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Parenthetical Girls always kind of gave me the creeps. Thank you video for continuing the creep. Parenthetical Girls - "A Song For Ellie Greenwich" from judesays on Vimeo . Parenthetical Girls-A Song for Ellie Greenwich (mp3) Their new-ish album Entaglement is available via Slender Means Society

• Parenthetical Girls - A Song For Ellie Greenwich

Kanye just put up this track on his blog . I really like this Big Sean guy. He had a track on Kanye's mixtape Can't Tell Me Nothing that I liked a lot called "Get'cha Some." Here he adds a verse to Kanye's great (future single?) "Paranoid." Kanye West (ft. Big Sean, Mr. Hudson)-Paranoid Big Sean-Get'cha Some

So, there you have. My top albums of 2008. Here's a little recap with all the mp3's in one place. 11: The Fiery Furnaces- Remember - "Japanese Slippers" 10. Marnie Stern- This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That- "Transformer" 9. Metronomy- Nights Out - "End of You Too" 8. Little Joy- Little Joy - "Brand New Start" [...]

I love this album so so much. The lyrics are astounding, the songs are so catchy, the artwork is beautiful, I can't stop listening to this CD. Will Sheff's storytelling abilities fill the songs with rich imagery and tongue-twisting lyrics.Their songs are full of modern-day disillusionment, rock stars passing their prime, groupies getting tired, and relationships gone sour. Whereas The Stage Names kind've dragged on towards the end, I feel The Stand Ins gets even stronger towards the end. The last three full songs "On Tour with Zykos," "Calling and Not Calling My Ex" [...]

Seriously who knew this album would be so huge? So awesome? Their first CD had some great singles, but In Ghost Colours , start-to-finish, I can't find a single song I skip. It's borderline perfect. I could see every song becoming a single and having success. This was definitely the year of Cut Copy as it very much should have been. These boys deserve the success they're having and I hope they keep up the grooves. Cut Copy-Nobody Lost, Nobody Found Buy it from Insound .

"Unless you happen to belong to one of those rare, perfect, Norman Rockwell families, spending the holidays with your loved ones can have its ups and downs, its highs and lows - this Christmas album which benefits Amnesty International serves as a soundtrack to such an experience, documenting and representing the entire spectrum of emotions and feelings you might face during the most wonderful time of the year." We all know that Christmas season is upon us, with its sickening, sticky, saturated Christmas songs like "All I Want for Christmas is You," "Feliz Navidad" (which really only has [...]

Hands down, Hot Chip is one of my two favorite bands making music right now. I mean there are a lot of bands that I love their work, but only two whose I really choose to follow very closely (the other being the Decemberists, if you haven't noticed). Made in the Dark is exactly why I love them. They can bounce so many different styles of music, and do it well , that it makes me sick. In a good way. The fact that Made in the Dark has floor-fillers like "Ready for [...]

I'm really pleased that on my top ten there's quite a few new artists. I'm glad that there are still bands out there that can impress me as much as these bands have. Hercules & Love Affair became an overnight success. Releasing their self-titled debut on DFA would help, but also that the record was just so likable didn't hurt either. The music is an infusion of disco, jazz, pop, and well, Antony. I'd always loved Antony Hegarty's voice, and hearing it to danceable music wowed me. But over all, H&LA makes me even more [...]

The Mae Shi has always made interesting music, but sometimes to the point of the unlistenable. HLLLYH is their most melodious album to date, and it's full of those glitchy beats we all love. Also full of biblical references, HLLLYH is Mae Shi at their most focused . The Mae Shi-Lamb and the Lion Buy HLLLYH.

VISIBAS MiniMix (23.8 MB, 19:51 Min) Islands-Creeper Man Man-El Azteca Beck-Que Onda Guero (The Mae Shi Latino 96.3 Remix) The Blow-Hock It (We Two Remix) Hot Chip-Shake a Fist (Diplo Remix) Bobby Birdman-Victory At Sea (E*Rock Remix) Tracy + the Plastics-What You Still Want Enjoy this little mix I made! It's got some really great stuff on there. Turn up the bass! (And no, I don't have to start every mix with an Islands song but they are great starter songs)

I've been a fan of Fujiya & Miyagi since their last album, Transparent Things . I love the casual yet persistent beats, but most of all I love everything about the vocals. Singer David Best's voice is almost a whisper on most tracks, but he's just so lovable with his goofy lyrics that fit into the groove of the basslines perfectly. Lightbulbs is just a very solid record by these Kraut-lovers. Am looking forward to what the future holds for these boys. Fujiya& Miyagi-Hundreds & [...]

