She Likes Hair Bands_Butch Walker

no matter how gordon lightfoot his productions have become these days…old man walker can still craft some mighty hooks.

case in point ’she likes hair bands’ may have about as infectious of a chorus as one tiny pop song can muster.

you just try yer damndest not to sing along.

i triple dog dare she i do.

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Butch Walker Myspace | Buy the album ‘I liked you better when you had no heart’

Castles and Tassles_Adam Green

castles & tassles & flatulent assholes.

or as my grandpappy used to say….

an evening home with grandma after a bottle of sherry and a tall plate of cherries jubilee.

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Adam Green MySpace | Buy the album ‘Minor Love’

Laura_Girls

Forgive me…it’s 2010 and i’m already drooling like a fiend for some of my ‘09 faves.

Here i introduce to you a most splendid cut from San Francisco tandem Girls in what my modestly moused opinion was of the best LP’s from the year that was.

to know it is to own it my beautiful friends.

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Girls MySpace | Buy the album ‘Album’

Cystalised_The XX

ahh, nothing wrong with a little basement sensuality to make one’s domesticated courtships seem less….umm, how should i say…clean.

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The XX MySpace | Buy the album ‘XX’ (buy this album now! seriously…it’s a bloody keeper)

Short Change Hero_The Heavy

so our “short-change hero” lives up to title by kinda dicking us around for the first minute and twenty-two seconds of this track.

it is after that 1:22 mark in which our heavy hero dirties up and delivers on down with a most hypnotic, gritty, soul-laden groove.

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The Heavy MySpace |  Buy the album ‘The House that Dirt Built’

Velvet_The Big Pink

this track gives me a sense of freefall.

a slow, soothing drop from the heavens.

its lush arrangement and burrowing vocals serving as the the perfect accompaniment for my descent.

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The Big Pink MySpace | Buy the album ‘A Brief History of Love’

The Golden Age_The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

ridiculously addictive is this playful pick-me-up from denmark dwellers The Asteroids Galaxy Tour.

go on…get yer glee on.

i dares u.

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TAGT MySpace | Buy the album ‘Fruit’

Throwing Bricks at Trains_Future of the Left

apparently the future of the left like themselves a raucous.

yer darling tea party has been put on notice.

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FOTLeft MySpace | Buy the album ‘Travels with Myself and Another’

Alive_Kid Cudi (featuring Ratatat)

sad rapper paired with trippy electronica make sleepy blogger feel alive.

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Kid Cudi MySpace | Buy the album ‘Man on the Moon: The End of Day’

Never Forget You_The Noisettes

oh my does this song cut.

tearing deep into the naiveté of yesterday’s liaisons; leading us back to those who make us feel.

a sort of middle finger to our own sense of self-control.

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Noisettes MySpace | Buy the album ‘Wild Young Hearts’