top 5 of the week for 27 january 2012

1. masonic - way down avenue


It seems after Jennifer Christen left the band, Masonic re-recorded all the songs from their debut album with a new vocalist. The new girl wasn't nearly as good. Unfortunately, it's rare to find the originals on the internet so you'll have to put up with this.

2. sonic youth - schizophrenia


3. raveonettes - apparitions


4. spoon - got nuffin


5. braveyoung - we are lonely animals

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top 5 for the week of 23 may 2011

I heard the Velvet Underground and Animal Collective playing at this little bar / coffee shop located on a boat on the Thames yesterday. Not these particular songs. I can't remember which songs I heard. I was more surprised that these American acts were playing at a mainstream-ish British bar. It was a very welcome break from the sounds of British boy bands and pop music that has been the soundtrack of my hostel stay.

1. velvet underground & nico - all tomorrow's parties



2. animal collective - what would i want? sky



3. spoon - trouble comes running (this album was available on my delta flight to London)



4. the national - england (another album available on my delta flight; plus, it's a song about England - how much more relevant can it get?)



5. brown eyed girls - abracadabra (another album available on the flight plus the best music video ever made. evah.)

top 5 for the week of 9 may 2011

Another Monday track list dedicated to the Lone Star state.

1. the black angels - young men dead



2. explosions in the sky - greet death



3. ...and you will know us by the trail of dead - another morning stoner (sorry for vevo)



4. spoon - the underdog



5. stars of the lid - dungtitled (in A major)



6. oh no! oh my! - i love you all the time



7. flaming lips x neon indian - is david bowie dying? (i was born in oklahoma so here's a home state collision)



8. ghostland observatory - sad sad city

top 5 for the week of 18 april 2011

1. neon indian - 6669



2. cymbals eat guitars - and the hazy sea



3. deerhunter - agoraphobia



4. depreciation guild - dream about me



5. spoon - well alright

top 5 for the week of 11 april 2011

1. explosions in the sky - six days at the bottom of the ocean



2. st. vincent - marry me



3. wye oak - dog eyes



4. radiohead - gagging order



5. spoon - trouble comes running

top 5 for the week of 4 april 2011

Sorry this went up later than usual. Combination of storms knocking out my power and unable to find some of the tracks I originally intended to include (Flaming Lips - Waitin' for A Superman, Guided by Voices - Eureka Signs). Enjoy.

1. the magnetic fields - i don't want to get over you



2. cut copy - where i'm going

Cut Copy - Where I'm Going by Addict Music

3. spoon - trouble comes running



4. lil b - base for your face (ft. jean grae & phonte)



5. the weeknd - what you need