The School - Let It Slip

Possibly the best album of the year??

Albums I didn't like this month - June

I was too busy this month.

2010
Efterklang - Magic Chairs
Pale Sunday - Shooting Star EP

Earlier
Allo, Darlin' - The Polaroid Song (2009)
Ballboy- A Guide for the Daylight Hours (2003)
Horse Feathers - Words are dead (2006)
Nobunny - Raw Romance CS (2009)
Simon Finn - Magic Moments (2005)
Simon Finn - Pass The Distance (2004)
Spectrals - Spectrals 7'' (2009)
Whipping Boy - Whipping Boy (2000)

Episode 12 - Best of 2009 part 2

01/01/10

Download the AAC file here. It contains album artwork and chapters for each song for your iPod or Zune player. Just make a playlist and drag the file in. I can't figure out how to make iTunes recognize it as a podcast. Can someone help me with that??

The aim of this podcast is to highlight my favorite music of 2009. I did it again, track 09 is from 2008. Track 35 is technically from 2008 but it was released in the US in 2009.

01 - Superdrag - Slow To Anger
02 - Amber Oak - Audrey
03 - Grass Widow - Cut It Off
04 - Vanilla Ride - Hilma
05 - Lissy Trullie - Money
06 - Dog Day - Rome
07 - Silversun Pickups - Substitution
08 - The Jezabels - Electric Lover
09 - The Wendy Darlings - Enormous Pop
10 - Tegan & Sara - Hell
11 - Sonic Youth - Poison Arrow
12 - Tiny Masters Of Today - Skeletons
13 - Lacrosse - We Are Kids
14 - Girls - Lust For Life
15 - Regina Spektor - Two Birds
16 - Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing
17 - Very Truly Yours - Reminders
18 - Lovers - Imaginary Women
19 - Karen O And The Kids - All Is Love
20 - The Wave Pictures - Bye Bye Bumble Belly
21 - Immaculate Machine - You Destroyer
22 - Liechtenstein - Roses In The Park
23 - Iran - Buddy (Feat. Kyp Malone)
24 - Cameron Mcgill & What Army - Minor Suite
25 - Marissa Nadler - Brittle, Crushed & Torn
26 - Clues - Haarp
27 - The Legends - Always The Same
28 - The Joy Formidable - Austere
29 - Yo La Tengo - Nothing To Hide
30 - The Maccabees - Kiss And Resolve
31 - Come On Like Gangbusters - Birds On The Power Line
32 - Dreamdate - Wait For You
33 - Cola Jet Set - El Sueño De Mi Vida
34 - Eat Lights Become Lights - Klustered (Part 2)
35 - Ida Maria - In The End

Notes
I've been a bit distracted since the last podcast. Anyway, these are some of the songs I've been listening for the past 7 months. I'm already working on part 3.

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Stuff I didn't like - December

2009
The Beautiful Confusion - The Beautiful Confusion
Canoe - The Goldminer
The Clarks - Restless Days
The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
The Evening Rig - Is Doin' Stuff
Exsonvaldes - Near the Edge of Something Beautiful
Fastball - Little White Lies
Florence And The Machine - Lungs (Deluxe Version)
The Gathering - The West Pole
The Ghost Is Dancing - Battles On
Girls - Life in San Francisco (single)
The Higher - Its Only Natural
The Junior League - Smile Shoot Smile
Karen O and the Kids - Where the Wild Things Are
Lake Heartbeat - Trust In Numbers
The Lemonheads - Varshons
Liam Finn and Eliza Jane - Champagne In Seashells (EP)
The Life And Times - Tragic Boogie
Lisa Germano - Magic Neighbor
Little Hands Of Asphalt - Spit Back At The Rain
The Lonely Forest - We Sing The Body Electric!
The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms
Mesmer - The Ghost Of A Tennis Court
The Most Serene Republic - ...And The Ever Expanding Universe
Moke - The Long & The Dangerous Sea
Montt Mardie - Skaizerkite
Múm - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know
The Music Lovers - Masculine Feminine
National Skyline - Bliss & Death
New Found Land - We All Die
Niccokick - The Good Times We Shared Were They So Bad
Nightmare_Of_You - Infomaniac
Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring
One Hundred Hurricanes - 60 Years Under The Stars
Other Lives - Other Lives
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars EP
The Picture - Bluebirds
The Secret Handshake - My Name Up In Lights
The Seldon Plan - Lost and Found and Lost
Socialist Leisure Party - Tactical POP! For Coffee Cadets
The Sunday Drivers - The End Of Maiden Trip
Virgin of the Birds - Dear Furies
The Voluntary Butler Scheme - Tabasco Sole
Various Artists - Modular Leave Them All Behing III

