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Best Album of 2011

2011-12-30T18:31:00.001-08:00

The King is Dead by The Decemberists

Lady Gaga's Born This Way almost held this title, but there were numerous songs on that album that I can't stand. There's only ONE on this album. That's big feat in general. To have only one bad song.

and here is my favorite track:

The Drums - "Skippin Town"

2011-12-27T14:22:00.001-08:00

Mix Time!!!!!

2011-12-26T19:08:00.000-08:00

The Rosebuds - "Get Up Get Out" (Justin Vernon remix)

2011-12-18T04:52:00.001-08:00

Everything Everything - "What's My Name?" Rihanna Cover

2011-12-07T10:17:00.001-08:00

2011-12-06T18:19:00.001-08:00

hanging rock comics by Taylor Ruth

my last.fm album cover cloud!!!

2011-11-21T23:18:00.000-08:00

of my listens in the last 3 months.

and here is my artist cloud

make your own cloud thingy here!

if you want to find my last.fm account to hear new music or just be my friend or even see our music compatibility, here's a link.

Best Coast - "Fist City" (iTunes Session)

2011-11-19T01:07:00.001-08:00

this is my favorite Best Coast song by far. it's the most fun to belt along to. anyways, I hear their new album is going to sound kind of country and if this is any indication of their country music skills then omfg I need that cd to come out right now ok bye

We Are Augustines - "Chapel Song"

2011-11-19T00:53:00.001-08:00

this song is so intense O____________O

Rabbit! - "Pink Lemonade"

2011-11-19T00:36:00.001-08:00

cutest song EVER award goes to this song. omfg.

Castles - "Hello Rabbit"

2011-11-13T12:40:00.001-08:00

I think this will annoy the shit out of my mom

Vensaire - "See I'm You"

2011-11-13T12:37:00.001-08:00

Donora - "I Think I Like You"

2011-11-12T16:37:00.001-08:00

Found this on the Best Coast Pandora radio station. It's so fucking cute!!!!!!!!!

Amy Winehouse - "Addicted" (instrumental and original)

2011-08-08T22:07:00.000-07:00

without lyrics

with lyrics

Amy Winehouse - "Cupid"

2011-08-08T21:35:00.000-07:00

I go in and out of Amy Winehouse obsessions. This time I can't stop paying extra attention to her, perhaps because she died. I don't know, I had this weird NEED to listen to Back to Black, an album I previously didn't care for (with the exception of "Tears Dry On Their Own"). So yeah, now she's dead and I'm obsessed. I literally want to cry that I couldn't get to know her. It kind of makes me feel a little anxious about meeting Jenny Lewis in this lifetime.

DGNJDFJGH

anyways.

I CANNOT BELIEVE AMY WINEHOUSE REALLY DIED

2011-07-23T10:10:00.000-07:00

I absolutely love dat bitch and I'm sad. Here's some of her best songs imo.

"Cherry"

"Amy, Amy, Amy"

"Fuck Me Pumps"

"Tears Dry On Their Own"

mclusky - "Alan is a Cowboy Killer"

2011-07-19T13:26:00.000-07:00

Lady Gaga - "Born This Way" (Country version)

2011-07-09T11:26:00.003-07:00

technically called Country Road version but I think country version is a better title. :P

love you gaga <3

Jenny and Johnny - "Big Wave" OMG THIS VIDEO

2011-06-28T20:07:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQAF5xLOliA

Adele - "If It Hadn't Been For Love"

2011-06-21T17:34:00.001-07:00

The Mr. T Experience - "Now That You Are Gone"

2011-06-21T13:15:00.001-07:00

Death Cab for Cutie - "Some Boys" (NEW!!!!!!!!!)

2011-06-16T22:37:00.001-07:00

Zooey and Ben must have the cutest life ever.

She & Him - "Fools Rush In"

2011-06-14T14:13:00.000-07:00

fools rush in where wise men never go but wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?

Architecture in Helsinki - "Contact High"

2011-06-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

I didn't know what to expect from Architecture in Helsinki's new album, Moment Bends, more of the same? Okay, admittedly that's what I expected. To my surprise, they've taken a new weird Chromeo-esque direction. Disco influence? Dunno. He's using his voice for real in this song. I love it. Love it. Love it.

