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Top 50 Songs of 2011

December 26, 2011 in Culture, Music with 0 Comments

Specifically these are “my favorite songs that I listened to with my wife and kids – cruising in our minivan”.

So it excludes music that’s too heavy/slow/potty-mouthed/grating.

It’s Indie Music for the Masses.

Unlike most “best songs of 2011″ all these songs are very listenable/enjoyable. I feel like most lists are trying to earn their indie street cred by trying to list the most obscure bands that no one has ever heard of.

And here are a few bonus lists:

Click “subscribe” at the top of Spotify if you want to add any of the the playlists to your sidebar of lists.

Here are my 50 favorite songs of 2011 (click to play the full list in Spotify):

50 Seryn – Beach Song

49 Washed Out – Amor Fati

48 The Dodos – Black Night

47 Broken Bells – Meyrin Fields

46 Bright Eyes – Shell Games

45 Pepper Rabbit – Dance Card

44 ANR – Stay Kids

43 James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream

42 The Naked And Famous – Young Blood

41 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Nothing But Our Love

40 Young Man – Nothing

39 Death Cab for Cutie – You Are A Tourist

38 Young Galaxy – Cover Your Tracks

37 Geographer – Verona

36 Royal Bangs – TV Tree

35 Tapes ‘n Tapes – Freak Out

34 Alexander – Truth

33 TV On The Radio – Will Do

32 The National – You Were A Kindness

31 Phantogram – Turning Into Stone

30 St. Vincent – Neutered Fruit

29 King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – John Taylor’s Month Away

28 Wye Oak – The Alter

27 Cults – Go Outside

26 MNDR – I Go Away

25 Capital Cities – Safe and Sound

 

24 Cut Copy – Where I’m Going (click to download for free)

 

23 Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers

 

22 Dry the River – No Rest

 

21 Beirut – Santa Fe

 

20 Yeasayer – Swallowing the Decibels (click to download for free)

 

19 My Morning Jacket – Victory Dance

 

18 Bon Iver – Calgary (right click to download for free)

 

17 Phantogram – When I’m Small

 

16 Lykke Li – Love Out Of Lust

 

15 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (click the black box to play/stop)

 

14 The Antlers – No Widows (click the black box to play/stop)

 

13 Beirut – The Rip Tide

 

12 Digits – Lost Dream (click to download the whole album for free)

 

11 ANR – It’s Around You (right click to download for free)

 

10 Phantogram – Don’t Move (click to download for free)

 

9 Cults – You Know What I Mean

 

8 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (click to download for free)

 

7 King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Bats In The Attic (sorry, couldn’t find this one to stream – you’ll have to listen to it on Spotify)

 

6 M83 – Midnight City

 

5 Active Child – Hanging On (click to download for free)

 

4 Lana Del Rey – Video Games (click the black box to play/stop)

 

3 Geographer – Kites

 

2 Bon Iver – Holocene

 

1 Wye Oak – ‘Civilian’ (click to download for free)

 

What were your favorite songs of 2011? What did I miss?

 

Top 10 Albums of 2011

December 15, 2011 in Music with 3 Comments

It’s the most wonderful time of they year – time for everyone to release their “Best of 2011” lists. I hope to post a few different posts:

  • Top 10 Albums of 2011
  • Top 50 Songs of 201
  • Top Books of 2011
  • Top Thoughts from 2011
  • Top Posts of 2011

Today’s Best of 2011 list:

Top 10 Albums of 2011

It’s been a good, not great year for albums. It’s hard to top last year’s trifecta of Sufjan, Arcade Fire, and The National (here is my Top Albums list from last year)

Really this year there’s one great album – Bon Iver – and 9 good albums. One theme this year (at least in my top 10) seems to be albums that sound like they were made in a different era:

  • King Creosote – the 1800’s in Scotland
  • Cults – 50’s doo-wop
  • Beirut (though hailing from exotic Arizona) – early 1900’s Italy
  • M83 is straight out of the 80’s
  • My Morning Jacket’s 1970’s classic rock album

Top Albums/Songs lists are great ways to discover new music. You can click on any of the Albums below to listen to the full album, for free, on Spotify. I highly recommend Spotify – it takes about a minute to download (I use the free version) and let’s you listen to practically any song/album in the world for free. PLUS it lets you listen to playlists that your friends make – i.e. – the Top 50 Songs of the Year list I’ll put on there. Just click “subscribe” at the top of Spotify if you want to add anyone’s lists to your sidebar of lists (and you can delete any lists if you later get tired of them).

Quick aside – any song listed for free on here is 100% legal. And I don’t make any money off any of the links or Spotify or anything. I just like connecting friends to good music and good deals.

