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AWmusic’s Top Songs of 2008 pt3: #26-50
Onto the top 50! These lists take long to do. To finish my list today or tomorrow hmmm. Again 10 word description limit.Previously:
Part 1 #76-100
Part 2 #51-75
Next in the series:
Part 4: #1-25
#26 Teen Creeps by No Age (myspace/live)
I’m feeling regretful of not including Nouns in my list.
#27 Eraser by No Age (video/live)
Can be #26 (tied), both are equally good.
#28 Feel The Love by Cut Copy (myspace/live)
“All the girls I’ve known are crying” Conceited but catchy.
#29 Bare Feet On Wet Grip Tape by Chad VanGaalen (myspace)
Soft Airplane’s most accessible song.
#30 God? By The Dodos (myspace)
“Oh God, where’d you go?” Agnosticism at its finest?
#31 Ottoman by Vampire Weekend (myspace)
At least we got this song from a shitty movie.
#32 Beat (Health, Life and Fire) by Thao Nguyen With The Get Down Stay Down (myspace/live)
Upon listening to this track, I’ve become a big fan.
#33 Heart of Chambers by Beach House (myspace/video)
My favorite song off Devotion.
#34 Dying Is Fine by Ra Ra Riot (myspace/video-ep version)
Sounds emo without reference to this poem.
#35 Hitten by Those Dancing Days (myspace/video)
All girl indie pop bands ftw.
#36 Let’s All Sleep Together by Team Genius (myspace)
Orgies ftw. (All girl orgies ftw?)
#37 For Emma by Bon Iver (myspace/live)
This song is simple but captures the atmosphere of loneliness.
#38 The Modern Leper by Frightened Rabbit (myspace/live)
“You must be a masochist, to love a modern leper”
#39 Rabid Bits of Time by Chad Van Gaalen
Beautifully sung.
#40 Winter ’05 by Ra Ra Riot
This song makes Winter depressing. Sad in general.
#41 Agoraphobia by Deerhunter (myspace)
“Cover me, comfort me” is stuck in my head.
#42 Skeleton Man by The Evangelicals (myspace/live)
“When someone loves you very much, you’re fucked”
#43 Why Do You You Let Me Stay Here? By She and Him (myspace/video)
Fuck you Ben Gibbard!…oh I meant congrats.
#44 Move by Cansei De Ser Sexy (myspace/video)
Another catchy CSS track.
#45 Another World by Antony and The Johnsons (myspace/video)
Antony apparently doesn’t think much of us. Still beautiful though.
#46 Uncalibrated by Bridges and Powerlines (myspace/video)
This song puts the power into powerpop.
#47 Shut Up And Let Me Go by The Ting Tings (myspace/video)
The Ting Tings are a guilty pleasure.
#48 Poison Dart by The Bug ft. Warrior Queen (myspace/video)
My introduction to The Bug. I was amazed.
#49 My Year in Lists by Los Campesinos (myspace/video)
“Send me stationery to make me horny” Mail-sex ftw?
#50 I Hate Dell by Oldfolks Home (myspace)
Dell pissed off the wrong guy.
Pineapple Express Review and Playlist
Pineapple Express opened on August 6th in theatres and is another addition to the Seth Rogen/Judd Apatow franchise which involves the likes of Knocked Up, Superbad and 40-year old virgin. All those movies I can say I liked a ton.
The Pineapple Express soundtrack which can be found here, I found sort of disappointing. For one the trailer which featured MIA’s Paper Planes is seemingly left off from the soundtrack and is no where to be found in the movie. Generally the use of the songs from the movie are background fodder. It also doesn’t help that I know very few of the tracks myself and a lot of them seem to be for the older crowd as well.
Here’s my own playlist for the movie instead:
Paper Planes by MIA
How I Became Paranoid by CSS
Stress by Justice
Freak Out by Liars
Midnight Runner by Cut Copy
D is for Dangerous by The Arctic Monkeys
Start A War by The National
The Green King Sings by Blitzen Trapper
My Girl Is Calling Me (A Liar) by Chromeo
Highway of Endless Dreams by M83
As for the movie, it was funny but it definitely wasn’t on the same level of funniness as the other films we’ve been accustomed to. I would say not to have your expectations too high because you are probably bound to be disappointed. It’s a solid film that doesn’t get too ridiculous with the marijuana jokes. It plays a factor in the movie but the action is actually pretty solid and most of the time it’s funny. Some things are a little bit over the top and recounting of events is a bit unnecessary and seems like filler script at best.
An alright summer movie to enjoy with some friends. Potentially better to go under of influence of some “help”. 3.5 out of 5.
Cansei De Ser Sexy (CSS) – Donkey Review
CSS or Cansei De Ser Sexy dropped their second album artfully-titled “Donkey” last week. One of the major points to make about CSS (other then Lovefoxxx is incredibly hot) is that the fans will still love them no matter how the critics perceive the album. Hate it or love it, people will still dance along to CSS tracks.
The Brazilian band had some lineup changes and actually decided to change the band’s sound moving from electropop to more of a guitar pop sound on this album. I personally prefer electropop (it’s fresher).
I actually held some prejudice against CSS, suggesting to myself that I’d probably hate this album and if I had done a review on the weekend, you might’ve seen a different tone. Despite the simplicity the lack of *good* singing (Lovefoxxx as hot as she is, is not a great singer) and lyrically poor, they still manage to get me a addicted even in the slightest bit. The album does have its weaknesses though.
Strengths of this album are clear, they continue the momentum they had with fans of the first album and of the 148 million views of the Ipod commercial. The music is not ground breaking whatsoever but it’s not like the first album was either. It’s straight up pop that makes you bust a move. (I even have that “inkling” and I’m healing from a dislocated knee). Otherwise while I don’t have anything great to say, it’s music for the masses that I can accept with some level of musicianship. It’s not like they are acting as if Lovefoxxx is some amazingly skilled musician.
The only problem I have about this album is the lack of balance of guitaring with the electronic keyboard synths. Definitely playing catchy guitar riffs seemed to be what the doctor ordered. Only until towards the end of the album did they bring back the electro sound I was accustomed to.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5
I’ll recommend it to fans of CSS already. A decent album.
Move by Cansei de Ser Sexy
Beautiful Song by Cansei de Ser Sexy
I Wanna Be Your J Lo by Cansei de Ser Sexy
Buy this album at: Insound + Amazon
Cansei de Ser Sexy – CSS!
With many CDs just coming in right now, I’m pretty low when it comes to having new review material. So let’s talk about a band that has taken over my computer the past few weeks and I probably wish I had bothered to listen to them a lot faster. I heard of CSS numerous times and when I tried to google te band name, I could never find out what CSS stood for so it would be a hindrance in me checking them out. Thankfully I eventually made the connection (after seeing Cansei de Ser Sexy and looking it up) and now I’m an addict.
Cansei de Ser Sexy translates into “tired of being sexy” from Portugese apparently from a Beyonce quote. Anyway, this band is out of Brazil so even better to have this blog more bands from other countries.
What makes CSS so special? Well they are fronted by Lovefoxxx a woman of Japanese descent but their real draw is their power pop/electronic style that makes their music incredibly fun! This is definitely the type of music that could be played at clubs or really any time as I’d be up for it.
Eh sorry for the crappy post (been a long day) but I really don’t have anything else to say other then this band ROCKS!
Check out these mp3s:
