THE MICROPHONE DRUG

it's SXSW time again, DMs, and that means another year of scouring Austin looking for an angry fix of song. below is where we'll be. click on venue names for more info about the event. all shows are free, sometimes including free refreshments and food.

ideally, we'd like to get there before midnight on Tuesday to catch Thee Oh Sees at The Scoot Inn, but if we're unlucky, Thee Oh Sees are the most ubiquitous act of the unofficial SXSW parties and we'll be sure to stumble across them somewhere.

on Wednesday, we're committed to the Lemurs, What Made Milwaukee Famous, and Shearwater at The Parish - our favorite venue in town, and we intend to get there early to take full advantage of the free coffee/breakfast pockets. as a solid backup plan, Apparat, Tennis, and Caveman are at The Stage on 6th. we'll probably spend the evening savoring local flavors, and there's a SXSW-edition of the Local Music Calendar for Austin here http://www.facebook.com/shift917 should you want to do likewise. if we're still up around midnight, there's always Thee Oh Sees at Trailer Space.



Thursday, El-P, Youth Lagoon, The War on Drugs, and Lower Dens all play Mohawk and right next door Dan Deacon plays Club Deville long about 5PM. plan B is Tycho, Girls, and Cults at the 1100 E. 5th St. Warehouse. in the evening, Of Montreal, Deerhoof, Japandroids perform at Emo's East, but depending on our mood we may sneak over to The Hype Hotel to hear Korallreven. after that, we're having trouble choosing between Hudson Mohawke, Raekwon, and Mobb Depp closing down Kung Fu Saloon or Diplo and ?uestlove closing down the 1100.

Friday starts early, as James Mercer of The Shins is doing two radio gigs for charity - the first at the Four Seasons Hotel around 8AM (for the Make-A-Wish Foundation) and the second at the W Austin around 10 (for the Shivers Cancer Center) [for suggested donations of $5 or $10]. after that, we'll head over to Music For Listeners party at Flat Top Burger Shop to hear San Antonio's own, Education, at noon. then Talib Kweli performs at Waterloo Records at 1PM, followed by Of Montreal at 3. if we missed Dan Deacon, he plays Cheer Up Charlie's at 6PM. the late evening features one of the lineups about which we're most psyched: White Rabbits, Lower Dens, Neon Indian and Caveman at The Hype Hotel starting around 10PM.



10AM Saturday, Givers play the W Austin. Eleanor Friedberger plays Urban Outfitters around 2PM. The Roots will close the day show at Mohawk, which The War On Drugs, Cloud Nothings, and Blitzen Trapper will also play. and if we have yet to see Tennis, we'll have to see them at either The Hype Hotel at 6PM or Baby Blue Studio at 8:45.

should we land safely at Sunday, Megafauna plays Side Bar during the day and Les RAV plays The Parish in the early evening. should you want to compose your own itinerary, there's no finer resource than this one: http://showlistaustin.com.

so there you have it - more than enough entertainment to forget about losing Fiona Apple and Andrew Bird to the wristband bourgeoisie. :P

THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------(click Ferris Bueller's mohawk)



playlist queries to Mister Tibbs.


fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit
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MEMORY LANE

a lot of new music came our way since the last mid-year review, but one constant has been an inescapable lingering of nostalgia. we're not just talking about your typical Band of Bees album here. from the neo-R&B of James Blake and the Weeknd to the neo-folk of Okkervil River and My Morning Jacket, from the throw-back sounds of Raphael Saadiq and Ty Segall to the triumphant return of hiphop legends the Wu-Tang Clan and Beastie Boys, from the 80s synths and sexy saxes of the Horrors and Destroyer to the 90s indie-ness of former Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus to the new Paul Simon to the new Tom Waits to the release of the definitive version of the Beach Boys' unfinished magnum opus circa 1966, 'The Smile Sessions', it appeared as if our only way of ringing in the new had to involve yearning for the past. if you'd have asked us manatees way back in our Napster days whether Amon Tobin, DJ Shadow, and Radiohead would still be dominating our playlist with new material, we'd have risen to the surface and laughed. yet here they are, still doing it and well. and what is this recently invented sub-genre called 'chillwave' (Washed Out, Toro y Moi, Neon Indian) if not the dreamy subconsciousness of nostalgia distilled down to its essence? what do bands like Black Lips, the Beets, Girls, Handsome Furs, Thee Oh Sees, Wild Flag, M83, and Real Estate share in common, if not a fidelity to past sounds, from surf rock to shoegaze and everything in between? what's the appeal of Lana Del Rey's raspy voice in "Video Games", if not how drenched it is with the impossible desire to re-live young love? or the Vaccines' "Wet Suit", reminiscent of Buddy Holly's vocal phrasings? or the old-school "Larry Routine" of the Beastie Boys? 'saudade' defies translation, so we're told, but by our analysis that word about sums up 2011 in pop: "a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves [which] often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return". the questions loom, even when we do not ask them explicitly: what's missing? what've we forgotten? and what can we re-enact and re-invent? ...of course, we'd prefer concrete sociological theories to mysterious-sounding seaweed, but we all agree that there's been a gigantic work of cultural memory going on, and it's not at all all bad.



-- ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE TRACKS --

#1. St. Vincent - "Strange Mercy" {Strange Mercy}
Radiohead - "The Daily Mail" {The Daily Mail/Staircase}
Wu-Tang with Tre Williams - "Never Feel This Pain" {Legendary Weapons}
Destroyer - "Kaputt" {Kaputt}
Fleet Foxes - "Sim Sala Bim" {Helplessness Blues}
My Brightest Diamond - "She Does Not Brave The War" {All Things Unwind}
Beastie Boys - "Make Some Noise" {Hot Sauce Committee Part Two}
Thee Oh Sees - "I Need Seed" {Castlemania}
M83 - "Midnight City" {Hurry Up, We're Dreaming}
James Blake - "Give Me My Mouth" {James Blake}

Little Dragon - "Ritual Union" {Ritual Union}
Beirut - "Vagabond" {The Rip Tide}
Bon Iver - "Wash." {Bon Iver}
Evidence with Raekwon and Rass Kass - "The Red Carpet" {Cats & Dogs}
Lana Del Rey - "Video Games" {Video Games/Blue Jeans}
Das Racist - "Relax" {Relax}
Coma Cinema - "Her Sinking Sun" {Blue Suicide}
Arctic Monkeys - "Love Is A Laserquest" {Suck It And See}
Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown - "Something" {Daily Bread}
#20. Keren Ann - "My Name Is Trouble" {101}