Wale ft. Duffy - "Warwick Avenue"

2011-05-30T22:50:00.000-07:00

She & Him - "Black Hole"

2011-05-29T23:09:00.000-07:00

She & Him - "Home"

2011-05-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

I never used to like this song much, but I finally understand it. It fills me with joy and happiness to understand Zooey. I think the fact that I like her music, writing, acting and looks means that we'd be really amazing friends. Gosh, I'd love to meet her some day. Or Jenny Lewis. Like, I just know that the three of us would have so much fun together.

Music is my boyfriend.

She & Him - "Lingering Still"

2011-05-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

For real, Zooey is my soul sister. I love her old soul and the songs she chooses to cover and sing and share with me in such a beautiful way. If she ever stops making music, I think I might die. SAME GOES FOR YOU JENNY LEWIS, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER, LET'S KEEP MAKING MORE, OKAY???????

I like to learn things slow
I like learning a lot
I like to get it all again and in the end
You know you get what you got
I like to mean what I say
But it don't always come through
Because if I say it all again, again, again
It doesn't make it all true

And the world's like a science
And I'm like a secret
And I saw you lingering still, still
I saw you lingering still

It's all just news to me
Don't really care if it hurts
Because if I knock it I won't know it
Then I know that it will only get worse
He was different at first
But then he won't understand
Because he's never going to know me
If he doesn't want to just shake my hand

And the world's like a science
And I'm like a secret
And I saw you lingering still, still
I saw you lingering still

relating two unrelated songs by Liz Phair and Peter Bjorn and John

2011-05-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

It's time for a little game I like to play with myself called "relate two unrelated songs!"

it's why mix cd's are the best. people who enjoy mix cd's derive meaning from a variety of things. That's beautiful. well. let me share the beautiful songs I thought of.

Liz Phair - "Flower"

Imagine being her object of affection... haha idk. I think it's kind of sexy to be completely honest. I'm not so wild like her, but like I said, I wouldn't mind her feeling that way about me hahahaha. Oh wow. Hello. Let's hope family never reads this blog.

In case you want to know what I meant by 'object of affection,' I think Peter Bjorn and John certainly know how to define it with thissss songgggg..... dun dun dun!!!!!!!!!

^ things that make me feel excited and thoughtful... sex and deriving infatuation/total admiration and motivation out of life, usually from a person lolz. but lyrics are cool that way. they can be about whatever you want them to be about.

Jenny Lewis, Conor Oberst, Ben Gibbard, M. Ward - "Handle Me With Care" (Cover)

2011-05-09T23:21:00.000-07:00

Kate Nash - "Mouthwash"

2011-05-09T23:19:00.000-07:00

And, this, is my mind
It goes over and over
The same old lines

And, this, is my brain
It's torturous analytical thoughts
Make me go insane

And I use mouthwash
Sometimes I floss
I got a family
And I drink cups of tea

I've got nostalgic pavements
I've got familiar faces
I've got a mixed-up memory
And I've got favourite places

And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I hope everything's gonna be alright
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I hope everything's gonna be alright

This is my face
I've got a thousand opinions
And not the time to explain

And this is my body
And no matter how you try and disable it
Yes I'll still be here

And, this, is my mind
And although you try to infringe
You cannot confine

And, this, is my brain
And even if you try and hold me back
There's nothing that you can gain

The Beach Boys - "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"

2011-05-07T15:39:00.000-07:00

CocoRosie - "The Moon Asked the Crow" (Daytrotter session)

2011-05-04T09:02:00.001-07:00

Atom and his Package - "Where Eagles Dare"

2011-05-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

Animal Collective - "Bluish"

2011-04-30T11:57:00.000-07:00

The Beach Boys - "That's Not Me"

2011-04-30T11:51:00.000-07:00

Best Coast - "When You Wake Up"

2011-04-27T06:04:00.001-07:00

It's always 11:30 when you wake up.

