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Sunset Rubdown - "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)"
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Top 100 Songs of 2007

Dec 17, 2007, 12:15am VAGUE SPACE
Spoon's The Ghost of You Lingers
What a year it has been. Just a stunning amount of great music releases in the indie rock world, from new and established artists, many at the apex of their creative output. But unlike previous years' lists, this time I'm going to start at the top, with a band that eclipsed everyone else this year, Spencer Krug's Sunset Rubdown . With the top 3 overall songs , and a whole host of other tracks in the top 100, this was the band that ended up dominating the year, no small feat amidst the great new [...]
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Top 100 Songs of 2007

Dec 16, 2007, 10:24pm VAGUE SPACE
Sunset Rubdown - "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)"
What a year it has been. Just a stunning amount of great music releases in the indie rock world, from new and established artists, many at the apex of their creative output. But unlike previous years' lists, this time I'm going to start at the top, with a band that eclipsed everyone else this year, Spencer Krug's Sunset Rubdown . With the top 3 overall songs , and a whole host of other tracks in the top 100, this was the band that ended up dominating the year, no small feat amidst the great new [...]
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Artist:Andrew Bird
Title:Plasticities
Link Text:Download Andrew Bird - "Plasticities".mp3
File Name:Plasticities.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Bright Eyes
Title:Reinvent The Wheel
Link Text:Download Bright Eyes - "Reinvent the Wheel".mp3
File Name:02_reinvent_the_wheel.mp3
Bitrate:173 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew
Title:Fucked Up Kid
Link Text:Download Kevin Drew - "Fucked Up Kid".mp3
File Name:fucked_up_kid.mp3
Bitrate:280 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Destroyer
Title:Foam Hands
Link Text:Download Destroyer - "Foam Hands".mp3
File Name:destroyer_foam_hand1s.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Dntel
Title:Dumb Luck
Link Text:Download Dntel - "Dumb Luck".mp3
File Name:01_dumb_luck.mp3
Bitrate:171 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Explosions In The Sky
Title:Catastrophe and the Cure
Link Text:Download Explosions in the Sky - "Catastrophe and the Cure".mp3
File Name:catastrophe_and_the_cure.mp3
Bitrate:204 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Handsome Furs
Title:Dead + Rural
Link Text:Download Handsome Furs - "Dead + Rural".mp3
File Name:dead_rural.mp3
Bitrate:207 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Handsome Furs
Title:The Radio's Hot Sun
Link Text:Download Handsome Furs - "The Radio's Hot Sun".mp3
File Name:the_radios_hot_sun.mp3
Bitrate:173 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:LCD Soundsystem
Title:All My Friends
Link Text:Download LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends".mp3
File Name:all_my_friends.mp3
Bitrate:196 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Modest Mouse
Title:Spitting Venom
Link Text:Download Modest Mouse - "Spitting Venom".mp3
File Name:spitting_venom.mp3
Bitrate:174 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Okkervil River
Title:John Allyn Smith Sails
Link Text:Download Okkervil River - "John Allyn Smith Sails".mp3
File Name:john_allyn_smith_sails.mp3
Bitrate:167 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Okkervil River
Title:Unless It's Kicks
Link Text:Download Okkervil River - "Unless It's Kicks".mp3
File Name:unless_its_kicks.mp3
Bitrate:201 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Panda Bear
Title:Comfy In Nautica
Link Text:Download Panda Bear - "Comfy in Nautica".mp3
File Name:01_comfy_in_nautica.mp3
Bitrate:216 kbps
Artist:Radiohead
Title:Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Link Text:Download Radiohead - "Jigsaw Falling into Place".mp3
File Name:jigsaw_falling_into_place.mp3
Year:2007
Artist:Sunset Rubdown
Title:Apistat Commander (Xiu Xiu)
Link Text:Download Sunset Rubdown - "Apistat Commander (Xiu Xiu)".mp3
File Name:apistat_commander_xiu_xiu.mp3
Bitrate:204 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Sunset Rubdown
Title:For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)
Link Text:Download Sunset Rubdown - "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)".mp3
File Name:for_the_pier_and_dead_shimmeri ng.mp3
Bitrate:249 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Sunset Rubdown
Title:The Mending of the Gown
Link Text:Download Sunset Rubdown - "The Mending of the Gown".mp3
File Name:01_the_mending_of_the_gown1.mp 3
Bitrate:266 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Sunset Rubdown
Title:Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days
Link Text:Download Sunset Rubdown - "Up On Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days".mp3
File Name:up_on_your_leopard_upon_the_en d_of_your_feral_days.mp3
Bitrate:231 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:The Arcade Fire
Title:Intervention
Link Text:Download The Arcade Fire - "Intervention".mp3
File Name:Intervention.mp3
Bitrate:186 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:The Arcade Fire
Title:No Cars Go
Link Text:Download The Arcade Fire - "No Cars Go".mp3
File Name:no_cars_go.mp3
Bitrate:178 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:The Arcade Fire
Title:The Well And The Lighthouse
Link Text:Download The Arcade Fire - "The Well and the Lighthouse".mp3
File Name:the_well_and_the_lighthouse.mp 3
Bitrate:154 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:The New Pornographers
Title:Adventures In Solitude
Link Text:Download The New Pornographers - "Adventures in Solitude".mp3
File Name:adventures_in_solitude.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007

Random Spirit Lover

Nov 1, 2007, 5:37am The Tripwire
Sunset Rubdown - "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)"
Release Date: 10.09.07 I have this running argument with myself about which is more valid for an artist - scant output defined by isolated peaks, or prolificacy with lots of filler. Is it better to be astute and produce only when things are aligned or is it better to spit it all out when you think it and push on? Clearly, Spencer Krug can't figure out how to go about the former, as albums seem to pour out this guy every time the season changes. As the unofficial hardest workingman in [...]
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New Sunset Rubdown Song

Apr 30, 2007, 4:08pm indiechristoph
Sunset Rubdown - "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)"
I happened to catch Sunset Rubdown play at Culture Shock down in Bloomington a few weeks back, and when I popped up to Pitchfork's front page, what do I see? A YouTube video of their Bloomington gig. Well, not entirely. It was one song. But I just have to share it with you guys. Because other than knowing that somewhere I was in the crowd, bobbing my head up and down, it is a reaaaally good song. I can't wait till the next record. Hell, I can't wait for the new [...]
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