Favourite Songs 2009

Below are my favourite songs from the past twelve months. I am cheating a bit, as some of the songs may not officially be released until 2010.

1.Miike Snow – Animal

2.Hockey – Too Fake

3.NewVillager – Rich Doors

4.Alex Metric – Head Straight

5.Animal Collective – My Girls

6.Florence And The Machine – You've Got The Love

7.The Frowning Clouds – Time Wastin' Woman
8.The Nightgowns – Buoy
9.Bat For Lashes – Daniel

10.Local Natives - Airplanes

11.Cold War Kids – Audience Of One

12.Karen O And The Kids – All Is Love

13.La Roux – Bulletproof

14.Yeasayer – Ambling Alp

15.MillionYoung – Hammock

16.Gossip – Love Long Distance

17.Phoenix – Lisztomania

18.“Jesus Christ.” (the indie band) – Is This Really What You Want?

19.Nico Vega – Gravity

20.Ladyhawke – Magic

21.The Jezabels – Disco Biscuit Love

22.Polly Scattergood – Bunny Club

23.Bebe – Se Fue

24.The Big Pink - Dominoes

25.Miike Snow - Black & Blue

Legendary

Emanuel Xavier's debut album, Legendary - The Spoken Word Poetry Of Emanuel Xavier' drops today and is available thru the following outlets:

CDBaby: Order your CD HERE

iTunes: Digital Download Only HERE

Plus, the 10th anniversary edition of his novel, Christ Like, is still on sale HERE

There Are Gods Amongst Us

Emanuel Xavier, a close friend of mine, will be releasing his first album in a couple weeks. It's spoken word over music. Honestly, I never thought of myself as someone that would ever enjoy spoken word, but his frank and honest work won me over. The musical backdrop is just the cream cheese icing on the red velvet cake. The album will be available for download on December 15, 2009 via CDBaby, where it is currently available for streaming. So go check it out, show some love this holiday and support a truly gifted artist.

Pre-Order The Album HERE

Purchase the 10th anniversary edition of his novel, Christ Like, HERE (It's on sale!)

Miss Me?

In case you were missing my youtube videos of Brandi Carlile, A Fine Frenzy and Santigold, they are back up (after my Julieta Venegas footage got my other account suspended):

CONCERT VIDEOS

Soft Night Breeze (FREE MUSIC ALERT)

Over a year-and-a-half ago, I posted a review of new artist Grenouille's few songs that had been posted to his MySpace page. I had nothing but praise for him at the time, and it's no different today. In fact, he is getting extra points for offering up his debut album, Shadows Of The Lagoon, for free.

"Written, arranged and recorded by himself in a home studio in Tenerife (Canary Islands), it mixes his intimate side as a crooner and singer songwriter (influenced by of Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley, Micah P Hinson and Tom Waits) with sounds that range from french musette to experimental electronica, seasoned with arrangementes inspired by film music"

Download the album HERE. You'll be happy you did.

He Only Loves You When He's On Pills

I know I never post here, but every once in a while a song comes along that compels me to share. Disco Biscuit Love by Australian band The Jezabels is one such song.



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Wanna Make You Ejaculate

I love of Montreal, so I thought I'd share the love with you guys. Their latest album, Skeletal Lamping, features some brilliant work, including the gem Plastis Wafers. The song is over seven minutes long, but I've always thought that the first two minutes and forty seconds would make for a great single. So I was playing around in GarageBand and decided to create an edit for myself. Then I thought I'd share it with you guys. And what a nice welcome back gift, I think:

of Montreal - Plastis Wafers (Pleasure Puss Edit) (link updated May 2)