Blu - "Hours" {NoYork!}
Girls - "Love Like A River" {Father, Son, Holy Ghost}
Man Man - "Life Fantastic" {Life Fantastic}
The Roots with Bilal and Greg Porn - "The OtherSide" {Undun}
Wilco - "Dawned On Me" {The Whole Love}
Radiohead - "Little By Little" {King Of Limbs}
Smith Westerns - "Only One" {Dye It Blonde}
The Antlers - "Rolled Together" {Burst Apart}
Real Estate - "It's Real" {Days}
Cavemen - "December 28th" {CoCo Beware}

Black Lips - "New Direction" {Arabia Mountain}
The Dodos - "Companions" {No Color}
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - "Ketamine and Ecstasy" {Hysterical}
Here We Go Magic - "Hands In The Sky" {January}
Atlas Sound - "Doldrums" {Parallax}
Toro Y Moi - "New Beat" {Underneath The Pine}
Asobi Seksu - "Perfectly Crystal" {Fluorescence}
Jeffrey Lewis - "Krongu Green Slime" {A Turn In The Dream-Songs}
Royce Da 5'9" - "Security" {Success Is Certain}
#50. Cults - "Never Saw The Point" {Cults}

The Horrors - "Still Life" {Skying}
Amor De Dias - "House of Flint" {Street Of The Love Of Days}
Neon Indian - "Halogen (I Could Be A Shadow)" {Era Extraña}
Fennesz + Sakamoto - "0330" {Flumina}
DJ Shadow - "Sad And Lonely" {The Less You Know, The Better}
The Beets - "Without You" {Let the Poison Out}
Panda Bear - "Last Night At The Jetty" {Tomboy}
Royal Bangs - "Faint Obelisk Two" {Flux Outside}
Florence + The Machine - "Leave My Body" {Ceremonials}
Walls - "Sunporch" {Coracle}

The Vaccines - "Wetsuit" {What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?}
Explosions In The Sky - "Postcard From 1952" {Take Care, Take Care, Take Care}
The Rapture - "In The Grace Of Your Love" {In The Grace Of Your Love}
Deerhoof - "Secret Mobilization" {Deerhoof vs. Evil}
Crystal Stilts - "Frost Inside The Aslyums" {Radiant Door}
Jay-Z and Kanye West - "New Day" {Watch The Throne}
Tennis - "Marathon" {Cape Dory}
Okkervil River - "Hanging From A Hit" {I Am Very Far}
The Weeknd - "Wicked Games" {House Of Balloons}
Iron & Wine - "Your Fake Name Is Good Enough" {Kiss Each Other Clean}

Still Corners - "Velveteen" {Creatures Of An Hour}
Lupe Fiasco - "Till I Get There" {Lasers}
Stephen Malkmus - "No One Is (As I Are Be)" {Mirror Traffic}
Tapes 'N Tapes - "Outro" {Outside}
My Morning Jacket - "Circuital" {Circuital}
Coldplay - "Us Against The World" {Mylo Xyloto}
Timber Timbre - "Black Water" {Creep On Creepin' On}
Vetiver - "Worse For Wear" {The Errant Charm}
Battles - "Dominican Fade" {Glass Drop}
Eleanor Friedberger - "My Mistakes" {Last Summer}

Akron/Family - "Canopy" {The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT}
Mister Heavenly - "Bronx Sniper" {Out Of Love}
Mogwai - "Rano Pano" {Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will}
White Denim - "No Real Reason" {Takes Place In Your Work Space}
Tycho - "Coastal Brake" {Dive}
Kashmir - "Ruby Over Diamonds" {Zitilites}
Jacuzzi Boys - "Vizcaya" {Glazin'}
Amon Tobin - "Journeyman" {ISAM}
Fruit Bats - "So Long" {Tripper}
Spectrals - "Doing Time" {Bad Penny}

Bibio - "Anything New" {Mind Bokeh}
Metronomy - "Trouble" {English Riviera}
Crystal Stilts - "Shake The Shackles" {In Love With Oblivion}
The Field - "Burned Out" {Looping State Of Mind}
Wavves with Best Coast - "Nodding Off" {Life Sux}
Bjork - "Dark Matter" {Biophilia}
Boris - "Tokyo Wonder Land" {Attention Please}
Balam Acab - "Expect" {Wander/Wonder}
Fujiya And Miyagi - "OK" {Ventriloquizzing}
#100.The Black Keys - "Stop Stop" {El Camino}

James Farm - "Star Crossed" {James Farm}
The Decemberists - "January Hymn" {The King Is Dead}
The Strange Boys - "Me And You" {Live Music}
Givers - "Ripe" {In Light}
Papercuts - "Marie Says You've Changed" {Fading Parade}
Oneohtrix Point Never - "Explain" {Replica}
Cut Copy - "Where I'm Going" {Zonoscope}
Apparat - "Ash Black Veil" {The Devil's Walk}
Sepalcure - "See Me Feel Me" {Sepalcure}
Modeselektor - "Grillwalker" {Monkeytown}

Feist - "How Come You Never Go There" {Metals}
Peter Evans Quintet - "323" {Ghosts}
TV On The Radio - "Will Do" {Nine Types Of Light}
The High Llamas - "Fly Baby, Fly" {Talahomi Way}
Korallreven - "The Truest Faith" {An Album By Korallreven}
Phantogram - "Don't Move" {Nightlife}
Mojib remixing Radiohead - "Codex" {http://soundcloud.com/mojib}
Yuck - "Suck" {Yuck}
Drake - "Lord Knows" {Take Care}
Gui Boratto - "Flying Practice" {III}

Marissa Nadler - "In Your Lair, Bear" {Marissa Nadler}
The War On Drugs - "The Animator" {Slave Ambient}
Blueprint - "The Clouds" {Adventures In Counter-Culture}
The Weeknd - "Echoes Of Silence" {Echoes Of Silence}
Loney Dear - "Calm Down" {Hall Music}
Fucked Up - "Let Her Rest" {David Comes To Life}
Youth Lagoon - "Seventeen" {The Year Of Hibernation}
Animal Farm with Talib Kweli - "Test Of Time" {Culture Shock}
Times New Viking - "No Room To Live" {Dancer Equired!}
The Antlers - "I Don't Want Love (Peter's Version)" {(together)}

