1. Sink/Let It Sway – SSLYBY – Wait out for the handclaps at the end.
2. Stupid Grin – Dragonette – Electronic Heaven
3. Power – Kanye West – Backing track of the year
4. Whole New Way – Scissor Sisters – Like country in a gay bar
5. I Can Do Anything – 3Oh!3 – These guys are something else, it is like one long party. Rhyming “new york cabbie” with “boyfriend in the back seat” will make you LOTS OF FRIENDS.
6. On And Ever Onward – Bjork and DP – I’ve missed this sort of accessibility from Bjork for years.
7. Pick Up The Phone – Dragonette – If you don’t know the song, this quote is a little redundant “PICK UP THE PHONE, PICK UP THE PHONE… “
8. The Suburbs – Arcade Fire – Yeah, sorry, this got me.
9. All The Same – The 88s – Are these guys English?
10. Club Can’t Handle Me (feat David Guetta) – Flo rida – Songwriting by committee
11. King Of The Beach – Wavves – A gogoer
12. All Our Lifes – The Hold Steady – As my vacationing editor Helen Bach noted, tell my little lambs that im on my way home.
13. Dancing On My Own – Robyn – Did you read Sasha’s review in the New Yorker? I’d agree if I understood him better.
14. Coquette Cowuette – Of Montreal – Monstrous mood pop
15. Love The Way You Lie (feat Rihanna) – Eminem – If Jay-Z had used Ra-Ra on “Empire” instead of Keyes it might actually be listenable.
16. Almost Love (24/7) – Jessica Jarrel – Word to Jessica, don’t let Justin alone with you.
18. Crossfire – Brandon Flowers – Jesus died for somebodies sins but not his.
19. Live At Shea Stadium – Patrick Stickles – So did he go to the Wavves concert or didn’t he.
20. History Sticks To Your Feet – Modest Mouse – The greatest song in the world right this minute. When MM get it right, which is maybe 40% of the time) they are unbeatable.