[mp3/Best of 2010] Dave’s 111 Favorite Songs of 2010

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[mp3/Best of 2010] Dave’s 111 Favorite Songs of 2010

Written on January 7, 2011 by Dave in Music

For those of you unaware, my wife had a baby four hours after the new year rang in on the East Coast. I have been away from the blog since that time, thus the incredible lateness of this particular post topic. For this post, the difficulty was not in fact regarding writing, but instead the actual compiling of my list. That shit takes time. While I’m certainly under no illusions that I’ve heard every song this year that is worthy of mention on a ‘best of’ list, it is the reason I am once again compiling a list of the songs I’ve come across in this year that I deemed my favorites. Once again I have included 111, because that was a number I was comfortable with last year, and 113 this year seemed silly. This order is also semi-ridiculous, meaning it has already changed its order since I wrote it initially, but as long as these tracks are included it’s fine. Due to my lack of time this is also not stylized to my content, so I apologize for its bland appearance.

Thank you to everyone for the well wishes regarding the new addition to my family, either here, on Facebook or on Twitter, I appreciate it. I’ve chosen a few various mp3′s to include, so let’s get into it.

111. Young Adults :: Impression
110. Cowboy Indian Bear :: Mathematicians/Colour
109. Faded Paper Figures :: Invent It All Again
108. Beach Fossils :: Youth
107. Surfer Blood :: Anchorage
106. Young the Giant :: My Body
105. Marina & The Diamonds :: I Am Not A Robot (Clock Opera Remix)
104. Wild Nothing :: Chinatown
103. Junior Low :: Smokes
102. Josiah Wolf :: The Trailer and the Truck
101. Tennis :: Marathon
100. Weekend :: Coma Summer
99. Thee Oh Sees :: I Was Denied
98. Wise Blood :: STRT SRNS
97. Here We Go Magic :: Collector
96. Local Natives :: Shape Shifter
95. Hooray For Earth vs. Twin Shadow :: A Place We Like
94. Jukebox the Ghost :: Empire (Freelance Whales Remix) [mp3]
93. DOM :: Living In America [mp3]
92. Gypsy and the Cat :: The Piper’s Song (Aeroplane Tape Remix)
91. Tabi Bonney :: Nuthin But A Hero
90. Skybox :: In A Dream
89. Lights On :: Red Lights Flashing
88. Pastel Group :: Mistreated
87. Teen Daze :: Let’s Fall Asleep Together
86. Tapes ‘n Tapes :: Freak Out
85. Kordan :: Closer
84. Japandroids :: Younger Us [mp3]
83. Cold Cave :: Life Magazine (Delorean Remix)
82. Family :: Mother Benita
81. The Young Veins :: Cape Town
80. Male Bonding :: Years Not Long
79. Beach House :: Walk In The Park
78. Yeasayer :: O.N.E.
77. Gorillaz :: On Melancholy Hill
76. Crystal Castles :: Baptism
75. Crocodiles :: Stoned To Death
74. Arcade Fire :: We Used To Wait
73. Wolf Parade :: Cave-o-sapien
72. Band of Horses :: On My Way Back Home
71. Warpaint :: Shadows
70. Cold War Kids :: Coffee Spoon
69. The Walkmen :: Angela Surf City
68. Beach House :: 10 Mile Stereo
67. Wise Blood :: Solo (’4′ Claire)
66. Starfucker :: Julius
65. Reporter :: Click Shaw
64. LCD Soundsystem :: Home
63. Miami Horror :: Holidays [mp3]
62. Glasser :: Home
61. Male Bonding :: Nothing Remains
60. Gauntlet Hair :: Out, Don’t..
59. El Guincho :: Bombay
58. Department of Eagles :: While We’re Young
57. Bear Hands :: What A Drag
56. Ancient Crux :: Wing Walker
55. Abe Vigoda :: Throwing Shade
54. Yeasayer :: Ambling Alp
53. Young Empires :: Rain Of Gold [mp3]
52. Vampire Weekend :: Run
51. Deerhunter :: Coronado
50. Two Door Cinema Club :: Something Good Can Work
49. Two Door Cinema Club :: Come Back Home
48. Tokyo Police Club :: Bambi
47. Male Bonding :: All Things This Way [mp3]
46. Harlem :: Gay Human Bones
45. Best Coast :: Boyfriend
44. Gamble House :: Second to None
43. Frightened Rabbit :: Living in Colour
42. Freelance Whales :: Generator ^ First Floor
41. Guards :: Long Time [mp3]
40. Wavves :: Post Acid
39. Tokyo Police Club :: Breakneck Speed
38. Minus the Bear :: Secret Country
37. The Morning Benders :: Hand Me Downs
36. Frankie Rose and the Outs :: Little Brown Haired Girls
35. Perfume Genius :: Mr. Peterson
34. His Clancyness :: Ottawa Backfired Soon [mp3]
33. The National :: Anyone’s Ghost
32. Harlem :: Friendly Ghost [mp3]
31. Dakotafish :: Jitter
30. Local Natives :: Sun Hands
29. Deerhunter :: He Would Have Laughed
28. Suckers :: Martha [mp3]
27. SAFE :: Twenty Years On [mp3]
26. Wolf Parade :: Pobody’s Nerfect
25. Avi Buffalo :: What’s In It For?
24. Cloud Nothings :: My Little Raygun
23. Cloud Nothings :: Morgan
22. Hot Chip :: I Feel Better
21. Freelance Whales :: Generator ^ Second Floor
20. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti :: Round and Round
19. Bear Hands :: Julien
18. Bear Hands :: Can’t Stick Em
17. The Walkmen :: All Black And White
16. Tame Impala :: Alter Ego
15. Polarsets :: Leave Argentina [mp3]
14. Kisses :: Bermuda
13. Arcade Fire :: Ready to Start
12. Guards :: See It Coming [mp3]
11. Keith Canisius :: The Beach House [mp3]
10. Vampire Weekend :: Giving Up The Gun
9. Marina & the Diamonds :: I Am Not a Robot Flex’d Rework [Passion Pit Remix]
8. Cold War Kids :: Santa Ana Winds
7. Crystal Castles :: Celestica
6. The Morning Benders :: Stitches
5. Slow Animal :: Sitting Here [mp3]
4. Women :: Eyesore [mp3]
3. Deerhunter :: Fountain Stairs
2. Deerhunter :: Desire Lines
1. Gauntlet Hair :: I Was Thinking… [mp3]

