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#8: Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

Dec 30, 2007, 2:08pm :: work for it ::
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwasa Kwasa, KEXP Seattle 9/22/07
I will now list the buzzwords and phrases used to describe Vampire Weekend these days: "Influenced by Paul Simon's Graceland ." "Oh my God they went to Columbia!" "White-boy afro-pop? Who knew!" "Did you know they've never even been to Cape Cod?" Yeah, they're still pretty damn good. Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
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Artist:Vampire Weekend
Title:Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Link Text:Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
File Name:08-vampire_weekend-cape_cod_kw assa_kwassa.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007

#9: Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running

Dec 30, 2007, 1:50pm :: work for it ::
Arcade Fire at Coachella 2007 - Keep the Car Running
So what if Neon Bible wasn't Funeral ? Talk about having to live up to expectations. And it wasn't even as though NB wasn't great - it was. It's easily in my top 5 of 2007. It's just a growing process - nothing was going to replicate the lightning in a bottle that was Funeral . And in my opinion, the most impressive track on the album was the quirky "Keep The Car Running", the answer to Funeral 's "Rebellion (Lies)". That said, I have no [...]
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Artist:Arcade Fire
Title:Keep The Car Running
Link Text:Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
File Name:09-arcade_fire-keep_the_car_ru nning.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2007

#10: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

Dec 30, 2007, 1:40pm :: work for it ::
LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
At this point, I don't think there is much left to say about "All My Friends". It's a really great track. One of James Murphy's best qualities as a producer is his unbelievable patience. He's more than willing to have a track grow over nine minutes. He's willing to let the first two or three minutes start slowly and to let it build into a beast, as he does with "All My Friends". Just a great, great song. [...]
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Artist:LCD Soundsystem
Title:All My Friends (album version)
Link Text:LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
File Name:10-lcd_soundsystem-all_my_frie nds.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2007

#11: Klaxons - Golden Skans

Dec 30, 2007, 1:38pm :: work for it ::
Klaxons - Golden Skans
Strangely, I think this is the kind of the song that could have come out any time in the last forty years. It's got a timeless quality to it - the vocals aren't really something you can place, the strings and piano are unique, and there is a strange somberness to the song that really allows for you to view it as... special. Does that make sense? [...]
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Artist:Klaxons
Title:Golden Skans
Link Text:Klaxons - Golden Skans
File Name:11-klaxons-golden_skans.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2006

#12: Reverend & The Makers - Heavyweight Champion of the World

Dec 30, 2007, 1:28pm :: work for it ::
Heavyweight Champion of the World - Rev
This was one of my favorite discoveries of the year. I love the concept of the song, the production, the lyrics, and most of all - the video. It's definitely one of the more "fun" songs I've heard in some time, just considering the simplicity alone. Reverend & The Makers - Heavyweight Champion of the World
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Artist:Reverend And The Makers
Title:Heavyweight Champion Of The World
Link Text:Reverend & The Makers - Heavyweight Champion of the World
File Name:12-reverend_and_the_makers-hea vyweight_champion_of_the_world .mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007

#13: Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing

Dec 30, 2007, 1:18pm :: work for it ::
It's funny - Kanye's first single on Graduation was this one, despite what it seems. I love the use of Jeezy's sample ("HA HA!"), I love Kanye's arrogance, and I love that Manny Ramirez used this as his song as he came to bat this season. What I love the very very most though, is this (you will need the Stage6 DivX plugin to view): The most awesome music video ever. AND, IT'S APPROVED BY KANYE! HA HA! Kanye West - Can't Tell Me [...]
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Artist:Kanye West
Title:Can't Tell Me Nothing
Link Text:Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing
File Name:13-kanye_west-cant_tell_me_not hing.mp3
Bitrate:187 kbps
Year:2007

#14: Amy Winehouse - Rehab

Dec 27, 2007, 1:30pm :: work for it ::
Amy Winehouse=Rehab
blahblahblah soulful voice blahblahblah trouble with the law blahblahblah wandering streets looking like perry farrell blahblahblah bitch maybe really consider going to rehab blahblahblah okay, really great song. Amy Winehouse feat. Jay-Z - Rehab
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Artist:Amy Winehouse Feat. Jay-Z
Title:Rehab (Dirty)
Link Text:Amy Winehouse feat. Jay-Z - Rehab
File Name:14-amy_winehouse_feat_jay-z-re hab.mp3
Bitrate:144 kbps
Year:2007

