The audio’s been removed, but there’s plenty more where that came from coming up. Subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Hype Machine, or follow us on Twitter. 100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1 40. TV On The Radio, “Halfway Home” (2008) This song feels so deliberately and fussily constructed that [...]

The audio’s been removed, but there’s plenty more where that came from coming up. Subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Hype Machine, or follow us on Twitter. 100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1 60. Peter Bjorn and John, “Young Folks” (2006) The standard writeup of “Young Folks” starts and ends [...]

The audio’s been removed, but there’s plenty more where that came from coming up. Subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Hype Machine, or follow us on Twitter. 100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1 80. The Postal Service, “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” Ben Gibbard’s pretentions and wimpiness make Death Cab [...]

The audio’s been removed, but there’s plenty more where that came from coming up. Subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Hype Machine, or follow us on Twitter. 100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1 100. Tahiti 80, “Heartbeat” (2000) “Heartbeat” is both the kind of precious pop that I loved in [...]

Thanks for the visit. We’re not just here at the end of the decade; we’re here all year, sharing our songs of the week and other loves. Subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Hype Machine, or follow us on Twitter. Top 100 Songs of the 00′s: 100-81 100. Tahiti 80, “Heartbeat” (2000) 99. [...]

Swine flu’n _ Brooklyn move’n _ Facial sploog’n Outputmessage, ‘Glintz’ (2006)

Been digging through old Radiohead b-sides…its amazing how much quality music was deemed ‘not album worthy’ by the group over the years. ‘Cuttooth’ is probably one of my favorite RH tracks. Its a b-side off of Kid A, and upon listening, it is obvious why it was cut. Heavy on the guitars/piano/set drums…though, at times [...]

Last Christmas, I was talking over the songs in the Pitchfork 500 book with my brother-in-law Michael. We went back to Michael’s home recording studio and he played me Refused’s “New Noise”–which I’d never heard before–out of his perfect studio speakers. The tight noise of the main riff of that song when it hit at [...]

short winded; long song M83: ‘Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun’ (2005)download

Last week on The Colbert Report, Steven interviewed Lawrence Lessig, the author of a book called Remix. It is basically about merging art, commerce, and collaboration. He used the example of file sharing and mash-up songs as his main example, claiming that anyone should be allowed to take someones art and ‘remix it’…create more value [...]