pre-2009
The Aquarium - The Aquarium (2006)
The Brother Kite - Moonlit Race (2007)
The Brother Kite - Thebrotherkite (2004)
Dave Edmunds - Anthology (1968-1990)
Dave Edmunds - Closer To The Flame (1990)
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Dave Edmunds - Rockpile (1972)
Death Ships - Seeds of Devastation (2006)
Little Esther - Bad Baad Girl!
Lonesome Lake - A Change of Heart, A Change of Season (2008)
Maps - We Can Create (2007)
Midnight Choir - Amsterdam Stranded (2008)
Monahans - Low Pining (2007)
Pasteboard - Glitter (2005)
The Pearly Gatecrashers - Popsuey (1996)
Pen Expers - Baby's Gone Straight (2008)
Pint Shot Riot - Holes (2008)
Sing Sing - Sing Sing & I (2005)
Sisters - Everybody (2008)
Solid Gold - Bodies of Water (2008)
Stars for the Innocent - It's You and Them (2008)
Tafra - Why Even Bother (2008)
That Ghost - Young Fridays (2008)
Various Artists - Nightmare Revisited (Danny Elfman) (2008)
Various Artists - Never lose that feeling vol. 1
Various Artists - Never lose that feeling vol. 3
Various Artists - Hey! Where'd The Summer Go (2004)
The Whispertown 2000 - Swim (2008)

Albums I didn't like this month - September

I've had a lazy summer when it comes to this blog. I'm back and ready to start up again.

2009
Janek Samolyk - Don't Think Too Much EP
Light In Your Life - Light In Your Life

Other
Keith Hudson - Playing It Cool & Playing It Right (1981)
kingmaker - sleepwalking (1993)

Albums I didn't like this month - August

2009
A-Ha - Foot Of The Mountain
Blackbud-Blackbud
Corsage - Finito L'Amore
Delay Trees - Soft Construction
Filthy Dukes - Messages (single promo)
Green Day - 21St Century Breakdown
Hecuba - Paradise
Horse Shoes - The Imperial School EP
Light In Your Life - Light In Your Life
Lady Gaga - Fame
Mando Diao - Give Me Fire
Merchandise - Listen Up!
Mike Bones - A Fool For Everyone
Nouvelle Vague - 3
Portrait Painters - A Future Crime (single)
Regina Spektor - Far (Bonus Tracks)
Thieves Like Us - Really Like to See You Again EP
Twiggy Frostbite - Through Fire
U2 - No Line On The Horizon
The Wave Pictures - If You Leave It Alone


2008
El Perro Del Mar - From The Valley To The Stars
iLiKETRAiNS - The Christmas Tree Ship EP
Longital - Gloria
Lucky Misu - In Winter
The Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop, Drop, And Roll!!!
The Shortwave Set - Replica Sun-Machine
The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks
Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins

Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell

Other
The Clovers - Rock 'n' Roll Legends
The Coasters - Rock 'n' Roll Legends
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Supreme Rarities (Motown Lost and Found)
That's Mighty Childish - Various Artists
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rock 'n' Roll Legends
Lucky Misu and Bleulel - Away from Home (2007)
Megafaun - Bury The Square (2007)
moose - baby, it's over EP (1999)
Moose - High Ball Me, Baby! (2000)
Moose - Reprise EP (1991)
Moose - uptown (1993)
The Platters - Rock 'n' Roll Legends
The Spaniels - Rock 'n' Roll Legends
Ruth Brown - Rock 'n' Roll Legends
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Rock 'n' Roll Legends
Lavern Baker - Rock 'n' Roll Legends
Yael Naim - Yael Naim (2007)

Episode 10 - Best of 2009 part 01

The Soundtrack Of My Life
Episode 10
5/3/09

Download the AAC file here. It contains album artwork and chapters for each song for your iPod or Zune player. Just make a playlist and drag the file in.

The aim of this podcast is to highlight my favorite music of 2009.

01 - Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
02 - Morrissey - All You Need Is Me
03 - Joy Zipper - Just Like Heaven
04 - The Indelicates - The Recession Song
05 - Matt & Kim - Ginders
06 - The Low Frequency In Stereo - Texas Fox
07 - Metric - Help I'm Alive (Acoustic)
08 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Little Shadow
09 - Marissa Nadler - River Of Dirt
10 - M. Ward - Rave On (Featuring Zooey Deschanel)
11 - The View - Gem Of A Bird
12 - Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision
13 - Of Montreal - First Time High (Of Chicago Acoustic Version Of 'An Eluardian Instance')
14 - Devics - Catch
15 - Camera Obscura - French Navy
16 - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Come Saturday
17 - St. Vincent - Actor Out Of Work
18 - Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Worldwide
19 - Neil Young - Just Singing A Song
20 - Storsveit Nix Noltes - Trakijska Racenica
21 - Peaches - Show Stopper
22 - Fol Chen - No Wedding Cake
23 - The Cloud Room - La La Losing
24 - A Band Called Quinn - BabywhenIseeyoureyes
25 - Fanfarlo - The Walls Are Coming Down
26 - Dog Day - Neighbour
27 - Findlay Brown - I Still Want You
28 - The Empty Set - Alton Towers (I'll Cry)
29 - The Kills - Crazy
30 - Polly Scattergood - Breathe In Breathe Out
Recommendations
There are enough good songs on these albums to recommend them:
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (My favorite album of 2009)
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
M. Ward - Hold Time

Buy the other albums at your own risk but do search for the posted songs and support these artists.

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