Liz Phair - "Divorce Song"

2011-04-27T05:59:00.001-07:00

I tried giving this album a fair listen a couple years ago when I was big into livejournal mixes lolz, but I couldn't quite appreciate it back then. The lyrics and her voice and her singing style and the music are just all so perfect. It's so imperfect it's perfect, if you know what I mean.

Animal Collective - "Fireworks"

2011-04-27T05:58:00.001-07:00

I'm only all I see sometimes.

Jenny Owen Youngs, Bess Rogers & Allison Weiss - "Absolutely Cuckoo" (Magnetic Fields cover)

2011-04-24T22:48:00.000-07:00

Liz Phair - "Stratford-On-Guy"

2011-04-21T08:01:00.001-07:00

Thank you Austin for making me listen to this album :D <3

Best Coast - "That's The Way Boys Are"

2011-04-06T05:24:00.000-07:00

Au Revior Simone - "Night Majestic"

2011-04-05T15:01:00.000-07:00

Best Friends Forever - "Handpocket"

2011-04-05T12:54:00.001-07:00

I dedicate this song to my future boyfriend who has the same exact hair as this guy:

Put your hand in my back pocket. As if it were your own back pocket.

Best Coast - "So Gone"

2011-04-05T10:47:00.001-07:00

Wavves - "Convertible Balloon"

2011-04-04T08:56:00.000-07:00

Sitting alone playing nintendo in my room.

Jenny and Johnny - "Slavedriver"

2011-04-02T22:41:00.001-07:00

I will never get sick of this song.

Silver Jews - "Random Rules"

2011-04-02T22:24:00.000-07:00

I know you like to line dance, everything so democratic and cool.

Wavves - "Green Eyes"

2011-04-02T11:07:00.001-07:00

Young Buffalo - "Catapilah"

2011-03-30T11:54:00.001-07:00

KJGHKJGHKJFG <33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

White Denim - "Anvil Everything"

2011-03-28T23:06:00.000-07:00

Deerhunter - "He Would Have Laughed"

2011-03-28T22:22:00.001-07:00

:3333333333

The Decemberists - "Don't Carry It All"

2011-03-26T07:11:00.001-07:00

lovelovelovelovelove

The Apples in Stereo - "King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 3" (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)

2011-03-26T07:09:00.000-07:00

The Lonely Forest - "Turn Off This Song and Go Outside"

2011-03-20T20:30:00.000-07:00

Sleigh Bells - "Ring Ring"

2011-03-07T19:09:00.001-08:00

The Decemberists - "January Hymn"

2011-02-17T06:17:00.001-08:00

On a winter Sunday I go
To clear away the snow
And green the ground below

April all an ocean away
Is this the better way to spend the day?
Keeping the winter at bay

What were the words I meant to say before you left?
When I could see your breath lead where you were going to

Maybe I should just “let it be”
and maybe it will all come back to me
Sing oh January oh!

The Roots - "Walk Alone"

2011-01-26T10:36:00.000-08:00

White Denim - "Paint Yourself"

2011-01-21T22:59:00.001-08:00

Just drinking some Mike's and listening to this album. It's chill. :D

Royce da 5'9" - "Shake This"

2011-01-16T22:23:00.000-08:00

This blog may be taking a new direction soon because I'm absolutely obsessed with Royce right now. I love this song, I'm glad it has an actual video so I can get a good look at him. Something about him is addicting ;] haha

LCD Soundsystem - "North American Scum"

2011-01-10T11:59:00.001-08:00

2011-01-04T23:22:00.000-08:00

Guitar - "Akiko"

2010-12-03T23:19:00.000-08:00

Toro Y Moi - "Blessa"

2010-12-03T23:13:00.000-08:00

by request ;]

Apparently I don't blog as much music as I think I do sometimes.