 

Top 10 Albums of 2011

#10 My Morning Jacket – Circuital

A few really good songs on this slow-building, classic-rock sounding album. Love the songs Victory Dance, Circuital and You Wanna Freak Out. $5 right now on Amazon.

 

 

#9 Beirut – The Rip Tide

I’m pretty sure Beirut is the only band on this list with a flugelhorn and the ukulele as lead instruments. This is the most upbeat, accessible album from a great band.

Two phenomenal songs from the album: Rip Tide, Santa Fe. $5 right now on Amazon.

 

#8 Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes

Swedish singer songwriter Lykke Li trades bubblegum pop for heartbreak and regret. But it’s toe-tapping heartbreak. You could call it heartbreak pop. $7.99 on Amazon.

Two amazing songs from the album: Love out of Lust, I Follow Rivers.

 

#7 M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.

a. The first double album I’ve ever bought. And it’s not your typical album with long stretches of instrumental music. M83 has had great songs in the past but I’ve found their albums to be a little painful to endure. But this album never drags and feels like a cohesive whole – a great 80’s indie pop album.

Midnight City is topping many people’s best song of 2011 lists (definitely in my top 10)

 

#6  The Antlers – Burst Apart

Kind of a downer of an album – but a great, moving album. $5 on Amazon.

Get the two most popular songs (though No Widows is my favorite) off the album for free on Amazon:

I Don’t Want Love

Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out

 

#5 Cults – Cults

The doo-wop vibe eventually wears a bit thin at times but it has 5-6 really incredible, addictive songs on it. Great pop-rock. $5 right now on Amazon.

 

#4 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy

Angst filled, passionate music throughout. Great hooks, great turn of phrase, great music. Only $5 right now on Amazon

Get one of the songs from the album for free – Surgeon (right click to download).

 

#3 King Creosote & Jon Hopkins-Diamond Mine

King Creosote transports you to another time with his beautiful Scottish songs. Great for the gray days of winter.

 

#2 Wye Oak – Civilian

Reminds me of a female version of The Nationals – dark, moody and great. Give this one some time – it will grow on you. $5 right now on Amazon

Get the best song on the album (and . . . SPOILER ALERT! . . . as you’ll see on my top songs post, my favorite song of 2011!) – Civilian – for free on Amazon.

 

#1 Bon Iver – Bon Iver

Without a doubt the best album of 2011. I never jumped on the Bon Iver bandwagon when their first album – For Emma, Forever Ago – swept the indie world. It was too slow and sparse for my tastes. But every song on Justin Vernon’s sophomore effort is amazing.

Get one of the best songs on the album, Calgary (right click to save), for free from Pitchfork.

Click below to listen to the entire album for free (so you can be convinced you need to buy it – $4.99 right now on Amazon):

 

 

Two Honorable Mention EP’s

  • Phantogram – Nightlife – I just wish this were full length – every song is REALLY good.
    • Get the incredibly good, best song on the album for free – Don’t Move (right click to download)

 

What were your favorite albums of 2011?

What’s Your Favorite Music of 2011?

November 27, 2011 in Music with 3 Comments

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

That’s right – it’s Best Music of the Year time.

Time for everyone to start releasing their Best of 2011 lists.

 

I’ve been working on my two lists: top albums and best songs of 2011 – but it’ll be a few weeks before I get them all in order.

To get you warmed up, here’s my “top 50 songs” lists from 2009 & 2010 (as a playlist on the free music service Spotify):

Best Songs of 2010

Best Songs of 2009

 

Here’s a list of some albums I’m considering for best albums of 2011 (in alphabetical order – click to open in Spotify).

 

What have been your favorite albums and songs of 2011?

What songs or albums do I need to make sure I include on my Best-of-2011 list?

 

photo courtesy of Hani Amir

Stuff You Can Use for Your Weekly Meeting

August 28, 2011 in Music, Sharing with 20 Comments

I wanted to share a few things we’ve used at our Cru meeting that you might be able to use.

 

Opener Video

Here’s a video we show at the beginning of our meeting. It serves two purposes:

  1. It functions as a cue to sit down and be quiet (we show it most every week)
  2. It communicates a little about who we are and what we’re about

We just put it together last week, so I’d love any constructive criticism (especially on how to improve any wording to make it more powerful).

Update: There is blank space at the beginning to give everyone a chance to sit down. And outro music at the end to give time for the MC’s to come up with some backing music (the sound guy can fade it out as they start).

Fall 2011 – Cru Intro Text Video from Tim Casteel on Vimeo.

Shout out to our intern Michael Allen who did the bulk of the work! Michael is splitting his time doing 50% campus work and 50% video for us.

 

For those of you out there that know a thing or two about video editing, I would HIGHLY recommend buying the Motion app for the Mac (a steal at $50) and then using the amazing pre-made templates (where we got this video) at motionvfx.com

It will enable you to make slick text based videos.

