2010 Song Project - Countdown - #490-#481

#490 Film School - "Heart Full Of Pentagons" from "Fission" - The first of 2 songs on this year's countdown from the obscure indie pop band Film School.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=favcj3w-R_U

#489 Vampire Weekend - "Run" from "Contra" - The first of 11 Vampire Weekend songs to appear on the countdown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKLlNLwVqWE

#488 Jenny And Johnny - "Committed" from "I'm Having Fun Now" - Jenny Lewis takes on a lot of side projects between Rilo Kiley albums and her latest collaboration produced a pair of songs on the the countdown, starting with "Committed".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWYUr_8bx08

#487 Los Lobos - "Burn It Down" from "Tin Can Trust" - Best known for their cover of "La Bamba", Los Lobos is an enduring roots rock band, as evidenced by this cut off of their latest album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3a40GoZtb0

#486 Anais Mitchell - "Why We Build The Wall" from "Hadestown" - Anais Mitchell is one of the strangest artists to appear on this year's countdown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgiK07Py9M

#485 School Of Seven Bells - "Windstorm" from "Disconnect From Desire" - 2010 wasn't as good a year for School of Seven Bells as 2009 was, but they still placed this song on the countdown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtXttiKBzs

#484 Infant Sorrow - "Yeah Yeah Oi Oi" from "Get Him To The Greek" - Infant Sorrow barely edged out Sex Bob-Omb 5-4 to win the "fake band invented for a movie" award for 2010. It's not impossible to tell that this band is a Spinal Tap-esque fake, but you do have to listen closely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi83C2DFcQI

#483 Iron Maiden - "The Talisman" from "The Final Frontier" - Still awesome after all these years, Iron Maiden continues to make 80's style heavy metal sound more modern and viable than any metal bands born long after the end of Maiden's prime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maj2NuQfwOY

#482 Sex Bob-Omb - "We Are Sex Bob-Omb" from "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Soundtrack" - Allison Pill (as Kim Pine) provides the legendary introduction (and title of the song) and Beck provides the funky backbeat and lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoS7b0u79mw

#481 Justin Currie - "Everyone I Love" from "The Great War" - A dark, brooding tune with a singer-songwriter vibe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yyxsB8txr4