Jens Lekman - "A Promise" {An Argument With Myself}
Tim Hecker - "Hatred Of Music I" {Ravedeath, 1972}
Motopony - "I Am My Body" {Motopony}
Robin Pecknold with Ed Droste - "I'm Losing Myself" {Three Songs}
Toro Y Moi - "Sweet" {Freaking Out}
Ty Segall - "You Make The Sun Fry" {Goodbye Bread}
Washed Out - "Far Away" {Within And Without}
The Weeknd - "Rolling Stone" {Thursday}
White Denim - "At The Farm {D}
Jeff the Brotherhood - "Endless Fire" {We Are Champions}

Ane Brun - "Words" {It All Starts With One}
DJ Shadow - "I've Been Trying" {I Gotta Rokk}
John Wiese - "Scorpion Immobilization Sleeve" {Seven Of Wands}
Luke Temple - "More Than Muscle" {Don't Act Like You Don't Care}
Paul Simon - "Amulet" {So Beautiful Or So What}
Death Cab For Cutie - "Portable Television" {Codes & Keys}
Pontiak - "Part I" {Comecrudos}
tUnE-YarDs - "Bizness" {W H O K I L L}
Colin Stetson - "From No Part Of Me Could I Summon A Voice" {New History Of Warfare, Vol. 2}
Junior Boys - "You'll Improve Me" {It's All True}

Raphael Saadiq - "Go To Hell" {Stone Rollin'}
Thee Oh Sees - "The Dream" {Carrion Crawler/The Dream}
The Head And The Heart - "Rivers and Roads" {The Head And The Heart}
Lykke Li - "Sadness Is A Blessing" {Wounded Rhymes}
Wooden Shjips - "Lazy Bones" {West}
Son Lux - "Let Go" {We Are Rising}
Wild Flag - "Endless Talk" {Wild Flag}
Future Islands - "Where I Found You" {On The Water}
Elbow - "Jesus Is A Rochdale Girl" {Build A Rocket, Boys!}
Malajube - "Mon Oeil" {La Caverne}

The Joy Formidable - "A Heavy Abacus" {The Big Roar}
Boom Bip - "Tumtum" {Zig Zaj}
Wu Lyf - "Crowns For Me & Your Friend" {Go Tell Fire To The Mountain}
Nicolas Jaar - "Colomb" {Space Is Only Noise}
Thao + Mirah - "Rubies And Rocks" {Thao + Mirah}
Fennesz - "Shift" {Seven Stars}
Handsome Furs - "Serve The People" {Sound Kapital}
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Colour Television" {Primary Colours}
Pete & The Pirates - "Come To The Bar" {One Thousand Pictures}
James Ferraro - "Dream On" {Far Side Virtual}

Prerodactyl - "School Glue" {Spills Out}
Tom Waits - "Talking At The Same Time" {Bad As Me}
Gonjasufi with Blu - "Eatfish" {The Ninth Inning}
Ladytron - "Altitude Blues" {Gravity The Seducer}
The Mountain Goats - "Age Of Kings" {All Eternals Deck}



-- TWENTY-THREE ALBUMS --

#1. Radiohead - 'King Of Limbs'
Fleet Foxes - 'Helplessness Blues'
St. Vincent - 'Strange Mercy'
Beirut - 'The Rip Tide'
Wu-Tang - 'Legendary Weapons'
Neon Indian - 'Era Extraña'
Fennesz + Sakamoto - 'Flumina'
The Weeknd - 'House Of Balloons'
Here We Go Magic - 'The January EP'
Das Racist - 'Relax'

Wavves - 'Life Sux EP'
Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown – 'Daily Bread'
DJ Shadow - 'The Less You Know, The Better'
Amor De Dias - 'Street Of The Love Of Days'
Balam Acab - 'Wander/Wonder'
Tapes 'n Tapes - 'Outside'
My Morning Jacket - 'Circuital'
Oneohtrix Point Never - 'Replica'
Caveman - 'CoCo Beware'
#20. Dodos - 'No Color'

Real Estate - 'Days'
Nicolas Jaar - 'Space Is Only Noise'
Robin Pecknold - 'Three Songs'

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

read & report:

"A T-shirt so lovely it turned all the history books gray".

"LIVING IN THE BIG EXCUSE"

((click the pictures))



"A cathedral of white
in a suburban shanty town
two up two down houses
with just the asbestos and the skeletons left."

LISTENER'S DIGEST

4 mixes to economize and intensify your music-listening experiences...

"When The Drink Goes In, The Devil Comes Out": the Best of St. Vincent - & in YouTube form.



"Racism Is Made of Wildflowers": favorites off Das Racist's 'Relax'.



"Honey, I Won't Spoil The Ending": favorites off Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!'s 'Hysterical'.



"C25 Since 1986": favorites off the San Antonio Current's 25th Anniversary Compilation - & track-list:

Nicolette Good covering Cowboy Junkies - "Take Me" {Whites Off Earth Now (1986)}
Mission Complete! covering the Bangles - "Walk Like An Egyptian" {Different Light (1986)}
The Offbeats covering REM - "Begin The Begin" {Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)}
Solaroid covering INXS - "What You Need" {Listen Like Thieves (1985)}
FILMSTRIPS covering David Bowie - "Magic Dance" {Labyrinth: Original Soundtrack (1986)}
Southbound Cinema covering George Strait - "Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her" {#7 (1986)}
Carly Garza covering The Pretenders - "Don't Get Me Wrong" {Get Close (1986)}.

...keep your ears to the seashells, manatees.

JAAAZZ!

Jan Garbarek with Terje Rypdal - "Rabalder" uploaded by Dark Manatees.

we first heard this listening to 'The Free Jazz Hour' on 91.7FM KRTU out of San Antonio, the playback for which is available here at 9PM under the Monday column.


