Hey, it’s time for my annual listing of the songs that moved me and\/or stuck with me the most this year. \u00a0Enjoy.<\/p>\n
Honorable Mention<\/p>\n
\u201cBuildings & Mountains\u201d – The Republic Tigers.\u00a0 A lovely song by a fine band from Kansas City.\u00a0 This sounds like a warm, early summer afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cNorthern Lights\u201d – Science For Girls w\/Boots Ottestad.\u00a0 Mellow brilliance.<\/p>\n
\u201cGot It Bad\u201d – The Broken West.\u00a0 Not enough people use the Minneapolis drum sound from 1985 these days.<\/p>\n
\u201cProfanity Prayers\u201d – Beck.\u00a0 Beck takes Radiohead\u2019s sound and does quite nicely with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cCheap And Cheerful\u201d – The Kills.\u00a0 Perhaps the catchiest song of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cJuno\u201d – Tokyo Police Club.\u00a0 You can\u2019t go wrong with taking the early U2 sound and updating it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMolten\u201d – Sky Larkin.\u00a0 Recalling that era when there were a number of kick ass British bands fronted by women.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m Not Gonna Teach your Boyfriend How To Dance With You\u201d – Black Kids.\u00a0 Try to listen to this and not smile.\u00a0 I double-dog dare you.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight Hand On My Heart\u201d – The Whigs.\u00a0 Biggest rocker of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bones Of You\u201d – Elbow.\u00a0 A band that should get a lot more attention.<\/p>\n
10 – \u201cTime To Pretend\u201d – MGMT.\u00a0 A fine take on one of the staples of rock: singing about the excesses that come with stardom.<\/p>\n
9 – \u201cShove It\u201d – Santogold.\u00a0 One of the most interesting artists of the year, this song brings together all kinds of influences into one undeniable sound.<\/p>\n
8 – \u201cHalfway Home\u201d – TV On The radio.\u00a0 Another band that takes pieces of different influeces and molds them into something fresh and unique.<\/p>\n
7 – \u201cLord, I\u2019m Discouraged\u201d – The Hold Steady.\u00a0 This song stuck with me because it varies from their traditional sound.\u00a0 Bleak and heartbreaking.\u00a0 Oh, and an epic guitar solo straight out of the 80s.<\/p>\n
6 – \u201cBixby Canyon Bridge\u201d – Death Cab For Cutie.\u00a0 Who would have guessed that a \u201cthoughtful\u201d band would rock so well?<\/p>\n
5 – \u201cPlasticities\u201d – Andrew Bird.\u00a0 Thanks to my kids, and Noggin\u2019s Jack\u2019s Big Music Show, for introducing me to this amazing artist.<\/p>\n
4 – \u201cI\u2019m Amazed\u201d – My Morning Jacket.\u00a0 This song was everywhere this summer.\u00a0 With good reason.<\/p>\n
3 – \u201cGoing On\u201d – Gnarls Barkley.\u00a0 Proving they\u2019re neither one hit wonders nor a novelty act that can be easily dismissed.<\/p>\n
2 – \u201cOld Enough\u201d – The Raconteurs.\u00a0 Jack White and Brendan Benson lived up to all the hype on the Raconteurs\u2019 second album.<\/p>\n
1 – \u201cThe Modern Leper\u201d – Frightened Rabbit.\u00a0 I could have picked one of several songs from The Midnight Organ Fight, Frightened Rabbit\u2019s phenomenal second album.\u00a0 The disk as a whole is a perfect use of lyrics and music to share a point of view: a man destroyed by the end of a relationship.\u00a0 We hear his anger, his disbelief, his loss of self-esteem, his willingness to sacrifice his pride to reclaim the relationship, and ultimately his need to reform his identity as Me after We disappears.\u00a0 I selected this stunning disk-opener as my favorite song of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey, it’s time for my annual listing of the songs that moved me and\/or stuck with me the most this year. \u00a0Enjoy. Honorable Mention \u201cBuildings & Mountains\u201d – The Republic Tigers.\u00a0 A lovely song by a fine band from Kansas City.\u00a0 This sounds like a warm, early summer afternoon. \u201cNorthern Lights\u201d – Science For Girls w\/Boots Ottestad.\u00a0 Mellow brilliance. \u201cGot It Bad\u201d – The Broken West.\u00a0 Not enough people use the Minneapolis drum sound from 1985 these days. \u201cProfanity Prayers\u201d – Beck.\u00a0 Beck takes Radiohead\u2019s sound and does quite nicely with it. \u201cCheap And Cheerful\u201d – The Kills.\u00a0 Perhaps the catchiest song of the year. \u201cJuno\u201d – Tokyo Police Club.\u00a0 You can\u2019t go wrong with taking the early U2 sound and updating it. \u201cMolten\u201d – Sky Larkin.\u00a0 Recalling that era when there were a number of kick ass British bands fronted by women. \u201cI\u2019m Not Gonna Teach your Boyfriend How To Dance With You\u201d – Black Kids.\u00a0 Try to listen to this and not smile.\u00a0 I double-dog dare you. \u201cRight Hand On My Heart\u201d – The Whigs.\u00a0 Biggest rocker of the year. \u201cThe Bones Of You\u201d – Elbow.\u00a0 A band that should get a lot more attention. 10 – \u201cTime To Pretend\u201d – MGMT.\u00a0 A fine take on one of the staples of rock: singing about the excesses that come with stardom. 9 – \u201cShove It\u201d – Santogold.\u00a0 One of the most interesting artists of the year, this song brings together all kinds of influences into one undeniable sound. 8 – \u201cHalfway Home\u201d – TV On The radio.\u00a0 Another band that takes pieces of different influeces and molds them into something fresh and unique. 7 – \u201cLord, I\u2019m Discouraged\u201d – The Hold Steady.\u00a0 This song stuck with me because it varies from their traditional sound.\u00a0 Bleak and heartbreaking.\u00a0 Oh, and an epic guitar solo straight out of the 80s. 6 – \u201cBixby Canyon Bridge\u201d – Death Cab For Cutie.\u00a0 Who would have guessed that a \u201cthoughtful\u201d band would rock so well? 5 – \u201cPlasticities\u201d – Andrew Bird.\u00a0 Thanks to my kids, and Noggin\u2019s Jack\u2019s Big Music Show, for introducing me to this amazing artist. 4 – \u201cI\u2019m Amazed\u201d – My Morning Jacket.\u00a0 This song was everywhere this summer.\u00a0 With good reason. 3 – \u201cGoing On\u201d – Gnarls Barkley.\u00a0 Proving they\u2019re neither one hit wonders nor a novelty act that can be easily dismissed. 2 – \u201cOld Enough\u201d – The Raconteurs.\u00a0 Jack White and Brendan Benson lived up to all the hype on the Raconteurs\u2019 second album. 1 – \u201cThe Modern Leper\u201d – Frightened Rabbit.\u00a0 I could have picked one of several songs from The Midnight Organ Fight, Frightened Rabbit\u2019s phenomenal second album.\u00a0 The disk as a whole is a perfect use of lyrics and music to share a point of view: a man destroyed by the end of a relationship.\u00a0 We hear his anger, his disbelief, his loss of self-esteem, his willingness to sacrifice his pride to reclaim the relationship, and ultimately his need to reform his identity as Me after We disappears.\u00a0 I selected this stunning disk-opener as my favorite song of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[71,81,9],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-favorite-songs","tag-lists","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12857,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions\/12857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}