Because good music should know better bounds than my Facebook friends...
Below is a list of my favorites from the year so far. No hip hop this year as I just haven't been listening to it, so let's stick to what I really know, and that is indie music. Some of these are interchangeable with other songs on the records they come from because that's just how good the records are (Beach House and Titus Andronicus), some of these are stellar examples of song craft from bands I'm not even a big fan of (Here We Go Magic) and some of these will just seep into your brain and making you go by the 7" immediately (Cults). Some have been lurking around the interwebs for a while now (Surfer Blood), others just made it up a few days ago (Aeroplane). Some are from sold out 7" releases (Cults again), others have yet to see the light of day physically (Tennis), and some don't even have albums or release dates yet (Primary 1, Shine 2009). But they're all good songs that have been burning my ears the past few days, weeks, or months depending on when they cam out. Returning artists responsible for things I loved are too many to be named, but certainly you can identify patterns with other lists of favorites that I've come up with and come to the conclusion that there are bands I love (here's looking at you, BSS). This list is merely meant as a guide. Explore music.
As for the actual mechanics of having a playlist, as some of you may know, Apple killed Lala, and I so far have not found anything close to that level of functionality on the web. So you can do this a couple ways. You could buy these too, but I certainly didn't buy them explicitly to make this playlist. Many I own physically (or will when they finally come out), but they can all be found digitally with some degree of diligence out there on the web. Most of my downloads come from Pitchfork, and failing that Hype Machine is your friend. Questions, comments, criticism on what the hell I was thinking, you know where to leave that stuff.
Enjoy. By the by, this is in order, but on a CD, it would be reversed. You're smart, I'll trust you to figure that out.
50) Say No To Love by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart from Say No To Love 7"
49) Albatross by The Besnard Lakes from The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
48) Stay Close by Delorean from Subiza
47) Bang Pop by Free Energy from Stuck On Nothing
46) Your Hands (Together) by The New Pornographers from Together
45) Heaven's On Fire by The Radio Dept. from Heaven's On Fire
44) Collector by Here We Go Magic from Pigeons
43) I Go Away by Mndr from E.P.E.
42) Month Of May by Arcade Fire from The Suburbs
41) You Can't Be Alone by All Saints Day from their eponymous release
40) Even If It Worked Out by Cloud Nothings from the Didn't You 7"
39) You and I by Washed Out feat. Caroline Polachek from the Adult Swim Singles Project
38) Swim by Surfer Blood from Astro Coast
37) 18 Hours (Of Love) by KXP from KXP
36) Come Home by Chappo from Plastique Universe EP
35) Round and Round by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti from Before Today
34) Sun Hands by Local Natives from Gorilla Manor
33) Excuses by The Morning Benders from Big Echo
32) Outer Limits by SLEEP ∞ OVER from Outer Limits 7"
31) I Hope You Die by Wye Oak from My Neighbor / My Creator
30) No Man's Land by Psychobuildings from the Portrait 7"
29) Marathon by Tennis from The Marathon 7"
28) Solitude Is Bliss by Tame Impala from Innerspeaker
27) No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future by Titus Andronicus from The Monitor
26) Night by Zola Jesus from the Stridulum EP
25) Journal of Ardency by Class Actress from Journal of Ardency
24) Dancing On My Own by Robyn from Body Talk Pt. 1
23) Celestica by Crystal Castles from Crystal Castles ( II )
22) Take It In by Hot Chip from One Life Stand
21) On Melancholy Hill by Gorillaz from Plastic Beach
20) Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National from High Violet
19) USA BOYS by HEALTH from ::DISCO2
18) Tell 'Em by Sleigh Bells from Treats
17) Rocket (Richard X One Zero Remix) by Goldfrapp
16) Real Life by Tanlines from Settings
15) Forced to Love by Broken Social Scene from Forgiveness Rock Record
14) Younger Us by Japandroids from the Younger Us 7''
13) Chinatown by Wild Nothing from Gemini
12) The Gaudy Side of Town by Gayngs from Relayted
11) Boyfriend by Best Coast from Crazy For You
10) Norway by Beach House from Teen Dream
09) Year's Not Long by Male Bonding by Nothing Hurts
08) Returnal by Oneohtrix Point Never from Returnal
07) We Can't Fly (Radio Edit) by Aeroplane from We Can't Fly
06) Odessa by Caribou from Swim
05) The Blues ft. Nina Persson by Primary 1
04) New Rules by Shine 2009
03) Go Outside by Cults from Cults 7"
02) Come With Me by ceo from White Magic
01) King Night by Salem from King Night
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