Morris Orchids
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TOPPERMOST OF THE POPPERMOST

the playlist of our FAVORITE SONGS OF 2011 (with no repeats from any one album) is appended below. those with Spotify accounts should be able to subscribe to the playlist by clicking here, and we'll be updating throughout the year.

arctic monkeys - love is a laserquest {suck it and see}

toro y moi - new beat {underneath the pine}

deerhoof - secret moblization {deerhoof vs. evil}

*destroyer - kaputt {kaputt}

beastie boys - make some noise {hot sauce committee part two}

*fleet foxes - sim sala bim {helplessness blues}

james blake - give me my mouth {james blake}

tapes 'n tapes - outro {outside}

tune-yards - bizness {w h o k i l l}

keren ann - my name is trouble {101}

lupe fiasco - till i get there {lasers}

cults - never saw the point {cults}

amon tobin - the journeyman {i.s.a.m.}

man man - life fantastic {life fantastic}

royal bangs - faint obelisk two {flux outside}

mogwai - rano pano {hardcore will never die, but you will}

tennis - marathon {cape dory}

bibio - anything new {mind bokeh}

dj shadow - i've been trying {i gotta rokk}

malajube - mon oeil {la caverne}

*radiohead - codex {king of limbs}

*my morning jacket - circuital (circuital}

here we go magic - hands in the sky {january}

cut copy - where i'm going {zonoscope}

battles - dominican fade {gloss drop}

asobi seksu - perfectly crystal {fluorescence}

metronomy - trouble {the english riviera}

crystal stilts - shake the shackles {in love with oblivion}

fujiya and miyagi - ok {ventriloquizzing}

*the weeknd - loft music {house of balloons}

papercuts - marie says you've changed {fading parade}

death cab for cutie - portable television {codes & keys}

the antlers - parentheses {burst apart}

okkervil river - hanging from a hit {i am very far}

the dodos - companions {no color}

akron/family - silly bears {the cosmic birth & journey of shinju t.n.t.}

white denim - at the farm {d.}

vetiver - worse for wear {the errant charm}

times new viking - no room to live {dancer equired!}

bon iver - wash. {bon iver}

* signifies being in the running for top five albums of the year.

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"THE FIRST DAY OF MAY, I WOULD SAY"

all music is local, we know, but here's a two-part mixtape featuring our favorite musicians from our neck of south texas. you'll hear musics as diverse as we are: indie rock, hiphop, electronica, punk, experimental, and more. (sorry, no tejano or metal included.) please link this to anybody who says 'the music in san antonio sucks'. also remember that one person who goes to shows around here is as crucial to the scene as one hundred people who go to shows in new york, chicago, or los angeles. y'all make a difference just by getting out of the house, paying the covers, buying some adult beverages, a c.d., a t-shirt; and if we all chip in, it's our expert opinion that we could seriously be as big as baltimore in no time. =P



SIDE A: Beautiful Clumsy Sky In Love

1. dj rasta mike - sit back and listen {sit back and listen (2010)}
2. morris orchids - ink {morris orchids (2009)}
3. aether - makeshift sanctuary {artifacts (2008)}
4. megafauna - m.s.g. {local melons (2009)}
5. cartographers - grandfather clock {cartographers (2009)}
6. marcus rubio and the gospel choir of pillows - (do) the military syndrome! {oceanic tremors (2009)}
7. aether - dajame dormir {artifacts (2008)}
8. the vultures - masterpiece {desert eagles vol.1 (2010)}
9. christopher conde - radio rape {the seven squirrels e.p. (2010)}
10. greg g. with d-cypher - let the sonshine {the golden child mixtape (2010)}
11. ernest gonzales - we can live in the forest {been meaning to tell you (2010)}
12. girl in a coma - clumsy sky {both before i'm gone (2007)}
13. big soy - beautiful {star by your name e.p. (2008)}
14. buttercup - in love {living again e.p. (2007)}
15. ill prospekt - bite yo teeth out {soundcloud.com/illprospekt (2010)}

SIDE B: Why Saturn's Rings?

16. given a chance - broken dream {way too long (2011)}
17. his astroturban - the words we choose {auralfunk (2008)}
18. mojoe - true jewels {classic.ghetto.soul (2006)}
19. the tontons - kaleidoscope {the tontons (2009)}
20. merykid with jimmy dasher - going, going {the raccoon (2010)}
21. we leave at midnight - law of club and fang {record an e.p. (2010)}
22. one hundred flowers - make marx {mechanical bride (2010)}
23. deer vibes - the feeling {ventura e.p. (2010)}
24. marcus rubio - emergence of the first zombie {the life of pillows (2007)}
25. kelly merka nelson - the lion turned wolf {kellymerkanelson.bandcamp.com (2010)}
26. morgan sorne - coyote {house of stone (2010)}
27. honey son - spotted {soundcloud.com/sweethoneyson (2011)}
28. education - daydream {age cage (2011)}
29. the vultures - supreme thought {7 rings of saturn (2008)}
30. daedelus remixing ernest gonzales - while on saturn's rings {while on saturn's rings (2007)}



our apologies to all the good acts we didn't get a chance to play - specifically, yes, inferno, bad breaks, the hawks (of the holy rosary), friends like us, henry + the invisibles, nicolette good, and blowing trees. in closing, here's a taste of the latter's brand spanking new album by way of a series of vignettes recorded when they performed their record in its entirety at jack's on the 6th day of may.

'Wolf Waltz And The Big Nothing Now' filmed by Miranda Studios SA.

MAGIC SCIENCE TRICKS

(the above image is not moving.)

kanye recently got burned by the unwanted release of one of his unfinished demos, and it's time for the dark manatees' cosmic army to have a go. what follows is an hour of impossible-to-find material from now-famous musicians which we've unearthed after years and years of digging.

** click here to listen or download: http://tiny.cc/g8ij3 **

some are early recordings which only vaguely resemble their later sound, some are well-produced songs that failed to make the cut or that never received the finishing touches, and there's a remix, but hardly anybody knows about any of this. in fact, we're morally certain you won't find these tracks *anywhere*, no matter how thoroughly you scour the innernette. just try it!

here's the playlist, beginning with a brand spanking new number by coldplay, likely slated to be released as a b-side at some future date:

coldplay - twit to waltz
t.v. on the radio - on board
spoon - the salesman [unmastered vocals]
nirvana - sad girl [lemonheads cover]
blonde redhead - all dried up [japanese import]
department of eagles - around the lion legs [home recording]
joanna newsom with andrew bird - lay your hand
gorillaz - a love from outer space [unreleased d-side]
oasis - naomi [early demo]
the national - between stars [hot chip remix]
bjork - windmills of your mind (michel legrand)
mos def - time [early, early demo]
air - double helix [sent to us personally]
john coltrane - chim chim cheree (sherman brothers)
destroyer/sunset rubdown - no more sunsets



the d.m.c.a. also went live on the radio last week, and you can stream it by clicking on 'the graveyard shift' under friday here: http://web.krtu.org/x4165.xml.



