1. What Would I Want? Sky: Perfection. Dance break at 3:09.
2. Ambivalence Ambulance: Surprising with a capital S. I’ve never been a big Bibio fan, but this album is completely different from the rest of their work. They aren’t trying as hard to be new and interesting and in turn have become so. KEXP find.
3. Deadbeat Summer: THE SONG OF THE SUMMER. Beyond catchy with a vintage 80’s feel. This song should be played on cassette in a boom box while you dance wildly. Pitchfork find.
4. Walkabout (feat. Noah Lennox): What do you get when you take Bradford Cox, frontman of the amazing Deerhunter, and add Noah Lennox, musical genius behind Animal Collective and his solo album Person Pitch? One of the best songs of 2009. No surprise.
5. Remade Horizon: Yeah, I want to remake the horizon! Enough said.
6. Actor Out of Work: Annie Clark is just way too cute. Love this song so much.
7. Islands: This song fulfills everyone of my musical requirements. Girl-guy tag team vocals? Check. Awesome bass line? Check. Check. Accents? Check. Catchy? Check. Intrigue? They have a drum machine instead of a drummer
for chrissake.
8. Lust for Life: Tradition stipulates that I have to pick one song for the upcoming year, so thus with the power vested in me I dub Lust for Life (not the Iggy Pop song of the same name) THE SONG OF 2010. I went back and forth between this and Hellhole Ratrace, which is also featured, but this is it. I picked the epic 7 minute song, All My Friends for 2009, which albeit is one of the best songs of the decade, but I just really want a pithy, sweet, catchy, unpretentious pop song during a study break at 3 in the morning. And Lust for Life is that and damn good to boot.
9. Hellhole Ratrace: I am breaking so many of my rules by including two songs by the same artist in one playlist, but that is just the way it goes. Hellhole Ratrace is the best song I’ve ever seen performed live, and whenever I listen to it I’m convinced that after this whole high school debacle I’ll have something to feel nostalgic for. Hence, I’m not leaving it out. Period.
10. I’m A Pilot: This album is promising, but I have a feeling Fanfarlo will be better in time when they find their own sound. I like this song a lot, but I keep waiting for them to stop sounding like a British Sufjan Stevens/Beirut/ Arcade Fire. Seriously, how close to Rebellion (Lies) can one track be?
11. Walk On the Wild Side: My ultimate late night relaxing song. Doo do doo do doo do do doo...
12. Thirteen: Great cover. Perhaps not as good as the original Big Star version, but I’m quite fond of it.
13. I Can See Your Tracks: Okay, it actually took me a week to figure out this isn’t Neko Case singing. It’s that good. KEXP find.
14. When I Grow Up: Subtlety be damned. There is no casual way to drop this bomb of a song, and I’m tired of trying to ease my way into it. Here it is. I love it. Now, go google this music video because it is the single greatest thing of all time.
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