Alright, so songs of my summer:
'Brave as a Noun' by Andrew Jackson Jihad
This was definitely my most played song of the summer (it doesn't hurt it's like a minute long). I pretty much listened to it as a laid in bed trying to fall asleep every night.
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'Electric Feel' by MGMT
I guess I wasn't hip enough to catch the first time around, but I really fell for this over the summer. It's got such a great pop bass line, and it's well known that I can't resist one of those.
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'The Breaks' by The Black Keys
Saw these guys in concert and for my money this was tied with 'Thickfreakness', which they opened with, for the best performance. I can't believe I hadn't give
The Big Come Up more time. Great intro by the way haha.
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'How We Know' by The Thermals
I spent a lot of time listening to
Fuckin' A and this song and 'Our Trip' were my favorites. This is The Thermals second greatest achievement, right after 'Here's Your Future', IMO.
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'Stutter' by Elastica
Such a random band for me to get into, but their debut is awesome and even if it gets labeled as "Britpop" it really sounRAB nothing like the others and is very Violent & Funky.
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'WTF?' by OK Go
I *really* didn't like OK Go's new sound first listen, but after reassessing it this week I have found a handful of songs from the new album that I dig a lot.\, which makes it pretty much like every other OK Go album--a couple great singles, a few other gems, and a bunch of filler. This is the cream of the crop. The bass line and that guitar solo are both excellent.
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'Nature of the Experiment' by Tokyo Police Club
Another simple bass part that I fall for. I love their debut EP, and this is my most played from that release.
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'Road Sings Always Look Better Over Your Shoulder' by Defiance, Ohio
I always crank up the intro verse. Love those lyrics, they really resonate with me. The most mellow Defiance song on that album but probably the most "beautiful" too.
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'CMND/CTRL' by Deftones
This is my summer heavy tune, the kind of song you mow the lawn and listen to. I didn't like all of
Diamond Eyes, but I'll still be playing this one years from now. Short and angry
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'Cigarette' by Fiction Plane
My friend gave me this Fiction Plane album. I love the simple little guitar riff at the beginning. Great hook don't hurt neither. This is an acoustic performance of the song because I can't find the studio version on youtube.
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'Cop' by Alkaline Trio
Alk Trio has the most plays on my last.fm and have released a ton of music. Yeah, the quality has steadily declined since their high point, their debut album,
Goddamnit, and this is my favorite song from that release. F
uckin' cops.
There aren't many studio versions of Alkaline Trio songs on youtube and the live videos suck too. In other worRAB, find a better way than this to listen to the song.
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'Plug in Baby' by Muse
I got into a semi-serious bike accident just as this song came on, so yeah it's gonna be a song of the summer haha. I happen to really like it too; it's one of my favorite Muse songs.
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