-One freak’s commentary on one song (or year) each week-
In spite of my strong efforts to remain a curmudgeon, I have to admit that 2009 was a good year for music. I haven’t felt this strongly about mainstream pop, hip-hop, indie-rock, or indie-indie rock, in like, forever. I think it can be attributed to the waning of genre-ization—no one seems to give a shit anymore. This led to a lot of quality content without gimmicky marketing, or hype-induced frenzy. Plus, like Jay said best, there was the whole death of the auto-tune thing.
So here’s the year… one standout track from one standout album at a time. Maaaad mp3s, yo. Right click and download until your heart is content:
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Animal Collective – Brothersport*
from Merriweather Post Pavillion
Animal Collective – What Would I Want? Sky*
from Fall Be Kind EP
Atlas Sound – Walkabout (feat. Noah Lennox)
from Logos
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Can’t Hear My Eyes
from Can’t Hear My Eyes 7”
Big Boi – Shine Blockas (feat. Gucci Mane)
from the upcoming Sir Lucious Leftfoot
from Crime Pays
Clipse – Popular Demand (feat. Cam’ron & Pharrell)
from Til the Casket Drops
Doom – Angelz (feat. Tony Starks)
from Born Like This
Drake – Forever (feat. Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne & Eminem)*
from Grafitti
Florence and the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (xx remix)
from You’ve Got the Love single
Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel*
from Fool’s Gold
from Feathers & Hallways 7”
-thanks, guten!
from Monster Head Room
from Album
from Veckatimest
from The State Vs. Radric Davis
from Here We Go Magic
from Exhibit C single
Jay Reatard – It Ain’t Gonna Save Me
from Watch Me Fall
Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)*
from The Blueprint 3
Jeff the Brotherhood – Bone Jam
from Heavy Days
*thanks again, guten!
from the upcoming Sisterworld
Major Lazer – Hold the Line (feat. Mr. Lexx & Santigold)
from Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do
Memory Tapes – Plain Material*
from Seek Magic
from Jewllery
Neon Indian – Terminally Chill
from Psychic Chasms
from What Did He Say 7”
Raekwon – 10 Bricks (feat. Cappadonna & Ghostface)
from Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2
from Real Estate
The Rumble Strips – Girls and Boys in Love
from Girls and Weather
Smith Westerns – Imagine, Pt. 3
from Imagine, Pt. 3 7”
from Actor
Think About Life – Havin’ My Baby
from Family
The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa (feat. Ezra Koenig)
Warm Heart of Africa
White Denim – Regina Holding Hands
from Fits
Woods – Military Madness (Graham Nash)
from Songs of Shame
from xx
from Young Dro Singles
from One Foot Ahead of the Other