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FROM MOUNT KIMBIE TO MEGAFAUNA

the dark manatees will again make landfall at austin, texas, and here's our official unofficial s.x.s.w. itinerary. click on band names for event details, click on photos for playlists, and see below for your monthly mix of music.


tuesday, if we get up there sufficiently early, mount kimbie will perform pitchfork's showcase at emo's inside 'round midnight.

if we miss mount kimbie tuesday, he'll be opening on wednesday as well, a little after noon, followed by twin shadow (1:15PM) and royal bangs (4:15PM), for the austinist party at mohawk outdoors. from there, it's only a ten minute walk to the french legation museum, where vetiver will perform at 5PM. they've advertised free beer and tacos, but we suspect that's for the early birds. the dodos also play the red eyed fly just down red river around 5PM, as a plan b with free booze.

on st. patty's day, we have a decision. whether to see the dodos (12:45PM), sondre lerche (2:25PM), the dears (4:05PM), and atlas sound (5PM) at the flamingo cantina OR the joy formidable (4:15PM) and the antlers (5PM) at the parish. although the first one is stacked, n.p.r.'s festivities have always been good to us, the parish is our favorite music venue (period), AND the antlers will be performing their new album in its entirety(!). in the evening, there's no decision required: twin shadow performs auditorium shores at 7PM, followed by the strokes. the absolute utopian dream would then be to hear wu-tang clan close down austin music hall, but if .01% of that strokes crowd gets the same idea, we'll be at the back of a very long queue.

friday is likely to be a bit more laid back and open. we'd like to see phantogram play cedar street courtyard at 4PM, and if we get there early (11AM-ish), filter magazine promises free barbecue. hanging out with michael thomas of music for listeners sounds like an excellent way to spend the day after that, as well as scarf down a slice or five at red house pizzeria. then das racist will do the glitter taco smoosh party at peckerheads around 7PM, and e.p.m.d. will spit at venue 222 around 12:30AM.

on saturday, asobi seksu (2PM), tapes 'n tapes (4PM) and okkervil river (5PM) play the lustre pearl. plus, if we can make it, the black angels play jo's down south congress at 8PM. next, !!! will play the mess with texas party (not positive on the exact time yet). and, lastly, to finish off the week, megafauna at the hole in the wall 'round midnight.


all shows above are listed as free (though some with r.s.v.p. only). in some cases, you will have to get there hours beforehand to catch the act you want to see, and it's always best to be on the safe side. if you need help putting your own itinerary together, here are two resources - the more selective: http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/sxsw-free-party-rsvp-list - or comprehensive: http://showlistaustin.com.

cheers to things going swimmingly for manatees everywhere. and, as per usual: http://tiny.cc/m0udb (to download for later listening, just click the 'divshare'-icon on the far right of the taskbar; all tracks from this year or last, with two noticeable exceptions - plus a hidden song for Sir William Beardmore).

TOP SEVEN DAYTROTTER SESSIONS OF LATE

2011 has already proven to be a good year for music at daytrotter. here are our favorite sessions over the past few months or so...

matmos and dan deacon
iron & wine
bela fleck
r.j.d.2
chief
stars
social distortion

...though others include paleo, tapes 'n tapes, twin shadow, m.g.m.t., and dj spooky. upon registering, you can download any song/set you want for free.

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now, of course, your mixes for this month.



** musical wallpaper **

multi-colored blue - ken peplowski

broad channel - bing and ruth

attaboy go spin a yarn - ed harcourt

the narrow path - blu & exile

antico adagio - lino capra vaccina

equivalences - stereolab

philadelphia - standard fare

escape - pete rock & c.l. smooth

the modern age - the strokes

across the lake of the ancient world - terry riley

laissez les bon temps rouler - quasi

** radio songs (side a) / (side b) **

brooklyn

london

atlanta

portland

chicago

brooklyn

saratoga springs

salem

austin

atlanta

los angeles

cleveland

modesto

dublin

san francisco

austin

brooklyn

london

brooklyn

long beach

berkeley

detroit

manchester

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to conclude, a mashup of a couple tracks featured above...

little garden river

(...can you guess which two without looking?)

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25 ALBUMS

#1. beach house - teen dream
2. pantha du prince - black noise
3. spoon - transference
4. janelle monáe - the archandroid
5. das racist - shut up, dude
6. phantogram - eyelid movies
7. deerhunter - halcyon digest
8. four tet - there is love in you
9. mount kimbie - crooks & lovers
10. vampire weekend - contra
11. lee konitz, chris cheek, stephane furic leibovici - jugendstil II
12. the octopus project - hexadecagon
13. reflection eternal - revolutions per minute
14. arcade fire - the suburbs
15. scarface - dopeman music
16. caribou - swim
17. wild nothing - gemini
18. laura veirs - july flame
19. coma cinema - stoned alone
20. avi buffalo - avi buffalo
21. autechre - oversteps
22. wavves - king of the beach
23. the bad plus - never stop
24. the morning benders - big echo
25. matthew dear - black city



100 TRACKS

#1. sufjan stevens - 'now that i'm older'
2. the ruby suns - 'closet astrologer'
3. scarface with b. james and monk kaza - 'the ghetto report'
4. of montreal - 'girl named hello'
5. beach house - 'silver soul'
6. the walkmen - 'torch song'
7. deerhunter - 'he would have laughed'
8. konitz, cheek, leibovici - 'odysseus returns home'
9. janelle monáe - 'neon valley street'
10. vampire weekend - 'i think ur a contra'

11. joanna newsom - 'autumn'
12. gorillaz - 'on melancholy hill'
13. brad mehldau - 'don't be sad'
14. reflection eternal, jay electronica, j. cole, mos def - 'just begun'
15. standard fare - 'philadelphia'
16. kanye west with rick ross - 'devil in a new dress'
17. flying lotus - 'do the astral plane'
18. wavves - 'idiot'
19. the black keys - 'these days'
20. apples in stereo - 'strange solar system'

21. the roots with phonte and dice raw - 'now or never'
22. rufus wainwright - 'true loves'
23. james blake - 'c.m.y.k.'
24. ariel pink's haunted graffiti - 'round and round'
25. phantogram - 'as far as i can see'
26. nas and damian marley - 'as we enter'
27. daedelus - 'fin de siècle'
28. big boi with gucci mane - 'shine blockas'
29. dimlite - 'sun-sized twinkles'
30. wolf parade - 'little golden age'

