favorites of 2010: the forgotten

The problem with making any sort of list is you inevitably forget something. We are not immune. After publishing our Favorites of 2010 list, we of course came up with a handful of things we should have included. In no particular order, they are:

Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks
The National – High Violet
Peter Gabriel – Heroes
The Whigs – Black Lotus
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home*

After publishing this, we’ll probably think of twenty more things, but we’ve got to draw the line somewhere.

*Though released in 2009, it really got its legs in 2010 so we’re counting it anyway.

february mp3 round-up

Here’s a collection of all the mp3s we gave away via Twitter in February.

Josiah Wolf (of WHY?) – Master Cleanse (California)
Portugal. The Man – The Dead Dog
Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (Passion Pit Summertime Radio Remix)
Club 8 – Western Hospitality
Bobby Birdman – Only For A While
Cap’n Jazz – Oh, Messy Life
Neon Indian – Terminally Chill
Field Music – Measure
Tunng – Don’t Look Down or Back
Magnetic Fields – Book of Love (Peter Gabriel cover)
Peter Gabriel – Flume (Bon Iver cover)

under the covers

A radio station in my area is calling for listeners’ favorite cover songs for a theme over Valentine’s Day weekend – Under the Covers. Here’s what I’d play:

Between the Buried and Me – Colorblind (Counting Crows)
Ted Leo – Since U Been Gone/Maps (Kelly Clarkson/Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Colin Meloy – Cupid (Sam Cooke)
Death Cab for Cutie – This Charming Man (The Smiths)
Magnetic Fields – The Book of Love (Peter Gabriel)
Peter Gabriel – Flume (Bon Iver)
She & Him  – You Really Got a Hold On Me (The Miracles)

Ready to let me be a guest DJ, Triple M?