#15: M.I.A. - Boyz

Dec 27, 2007, 1:25pm :: work for it ::
MIA - Boyz
This isn't the last appearance on this list by M.I.A. Kala was arguably the best album of 2007, with 5 or 6 really strong songs. "Boyz" was her first single off it and while it wasn't her best, it was the one that really introduced more of the mainstream (I mean, you hear her songs in Juicy Couture stores now). I'm digging this acceptance. M.I.A. - Boyz
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Artist:M.I.A.
Title:Boyz
Link Text:M.I.A. - Boyz
File Name:15-m.i.a.-boyz.mp3
Bitrate:262 kbps
Year:2007

#16: Kid Sister feat. Kanye West - Pro Nails

Dec 27, 2007, 1:20pm :: work for it ::
Pro Nails Kid Sister feat Kanye West
My favorite hook of the year is in this song. "Got her toes done up, with her fingernails matchin'." Fuckin' awesome. Here's the question - who's the coolest indie hip hop power couple: Kid Sister & A-Trak OR Diplo & M.I.A.? I don't have the answer, but this song makes it closer in my mind. Kid Sister feat. Kanye West - Pro Nails
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Artist:Kid Sister feat. Kanye West
Title:Pro Nails
Link Text:Kid Sister feat. Kanye West - Pro Nails
File Name:16-kid_sister_feat_kanye_west- pro_nails.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

#17: Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (Alive 2007 Remix)

Dec 27, 2007, 1:15pm :: work for it ::
Harder Better Faster Stronger (Alive 2007 Radio Edit) video
I only wish I sprung for tickets to see them play in Brooklyn back in the summer. I can't even imagine (except by judging footage from the DVD I saw) how fucking amazing the show must have been. Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (Alive 2007 Remix)
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Artist:Daft Punk
Title:Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Link Text:Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (Alive 2007 Remix)
File Name:17-daft_punk-harder_better_fas ter_stronger_(alive_2007_remix ).mp3
Bitrate:279 kbps
Year:2007

#18: Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around, Comes Around

Dec 27, 2007, 12:55pm :: work for it ::
Justin Timberlake What Goes Around...Comes Around
Hey, it's "Cry Me A River", version 2007! Okay, maybe this really was just a rip off of his own song, but that doesn't really matter. It's still a tremendously awesome song, one that from start-to-finish is really a great fuck-you to someone who he used to love. Probably the best breakup song of the year. Marilyn Manson - What Goes Around, Comes Around (Justin Timberlake cover)
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Artist:Marilyn Manson
Title:What Goes Around Comes Around
Link Text:Marilyn Manson - What Goes Around, Comes Around (Justin Timberlake cover)
File Name:18-marilyn_manson-what_goes_ar ound_comes_around.mp3

#19: Kanye West feat. T-Pain - The Good Life

Dec 27, 2007, 12:35am :: work for it ::
Kanye's going to make a few more appearances on this list. I'm warning you now. I could talk about how Kanye had a "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" attitude regarding the choice to use the same directors as Justice did for "D.A.N.C.E.", but that's been beat into the ground. I could also talk about how this song was perfectly used at the end of an Entourage episode, where Kanye just magically appeared and whisked Vince and Eric and the boys off to Cannes to premiere their new film. And [...]
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Artist:Kanye West
Title:Good Life
Link Text:Kanye West feat. T-Pain - The Good Life
File Name:19-kanye_west_feat_t-pain-the_ good_life.mp3
Bitrate:191 kbps
Year:2007

#20: Jay-Z - Roc Boys (and the winner is)

Dec 25, 2007, 1:00pm :: work for it ::
The line "it's a celebration, bitches" really defines the song. Jay-Z's comeback after the mediocre Kingdom Come was the soundtrack to American Gangster . Despite the overarching influence of Diddy, the album came out terrific ("Blue Magic" also stands out). "Roc Boys" is one of those songs that not only sounds like a party, but feels like it. It's a blast from start to finish. Jay-Z - Roc Boys
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Artist:Jay-Z
Title:Roc Boys
Link Text:Jay-Z - Roc Boys
File Name:20-jay-z-roc_boys.mp3
Bitrate:281 kbps
Year:2007

#22: Bangers & Cash - B.O.O.T.A.Y.