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[mp3] Teen Daze – Wet Hair (Japandroids Cover)

Written on December 30, 2010 by Andy in Music

This interesting cover has been floating around for a few months now, but I just came across it yesterday. It’s recent buzzy chillwave artist Teen Daze covering fellow Vancouver residents Japandroids’ “Wet Hair.” Post-Nothing, Japandroids’ 2009 debut, was one of my favorites from last year, and this track was a favorite from that album.

Teen Daze has taken out all the driving guitar that the original boasted and replaced it with synths and computer-generated noises – and it’s still just as much fun. I know Japandroids are a divisive duo; they are certainly not for everyone (or, anyone who I know because none of my friends seem to like them), but Teen Daze makes this one a bit more accessible for the masses.

It’s fitting that we’re talking about this today because Teen Daze has released a brand new LP today entitled My Bedroom Floor, which you can grab over at his Bandcamp page.

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Teen Daze // Wet Hair (Japandroids Cover) [mp3]

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[mp3] Best Songs of 2010 (Twitter Poll)

Written on December 16, 2010 by Andy in Music

We’re not going to a do a Best Songs list of our own here (I don’t think). It’s more difficult to make a cohesive album than it is to make a single song, so it seems more fitting to talk about the artists that we believe did that well. But, that doesn’t mean we’re immune to talking about what people think are the best songs of the year, so we went straight to our friends on Twitter for their insight.

The query was this: (W)hat’s the best song you’ve heard this year? (make it a 2010 song. hearing “God Only Knows” doesn’t count.)

Following are the responses, in no particular order, with mp3s where we can and links to listen to the picks where we can’t. (We’ve also linked to the respective tweets so you can harass the voters for their poor taste if you deem it necessary.) Thanks to everyone for their contributions!

Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You” [listen]
The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” [mp3]
No Age “Depletion” [listen]
Titus Andronicus “A More Perfect Union” [listen]
Junip “In Every Direction” [listen]

Japandroids “Younger Us” [mp3]
Tame Impala “Solitude Is Bliss” [listen]
The Dead Weather “Blue Blood Blues” [listen]
Gauntlet Hair “I Was Thinking…” [mp3]
Beat Connection “Silver Screen” [listen]

Gobble Gobble “Lawn Knives” [mp3]
Future Islands “An Apology” [listen]
Foals “Spanish Sahara” [listen]
The Gaslight Anthem “Boxer” [listen]
Gorillaz “On Melancholy Hill” [listen]

Kanye West “Lost In the World” [listen]
Das Racist “Who’s That? Brooown” [listen]
Broken Social Scene “World Sick” [listen]
Breakbot feat. Irfane “Baby I’m Yours” [listen]
Broken Social Scene “Meet Me In the Basement” [listen]

The Roots “Dear God 2.0″ [listen]
Slow Six “The Night You Left New York” [listen]
Deerhunter “Fountain Stairs” [listen]
The Morning Benders “Excuses” [listen]
Caitlin Rose “Own Side” [listen]

Kanye West feat. Pusha T “Runaway” [listen]
Standard Fare “Love Doesn’t Just Stop” [listen]
MNDR “Sparrow” [listen]
Girls “Heartbreaker” [listen]
The Heavy “How You Like Me Now” [listen]

The Strange Boys “Be Brave” [listen]
Women “Heat Distraction” [listen]

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[mp3] Japandroids – Heavenward Grand Prix

Written on September 10, 2010 by Andy in Music, Vinyl

Japandroids [mp3] Japandroids Heavenward Grand Prix The latest in their series of limited 7” vinyl singles, Japandroids are releasing a mid-tempo burner as the A-Side, with a cover of PJ Harvey’s “Shame” on the reverse. If you weren’t aware, the Vancouver duo is onto the third in their series of tracks that didn’t make last year’s excellent Post-Nothing, and pairing them each up with a cover. (If memory serves me correctly, this is a planned series of 5.) To this point, they’ve released one of my favorite songs of the year in “Younger Us,” which was the second single.

Above the constant guitar churn, the A-Side – “Heavenward Grand Prix” – chugs along toward the finish line, telling the tale of a couple trying to find their own way, getting the fuck out of town, starting things over again.

The single is available for pre-order right now over at Polyvinyl Records. For $5 you too can own one too. This one ships around the middle of November, although with the first two, I received my copies well before the release date. It’s limited to 2000 copies on clear vinyl, so grab it before soon. If you don’t have a record player, the single will be released digitally as well.

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Japandroids – Heavenward Grand Prix (mp3) from the forthcoming Heavenward Grand Prix 7”

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[mp3/mix] Tympanogram Summer Mix: post-spring

Written on July 25, 2010 by Dave in Music

It’s been a long time coming, really. This is our very first mix in all our long months of existence. We’ve talked about the vast majority of these tracks at one point or another here on the blog, but we’ve arranged them in such a way as to produce maximum listening pleasure. (That’s not a lie. I’ve had this on repeat for about 2 weeks now.) You can get each track individually if you want to, or there’s a convenient zip file at the bottom if you just want to get them all in one shot.

Leave some love if you’re feeling up to it. Leave some hatred for leaving off a good song. Just get outside with some cold beverages, good friends and this mix. Turn it up loud. Do some daydrinking. Enjoy the rest of the summer.

01. Kid Cudi, Best Coast and Rostam Batmanglij – All Summer (mp3)
02. Wavves – Post-Acid (mp3)
03. Reporter – Click Shaw (mp3)
04. The Young Friends – Make Out Point (mp3)
05. Safe – Twenty Years On (mp3)
06. Gauntlet Hair – I Was Thinking… (mp3)
07. Abe Vigoda – Throwing Shade (mp3)
08. Tame Impala – Alter Ego (mp3)
09. The Static Jacks – Defend Rosie (mp3)
10. Tokyo Police Club – Favorite Colour (mp3)
11. Blackbird Blackbird – Summer Heart (mp3)
12. French Films – Golden Sea (mp3)
13. Robbers on High Street – Electric Eye (mp3)
14. Department of Eagles – While We’re Young (mp3)
15. Chief – Night & Day (mp3)
16. Young Empires – Rain of Gold (mp3)
17. Tennis – Marathon (mp3)
18. Japandroids – Younger Us (mp3)
19. Polarsets – Leave Argentina (mp3)
20. These Electric Lives – Hit the Ground Running (Life Express Remix) (mp3)
21. Corduroy – The Lighthouse Keeper (mp3)
22. Best Coast – Boyfriend (mp3)

ZIP!: Tympanogram Summer Mix: post-spring

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