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Oh ya! The new Sigur Ros single is aaaaaaawesome.

The video is quite, quite brilliant too

i like the video also, but did you notice the incredible lack of diversity? i know they are from iceland, so if filmed there it should be no surprise that there are not black, middle eastern, etc. people running among them. however, just about everyone was rail thin, pale, and brunette, and long haired which i found odd. do red heads, blondes, fatties, etc. not live in iceland?

LOL. A few weekends ago, I went out and celebrated Norwegian Constitution Day with my coworker (I myself am not Norwegian but my coworker is), and I can tell you that 80-90% of the Norwegians I saw in the parade were fair-skinned and thin, with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. I did see some redheads though!!

Ah mystery solved then! I've found myself being completely unable to listen to anything but this song, totally infectious as it is.

Hopefully the album won't disappoint.

Wow, the new Sigur Rós is really different. I might not have even known it was them if no one had told me. I'm really looking forward to that album now...a lot.

Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl

I can't get over this song! Is it just me or is this the best pop song of 2008. And I'm talking about bubblegum-catchy-high-production-pop! It's just soooo catchy and fun and mindless and someone help me! Anyway please tell me someone's liked this song...!

"Dr. Carter" by Weezy F might be one of the hottest tracks I've heard this year (when it comes to rap)... but I can't say I've listened to much hip-hop this year.

Add "Playin' With Fire" and half the other tracks; Carter III is insane.

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1. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
2. Raise Me Up - Hercules and Love Affair
3. Fools - Dodos
4. Ready for the Floor - Hot Chip
5. One for the Cutters - The Hold Steady
6. Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks - Los Campesinos!
7. Gobblidigook - Sigur Ros
8. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
9. Santa Clara - The National
10. Lights and Music - Cut Copy
11. Moonland - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
12. Street Flash - Animal Collective
13. Quarantined - Atlas Sound
14. Bixby Canyon Bridge - Death Cab For Cutie
15. Joe's Waltz - Dodos

The best song of 2008 so far for me is Shooting Rockets (From The Desk Of Night's Ape) by Destroyer, an outstanding revival of the original Swan Lake version.

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Dr. Carter

CARTER III IS FUCKING BLAAAZED!

I agree, Dr. Carter is really quite an ace song.

My favorites of the year have to be "I'm Good, I'm Gone" by Lykke Li, "L.E.S. Artistes" by Santogold, or "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver. All amazing.

A few standouts as of late:

The Dodos - "Winter"
King Darves - "She Wants My Song"
Port O'Brien - "Fisherman's Son"
The Hold Steady - "Magazines"
The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive"
Pickering Pick - "The Ballad of Kevvy and Jenny"
The Tallest Man on Earth - "I Won't Be Found"

Here comes a Top 40:

01. Trifonic - "Lies"
02. Morcheeba - "Enjoy The Ride"
03. Van She - "Cat & The Eye"
04. Headstrong - "Love Calls (Floris de Haan Mix)"
05. Mono in VCF - "Cinch Ring"
06. Subheim - "YBE 76"
07. Bersarin Quartett - "Inversion"
08. The Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Mix)"
09. The Presets - "My People"
10. Adam Singer - "Lifeforce"
11. Ladytron - "Burning Up"
12. Lange - "Home"
13. Ready Fire Aim - "So Fine"
14. System 7 - "Masato Eternity"
15. Jamie Lidell - "Hurricane"
16. M83 - "Highway of Endless Dreams"
17. Hooverphonic - "50 Watt"
18. AmpLive - "15 Stepz"
19. Cicada - "Same Old Scene (Cicada Remix)"
20. UNKLE - "Restless (Fake Blood Remix)"
21. Ernesto vs. Bastian - "Sound of Soul"
22. Cut Copy - "Hearts on Fire"
23. Big Monster - "Rite of Passage"
24. Siriusmo - "Lastdear"
25. Kris Menace and Spooky - "Stereophonic (Extended Mix)"
26. Martina Topley-Bird - "Valentine"
27. Kilowatts & Vanek - "Sinnerstate"
28. Tocadisco - "Let's Get Down"
29. Hercules & Love Affair - "You Belong"
30. Jazz Liberatorz - "The Return"
31. Modwheelmood - "Crumble"
32. Deepest Blue - "Miracle (Club Mix)"
33. Eric Lau - "Don't Let Them"
34. The Micronauts - "Reaction"
35. Clutchy Hopkins - "Love of a Woman"
36. Little Boots - "Stuck on Repeat"
37. Interplay & Electrobios - "With You (Jaytech Remix)"
38. SebastiAn - "Momy"
39. Digital Underground - "Four One Four"
40. Boys Noize - "Oh! (A-Trak Remix)"

