Below
you'll find the first part of my Top 50 Songs Of 2009! Enjoy.
Couple of things ...
My only criteria for the list was that the tracks had to be from the pool of
over 600 that made an appearance here at Side One: Track One over the course
of the last 11 months.
This list is not a good representation of my Top 25 Albums Of 2009 (they
will be up next week), so you might want to leave a little extra room on
your notepad.
- 50 Through 41 -
50)
:Math
The Band - Why Didn't You Get A Haircut?:
Easily the most hyper song that I came across all year.
If you've ever wanted your Nintendo to jump up and give you
shaken baby syndrome then definitely download this
immediately. From the Don't Worry LP.
49)
:Future
Of The Left - Arming Eritrea:
I greatly miss Mclusky, but it puts my mind at ease knowing
that at least one part of the now defunct rock act is still
trucking along. This should make you want to get up
and move like a wild man ... on fire. From the
Travels With Myself And Another LP.
48)
:Gomez
- Airstream Driver:
This band has never really made much of an impression on me,
but ever since March (when I saw them open for the
Decemberists) I've been unable to remove this song from my
head. Talk about infectious pop rock. From
the A New Tide LP.
47)
:Pree
- In The Parlor:
As you probably know, I'm a sucker for anything that sounds
as if it could have come from Modest Mouse's The Moon And
Antarctica, and this certainly does. Really wish I
had gotten around to checking our their whole album.
From the A Chopping Block LP.
46)
:Land
Of Talk - May You Never:
If you made a short list of bands that are responsible for
90s-esque alternative rock being on its way to fully making
a comeback, this trio would be on it. Elizabeth Powell
has one of my favorite voices right now. From the
Fun And Laughter EP.
45)
:Cribs
- We Were Aborted:
I keep expecting the Cribs to disappear into oblivion, but
instead they repeatedly deliver really hip and fun modern
rock tracks like this. At some point I'm just going to
have to give in and support them. Or not.
From the Ignore The Ignorant LP.
44)
:Taken
By Trees - Watch The Waves (Memory Tapes Version):
It's a difficult thing to take a song that's already great
and make it better, but that's exactly what Memory Tapes did
here. Easily one of the more headphone-worthy efforts
of 2009. The original version can be found on the
East Of Eden LP.
43)
:M
Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You (Featuring Zooey Deschanel):
What more can be said about what these two always seem to
pull off? I mean, let's just get on with saying that
no one does sugary sweet as well as M and Z. From
the Hold Time LP.
42)
:Russian
Circles - Malko:
I love this band. They keep it simple by making
instrumental music for anyone who likes it loud and
interesting. If you didn't already guess, the volume
should definitely be cranked while you check the track out.
From the Geneva LP.
41)
:Portland
Cello Project - Tallymarks (Featuring Thao Nguyen):
This group's album was rather hit or miss for me, but I
think it might of been because they did too good of a
job retooling this older tune from Thao - I just couldn't
take it off repeat. From the Thao And Justin Power
Sessions LP.
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