gonna keep some of my classic lists from LAST YEAR and spice it up a bit with some new ones too. but! NO REPEATS!
TOP 4 TIMES I SAW VAMPIRE WEEKEND IN 2009
1. all points west, 7.31
2. columbia university, 4.18
3. some random studio in midtown manhattan, 7.22
4. new york times building, 1.12
TOP 5 HOTTIES I SPENT THE MAJORITY OF CONCERTS STARING AT IN 2009
1. CHRIS BEAR, drums, grizzly bear
2. HAMILTON LEITHAUSER, singing, the walkmen
3. ALEX SCALLY, guitar, beach house
4. LUKE TEMPLE, singing / guitar, here we go magic
5. ROBIN PECKNOLD, singing / guitar, fleet foxes
TOP 3 "MAINSTREAM" SONGS I REALLY UNDENIABLY LOVED IN 2009
1. lady gaga's "bad romance"
2. lady gaga's "poker face"
3. lady gaga's "paparazzi"
TOP 3 SONGS IN WITH SOME VOCALS IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
1. very best + ezra koenig "warm heart of africa" (not sure what language this is)
2. maluca "el tigeraso" (spanish)
3. fool's gold "surprise hotel" (hebrew)
TOP 5 HOT ACCENTS OF 2009
1. thomas mars, phoenix
2. everyone else in phoenix (when talking in interviews)
3. orlando weeks, the maccabees
4. sam eastgate, late of the pier
5. romy madley croft and oliver sim, the xx
TOP 5 BEST COVERS OF 2009
1. white hinterland "my love" (justin timberlake)
2. local natives "warning sign" (talking heads)
3. skeleton me "fireworks" (animal collective)
4. solange "stillness is the move" (dirty projectors)
5. britt daniel + white rabbits "instant karma" (john lennon)
BEST MUSTACHES OF 2009
the men of LOCAL NATIVES
namely singer and guitarist taylor rice (in nike shirt)
TOP 5 MOST AWESOME / RIDICULOUS LYRICS OF 2009
1. "when i saw you at the discotheque... send my vibe out to you" --- discovery, so insane
2. "i know the horizon is flat and motionless like the ekg of a dying woman" --- dirty projectors, temecula sunrise
3. "duel it duel it duel it jugulate duel it duel it" --- phoenix, lisztomania
4. "i just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls" --- animal collective, my girls
5. "in december drinking horchata i'd look psychotic in a balaclava" --- vampire weekend, horchata
TOP 5 SEXIEST JAMZ OF 2009
1. dirty projectors, stillness is the move
2. discovery, so insane
3. very best + MIA, rain dance
4. late of the pier, heartbeat
5. warpaint, krimson
BEST USE OF AN IPHONE IN 2009
THIS
TOP 5 RIDICULOUS / DUMB THINGS I DID FOR MUSIC IN 2009
1. stand outside a window in 40 degree weather to see white rabbits at a 21+ bar
2. wait for 2+ hours while katy perry cleaned her shit out of the studio at mtv unplugged so i could see vampire weekend tape mtv unplugged
3. stand in the mud/rain for 3+ hours to see fleet foxes, national, vampire weekend, yeah yeah yeahs, jay-z
4. arrive almost four hours early to williamsburg so i could get into grizzly bear
5. sleep on my friend's floor at smith college so that i could stay for the entirety of the walkmen's set at pearl street
TOP 5 THINGS I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR IN 2010
1. CONTRA
2. TRANSFERENCE
3. NEW YEASAYER! NEW ARCADE FIRE! NEW NATIONAL? NEW WALKMEN? NEW ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI?
4. seeing white rabbits inside a building
5. warpaint's full-length
TOP 5 BANDS THAT I EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM IN 2010
1. local natives
2. warpaint
3. sleigh bells
4. cloud nothings
5. two states
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