 

To download the hi-res video for use at your meeting, click here (I changed the end to a generic “college students” so it wouldn’t have anything Arkansas specific).

 

Music

While cool, upbeat music may be #27 on the list of important things about a weekly meeting, it’s important nonetheless.

What’s the first thing students encounter when they come to your meeting? Your music that you’re playing before the meeting.

And what happens when they hear Newsboys or Rebecca St. James pumping out of your speakers? You immediately confirm their worst suspicions that you are cheezy and out of touch with their reality.

 

As much as I am not a big fan of hip hop, at the weekly meeting we tend to be hip hop heavy. I run the music at our regional winter conference and can conclusively say that hip hop makes a marked difference on the “vibe” of the crowd. It makes your meeting a party. Literally. People dance.

 

So here’s a playlist we’ve used this fall for our cookouts and Cru weekly meeting.

You’ll need Spotify to use it/listen to it. If you need an invite, leave a comment and I’ll send you one. It’s worth a little effort to

1) Not pay a dime for new music and

2) Not be left to the whims of your soundguy’s ipod.

 

Update:

For those of you who don’t have Spotify, here’s the playlist:

Phoenix – Lisztomania

Passion Pit – Sleepyhead

Trip Lee – The Invasion (Hero) Ft. Jai

Broken Bells – The Ghost Inside

Vampire Weekend – Giving Up The Gun

Lecrae – High Ft. Suzy Rock

Muse – Starlight

Vampire Weekend – A-Punk

Flame – Joyful Noise

Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks

Vampire Weekend – Run

Lecrae – Walking On Water

Lecrae – 40 Deep Ft. Tedashii & Trip Lee

Phoenix – 1901

Cults – You Know What I Mean

Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say

Robyn – Dancing On My Own

The Shins – Sea Legs

Paper Route – Last Time

Jimmy Eat World – A Praise Chorus

Young the Giant – My Body

Matt & Kim – Daylight

White Rabbits – Percussion Gun

Shout Out Louds – Walls

Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill

Cults – Go Outside

Jónsi – Go Do

Peter Bjorn And John – Young Folks

Passion Pit – Moth’s Wings

Capital Cities – Safe and Sound

Death Cab for Cutie – You Are A Tourist

Jimmy Eat World – Pain

M.I.A. – Paper Planes

Tapes ‘n Tapes – Freak Out

Yeasayer – Madder Red

Broken Bells – The High Road

Rogue Wave – Good Morning (The Future)

Vampire Weekend – Horchata

Dashboard Confessional – Don’t Wait

The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio

Animal Collective – My Girls

The Dodos – Fools

Broken Bells – Vaporize

Scissor Sisters – Fire With Fire

Freelance Whales – Hannah

Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed – Jakwob Remix

Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks

Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream

Okkervil River – Lost Coastlines

Sufjan Stevens – I Walked

The Mixtape for the New Millennium

August 6, 2011 in Culture, Music with 0 Comments

I’m really liking Spotify – a new music service that debuted in America this summer (it’s been a huge hit in Europe). It gives you access to millions of songs you can stream for free.

 

If you haven’t joined yet, click here for an invite (or message me on Twitter for one). Unfortunately it’s invitation only right now. So exclusive.

 

I’m currently just using the free service. I still plan on mostly buying albums.

But what Spotify allows me to do is try before I buy. I’ve bought several albums this year that I wasted my money on. I wish I’d listened to them a few times through. Spotify lets you do that.

I know this may not seem amazing to some of you young whippersnappers. But I remember spending many weekends in high school driving up to Blockbuster Music to sit up at the “music bar” where they would let you open CD’s and listen to them. Yes, I’m that old – before the internets.

So streaming albums for free still blows my mind!

 

But I really like the idea of sharing playlists with friends.

It’s the Mixtape for the new Millennium.

 

Here’s a few of my playlists:

The profiles of users is also a good place to find out what music people are checking out. I have a “Songs I want to listen to, to see if I like them” list as well as some albums I’m checking out to see if they’re worth buying (Manchester Orchestra, Lykke Li, TV on the Radio)

 

I’d love to hear your playlists or your favorite new songs/albums – even if you aren’t on Spotify!

Share them in the comments.

 

On a side note, here’s some good music to check out:

  • The artist, Lenka, with a great cover of one of Arcade Fire’s best songs- Deep Blue (click to go to Lenka’s site, or listen below).
  • I have to hand it to my wife. When she first heard Arcade Fire’s song Sprawl II she immediately said – that sounds just like Blondie. Well, someone thought the same thing. Here’s a great mashup of Blondie and Arcade Fire (click to download it, or listen below).


  • Amazon has their new edition of Artists on the Rise (a monthly list of free songs from up and coming artists) – including a great Wye Oak song.
  • And finally, a beautiful violin cover of Bon Iver’s song Perth.

