006. the best of 2009.

so a year has passed and a new decade is amongst us, and by golly we got some delicious tunes. here is what i deemed to be the best from this year.

001. "my night with the prostitute from marseille" beirut

002. "two weeks" grizzly bear

003. "young lions" the maccabees

004. "shelter" the xx

005. "40 day dream" edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros

006. "island, IS" volcano choir

007. "seven" fever ray

008. "let your love grow tall" passion pit

009. "the strums" the dodos

010. "black ice" ohbijou

011. "where did all the love go?" kasabian

012. "bear" the antlers

013. "(bit part)" the wooden sky

014. "fitz and the dizzyspells" andrew bird

015. "young adult friction" the pains of being pure at heart

016. "you go on ahead (trumpet trumpet II)" sunset rubdown

part one here.

part two here.

005. mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables.

think of this one as my own little mix tape.

001. "time to listen (dj topcate mash up)" talib kweli vs. mgmt

002. "runnin' with the xx" biggie vs. tupac vs. the xx

003. "white winter hymnal (the twelves remix)" fleet foxes

004. "close to me (vengeance mash up)" the cure vs. lil' wayne

005. "get em' high (ratatat remix)" kanye west

006. "big shit poppin' (team teamwork mash up)" t.i. vs. sigur ros

007. "boyz (the twelves remix)" m.i.a

008. "the reeling (grey ghost remix)" passion pit

009. "two more years (mstrkrft remix)" bloc party

010. "soft shock (them jeans acoustic remix)" yeah yeah yeahs

011. "blinded by the lights (nero remix)" the streets

mix it up

004. ninteeneightywhaaaat!?

"i wish i was at woodstock!"

"i wish i was around for beatlemania!"

"i wish i was there when elvis got a buzz cut!"

pfft. fuck that shit.

i wish i was around for these ones.

1. "i wanna be adored" the stone roses.

2. "too fast for you" the church.

3. "mad world" tears for fears.

4. "common people" pulp. (sure this song is from 1995. but it just fits so fucking well)

5. "she sells sanctuary" the cult.

6. "just like heaven" the cure.

7. "skow of strength" echo and the bunnymen.

8. "the boy with the thorn in his side" the smiths.

9. "crosseyed and painless" the talking heads.

10. "dead man's party" oingo boingo.

go back.

003. music in movies.

songs i could listen to over and over again from movies i could watch over and over again.

001 "damn it feels good to be a gangster" geto boyz [office space]

002 "these days" nico [the royal tenenbaums]
003 "too young" phoenix [lost in translation]

004 "life on mars?" david bowie [the life aquatic with steve zissou]
005 "o saya" a.r. rahman ft. m.i.a. [slumdog millionaire]

006 "play with fire" [the darjeeling limited]
007 "analyze" thom yorke [the prestige]
008 "the sound of silence" [watchmen]

009 "head over heels" tears for fears [donnie darko]
010 "a satisfied mind" johnny cash [kill bill: volume 2]
011 "light and day/reach for the sun" the polyphonic spree [eternal sunshine of the spotless mind]

listen/watch

002. ten songs for a longboard.

these songs are also appropriate for snowboarding. preferably deep powder and busy glades.

1. "the season" the dodos.

2. "west coast" coconut records

3. "churches under the stairs" brenden canning

4. "up against the wall" peter bjorn and john

5. "scenic world" beirut

6. "mykonos" fleet foxes

7. "big big love (fig. 2)" foals

8. "requiem for a scene" brasstronaut

9. "new kind of love" plants and animals

10. "shook (sigur ros vs. mobb depp)" emancipator

go ride.

001. number one.

01. "welcome home, son" radical face.

02. "chug along" trainwreck riders.

03. "magazine" pedro the lion.

04. "false alarm" the wooden birds.

05. "it's your touch" the black ghost

06. "fanshawe" el ten eleven.

07. "heretics" andrew bird.

08. "edmonton" the rural alberta advantage

09. "by and by" lay low

10. "eid ma clack shaw" bill callahan.

11. "the gardener" the tallest man on earth.

12. "dry the rain" the beta band

13. "the reeling (grey ghost remix)" passion pit.

indulge here.

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