Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Top 500 Songs Of 2009 - #325-#301

#325 Neko Case - "Don't Forget Me" from "Middle Cyclone"

#324 Young Money - "She Is Gone" from "We Are Young Money"

#323 Green Day - "Murder City" from "21st Century Breakdown"

#322 Spinnerette - "Baptized By Fire" from "Spinnerette"

#321 The Boy Least Likely To - "When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade" from "The Law Of The Playground" - The goofiest artist on the countdown, but good lyrics are good lyrics.

#320 Marie Digby - "Overboard" from "Breathing Underwater" - Marie Digby released possibly the best pop album of 2009 and "Overboard" is one of the best songs on it.

#319 Monsters Of Folk - "Losin' Yo Head" from "Monsters Of Folk"

#318 Jemina Pearl - "After Hours" from "Break It Up"

#317 Passion Pit - "Little Secrets" from "Manners" - This one probably should have been higher, but that's how it works out sometimes.

#316 The Sounds - "Lost In Love" from "Crossing The Rubicon"

#315 Wilco - "I'll Fight" from "Wilco (The Album)"

#314 The Bravery - "Adored" from "Stir The Blood" - If you told me five years ago that The Bravery would become one of the best indie rock bands I would have told you that you were crazy, but it's true.

#313 Portugal The Man - "People Say" from "The Satanic Satanist"

#312 Odawas - "Secrets Of The Fall" from "The Blue Depths" - The closest to Pink Floyd I've heard any contemporary act get in recent years. Eat your heart out, Porcupine Tree.

#311 The Derek Trucks Band - "Down In The Flood" from "Already Free"

#310 Ryan Bingham And The Dead Horses - "Day Is Done" from "Roadhouse Sun"

#309 The Manchester Orchestra - "Shake It Out" from "Mean Everything To Nothing"

#308 James Yuill - "No Surprise" from Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist

#307 The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Shame And Fortune" from "It's Blitz!"

#306 The Rifles - "Sometimes" from "The Great Escape"

#305 Samantha Crain And The Midnight Shivers - "Rising Sun" from "Songs In The Night"

#304 N.A.S.A. - "Gifted" from "The Spirit Of Apollo" - The song that finally brings together the duo that everyone's been waiting for: Kanye West and Lykke Li!

#303 The Gossip - "Heavy Cross" from "Music For Men"

#302 Monsters Of Folk - "Man Named Truth" from "Monsters Of Folk"

#301 John Rich - "Shuttin' Down Detroit" from "Son Of A Preacher Man" - I'm not a big fan of Big And Rich, but this is one hell of a brilliant song, and also the perfect song for the current economic situation.

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