31. das racist with lakutis - 'rapping 2 u'
32. !!! - 'blue'
33. arcade fire - 'wasted hours'
34. avi buffalo - 'summer cum'
35. mount kimbie - 'before i move off'
36. twin shadow - 'i can't wait'
37. the besnard lakes - 'and this is what we call progress'
38. trentemøller – 'shades of marble'
39. cathy davey - 'bad weather'
40. scissor sisters - 'any which way'

41. caribou - 'leave house'
42. bob dylan - 'guess i'm doing fine' (the witmark demos)
43. stars - 'changes'
44. röyksopp - 'senior living'
45. spoon - 'out go the lights'
46. wild nothing - 'chinatown'
47. kanye, common, pusha t., kid cudi, big sean - 'g.o.o.d. friday'
49. film school - 'meet around 10'
49. titus andronicus - 'richard II'
50. the dirty projectors - 'i dreamed i saw st. augustine' (bob dylan)

51. eric alexander - 'chim chim cheree' (the sherman brothers)
52. coma cinema - 'only'
53. das racist - 'rainbow in the dark'
54. four tet - 'sing'
55. the bad plus - 'people like you'
56. the black angels - 'the sniper'
57. pantha du prince - 'a nomad's retreat'
58. dead weather - 'i can't hear you'
59. the octopus project - 'circling'
60. b.o.b. with ricco barrino - '5th dimension'

61. l.c.d. soundsystem - 'i can change'
62. regina carter - 'n'teri' (habib koité)
63. gayngs - 'the gaudy side of town'
64. here we go magic - 'f.f.a.p.'
65. sharon jones and the dap-kings - 'window shopping'
66. the national - 'sorrow'
67. dr. dog - 'someday'
68. django django - 'w.o.r.'
69. broken social scene - 'all to all'
70. oval - 'oh!'

71. mavis with kurt wagner - 'gangs of rome'
72. danger mouse, sparklehorse, jason lytle - 'everytime i'm with you'
73. the radio dept. - 'the video dept.'
74. the books - 'beautiful people'
75. the samps - 'yellow jacket'
76. foals - 'black gold'
77. hot hot heat - 'goddess on the praire'
78. kelley stoltz - 'pinecone'
79. grinderman - 'palaces of montezuma'
80. emeralds - 'double helix'

81. menomena - 'oh pretty boy, you're such a big boy'
82. ed harcourt - 'lachrymosity'
83. yann tiersen - 'ashes'
84. stereolab - 'equivalences'
85. j. cole - 'higher'
86. the budos band - 'nature's wrath'
87. portugal. the man - 'the pushers party'
88. gonjasufi - 'made'
89. paleo - 'world's smallest violin'
90. deerhunter - 'primitive 3d.'

91. laura veirs - 'life is good blues'
92. u.n.k.l.e. with the black angels - 'natural selection'
93. autechre - 'qplay'
94. wild nothing - 'your rabbit feet'
95. cults - 'most wanted'
96. r.j.d.2 with phonte - 'the shining path'
97. the junior league band - 'the best is yet to come'
98. driphouse - 'garden'
99. underworld - 'louisana'
100. final fantasy - 'the great elsewhere'

30 VIDEOS

kanye west - 'runaway'
arcade fire - 'we used to wait'
das racist - 'who's that? brooown!'
wild nothing - 'chinatown'
el guincho - 'bombay'

the morning benders - 'excuses'
brad melhdau - 'don't be sad'
scissor sisters - 'any which way'
phantogram - 'running from the cops'
rufus wainwright - 'zebulon'

vampire weekend - 'cousins'
regina carter - 'n'teri (my friends)' (habib koité)
ok go - 'this too shall pass'
janelle monáe - k.c.r.w. live session
here we go magic - 'casual'

duck sauce - 'barbra streisand'
foals - 'miami'
crystal castles - "and those who were seen dancing were thought insane by those who could not hear the music"
yann tiersen - 'dark stuff'
sharon jones & the dap-kings - 'game gets old: the trilogy'

the radio dept. - 'never follow suit'
the books - 'i didn't know that'
deerhunter - 'heliocopter'/'he would have laughed'
big boi with gucci mane - 'shine blockas'
pogo - 'wishery'

kid cudi - 'cudderisback'
bob dylan - 'guess i'm doing fine'
ted leo and the pharmacists - 'bottled in cork'
animal collective - 'guys eyes'
weezer - 'memories'

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broadcast - 'man is not a bird'


goodbye trish.

"MY DANISH BOOK ON TELEVISION"

thanks again to everyone who voted us best music advocate.
here's a mix for december:

The Blue-Painted Shore

gets off to a bit of a slow start and tends to highlight the folksier side of indie rock. a little something for everyone - although everything may not be everyone's cup o' tea. any and all feedback is appreciated, as ever.

oh and here are videos for the first five songs:
(1) coma cinema - 'only'
(2) goldmund - 'door of our home'
(3) the walkmen - 'blue as your blood'
(4) kanye west - 'devil in a new dress'
(5) deerhunter - 'he would have laughed'

happy holidays!

MAGNOLIA EXOTICISM

this month's mix: http://tiny.cc/5pvj5
and in video playlist form: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F624C0BB74DEA7FB



"People are not going
To dream of baboons and periwinkles.
Only, here and there, an old sailor,
Drunk and asleep in his boots,
Catches tigers
In red weather."

A CONSPIRACY OF DOVES

A Conspiracy Of Doves by The Graveyard Shift on Mixcloud

No One Knows You, Madame Joy by The Graveyard Shift on Mixcloud

The Alphabet Of Old Friends by The Graveyard Shift on Mixcloud

_ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡. " ̡͌l̡̡̡̡. ̡͌l̡̡̡̡. ̡͌l̡̡

THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

"how to storm a castle" [120 minutes]: click here to listen

status updates of an almost successful mission...

phase#01: preparing for the journey
phase#02: getting underway
phase#03: crossing the mote (takes a while)
phase#04: turn it up
phase#05: ...another notch
phase#06: woah, it's dark in here
phase#07: sneak into the festival
phase#08: kill guards as band plays on
phase#09: tower assault
phase#10: rescue the queen [EPIC FAIL]
phase#11: suddenly spotted, chase ensues
phase#12: outran the law (cuz we're badass)
phase#13: free, but lonely
phase#14: we have to go back!
phase#15: perfect night for an ambush
phase#16: marriage proposal
phase#17: the getaway
phase#18: quick-kill sword duel
phase#19: grandiose final matrix-style battle
phase#20: rigging explosives, short speech, then (DETONATE)
phase#21: back home in easy chair




