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Again...strange year. But this is a good one!

Last Summer -- Pete Yorn
Sometime Around Midnight -- The Airborne Toxic Event
Lisztomania (Holy Ghost ! Love Paris Remix) -- Phoenix
David -- The Radio Dept.
Sweet Disposition -- The Temper Trap
Here to Fall -- Yo La Tengo
Manhattan Beach -- A Shoreline Dream
Strangling Good Guys -- Trailer Trash Tracys
Copernicus -- The Mars Volta
Teardrops -- The XX
Venice -- Beirut
Pale Horses [Empyrean] -- Moby
Found A Little Baby -- Joe Pernice

Strange year ...

Contender -- Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Into the Sun -- Candlebox
Deadman's Hand -- The Church
Introducing Palace Players -- Mew
Two Weeks (Fred Falke Extended Remix) -- Grizzly Bear
Dead Light -- Amazing Baby
Journal for Plague Lovers -- Manic Street Preachers
I Can Feel a Hot One -- Manchester Orchestra
Quiet Little Voices -- We Were Promised Jetpacks
Sort Of -- Silversun Pickups
Waste of TIme -- The Milk & Honey Band
Gimme Sympathy -- Metric
Never Ends -- Vijay Kishore
Aeon -- Antony & the Johnsons

OK, this is it ... time to move on to 2009. So much great stuff out there.

Circles -- Dark Captain Light Captain
For Your Love -- Marching Band
The Ego Delusion -- The Soundtrack of Our Lives
The Modern Leper -- Frightened Rabbit
Beyond the Horizon -- People In Planes
Black Burning Heart -- Keane
In Ear Park -- Department of Eagles
Nothing Ever Happened -- Deerhunter
Departure -- Crystal Stilts
To Fix the Gash In Your Head -- A Place To Bury Strangers
Perfect Games -- The Broken West
Anyway You Choose To Give It -- The Black Ghosts
Down -- Anthem In
Too Too Too Fast -- Ra Ra Riot
Black Balloon -- The Kills

Please also check out the following. These were certainly worthy, but there was just not enough room:

Tonight the Sky -- Sun Kil Moon
Counterfeit -- Drew Andrews
And She Would Darken the Memory -- The Twilight Sad
On A Day Like This -- Elbow

Two Ways Out -- Darker My Love
Standing Next To Me -- The Last Shadow Puppets
Until We Bleed -- Kleerup
Geraldine -- Glasvegas
Not What You Thought -- Clap For Daylight
Same Suburb, Different Park -- Firekites
California in Popular Song -- The Lucksmiths
X Off Days -- The New Year
Your Protector -- Fleet Foxes
Go On Say It -- Blind Pilot
No Excuses -- Air France
Golden Age -- TV On The Radio
Doves -- The Black Angels
When Water Comes To Life -- Cloud Cult
The Snow Leopard -- Shearwater

Some gems I've run across recently to start your year right. Enjoy...

Superluminal -- Home Video
The Orange Billboard -- Moonbabies
Out of Sight -- The Brother Kite
71705 -- Alcien Blue
Stare -- Mynuskris
Love Like Rockets -- Angels & Airwaves
The Shape of 8 -- Cloud Cult
Talk Amongst Yourselves -- Grand National
My Boat -- Witness UK
Jealous Enemies -- Dark Captain Light Captain
Dangerous -- Panda & Angel
Magnificent Oblivion -- Fleeting Joys
Ceil Errant -- Alcest

Yeah, I'm askin' ... not that I dance

So Sleep -- Junior Boys
The Best Revenge -- Fischerspooner
Remember Me -- Blue Boy/DJ Mark Farina
One of These Days -- Kraak & Smaak
Homeless Kids Club -- My Favorite
Lights and Music -- Cut Copy
This Boy's In Love -- The Presets
That You Might Think -- Home Video
Truth & Lies -- Presets/Cut Copy
I Believe -- Simian Mobile Disco
Underwater (Spooky Remix) -- Liz Fraser
Undertow (Spooky Remix) -- Lush
Praan -- Garry Schyman

A very fun time frame for this genre -- 1981 to 1985.