Dec 25, 2007, 12:35am :: work for it ::
BOOTAY (Dirty) - Spank Rock & Benny Blanco are: Bangers & C
Hahahaha. I fuckin' love it. Between the 2 Live Crew samples, the Baltimore house sound, and the absolutely filthy rhymes it's like nothing else in music today. Spank Rock and Benny Blanco combine to make the duo of B&C, and really, they just make bass-heavy music to have spastic sex to. Or, at least what I'd imagine spastic sex to be like. Probably really sweaty and fast and possibly something that could injure you. [...]
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Artist:Spank Rock And Benny Blanco
Title:B-O-O-T-A-Y
Link Text:Bangers & Cash - B.O.O.T.A.Y.
File Name:22-bangers_and_cash-bootay.mp3
Bitrate:251 kbps
Year:2007

#23: Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs

Dec 25, 2007, 12:35am :: work for it ::
I've made my love of Fall Out Boy pretty clear on this site in the past, and I'm unashamed of it. They're stupidly fun pop punk and their new album really was pretty damn good. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs is the best track on the album - and they're a prime example of the crossover between hip-hop and pop punk these days. Jay-Z has long said how much he loves their music. Pete Wentz always talks about how he thinks Lil Wayne is the most emo act on the planet. Babyface produced a few songs [...]
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Artist:Fall Out Boy
Title:Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
Link Text:Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
File Name:23-fall_out_boy-thnks_fr_th_mm rs.mp3
Bitrate:249 kbps
Year:2007

#21: Dude n Nem feat. Twista - Watch My Feet (Remix)

Dec 25, 2007, 12:35am :: work for it ::
Dude N Nem - Watch My Feet
What a bizarre song. I remember hearing just the chorus and going "what in blazes is this?" It's so insipid and silly and fun - and the remix with Twista (who fits perfectly into the concept of the song considering it's really fast, and Twista can, um, spit hot fire). Dude n Nem feat. Twista - Watch My Feet (Remix)
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Artist:Dude N Nem ft Twista
Title:Watch My Feet (Remix)
Link Text:Dude n Nem feat. Twista - Watch My Feet (Remix)
File Name:21-dude_n_nem_feat_twista-watc h_my_feet_(remix).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

#24: Lenlow - I Love New England

Dec 23, 2007, 1:16pm :: work for it ::
Well, if you didn't know, The Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the Second Time in Four Years. Yes, it's true. During the playoffs, the awesome DJ Lenlow made this fantastic mashup (my favorite of 2007, actually). It features: The Standells - Dirty Water Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - New England Big D & the Kids Table - New England Aerosmith - Walk This Way Boston - More Than a Feeling J Geils Band - Centerfold Six songs -- and it works! Really, really, really, really, really well. [...]
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Artist:Lenlow
Title:I Love New England
Link Text:Lenlow - I Love New England
File Name:24-lenlow-i_love_new_england.m p3
Bitrate:256 kbps

#25: My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

Dec 23, 2007, 1:15pm :: work for it ::
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
I said at the end of my 2006 list that I regretted not putting this song on the list. It was one of my favorites of last year and I have no idea why it wasn't on the list. But thanks to the magic of radio airplay, "Teenagers" was a big hit this summer, so I'm putting it on this year's list. I don't care that it sounds just like Ugly Kid Joe's "Everything About You", it's a fun song with a completely sing-a-long-able chorus. [...]
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Artist:My Chemical Romance
Title:Teenagers
Link Text:My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
File Name:25-my_chemical_romance-teenage rs.mp3
Bitrate:236 kbps
Year:2006

#26: Unk - Walk It Out (Remix)

Dec 23, 2007, 1:14pm :: work for it ::
I really don't like Unk's music. "Walk It Out" isn't a great song. But... the remix with Andre 3000 features a set of lines so good that that alone gets it into the top 40. I'm like jury duty You're new to this part of town Your white tee, well to me, Looks like a a nightgown Make ya mama proud Take that thing two sizes down Then you look like the man That you are or what you could be I mean, fuck. Hah. He's basically calling out everyone in the [...]
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Artist:Unk Andre 300 Jim Jones
Title:Walk it Out (Remix) www.mp3hustle.com
Link Text:Unk feat. Andre 3000 & Jim Jones - Walk It Out (Remix)
File Name:26-unk_feat_andre_3000_and_jim _jones-walk_it_out_(remix).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps

#27: Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It

Dec 23, 2007, 1:14pm :: work for it ::
Tonight I have to leave it- Shout Out Louds
In 2005, I was sent a copy of the Shout Out Louds debut album and loved it. So when their sophomore effort, Our Ill Wills came out, I was very exciting - and pleased. Their Irish influences are pretty apparent on this (I know, weird for a Swedish band to have Irish influences, but I'm convinced of this after listening to them for a few years), and it's a great thing to see develop. Considering they've gone two-for-two on great albums, I'm excited for what they have in store for their third album. [...]
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