Taken by Trees - "My Boys"

2010-12-02T22:05:00.000-08:00

I kinda like this one better :X

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - "40 Day Dream"

2010-12-02T22:04:00.001-08:00

White Denim - "Regina Holding Hands"

2010-12-02T14:48:00.001-08:00

skip to like 1:30
LOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEE

Pinback - "Good to Sea"

2010-12-01T21:05:00.001-08:00

*_______*

Stars - "Sleep Tonight" (Junior Boys Remix)

2010-12-01T11:37:00.000-08:00

Discovery - "Osaka Loop Line"

2010-11-30T22:23:00.001-08:00

I mixed a pandora station with The Mountain Goats and Yeasayer and got that
I love pandora hehehehe

The Mountain Goats - "The Young Thousands"

2010-11-30T13:12:00.000-08:00

Boats ease into the harbor bearing real suspicious cargo
And the sunlight on the water
Sets a switch off in your brain
The things that you've got coming will consume you
There's someone waiting out there in an alley with a chain

The ghosts that haunt your building are prepared to take on substance
And the dull pain that you live with isn't getting any duller
There's a closet full of almost-pristine videotape
Documenting sordid little scenes in living color

Here they come
The young thousands
Here they come
The young thousands

You drive east from the ocean with both hands tied on the wheel
And you go past Garden Grove
As the pleasure index rises
The things that you've got coming will do things that you're afraid to
There is someone waiting out there with a mouthful of surprises

The ghosts that haunt your building have been learning how to breathe
They scan the hallways nightly vainly searching for a sign
There must be diamonds somewhere in a place that stinks this bad
There are brighter things than diamonds coming down the line

Here they come
The young thousands
Here they come
The young thousands

The Weakerthans - "Left and Leaving"

2010-11-29T06:42:00.001-08:00

:[ <3

The Good Life - "Heartbroke"

2010-11-27T21:25:00.001-08:00

please don't mind this weird video.
and I have no idea what the difference between "mean" and "nice" version is on youtube

Dominique Young Unique - "Show My Ass"

2010-11-24T12:15:00.001-08:00

The Queers - "I Can't Get Over You"

2010-11-21T17:41:00.000-08:00

Brothertiger - "Lovers"

2010-10-29T21:57:00.000-07:00

you bet this has been on repeat all day long haha :]

Jenny & Johnny - "My Pet Snakes"

2010-10-20T11:41:00.000-07:00

Besides Slavedriver, this is my favorite song off of their album, I'm Having Fun Now.

"2009, it was a bastard of a year
(Lalala, pass the joint to me)
I cannot get stoned no more, I only get the fear
(These good times, they are killing me)
We can have it out or we can have another beer
(I could lie so we're even)
All the best of luck with your career"

Jens Lekman - "Pocket Full of Money"

2010-10-19T02:47:00.001-07:00

~*~ favorite Jens song alert ~*~

The second half of the song is so strange yet I can't stop listening to it on repeat in my car. On the way to school, the gym, grocery shopping, etc. The "I'll come running with a heart on fire" sample is from a Beat Happening song which sucks in my opinion. But nevertheless, it is my favorite part in this song :33

Grum - "Through The Night"

2010-10-12T13:39:00.000-07:00

sweetest bromance song (actually strong homo)

FLEET FOXES

2010-10-11T21:55:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I like to just put on music, lay down and get lost in my head. Fleet Foxes is the first band in a long time that made me so grateful for this lame activity I so thoroughly enjoy. My dear friend Becca tried turning me onto them last winter but I never really gave them enough attention to let them seduce me. That girl knows whats up.

Now I am seduced.

Au Revior Simone - "Shadows" (Jens Lekman Remix)

2010-09-29T10:09:00.001-07:00

Anybody can answer their own questions, all you have to do is look inside inside inside

Mumford and Sons - "After The Storm"

2010-09-28T22:59:00.000-07:00

But I won't rot, I won't rot
Not this mind and not this heart,
I won't rot.

GRUM - "Shake This Feeling"

2010-09-18T14:06:00.000-07:00

This video is hilarious. "WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT? WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPAGHETTI!"

Jukebox The Ghost - "Schizophrenia" official video

2010-09-18T12:35:00.001-07:00

I have a very deep fear of schizophrenia - people with it, people developing it, the possibility that I may develop it, etc. A few weeks ago before this album leaked, I had a nightmare about my "schizophrenic voices" personified and chasing me around a state fair. After finally getting my hands on Everything Under The Sun the next day after the nightmare, I heard this song and felt very uneasy (the sequence of events was the weirdest part for me). So since I'm friends with the drummer of Jukebox, I asked him on facebook chat why the hell they wrote this song.

