JALEPZERZ!!!: White Mystery

1.) SONG OF THE YEAR: Palma Violets - "Last of the Summer Wine"

Just like countless other great rock n' roll songs, this one's greater than the sum of its parts. Yeah, the intro's too long on this song. And so's the outro. The lyrics are moronic. (The "official" video is absolute garbage - see above.) And the chord progression isn't exactly original but... there's just somethin' about the classic guitar tone and the finesse they play the lick with and the sweet, sweet melody that slays me every time.

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2.) The Thermals - "Faces Stay With Me"

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3.) White Mystery - "Hey Shirley"

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4.) Guided by Voices - "Send to Celeste"

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5.) The Men - "Electric"

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6.) Deafheaven - "Dream House"

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7.) Scout Niblett - "Can't Fool Me Now"

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8.) Kylesa - "Unspoken"

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9.) Dan Friel - "Ulysses"

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10.) Roomrunner - "Weird"

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11.) The Men - "Without a Face"

12.) Jimi Hendrix - "Somewhere"

13.) Deafheaven - "The Pecan Tree"

14.) White Denim - "Let it Feel Good (My Eagles)"

15.) Low Fat Getting High - "My Hate"

16.) Beck - "Defriended"

17.) Russian Circles - "Ethel"

18.) Ceramic Dog - "Prayer"

19.) Queens of the Stone Age - "My God Is the Sun"

20.) Big Business - "Aurum" / "Doomsday Today!"

21.) Coliseum - "Late Night Trains"

22.) Guided by Voices - "Taciturn Cave"

23.) Palma Violets - "Rattlesnake Highway"

24.) Fleetwood Mac - "Without You"

25.) BOAT - "Hating the Criminal"

26.) Roomrunner - "Bait Car"

27.) Kurt Vile - "KV Crimes"

28.) Robert Pollard - "Real Fun Is No One's Monopoly"

29.) Deafheaven - "Sunbather"

30.) Mogwai - "Special N"

31.) Melvins - "City Dump"

32.) Marnie Stern - "Year of the Glad"

33.) Destruction Unit - "God Trip"

34.) Sigur Ros - "Rafstraumur"

35.) Queens of the Stone Age - "Kalopsia"

36.) Robert Pollard - "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera"

37.) Kurt Vile - "Wakin on a Pretty Day"

38.) Dan Friel - "Thumper"

39.) Marnie Stern - "Immortals"

40.) Pissed Jeans - "Vain in Costume"

41.) Kylesa - "Long Gone"

42.) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Slave"

43.) The Thermals - "You Will Be Free"

44.) Palma Violets - "Best of Friends"

45.) Scout Niblett - "Gun"

46.) Fleetwood Mac - "Sad Angel"

47.) Bad Religion - "In Their Hearts is Right"

48.) Liquor Store - "Keys to the Face"

49.) Brokeback - "Don't Worry Pigeon"

50.) Atoms for Peace - "Before Your Very Eyes"

05/07/2013

Song of the Week: The Best Songs of 2013 So Far

With 2013 1/3 over, it's list time. The title of this post is a tad misleading; if this list comprised all of my favorite songs from this year, it would have more GbV / Thermals / Hendrix / The Men / etc. songs. Instead it's more like "one good song from each of the albums / EPs I've enjoyed most this year, plus the Roomrunner single." So, presented in no particular order, here's that.

The Men - "Electric"

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The Thermals - "Faces Stay With Me"

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