"revenge of the ensign wasp" [26 minutes]: click here to listen

descriptions that allmusic.com applied to both artist and album...

exhibit A: electronic ambient experimental ambient
(Spacey Relaxed Meandering Hypnotic Unsettling Bright Dreamy Gentle Cerebral Druggy Eerie Soft Sparse;
Background Music, Stay in Bed, Late Night Solitude)

exhibit B: electronic [no other information provided]

exhibit C: rap hardcore rap dirty south
(Uplifting Freewheeling Gutsy Hedonistic Elaborate Irreverent Street-Smart Boisterous Rousing Brash Provocative Confident Party/ Celebratory Indulgent;
Cool & Cocky, Day Driving, Motivation)

exhibit D: electronic indie electronic left-field hip-hop
(Atmospheric Cerebral Nocturnal Warm Dreamy Hypnotic Quirky Circular Reflective Trippy Enigmatic Searching Fractured;
Late Night, Stay in Bed)

exhibit E: electronic ambient dub jazz instrumental trumpet jazz modern creative free improvisation mixed media avant-garde
(Electronica Modern Creative)

exhibit F: rap underground rap left-field hip-hop alternative rap
(Spacey Brittle Exciting Knotty Crunchy Atmospheric Elaborate Messy Gritty Paranoid Trippy Quirky Druggy;
Background Music, The Creative Side, Hanging Out)

exhibit G: jazz cool post-bop modern creative jazz instrument saxophone jazz trumpet jazz
(Sophisticated Refined/Mannered Romantic Intimate Cerebral Stylish)

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

FULL ON DOUBLE RAINBOW
[wake up side As /theme]

spotify / mixcloud


oh!
eddie's ragga
brooklyn king
army of fear
idiot
tears in the typing pool
c'mere
goddess on the prairie
raksat el kheyl
the ghetto report
luckiest guy on the lower east side
do the astral plane
the dirty dirty
any which way
double helix
something cool






11 of 12 AWESOME times 3
[bedtime b-sides /reprise]

mixcloud

odysseus returns home
blues for percy danforth
dig a pony
when i'm small
chicken crawl
hyph mngo
in the mourning
canals of our city
ya sumeera
tower song
moth in mouth
son de la loma
mostly waving
mexico wax solvent
little golden age
natural selection
pull
grrr




-- warning: "little children and pregnant women should not watch".

GHOSTS OF DEPARTED QUANTITIES

or: "music's ridiculous, i just realized": three hot-fun-in-the-summertime mixes...



DANGEROUS MISSION

Dangerous Mission by The Graveyard Shift on Mixcloud

intz mi khatrir - marc johnson
nita dima - habib koite
diplomat's son - vampire weekend
i can change - lcd soundsystem
strange solar system - apples in stereo
black gold - foals
i just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in - the dap-kings
bolero/suzanne - rene marie
richard II - titus andronicus
canadian girl - the walkmen
summer cum - avi buffalo
sir greendown - janelle monae
i can't hear you - the dead weather
gayane ballet suite (adagio) - aram khachaturian
yellow jacket - the samps
chinatown - wild nothing
victoria - the exponents
rebellion (lies) - arcade fire
sun-sized twinkles - dimlite
fingernails for breakfast - the films
who can you trust? - morcheeba
moth wings - benoit pioulard
beautiful love - marc johnson with lucy crane



THEY'RE INITIALISMS, MONTY

I.n.i.t.i.a.l.i.s.m.s. by The Graveyard Shift on Mixcloud

acronyms - monty python
just kissed my baby - the funky meters
the party - st. vincent
suite III overture - janelle monae
better times - beach house
round and round - ariel pink's haunted graffiti
les fous de soleil - paul giout
shift (alternate version) - grizzly bear
ballad of the black gold - reflection eternal
as we enter - nas and damian marley
these days - the black keys
last goodbye - jeff buckley
junky, chapter XXIII - william s. burroughs
gayaneh ballet suite / act I, scene 2: recovery / duet ayesha-georgi (adante molto) - aram khachaturyan
c.m.y.k. - james blake
rock bed 1 - jack trombey
pessimist - wild nothing
neon valley street - janelle monae
ladybird - bibi tanga & la professeur inlassable
-- hidden tracks --
life is good blues (daytrotter session) - laura veirs
yegelle tezeta - mulatu astatke



HEAVENLY CREATURE CAVALCADE 23 SKIDOO

inside the pods - johann johannsson
the contenders - the kinks
greyhounds in the slips - the joy formidable
like the ocean, like the innocent pt. 2: the innocent - the besnard lakes
phoenix rise - maxwell
someday - dr. dog
true loves - rufus wainwright
love came here - lhasa de sela
sing - four tet
don't be sad - brad mehldau
musicology - prince
suicide is painless - paul desmond
dollars & cents - radiohead
fcuk a mixtape - kevin hart
mistakes - immortal technique
spacious skies - invincible
send and receive - tycho
all to all - broken social scene
heavenly creatures - jeremy jay
careful crossers - fang island
now or never - the roots with phonte and dice raw
running - gil scott-heron
budos rising - the budos band
working class hero - john lennon
autumn - joanna newsom
once upon a time - frank sinatra
golden phone - micachu
-- hidden tracks --
chapel hill - rosa
NEW LEAKED COLDPLAY - twit to waltz



"Whatever lies still uncarried from the abyss within
me as I die dies with me."

LETTER BOARD OVERPRODUCTION CRISIS

six mixes transmitted from our underwater headquarters for your aural pleasure.



CRICKETS IN FLIGHT:

RUBBER DUCKIE, YOU'RE THE ONE:

SUNDAY AFTERNOON DO-NOTHINGS:



THE GREAT AMERICAN REPURPOSING (Part 1):

THE GREAT AMERICAN REPURPOSING (Part 2):

FULL OF WINE AND STEADY:

FABULOUS 4-TRACK - Manchester, Baltimore, Elizabeth, Liverpool:



[playlists upon request]

FAVORITE 113 TRACKS OF 2009

-- set your media players to 'shuffle', here are our most beloved 113 tracks of last year (with no repeats from any one album)...