Where would you like to be on a drizzly, cold, blustery day like today? Me, cuddled up basking in the glow of a new-to-me speaker system bleating out the new DVD Radio Soulwax: Part of the Weekend Never Dies . Maybe you've heard of Soulwax , or 2 Many DJ's, or Radio Soulwax, or maybe Nite Versions. Or maybe you too are very confused as to the difference (if there is one) between all those titles. The documentary settles all that near the beginning so don't you worry. Part of the Weekend Never Dies [...]

Sometimes I get worried about finding new artists to love. When I got home the first CDs I went hunting for were bands I already knew before I left. I didn't really know where to turn for new bands to look out for. But, luckily enough, Friendly Fires have received a decent amount of attention from the blogs for various awesome singles, remixes and a cover of another new-comer,Lykke Li. Friendly Fires' debut is a well-crafted album full of catchy hooks, guitars, and everything else that should make you weak at the knees. [...]

Little Joy is the perfect recipe. Just three simple ingredients make Little Joy's debut album a smashing success: 1 Part Devendra Banhart+1 part The Strokes+1 Cute Girl = Little Joy. Ya got it? Ok. Their album is an almost flawless breezy pop monster. That sounds as if a Stroke and some dude who plays sometimes in Devendra's band got together and made music. Oh...wait... Little Boy-Brand New Start Buy Little Joy on Insound .

Metronomy 's second LP Nights Out is filled with interesting bits. From the amazing "Heartbreaker" to the goofy/creepy "Radio Ladio" there's always something interesting to hear from this London trio. The LP plays out like a night out on the town filled with the upbeat moments and depressing bits. The singer said it was sort of an ode to those nights out that just left a little to be desired. Everyone knows the feeling, and hearing it as a soundtrack to your own disappointing night out on the town is hauntingly dead on. Some moments of Nights [...]

Bon Iver is releasing a new EP called Blood Bank on January 20th. The EP contains 4 fresh new cuts from indie's new poster boy. The songs are chilling, seamless additions to last year's For Emma, Forever Ago . Here I've got the song "Beach Baby," which could almost be a "Re: Stacks Part 2" It's really a beautiful track. Also look for the haunting auto-tuned(!!) "Woods" on a blog near you... Bon Iver-Beach Baby Pre-order your CD or 12" from Jagjaguwar now!

Paste Magazine got out a few more details about the Decemberists ' new LP Hazards of Love . It will be released March 24th on Capitol Records. And here's the tracklist: 1. Prelude 2. Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) 3. A Bower Scene 4. Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga) 5. Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) 6. The Queen's Approach 7. Isn't it a Lovely Night? 8. The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid 9. An Interlude 10. The Rake's Song 11. The Abduction of Margaret 12. [...]

Little Marnie Stern 's big album This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That is well-known by now for it's comically large title, and Marnie's abilities to rock out. Her finger-tapping guitar-playing is admirable by slobber boys everywhere, and by anyone who wants to be able to rock out. The cd is a solid affair. So what if her singing isn't the best-when [...]

• Marnie Stern - Transformer

I couldn't get down to 11. I'm sorry. So after almost 6 weeks of playing catch-up I think I've got this whole "year 2008" thing down. And after days of listening to albums not only from this year and 2007, I've picked out the best from the good. And we're gonna start counting down backwards-style that's so common for these lists. Welcome. If you've never seen the Fiery Furnaces live, then maybe you won't get this record or be able to sit through two discs of it. But when they [...]

Check out this rad playlist that Kim of Matt & Kim fame made for RCRDLBL. It has some great songs by M&K ex-tourmates Best Fwends, the firecracker Kid Sister, mad DJ A-Trak, and of course, Matt & Kim. While you're enjoying the james, look up Matt & Kim's Flickr . Then just try and sit still till Matt & Kim's new record Grand is in your hands next year. Check out potential tour dates where you live supporting Cut Copy(!!) next March on their MySpace .