rock = This Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDoKyzHzP14
12. CunninLynguists – Don’t Leave (When Winter Comes) (feat. Slug)
These dudes put out some weed-brownie party song that everyone seemed to really like this year (it wasn’t very good), but you cats are in denial if you think it even came close to this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmpc6vqUyO0
13. Delorean – Seasun
Great song for driving at night. Incidentally, it would be perfect for a car commercial. Let's just hope and pray that never, ever happens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axi7mudxdmk
14. The Depreciation Guild – Dream About Me
Proof that shoegaze isn’t just a bunch of fuzzy, sad bastard music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXFj94qr0R0
15. Dinosaur Jr. – I Don’t Wanna Go There
I always knew these guys could crank out some extended guitar jams with the best of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qwWbVjKBR0
16. Dinosaur Jr. – Over It
Good alternative to emo for overcoming your sorrows. Works much more quickly, too. I’m movin’ on, dude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgTJtdn6VjM
17. Dusty Kid – Moto Perpetuo
Oh man, if I ever went to a dance club and the DJ played this techno monster, I'd be throwing some wicked dice rolls on that dance floor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRlqiXvyCw
18. Faunts – Feel.Love.Thinking.Of
Tyler and imaginary girl fall in love while this song is playing in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_SJXtaTmBc
19. Girls – Lust for Life
Cool song, but I wish I’d never watched the uncensored video where the dude uses a guy’s dong as a microphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoTjYYqe4c (Not the uncensored version)
20. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Oh, yay, it’s everyone’s favorite new band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjecYugTbIQ
21. jj – Ecstacy
This song takes the only good thing about Lil’ Wayne’s “Lollipop” and makes it safe for white Brooklyn kids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQgjpkbZ2AU
22. Joker & Ginz – Purple City
I’ve never wanted window-rattling bass in my car until I heard this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bIR_YmiuVw
23. Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
Julian, I’ve really missed you. I’m sorry I said the last Strokes album sucked. Can we be friends again?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_h5DMHh5_M
24. Mastodon – Divinations
They took the original Mastodon formula of really heavy riffs and added radio-friendly hooks. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, but that shit actually works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxelXPg961M
25. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Young Adult Friction
The first time I heard this song, I was on my way to purchase barstools from Bed, Bath & Beyond. It deserved so much better than that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4itzHRpltQ
26. Raekwon – 10 Bricks
Just one step below “Verbal Intercourse” and “Knuckleheadz.” If you’re familiar with those songs, you’ll know that’s incredible praise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzS2dN99KxM
27. Reigning Sound – Stick Up for Me
Memphis feels exactly how this song sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSjdW8I19BQ
28. Shpongle – Electroplasm
I don’t do mushrooms or LSD or the like, but if I did, I would choose this to soundtrack the experience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3E--ZXTVdw
29. Washed Out – Feel It All Around
I want to disappear in this song. Preferably some friends could come with me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PuCkZ1ALkI