Hysteric – Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It wasn’t the lack of guitars that made this sweeping ballad a change and a hit. It was the build on melody.
Are friends Electric – the Dead Weather – On the other hand, nothing surprised here.
Strange Enough – N.A.S.A -The month of karen O if ever there was. The mash with ODB has to be heard.
Knife – Grizzly Bear – Weren’t they from Brooklyn or something
Young Adult Friction – The Pains Of being Pure At Heart – This band hasn’t come within a mile of this song since. Almost perfect lo-fi.
Can’t Hardly Wait – Justin Townes Earle – Disappointment off a sophomore jinxed second album.
Kiss A Grl – Keith Urban – Sounded like a good country popper at the time but hasn’t stood the test of time.
You’ll Need Those Fingers For Crossing – Los Campesinos – One of the top five songs of the century.
You Are the Best Thing – Ray Lamontagne – Get a shave you boring bastard.
I Love College – Asher Roth – So he WASN’T the next Eminem
No Line On The Horizon – U2 – No redeeming qualities.
Pull The Wool – Right On Dynamite – Hey, weren’t these guys the next big thing?
Crack A Bottle – Eminem & Dr. Dre – Me? I prefer this guy to the grown up one we’re stuck with now
I Got A Reason # 2 – Conor Oberst – Best song of 2009.