Be sure to read Jaymo's Vampire Weekend review below as I feel it is not only pretty much spot on, but posts usually get a bit more time in the 'most recent post' slot than just a few days and I feel slightly bad about unseating it so quickly.
That said, here's the continuation of my 100 favorite songs of 2000-2009:
90: Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Just a stunningly simple song.
89: I Am Kloot - Untitled #1
A shining example of the power of laid-back, still-lying-in-bed vocals juxtaposed with shuffling drums.
88: The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
This was the first Decemberists song I ever heard, having stumbled across their website on one of my many late night/early morning scourings of t'internet. I told a friend at the time that the vocals reminded me of I Am Kloot (number 89) and I still stick by that.
87: Hope of the States - The Red, The White, The Black, The Blue
The forcefulness of this song is staggering... and, as with all Hope of the States songs (or at least the good ones) it gives one full reign to use as many synonyms for 'epic' as one could possibly ever want.
86: The Stills - Lola Stars and Stripes
A glossy exercise in noise-pop that resulted in many drunken nights with my hands in the air and no voice in the morning.
85: Interpol - NYC
I never fully jumped on the Interpol bandwagon when "Turn on the Bright Lights" came out, but it's impossible to deny that NYC is simply a fantastic song.
84: Band of Horses - The General Specific
Honestly, what's more fun than harmonizing while clapping your hands and stomping your feet?
83: Ambershades - Clap, Clap, Clap
The amount of fun that it sounds like Ambershades are having on this song is almost unfair. Makes me want to harmonize in a high-pitched Super Furry Animals-like voice too.
82: Coldplay - Brothers and Sister
I know what you're thinking... "Really? Brothers and Sisters? You're full of it."
For reasons that I cannot even begin to comprehend myself I simply love this song. I sang it accapella on the way to school senior year of high school every day (literally every damn day) because our family computer didn't have a CD burner.
81: Helio Sequence - Hallelujah
I've posted this video before, during my top ten of 2008(which was posted quite a ways into 2009, much like, it seems, my forthcoming 2009 list), so if anyone reading this didn't check it out previously, feel free to bask in the space-guitar stomp.
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That said, here's the continuation of my 100 favorite songs of 2000-2009:
90: Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Just a stunningly simple song.
89: I Am Kloot - Untitled #1
A shining example of the power of laid-back, still-lying-in-bed vocals juxtaposed with shuffling drums.
88: The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
This was the first Decemberists song I ever heard, having stumbled across their website on one of my many late night/early morning scourings of t'internet. I told a friend at the time that the vocals reminded me of I Am Kloot (number 89) and I still stick by that.
87: Hope of the States - The Red, The White, The Black, The Blue
The forcefulness of this song is staggering... and, as with all Hope of the States songs (or at least the good ones) it gives one full reign to use as many synonyms for 'epic' as one could possibly ever want.
86: The Stills - Lola Stars and Stripes
A glossy exercise in noise-pop that resulted in many drunken nights with my hands in the air and no voice in the morning.
85: Interpol - NYC
I never fully jumped on the Interpol bandwagon when "Turn on the Bright Lights" came out, but it's impossible to deny that NYC is simply a fantastic song.
84: Band of Horses - The General Specific
Honestly, what's more fun than harmonizing while clapping your hands and stomping your feet?
83: Ambershades - Clap, Clap, Clap
The amount of fun that it sounds like Ambershades are having on this song is almost unfair. Makes me want to harmonize in a high-pitched Super Furry Animals-like voice too.
82: Coldplay - Brothers and Sister
I know what you're thinking... "Really? Brothers and Sisters? You're full of it."
For reasons that I cannot even begin to comprehend myself I simply love this song. I sang it accapella on the way to school senior year of high school every day (literally every damn day) because our family computer didn't have a CD burner.
81: Helio Sequence - Hallelujah
I've posted this video before, during my top ten of 2008(which was posted quite a ways into 2009, much like, it seems, my forthcoming 2009 list), so if anyone reading this didn't check it out previously, feel free to bask in the space-guitar stomp.
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