you should check "Daddy's Gone" and especially "Geraldine" by Glasvegas .They are an exciting new band from Glasgow and sound like a mix of 50s vintage rock with Jesus and Mary Chain and Phill Spector in the production!

Life in Technicolor - Hopkins, Eno, Coldplay

So I'm listening to My Morning Jacket's "Highly Suspicious" right now for the first time. Hillarious. Actually I'm embarrased for listening to it in front of my wife.

Maybe something like this......???


1. "White Water Hymnal"/"Blue Ridge Mountains" ~ Fleet Foxes
2. "Three-Way" ~ The Magnetic Fields
3. "Mercury" ~ Mahjongg
4. "Polychords" ~ Matmos
5. "Kenya Dig It?" ~ The Ruby Suns
6. "Fine Young Cannibals" ~ Wolf Parade
7. "Water Curses" ~ Animal Collective
8. "The Rip" ~ Portishead
9. "Two Steps Twice" ~ Foals
10."Gobbledigook" ~ Sigur Rós
11."Day Dangerous" ~ Subtle
12."Iris" ~ Hercules and Love Affair
13."Too High to Move" ~ Quiet Village
14."Constructive Summer" ~ The Hold Steady
15."Courtship Dating" ~ Crystal Castles

"California Dreamer" - Wolf Parade
I'm in the throes of repeat obsession right now.

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Maybe something like this......???


1. "White Water Hymnal"/"Blue Ridge Mountains" ~ Fleet Foxes
2. "Three-Way" ~ The Magnetic Fields
3. "Mercury" ~ Mahjongg
4. "Polychords" ~ Matmos
5. "Kenya Dig It?" ~ The Ruby Suns
6. "Fine Young Cannibals" ~ Wolf Parade
7. "Water Curses" ~ Animal Collective
8. "The Rip" ~ Portishead
9. "Two Steps Twice" ~ Foals
10."Gobbledigook" ~ Sigur Rós
11."Day Dangerous" ~ Subtle
12."Iris" ~ Hercules and Love Affair
13."Too High to Move" ~ Quiet Village
14."Constructive Summer" ~ The Hold Steady
15."Courtship Dating" ~ Crystal Castles

This is a list I can get behind.

holy jesus, "end resolve" by pryamids is blowing my mind right now. so haunting, and it holds up to multiple listens (as does the whole album).

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Weezer - The Greatest Man that Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)

Wow. Rivers is certifiable.

I just heard this song for the first time. First impressions: This is the craziest, most thrilling ride I have been on all year. I'm not sure how it will hold up after repeat listens, but I was pretty much in awe for the first go 'round.

"Demon Days" -- Robert Forster
"If It Rains" -- Robert Forster
"Comin' Tonight" -- Martha Wainwright
"Belfast" -- Neon Neon
"White Winter Waltz" -- Fleet Foxes
"Time to Pretend" -- MGMT
"Just for Me" -- Al Green
"Hold On" -- Hot Chip
"Ready for the Floor" -- Hot Chip
"More News from Nowhere" -- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
"Dig Lazarus Dig!!" -- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
"The Rip" -- Portishead
"Dream On" -- Robyn
"Oxford Comma" -- Vampire Weekend
"Athena" -- Hercules & Love Affair
"Blind" -- Hercules & Love Affair
"Flume" -- Bon Iver
"For Emma" -- Bon Iver
"Jodi" -- The Dodos
"She's Got You" -- Cat Power
"Soul on Fire" -- Spiritualized