Without Warning -- Dokken
Run To The Hills -- Iron Maiden
Flying High Again -- Ozzy Osbourne
Wanted Man -- Ratt
Queen of the Ryche -- Queensrÿche
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Coming Home -- The Scorpions
Who's Behind the Door? -- Zebra
Knocking At Your Back Door -- Deep Purple
On With the Show -- Mötley Crüe
Balls To The Wall -- Accept
You've Got Another Thing Coming -- Judas Priest
Burning Heart -- Vandenberg

You can't lose with good Brit Pop. Ok, I know Celestial is not from the UK. So, neither is The Shore.

Falling Down (Chemical Brothers Remix) -- Oasis
Can't Explain -- Longview
Lovers In Japan -- Coldplay
This Once Was An Island -- Trembling Blue Stars
Love Is Noise -- The Verve
Bad Skin Day -- Bell X1
Panic Attack -- 50 Hertz
Dream On -- Celestial
Roadkill -- Pulp
A Bad Dream -- Keane
Make This Go On Forever -- Snow Patrol
Cities Beneath The Sea -- Gravenhurst

This was a tough one. Maybe too many "hits," but I loved 'em.

Last Goodbye -- Jeff Buckley
Sproston Green -- Charlatans UK
Sunshine Smile -- Adorable
Airbag -- Radiohead
Cool Your Boots -- Ride
All Over Now -- The Candy Skins
New #1 -- Bob Mould
Disarm -- Smashing Pumpkins
Would? -- Alice In Chains
Rearviewmirror -- Pearl Jam
Interstate Love Song -- Stone Temple Pilots
Naomi -- Neutral Milk Hotel
No Rain -- Blind Melon
Sweetness & Light -- Lush
Soon -- My Bloody Valentine

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Search Results: Indietacular!

Red & Purple -- The Dodos
Touch Me I'm Going To Scream (Part 1) -- My Morning Jacket
Blood Sweat & Fears -- What Made Milwaukee Famous
Cigarrettes & Kerosene -- Earlimart
Chemtrails -- Beck
Drink Up Girls -- Velveteen
Aurora -- Midnight Juggernauts
Eraser -- No Age
King -- Weezer
Plantlife -- Autolux
Lullaby -- Frankel
2080 -- Yeahsayer
Just Don't Leave Town -- Dolorean
Buenos Aires Beach -- The War On Drugs

No particular theme...just some stuff I've been listening to lately. Some is brand new and some not at all. It's all good, though.

Trampoline -- Bell X1
Keep Looking Up -- Landon Pigg
The Misbegotten -- The Charlatans
Fate -- For Against
Motorcycles -- The Aluminum Group
Crown Estate -- Piano Magic
Pearl -- Maritime
U.S. Mile 5 -- Stars of Track & Field
The Sleeping States, or Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat? -- Sleeping States
Epic Last Song -- Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Conquering Kids -- Throw Me The Statue
Good Lies -- The Notwist
Polyethylene -- Chris Walla
Darker, Colder, Slower -- Trembling Blue Stars
Henry -- The Mary Onettes

I know...
two 10-year old Radiohead covers is probably excessive. But they're sooo good. Enjoy, and let me know of other things that have come out this year that I need to hear. I think 2008 is going to be pretty solid.

Lately -- The Helio Sequence
Strangers In The Wind -- Cut Copy
Get Yer Head Around It -- Headlights
Voice of the Sea -- Secret Shine
Each to Each -- The Gutter Twins
Machine Gun -- Portishead
Sweet Apocalypse -- Moby
Exit Music (For a Film) -- Vampire Weekend
Graveyard Girl -- M83
Juliet Of Spirits -- The B-52s
On Nautilus -- Radar Bros.
Clowns -- Goldfrapp
One Pure Thought -- Hot Chip
Scraping Past -- Atlas Sound
Subterannean Homesick Alien -- Mobius Band

Elliott Smith was arguably the most talented singer/songwriter in the last 25 years. I've had two generations older and younger than me agree. If you don't know his work, please listen from beginning to end. You'll be amazed.

