Best Music of 2009
Out for drinks with an old friend the other night I was asked what music I have been listening to lately (a common theme when we get together). I was able to come up with a couple of examples but it got me to thinking what has really caught my ear this year.
So since the year is coming to an end and thanks to Grooveshark I have been able to put together my favourite 12 songs that I came across this year (not necessarily released this year) along with my favourite lyric from them. Some are not of the greatest quality but that just means you'll have to go out there and buy them if you like them right?
Enjoy (especially the cameo by Stephen Colbert).
1. Dan Mangan - Road Regrets
It's all business in the left hand lane
2. Junior Boys - Parallel Lines
If you found the words would you really say them?
3. Joel Plaskett - Through & Through & Through
You be Israel and I'll be Palestine
4. The National - Apartment Story
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
5. Lisa Hannigan - I Don't Know
I don't know...if you eat what you've been given or push it round your plate. I'd like to cook for you all the same. If you want to, I am game.
6. Ben Harper - Fly One Time
Now I'm caught in between what I can't leave behind and what I may never find. So fly one time.
7. K-OS - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
My shadow weighs a ton, call it baggage but I use it all to advantage
8. Alicia Keys feat. Stephen Colbert - Empire of the State (Part 2)
My community is gated, my shorties are all private school educated
9. Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
Where would my body go? Africa or Mexico
10. Dan Mangan - Robots
Sing your stupid head off to the ones who are not listening
11. You Say Party! We Say Die! - Laura Palmer's Prom
My heart needs a love dance
12. Matthew Good - True Love Will Find You In The End
This is a promise with a catch cause only if you're looking will it find you
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January 4th, 2010 - 20:57
Not bad Fox…I have a few of those on my list too. Jnr Boys, Dan Mangan, Joel Plasket for sure. What you are missing is Phoenix…best album cover to cover I’ve heard in years. Check out Lasso, 1901 and Listomania off the album.
January 4th, 2010 - 21:03
I’ll definitely check Phoenix out.