(113) doves - 'kingdom of rust'
(112) city reverb - 'ghetto glamour'
(111) editors - 'the boxer'
(110) sondre lerche - 'like lazenby'
(109) the big pink - 'golden pendulum'
(108) bat for lashes - 'glass'
(107) taken by trees - 'to lose someone'
(106) kenny burrell - 'isabella'
(105) sea wolf - 'the orchard'
(104) beirut - 'on a bayonet'
(103) mum - 'the smell of today is sweet like breastmilk in the wind'
(102) the gallows - 'london is the reason'
(101) tortoise - 'gigantes'
(100) twilight sad - 'in the blackout'
(99) thomas marriott - 'little frances'
(98) the thermals - 'when i died'
(97) jj - 'ecstasy'
(96) venetian snares - 'calvin kleining'
(95) radian - 'git cut derivat'
(94) allen toussaint - 'egyptian fantasy' (sidney bechet)
(93) au revoir simone - 'tell me'
(92) anni rossi - 'machine'
(91) the xx - 'infinity'
(90) el goodo - 'i saw her today'
(89) iron & wine - 'god made the automobile'
(88) y.a.c.h.t. - 'i'm in love with a ripper'
(87) dear reader - 'dearheart'
(86) black moth super rainbow - 'smile the day after today'
(85) lupe fiasco - 'love come down (remix)'
(84) yeasayer - 'i remember'
(83) yo la tengo - 'periodically triple or double'
(82) washed out - 'feel it all around'
(81) woods - 'september with pete'
(80) ugk with big gipp - 'purse come first'
(79) savath y savalas - 'la llama'
(78) q-tip - 'blue girl'
(77) moderat - 'a new error'
(76) royal bangs - 'war bells'
(75) os mutantes - 'anagrama'
(74) peter brotzmann - 'weird blue'
(73) metric - 'blindness'
(72) band of skulls - 'cold fame'
(71) kid cudi with kayne west and common - 'i make her say'
(70) fever ray - 'dry and dusty'
(69) medeski martin and wood - 'amber girls'
(68) japandroids - 'crazy/forever'
(67) klimek - 'unbearable exploding desires'
(66) mos def - 'revelations'
(65) the heartless bastards - 'nothing seems the same'
(64) hiromi uehara - 'sicilian blue'
(63) the flaiming lips - 'see the leaves'
(62) devendra banhart - 'first song for b'
(61) bibio - 'lovers' carvings'
(60) brakes - 'worry about it later'
(59) brother ali - 'crown jewel'
(58) metric - 'gimme sympathy (acoustic)'
(57) modest mouse - 'king rat'
(56) caspian - 'of foam and wave'
(55) lhasa de sela - 'love came here'
(54) nathan fake - 'basic mountain'
(53) air - 'tropical disease'
(52) balmorhea - 'remembrance'
(51) ben klock - 'gloaming'
(50) dead weather - 'so far from your weapon'
(49) charlotte gainsbourg with beck - 'heaven can wait'
(48) vetiver - 'down from above'
(47) papercuts - 'the machine will tell us so'
(46) mr. scruff - 'fix that speaker!'
(45) the clientele - 'i wonder who we are'
(44) friendly fires - 'on board'
(43) built to spill - 'good ol' boredom'
(42) blakroc with raekwon - 'stay of the f#&$kin' flowers'
(41) bon iver with st. vincent - 'roslyn'
(40) arvo part - 'erat lux vera'
(39) st. vincent - 'just the same but brand new'
(38) antony with bryce dessner - 'i was young when i left home' (bob dylan)
(37) the arctic monkeys - 'dance little liar'
(36) patrick wolf - 'the sun is often out'
(35) jim o'rourke - 'the visitor'
(34) malajube - 'casablanca'
(33) m. ward - 'hold time'
(32) johann johannsson - 'theme'
(31) the emeralds - 'alive in the sea of information'
(30) andrew bird - 'natural disaster'
(29) micachu - 'golden phone'
(28) the beatles (remastered) - 'julia'
(27) peanut butter wolf - '45 live'
(26) phoenix - 'love like a sunset'
(25) two fingers - 'moth rhythm'
(24) regina spektor - 'human of the year'
(23) the white rabbits - 'the company i keep'
(22) riceboy sleeps - 'happiness'
(21) bibio - 'bones & skulls'
(20) dalek - 'armed with krylon'
(19) casiotone for the painfully alone - 'white jetta'
(18) the field - 'leave it'
(17) bowerbirds - 'northern lights'
(16) royksopp - 'silver cruiser'
(15) the antlers - 'kettering'
(14) animal collective - 'what would i want? sky'
(13) akron/family - 'everyone is guilty'
(12) jay-z with alicia keys - 'empire state of mind'
(11) dan deacon - 'snookered'
(10) joe lovano - 'song for judi'
(9) raekwon with rza and inspectah deck - 'black mozart'
(8) here we go magic - 'tunnelvision'
(7) the dodos - 'two medicines'
(6) animal collective - 'bluish'
(5) james blackshaw - 'fix'
(4) sunset rubdown - 'silver moons'
(3) grizzly bear - 'cheerleader'
(2) doom with tony starks - 'angelz'
(#1 with a bullet)

** THE DIRTY PROJECTORS - 'USEFUL CHAMBER' **



-- and for good measure, here are our 23 favorite albums...


(23) royal bangs - let it beep.
(22) band of skulls - baby darling doll face honey.
(21) black moth super rainbow - eating us.
(20) animal collective - fall be kind.
(19) atlas sound - logos.
(18) casiotone for the painfully alone - vs. children.
(17) papercuts - you can have what you want.
(16) bibio - ambivalence avenue.
(15) the clientele - bonfires on the heath.
(14) andrew bird - noble beast.
(13) malajube - labyrinthes.
(12) raekwon - only built for cuban linx... part 2.
(11) the field - yesterday & today.
(10) phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix.
(9) joe lovano us five - folk art.
(8) the antlers - hospice.
(7) dalek - gutter tactics.
(6) the dodos - time to die.
(5) the white rabbits - it's frightening.
(4) here we go magic - here we go magic.
(3) st. vincent - actor.
(2) grizzly bear - veckatimest.
(1)

** DAN DEACON - BROMST. **



-- and finally, 10 mesmerizing music videos, in no particular order...


(1) matt and kim - 'lessons learned'
(2) kanye west - 'we were once a fairytale'
(3) charlotte gainsbourg with beck - 'heaven can wait'
(4) d.m. stith - 'b.m.b.'
(5) crystal stilts - 'departure'
(6) papercuts - 'future primitive'
(7) royal bangs - 'war bells'
(8) bowerbirds - 'northern lights'
(9) kid cudi with kanye west and common - 'make her say'
(10) casiotone for the painfully alone - 'optimists vs. the silent alarm'