I listened to a lot of music this year. I made lists. I pared those lists down to 20 songs. Below is installment #1 of the best of 2006, all in my humble opinion, of course. Your results may vary.<\/p>\n
20 – “Handle With Care” – Jenny Lewis With the Watson Twins. This would be higher if it weren’t A) a cover (Traveling Wilburys) and B) an “all-star” track (Indie favs Ben Gibbard, Conner Oberst, and M. Ward all pitch-in on this track).
\n19 – “Talking in Code” – Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos. Loaded with 1970s, AM radio overtones.
\n18 – “Puzzles Like You” – Mojave 3. One of many power-pop tracks that pleased me this year. My definition of power-pop: 3:20 songs that you wish lasted forever.
\n17 – “LDN” – Lilly Allen. Apparently this song was the serious shit in the UK last summer. It was popular in at least one house in central Indiana as well.
\n16 – “Answers and Questions” – Earlimart. A summer afternoon’s daydream, airy and inviting.
\n15 – “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” – Camera Obscura. Another song that evokes other times, this has one foot placed in the 60s, the other in the 80s.
\n14 – “Goodbye” – Asobi Seksu. Every time I hear this song, it reminds me of the Go-Gos, circa 1983. If I was 12 and spent every day this summer at the pool, this is a song I would want to hear again and again.
\n13 – “Girl That Speaks No Words” – The Infadels. The soundtrack for many of my drives between Indy and Bloomington last spring. Had I been pulled over while listening to this song and driving 85, it would have been worth it.
\n12 – “Pushover” – The Long Winters. We’ve all been pushovers at some point. This song almost makes those moments when pride gets thrown out the window seem worth it.
\n11 – “You Made It” – DJ Shadow featuring Chris James. A fantastic track from an unexpected combination.<\/p>\n
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I listened to a lot of music this year. I made lists. I pared those lists down to 20 songs. Below is installment #1 of the best of 2006, all in my humble opinion, of course. Your results may vary. 20 – “Handle With Care” – Jenny Lewis With the Watson Twins. This would be higher if it weren’t A) a cover (Traveling Wilburys) and B) an “all-star” track (Indie favs Ben Gibbard, Conner Oberst, and M. Ward all pitch-in on this track). 19 – “Talking in Code” – Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos. Loaded with 1970s, AM radio overtones. 18 – “Puzzles Like You” – Mojave 3. One of many power-pop tracks that pleased me this year. My definition of power-pop: 3:20 songs that you wish lasted forever. 17 – “LDN” – Lilly Allen. Apparently this song was the serious shit in the UK last summer. It was popular in at least one house in central Indiana as well. 16 – “Answers and Questions” – Earlimart. A summer afternoon’s daydream, airy and inviting. 15 – “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” – Camera Obscura. Another song that evokes other times, this has one foot placed in the 60s, the other in the 80s. 14 – “Goodbye” – Asobi Seksu. Every time I hear this song, it reminds me of the Go-Gos, circa 1983. If I was 12 and spent every day this summer at the pool, this is a song I would want to hear again and again. 13 – “Girl That Speaks No Words” – The Infadels. The soundtrack for many of my drives between Indy and Bloomington last spring. Had I been pulled over while listening to this song and driving 85, it would have been worth it. 12 – “Pushover” – The Long Winters. We’ve all been pushovers at some point. This song almost makes those moments when pride gets thrown out the window seem worth it. 11 – “You Made It” – DJ Shadow featuring Chris James. A fantastic track from an unexpected combination. <\/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-906","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\/906","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=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15350,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions\/15350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}