Ah, such good music this year. I feel like doing nothing more on this New Year's Day than to sit and listen to music. Here is a list of some of my favorites that I discovered this year (although some are older). They are in no particular order.
- The Mountain Tomb The Speaker
- Stars Namoli Brennet
- Nothing In Our Way Now It's Overhead
- Feet Asleep Thao Nguyen
- Van Helsing Boombox Man Man
- You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb Spoon
- The World Stops Turning Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
- Fuck Your Pain Away The Cliks
- Cleanse Song Bright Eyes
- This Boy I'm From Barcelona
- Currents Dashboard Confessional
- What If? Lucinda Williams
- A Virgin Like You The Ark
- Billy Brown Mika
- Going to a Town Rufus Wainwright
- And I Found This Boy Maia Hirasawa
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This year, for me....I'm sorting my iTunes by play count and seeing what stands out to me as stuff I kept pulling out to listen to...
"here comes the sun" - Nina Simone
"red dress" - Maia Sharp
"all around you" - Darden Smith
"don't think twice, it's alright" - Susan Tedeschi
"mercy now" - Mary Gauthier
"born" - Over the Rhine
"life by the drop" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"smile" - Lyle Lovett
"don't let the world get in your way" - The Jayhawks
"portrait" - Doria Roberts
and of course, one of my personal favorites that's gotten me through many a tough day....
"god will" by...unknown
"i can hear you" - they might be giants
"new orleans instrumental no. 1" - r.e.m.
"a better son/daughter" - rilo kiley
"fidelity" - regina spektor
"cycles" - rickie lee jones"
"cornershop" - baby bird
"the littlest birds" - the be good tanyas
"funny funny me" - altered images
"we rule the school" - belle & sebastian
"this year" - the mountain goats
"me & julio down by the schoolyard" - paul simon & kid
"half court press" - kitty craft
"rubber biscuit" - the chips
"i like giants" - kimya dawson
"like to sail" - heather normandale
"memory of a free festival" - david bowie
"i always wanted to be a tenenbaum" - mark mothersbaugh
"breakfast at tiffany's" - henry mancini
"ya ya twist" - petula clark
"midnight radio" - john cameron mitchell
"losing my hair" - baby bird
"the sign" - the mountain goats
"everest" - ani difranco
"tea for the tillerman" - cat stevens