Junk Bond Trader
True Love
Miss Misery
Bled White
Everything Reminds Me Of Her
Coast To Coast
Between The Bars
Baby Britain
Pitselah
Plainclothes Man
Rose Parade
A Fond Farewell
Wouldn't Mama Be Proud
Oh Well, Okay
Waltz #2
Christian Brothers
Pretty Mary K
I Didn't Understand

There weren't many fantastic albums in 2007, but there were a lot of great songs. These two podcasts encompass my personal favorites, barring those songs already on another episode (Fortune, Farewell Farewell, Suburban Perfume, Great Pretenders). Be sure to pick up both episodes in case you're a subscriber, as I posted both of these the same day. Enjoy! Hope you find something new here.

Born Losers-- Matthew Good
3 Times And You Lose -- Travis
Reckoner -- Radiohead
Colorguard -- Division Day
Evil Bee -- Menomena
The Ghost Of You Lingers -- Spoon
Xavier Says -- The Magnetic Fields
Flight 180 -- Bishop Allen
Wise Man -- Liam Finn
Half Right -- Elliott Smith
Shine Acoustic -- Muse
Keep The Car Running -- Arcade Fire
My Rights Versus Yours -- The New Pornographers
Walcott -- Vampire Weekend
Meet You At The Mouth -- Army Of Me

23 -- Blonde Redhead
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi -- Radiohead
What We Had -- Handsome Furs
Fakey Fake -- Earlimart
Home -- Great Northern
Every Day -- Voxtrot
The Pills Won't Help You Now (feat. Midlake) -- The Chemical Brothers
Foxgloves -- Bell Hollow
Green Fields -- The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Ode to LRC -- Band Of Horses
Super Inuit -- Holy Fuck
Harmonium -- Rogue Wave
Cold Days From The Birdhouse -- The Twilight Sad
Kookaburra -- John Vanderslice

I know there were tons of phenomenal songs in the 80s...here are 16 that did it for me.

Dreams Never End -- New Order
The Missing Boy -- The Durutti Column
Carolyn's Fingers -- Cocteau Twins
The Unforgettable Fire -- U2
William, It Was Really Nothing -- The Smiths
In Between Days -- The Cure
Harborcoat -- R.E.M.
Lost Weekend -- Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
This Is the Day -- The The
The New Stone Age -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Cardiac Arrest -- Madness
Man Out Of Time -- Elvis Costello
Phoenix -- The Cult
Waiting For The Night -- Depeche Mode
To Turn You On -- Roxy Music
The Home Front -- Billy Bragg

So, Kevin suggested I create one as well. I challenged myself to select only from bands he did not. Nice mix of old and new peppered with Dark Side bites.

Pigs On The Wing (Part One) -- Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
405 (Acoustic) -- Death Cab For Cutie
Maple Leaves -- Jens Lekman
Be Kind - Remind -- Rogue Wave
Gideon -- My Morning Jacket
Imaginary Girl -- The Bees
Paranoid Eyes -- Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
No New Tale To Tell -- Love & Rockets
Mistaken For Strangers -- The National
Broken Boy Soldiers -- The Raconteurs
History -- The Verve
Alice and Interiors -- Manchester Orchestra
Like A Call -- Architecture In Helsinki
The Warning -- Hot Chip
Computer Love -- Kraftwerk
Acid 8000 -- Fatboy Slim
Saturdays -- Cut Copy
I Used To Dance With My Daddy -- Datarock
Where There's a Will There's A Whalebone -- Islands
The Great Gig In The Sky -- Pink Floyd

This is a mix my friend Kevin created in preparation for Coachella.

Isabel -- Fields
Monster Hospital -- Metric
Normandie -- Shout Out Louds
To Build A Home -- The Cinematic Orchestra
Electric Feel -- MGMT
Mansard Roof -- Vampire Weekend
Ageless Beauty -- Stars
Throwin' Shapes -- Minus The Bear
Run -- Spiritualized
The Girl You Lost To Cocaine -- Sia
Cowboys -- Portishead
Bleary Eyed -- Annuals
Fireworks -- Animal Collective
International Rock Star -- Stars
Ladies of Cambridge -- Vampire Weekend
Cold Hands -- Black Lips
It's A Hit -- Rilo Kiley
Succexy -- Metric
What Would Wolves Do? -- Les Savy Fav
Ddiamondd -- Battles

OK...I did throw a couple of great 90's tunes in there for those of you paying attention. This one was a lot of fun. Enjoy.

