Without further ado, and with fancy new headings:
The Albums I Bought Before Listening To (i.e. the Indie Songs You Heard)
1. "Wilco (the Song)" - Wilco, Wilco
Great band, good song, great tour.
2. "My Girls" - Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
This song reflects my own desires to leave behind my material excess and live a simple life
3. "The Privateer" - Andrew Bird, Noble Beast
Gotta love songs about the sea, you may have heard this on Facebook
4. "Sleepyhead" - Passion Pit, Manners
I used to think this wasn't as good as The Reeling, now I think it's better. Check out this video on Pitchfork
5. "The Reeling" - Passion Pit, Manners
I think this was in a super bowl commercial. It's my default ring tone,
6. "Lisztomania" - Phoenix, Wolgang Amadeus Phoenix
Just cause it was in like 5 car commercials, doesn't make it any less awesome. btw, how great is the current Mercury line of automobiles?
7. "1901" - Phoenix, Wolgang Amadeus Phoenix
Chorus about bars = winner, former ringtone
8. "Zero" - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's, It's Blitz
The 2 best songs on this album are both really good. YYY's just plain rock.
9. "Heads Will Roll" - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's, It's Blitz
This was in a commercial for SciFi channel's Alice in Wonderland, which made me want to watch it a little more. The SyFy re-branding made me want to watch less.
10. "Big Booty Woman" - Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears, Tell 'em What Your Name Is!
I bought this in Austin a few months after SXSW, and the music store was still buzzing about their performance
11. "Love Letter to Japan" - The Bird and the Bee, Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
"Oh, oh, oh, oh..." Catchy, half haunting
12. "Meet Me in the Garden" - Dent May, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
Dan's brother's blog mentioned this, and I loved it. Stef and I saw him at the Independent. Best indoor show we went to all year
13. "26 Miles (Santa Catalina) - Dent May, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
As mentioned above, I'm a sucker for songs about the sea
14. "Daylight" - Matt and Kim
The Songs I Heard on Rhapsody (i.e. the Indie Songs You May Have Missed)
15. "Little Kids" - Deerhunter, Microcastle
Definitely a little more indie, less pop; "To get older still...", lots of catchy choruses this year
16. "Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox)" - Atlas Sound, Logos
Gotta love Panda Bear, "What did you want to be, when you grew up"
17. "Sheila" - Atlas Sound, Logos
"You'll be my wife, you'll share my life", rings a bit in my ear right now
18. "Silver Moons" - Sunset Rubdown, Dragonslayer
Unfortunately, I found out this band isn't from the sunset district of SF. But it's still a great song. "Maybe these days are over, over now" Seems a fitting way to end the decade.
19. "Black Swan" - Sunset Rubdown, Dragonslayer
Sounds kind of medieval or something
20. "Surf Solar" - Fuck Bottons, Tarot Sport
Hard driving, really cool beats, etc. This is what I wish was playing at lounges and dance-y type places.
21. "Intro" - The xx, The xx
It's not even a real song, but it is really awesome
22. "Basic Space" - The xx, The xx
It just oozes sexy, not a whole lot more to say
23. "Lust for Life" - Girls
Finally, a SF band. They shot their other video in Dolores Park, but this one is ok too. I wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine.
24. "Two Weeks" - Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest
It sneaked into a VW commercial and almost made me want my Jetta back. And then I got my insurance refund check today. Getting rid of the car was the right call.
Songs That I Heard on the Radio, but were too Good to Ignore
25. I'm on a Boat - The Lonely Island
It was on SNL so it goes in the pop catgory, here's the video on Hulu
26. "Panic Switch" - Silversun Pickups
I tagged this on my phone with Shazam. It was basically the perfect use of the app, hear a song I really like, let the internets identify it for me
27. "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha,
Great video, greater parody
28. "Party in the U.S.A." - Miley Cyrus
I know, I know, but it's super catchy, and it inspired the gayest video ever
29. "Halo" - Beyonce
I drift into dreams of killing the Flood every time I hear this song. Master Chief would be so proud.
30. "Day 'N' Nite" - Kid Cudi
Great beat, catchy, only draw back is the implication that stoners are lonely
31. "Dead and Gone" - TI feat. Justin Timberlake
TI, J. Tim's, awesome
32. "Hard" - Rhianna
She's so cool. This song is just plain cool. Until about the 50th time. Then it gets a little less cool.
33. "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
It's sweet, and it's the chart toppingest song of all time
34. "Uprising" - Muse
Feels like it should be a workout song, but it's also kind of inspirational
So there it is. Comments? What did I miss? How much did I nail each and everyone of those songs?