He told me that it's because Ben (another member of the band) used to have the same fear of schizophrenia and decided to write a song about it in a playful way, kind of like a sigh of relief because he is past the age where it onsets and is perfectly healthy. What a sigh of relief to me that someone else shared the same fear. Although, I'm still weary of the timing of it all. I need to start believing in coincidences haha ;]

OKAY ENJOY! It's a really awesome song. One of my favorites.

Bored of music

2010-09-17T00:40:00.000-07:00

I am so bored of music right now. I was on this huge music kick in the spring and exhausted it all this summer. Seriously, I have about 20 mix cd's with the same songs in varying orders. So for now I'm just waiting for something to fall into my lap and consume me because I really don't have the motivation for finding new music - it really is a whole hobby in it's own right. So I guess I'll be taking a break from this blog thingy until I find something really special.

Until then, my boring recycled mix cd's will have to do :'[

(and of course I am pretty much always on tumblr so you can find me there)

Darwin Deez - Radar Detector

2010-09-17T00:36:00.000-07:00

This has provided me with much company on long drives between New Hampshire and Massachusetts this summer and has made it's way onto many many many mix cd's. I haven't shown Darwin Deez to a single person that didn't love it right away. I found him probably 6 months ago when I was still kinda sad and fell in love with "Bed Space" because it's just so pathetically endearing. However, being home has proved to be fun and happy, so I chose Radar Detector to be here because I like to share the happiness :]

Eggstone - "Birds in Cages"

2010-09-11T02:00:00.000-07:00

First heard this on the Jens Lekman summertime in 3/4 time mix. Something about the deep despair in the song warms my heart.

2010-09-11T01:43:00.001-07:00

Jens Lekman's 3/4 time summer mix

2010-09-10T10:29:00.001-07:00

My road-trip mix tape

2010-09-08T23:37:00.001-07:00

The third song is an audio recording of a letter written by Rainer Maria Rilke that has the best advice for loneliness, which I'm sure a road-trip might incite in a person at one point or another.

A Better Son or Daughter by Rilo Kiley

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

Letter 8 by Rainer Maria Rilke

Best Coast - "When I'm With You"

2010-08-19T17:31:00.000-07:00

not a huge fan of this kind of music, but this song is hella cute!

Maps & Atlases - "The Charm"

2010-08-03T01:26:00.001-07:00

Although very different from their usual stuff (that I love with all of my heart) this is fucking incredible in my humble opinion. I'm all about the tension build-ups in songs and they do it so perfectly here.

I don't think there is a sound that I hate more/ than the sound of your voice/when you say that you don't love me/anymore.

Robbers - "Stay Together"

2010-07-29T21:47:00.000-07:00

Sleigh Bells - "Treats"

2010-07-22T15:06:00.001-07:00

Listen to this the whole way through with the speakers up all the way. Just kidding, you might blow your speakers. I think it would be worth it though, tbh.

Cocoroise - "Lemonade"

2010-07-14T02:52:00.001-07:00

Am I the only person in the world who actually likes them? I hate people.

The Bird and The Bee - "Heard It On The Radio"

2010-07-08T15:24:00.000-07:00

From their newest album, A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates. I love the 70s feel it has ;] I haven't listened to the rest of the album yet (two more minutes until it's done downloading) but judging from this, it's not going to be bad or as dull as their last one was overall. But we'll see. Can't judge an album by it's single ;]

Sigur Rós - "Glósóli"

2010-07-02T23:25:00.000-07:00

The last minute of this video is just incredible.

Hello Saferide - "I Don't Sleep Well"

2010-07-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

I love the Swedes.

Bright Eyes - "First Day Of My Life"

2010-06-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

cute song. even cuter video. wildly appropriate.

Noah and the Whale - "The Shape of My Heart"

2010-06-11T20:40:00.000-07:00