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1. Portishead - Machine Gun
2. Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
3. Laura Marling - The Captain and the Hourglass
4. Billy Bragg - O Freedom
5. Crystal Castles - Untrust Us
and you?
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Top 5 songs of this year, so far
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by theseabass
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Duffy - Warwick Avenue
Weezer - Pork And Beans
Elbow - On A Day Like This
Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon
Be Your Own Pet - Becky
This is more or less my favourites
*Timesbold - Any Lethal Storm
*Elbow - An Audience With the Pope
*The Mae Shi - Run to Your Grave
*Oppenheimer - Major Television Events
*We Are Scientists - After Hours
Deerhunter probably would have made this, but they're from the future.
..
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Gardenia
Alphabeat - Facination
Be Your Own Pet - Becky
brrrrappp!
1. Zomby - Splif Dub (Rustie Remix)
2. The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave
3. Martyn - Natural Selection
4. Pinch - Chamber Dub
5. Joker - 80s
heck turns out I only like one band... ah well.
As the delightful cowcow says Deerhunter would get a hell of a look in but they are from the future hahahaha
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Terror Catgirl- Hip hop Tramp
Grill Gang- Stop hooting at my girl
Pop Jones- Where the crank at?
Cornellius- Tap 1
Liverbloods- Hooky Kooky
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1. Johnny Foreigner - Salt, Pepper & Spinderella
2. Why? - Fatalist Palmalist
3. No Age - Teen Creeps
4. The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
5. Los Campesinos! - This Is How You Spell...
i'm too lazy to list 5
but lupe fiasco 'superstar' is the single of the year so far, hands down.
Top 5 EPIC indie rock moments of 2008
Titus Andronicus - Fear and Loathing in Mahwah, NJ (06.02)
Wintersleep - Miasmal Smoke and the Yellow Bellied Freaks (08.09)
Sun Kil Moon - Tonight the Sky (10.21)
Orphans and Villains - Mysterious Skin (10.23)
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow (07.42)
I think Wintersleep came out last year, but since I don't care...
Bon Iver - Creature Fear
Broadcast 2000 - Get Up and Go
Late of the Pier - Space and The Woods
Cut Copy - Out There On The Ice
The Dodos - Walking
......
and mine...
Elbow - Some Riot
Wild Beasts - Devil's Crayon
Portishead - The Rip
Fleet Foxes - Your Protector
White Lies - Unfinished Business
In no particular order..
Santogold - Creator
M83 - You, Appearing
The Notwist - Boneless
Air France - No Excuses
Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
...
Atlas Sound - Quarantined
Xiu Xiu - No Friend Oh!
Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth
Cats In Paris - Foxes
frYars - Olive Eyes
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1. The Futureheads - Beginning of the Twist
2. Johnny Foreigner - The End and Everything After
3. Constantines - Brother Run Them Down
4. Death Cab - I Will Possess Your Heart
5. Torche - Healer
this is all subject to change, however.
This list will be totally different tomorrow...
1. British Sea Power "No Lucifer"
2. The Hold Steady "Constructive Summer"
3. Frank Turner "I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous"
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "We Call Upon the Author"
5. The Lodger "The Good Old Days"
mine
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - We call upon the Author
i just realised
this was supposed to be in my original list, but i managed to forget it. it probably takes 3rd spot.
here:
Frightened Rabbit - Poke
Johny Foreigner - Sometimes, In The Bullring
Cut Copy - Out There On Ice
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Look See Proof - High Horse (honestly!, it's good)
No Lucifer definitely number 1
other good 'uns
Death Cab - Cath...
Youthmovies - Cannulae
Why? - Good Friday
Protest The Hero - Bone Marrow
ones that aren't by Why?
.These New Puritans- Numerology
.Late of the Pier- Space and the Woods
.MGMT- Time To Pretend
.White Rabbits- Kid On My Shoulders
.Devotchka- Basso Profundo
At the moment
In no particular order
1.Humanfly - Shot Into Space(On a Collision Course with the Sun)
2.Idiot Pilot - Cruel World Enterprise
3.The Mae Shi - PWND
4.Rolo Tomassi - Beatrotter
5.Blood Red Shoes - This Is Not For You
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Laura Marling - Night Terror
Phil King - When She Comes Back
Iron and Wine - Wolves
The Ruby Suns - Kenya Dig It?
Foxes - Cats in Paris
Violator - White Williams
Graveyard Girl - M83
Open the Door - BSP
off the top of my head
...
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
Elbow - One Day Like This
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
Sigur Ros - Vid Spilum Endalaust
inpo
neon neon - racquel
los campesinos! - we are all accelerated readers
yung nate and charles harrison - stutter
mgmt - time to pretend
hot chip - wrestlers
good list
thanks for reminding me about wrestlers
The best ones
Mogwai - Batcat
Lightspeed Champion - Midnight Surprise
Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk
Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
Late Of The Pier - Focker
umm
elbow - grounds for divorce
johnny foreigner - salt, peppa and spinderella
mystery jets - two doors down
...ne-yo - closer
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1. Why - The Vowels Pt. 2
2. Wild Beasts - The Devil's Crayon
3. Gabrielle Cilmi - Sweet About Me
4. Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow
5. Mystery Jets - Veiled In Grey
'specially that third one!
top 5..
1. Mystery Jets - Young Love
2. Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
3. Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
4. Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
5. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
top 5
m83 - kim & jessie
the roots - rising down
cut copy - feel the love
fleet foxes - winter white hymnal
beck - orphans
these
Why? - By Torpedo or Crohn's
Cut Copy - Unforgettable Season
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow
No Age - Eraser
HEALTH - Glitter Pills
here we go:
1. The Juan Maclean - Happy House
2. Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
3. Harvey Milk - Death Goes to the Winner
4. Force of Nature - Transmute (Still Going Remix)
5. Lil Wayne - 3peat