To conclude my mid-year wrap up of the music so far in ‘09, I figured I’d do A Round of Sound featuring some of my favorite tracks of the year that I haven’t already mentioned in a post on the blog. So here’s a few of my favorite songs so far in 2009 that will all surely be candidates for my end of year mix tape.
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["My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille" - Beirut :: March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland (EP)]
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["Blood Bank" - Bon Iver :: Blood Bank (EP)]
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["Pieces" - Dinosaur Jr :: Farm]
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["Shampoo" - Elvis Perkins In Dearland :: Elvis Perkins In Dearland]
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["How We Exit" - Gentleman Reg :: Jet Black]
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["Strictly Game" - Harlem Shakes :: Technicolor Health]
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["Help I'm Alive" - Metric :: Fantasies]
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["It Gets Your Body Movin'" - Suckers :: Suckers EP]
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["Silver Moons" - Sunset Rubdown :: Dragonslayer]
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["Wilco" - Wilco :: Wilco (The Album)]
[...] After initially being disappointed with this release, I did eventually come around to appreciate it. This is the follow up to Perkins’ cathartic debut Ash Wednesday, one of my favorites in 2007, and it is much more ambitious than his previous effort this time employing a multi-instrumental backing band that adds a little bit more pomp to his tunes. My first reaction to the album was that some of the emotion was sacrificed, but considering the subject matter of Ash Wednesday, I think that was a little hard to re-create. This release shows Perkins maturation as a songwriter and songs like “Shampoo” and “Doomdsay” are a couple of the year’s best. (“Shampoo” was featured on my mid-year Round of Sound here.) [...]