My Favorite Tracks of Winter 2010
By Nicole on March 6, 2010 in mp3blog
The new Ruby Suns album takes a decidedly more "glo-fi" route, but preserves the same creative wordplay and stylistic ingenuity of "Sea Lion." This song combines hypnotic production effects with coy lyrics that tug at your heartstrings. Kenya dig it?
Ruby Suns - Mingus and Pike
"Odd Blood" is by no means a flawless record, but "Madder Red," is a completely engrossing song that drowns you in its swirling melodies and intelligent lyrics that attempt to make meaning out of a collapsing relationship. This was a stand out track when I saw them live this summer and it is far and away the best song on this album.
Yeasayer - Madder Red
Local Natives combine an art rock/world music sensibility with breathtaking vocal harmonies and their version of Talking Heads "Warning Sign," is an ideal cover track, in that it preserves the song's rhythmic verve while providing a refreshing new angle; polyrythms are enhanced by barber shop quartet style vocal arrangements.
Local Natives - Warning Sign
Happy Birthday are one of Sub Pop's newest artists and are a delightful throwback to the days of Nirvana and Screaming Trees. This leadoff track from their eponymous debut is delightfully whiny and rambunctious and its catchiness is immediate.
Happy Birthday - Girls FM
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Girls FM is the best song ever written.