Teen Angst -- M83
Deeper Into Movies -- Yo La Tengo
Wheel -- The High Violets
Interference -- Slut
Lie Down Forever -- Godstar
Where the Ocean Meets the Eye -- The Stratford 4
Farewell, Farewell -- Gravenhurst
Ordinary Ghosts -- People Noise
Silver Rails -- Weevil
Car No Driver -- Dirty on Purpose
Noi Boi -- The Velvet Teen
Season (Start) -- Relay
Eavesdropper -- Spectralux
Pink Cloud Tracing Paper -- Asobi Seksu
Your Imagination -- All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors

A friend described this set as morose. I can certainly understand where he's coming from. But if you're in the mood...it's quite lovely.

King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 -- Neutral Milk Hotel (Jeff Mangum)
Tomorrow Tomorrow -- Elliott Smith
Something Pretty -- Patrick Park
Song for You -- Alexi Murdoch
What Was Wrong -- Storyhill
Winter -- Joshua Radin
Day Old Hate -- Dallas Green
Hands of Time -- Ron Sexsmith
Grudge Fuck -- Scud Mountain Boys (Joe Pernice)
Dewdrops -- Ashton Allen
Sister I Need Wine -- Guided By Voices (Robert Pollard)
Resurrection Furn -- Iron & Wine (Sam Beam)
Cathedrals -- Jump Little Children (Jay Clifford)
Ride -- Cary Brothers

You know those songs that when you first hear them you must listen to them again, and again ad nauseam until you simply have to make yourself listen to something else? Here is a short list of mine. There will definitely be follow up episodes for this one. Enjoy.

Suburban Perfume -- Office
Failure -- Kings of Convenience
Heavy Lifting -- Ambulance LTD
Knives Out -- Radiohead
So Here We Are -- Bloc Party
LA -- Elliott Smith
Common Reactor -- Silversun Pickups
Where The Damage Isn't Already Done -- The Radio Dept.
Don't Panic -- Coldplay
Like This Train -- The Mutton Birds
If You Were Here -- Cary Brothers
Great Pretenders -- Silver Lakes
Bandits -- Midlake
Coming Down -- The Shore

One of the finest dream/chamber/ambient pop compilations you will ever hear...

Tell -- The Radio Dept.
Wave Another Day Goodbye -- Ronderlin
(I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine -- The Clientele
Between Two Points -- Montgolfier Brothers
Overcome By Happiness -- The Pernice Brothers
Live Deliberately -- Fosca
Melody Day -- Caribou
I Wasn't Much Of A Fight -- Club 8
Snowflake -- Mew
Strange Things Will Happen -- The Radio Dept.
There Goes The Sun -- The Pernice Brothers
The Worste Taste In Music -- The Radio Dept.
What Shall We Do Next? -- Club 8
Even If My Mind Can't Tell You -- Montgolfier Brothers
Fortune -- Miracle Fortress
Farewell, Farewell -- Gravenhurst
Time For Farming Soon -- Ronderlin

I accidentally left out "Rockinghorse Road" by Silver Screen. Check it out if you dig the rest of this.

This is a blend of songs by indie bands influenced by Brian Wilson. While not a huge Beach Boys fan, I'm astonished at the influence they had. And here is the best of, in my humble opinion. Enjoy.

Maybe Lately -- Miracle Fortress
She's The One -- Caribou
The Game Is Up -- Don's Mobile Barbers
City Girl -- Kevin Shields
Another One Goes By -- Mazarin
Eli -- Caribou
Beach Baby -- Miracle Fortress
Chasing The Girl -- Mazarin
Fortune -- Miracle Fortress
Don't Leave -- Frankel
He's Headed Back Into Town -- Don's Mobile Barbers