LIVE
1. The first coupla minutes of Doug Keith’s set at Mercury Lounge, where he stands expectations on its head with an instrumental road before segueing into “We Left Everything”
2. David Guetta’s opening DJ set for Black Eyed Peas at MSG -the song before they pull him off stage before he can play “Sexy Bitch”.
3. The Groucho Marxists cover of “Pleasant Valley Sunday” at Bowery Ballroom.
4. Lesiure’s one two punch at the end of their Webster Hall gig Saturday.
5. And the best moment: Jualian Casablancas singing “wake up, wake up” together with the audience at Irving Plaza.
RECORDED
1. The guitar break a minute and half into Titus Andronicus’ “A Perfect Union”.
2. Stickles’ “wooooh” just after “i never should have left new jersey” on “A Perfect Union”
3. Marina’s “You never answer the phone when it ring, ring, rings”
4. Nicki Minaj’s rap on Usher’s “Lil Freak”. She hijacks the track.
5. The vicious nastiness on the chorus of the LIl Wayne -Eminem hook up “Drop The World”.