There are at least 17,000 post-millenial songs in my various hard drives. I listened to every single one of them yesterday afternoon, and picked out the fifteen best songs.
Some things:
- The first half of the second sentence above is a complete lie. I actually spent about an hour on this.
- This is obviously not in any way comprehensive, as I have neither the time nor inclination to make some massive, 500 song list that would better represent the music of the decade. My sole objective was to make a mix that flowed nicely together.
- We’ve already covered Gordon Downie, The National, and Richard Hawley in prior end-of-decade posts (see links below), so I’ve left them out.
- Favorite songs from 2009 are getting their own post, probably next Sunday, so they’re left out too.
- I love Stars and think the songs that comprise the first half of Set Yourself On Fire are damn-near perfect. However, I think Memphis’ “Incredibly Drunk On Whiskey” is even better, so the side-project wins out.
- I am not a Sufjan Stevens fan. You could correctly say that I absolutely can not stand him. But I’ve got to give him props for “Come On! Feel The Illinoise!” – that’s just a wonderful song. The rest of that album gets on my fucking nerves, though.
- In doing a little bit of research – mainly to make sure that some of the earlier songs on here were released after 1999 – I came across this Pitchfork review for Lambchop’s Nixon. The writer is a fucking moron.
- If you like what you hear, please purchase the albums which feature these songs.
- If I had to pick 1 of these as my song of the decade, it would be the last one.
Press ‘Play’ on the Yahoo Media Thingy at the bottom left to listen to it as a mix. Or just listen to your favorites. Either way, enjoy the songs.
1) Lambchop – The Old Gold Shoe
2) Beulah – A Good Man Is Easy To Kill
3) Pas/Cal – Poor Maude
4) Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
5) Memphis – Incredibly Drunk On Whiskey
6) Yo La Tengo – Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House
7) Sigur Ros – Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur
8) Okkervil River – The War Criminal Rises And Speaks
9) Broken Social Scene – Ibi Dreams Of Pavement (KCRW Session 11-08-05)
10) Destroyer – Your Blood
11) The Spinto Band – Oh Mandy
12) Crooked Fingers – Sleep All Summer
13) Jens Lekman – Shirin
14) The Clientele – The House Always Wins
15) The Lucksmiths – Fiction
Agree? Disagree? Let me know your favorites (or chide my glaring omissions) in the comments.
Previous End Of Whateverness:
The Opening Acts’ Obligatory Album Of The Decade Post: Carl’s Choice
The Opening Acts’ Obligatory Band Of The Decade Post: Tyge’s Choice
The Opening Acts’ Obligatory Band Of The Decade Post: Carl’s Choice