Best Albums of 2011 (so far)

July 11, 2011 in Culture, Music with 0 Comments

Since we just passed the halfway mark of the year, I thought I’d share my favorite albums from 2011 so far.

Down below I’ve linked to several other sites’ “Best Albums of 2011 so far” lists.

I’d love to hear your favorites of 2011 in the comments.

 

My top 3 albums of 2011 so far:

3) The Antlers – Burst Apart – Not an upbeat album (uh oh – all of my top 3 are downers) – but still a great, moving album. $5.99 on Amazon

You can listen to the whole album for free here.

Get the two most popular songs off the album for free on Amazon:

I Don’t Want Love

Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out

Here’s my two favorite songs on the CD:



2) Wye Oak – Civilian – Reminds me of a female version of The Nationals – dark, moody and great. But as one reviewer put it: “This is definitely an album that doesn’t give away anything on a first listen and really requires the listener to sort of explore it and feel their way around it.“ Give it a few listens and you’ll be hooked. $5 on Amazon

Listen to the whole album online for free here.

Get the best song on the album for free on Amazon.

 

1) Bon Iver – Bon Iver – By far the best album of the year. A beautiful album. (and this isn’t coming from a Bon Iver fanboy. This is my first Bon Iver album. Heck, I still pronounce it like it looks instead of the pretentious correct pronunciation of Bone Ee-vair’). $7.99 on Amazon
Get the best song on the album for free from Pitchfork.
Click below to listen to the entire album for free (so you can be convinced you need to buy it):

 

Honorable Mention (Albums that are probably worth buying but aren’t consistently amazing from open to close):

Cults – Cults – Some phenomenal songs (Go Outside (get it for free here), Abducted, and You Know What I Mean) but I haven’t grown to love the whole album. Yet. Stream it free here (on MySpace! Go MySpace!). $5.99 on Amazon

Bright Eyes – The People’s Key – if you can get past the spoken word weirdness of the album, it’s actually a pretty decent album. $6.99 on Amazon.

Get the best song on the album for free from Spinner

Cut Copy – Zonoscope – Fun summer-y music. These guys win the 2011 Nostradamus award for releasing their record on the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigned with back to back tracks called “Pharaohs & Pyramids” and “Blink And You’ll Miss A Revolution”. $5 on Amazon

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues – Definitely easy on the ears with incredible harmonies. My take on the album: one amazing song (Helplessness Blues – get it free on Amazon) and a bunch of songs that sound alike and not unlike Crosby, Stills and Nash. $5 on Amazon

Get the second most popular song for free too.

The Dodos – Percussion driven, fun music. $6.50 on Amazon. Get the two best songs on the album for free on Amazon:

Black Night

Going Under

The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow – A little too folky for my taste but it may grow on me. $5 on Amazon

 

Here’s a rundown of good “Best Albums of 2011 so far” lists from around the interwebs:

  • Spinner has a decent list.
  • Stereogum at least gets #1 right
  • Paste Magazine has good Top 20’s from 3 different writers:

Paste – Bonnie Stiernberg

Paste – Sean Doyle

And their best list is from Josh Jackson

 

What are your favorite albums of 2011 so far?

Image via Paste Magazine

Summer Free Songs 2

July 5, 2011 in Culture, Music with 0 Comments

Part Two of my Summer Free Songs

Great legally-free music for your summer playlist

If you missed Part One, you can check it out here (it’s even better than part 2).

 

Spinner has 30 free songs from bands playing at Lollapalooza (Lykke Li, Wye Oak, Bright Eyes, Manchester Orchestra among others) and 35 songs from bands playing at Coachella (The National, The Swell Season, etc).

 

Stereogum has put together a Summer Mix (25 songs).

 

July means a new set of free songs from Amazon’s Artists on the Rise.

Good songs from Memory Tapes, Friendly Fires, and Washed Out

Amazon has a bazillion Indie songs for free (Samplers from 24 different Indie Music Labels).

If you want to save yourself some work, just download this list of the 20 best songs culled from all of the Indie Samplers by Amazon’s Editors (best in their opinion, not mine).

Here’s a list of all 24 Free Indie Music Samplers.

 

Here’s the albums I think are worth downloading:

(in order of awesomeness – #1 = 5-7 good songs on the Sampler. #9 = maybe 1 or 2 good songs on the Sampler)

1) 23 This Year: The Sub Pop Amazon Sampler

Low, Handsome Furs, Fleet Foxes (amazing song!)

2) French Kiss

Two great songs each from the The Dodos and The Antlers

3) Secretly Canadian Summer Sampler (worth it if only for the GREAT Yeasayer song)

Yeasayer, Suuns

4) Barsuk Sampler

Ra Ra Riot, Phantogram

5) Merge Sampler

Telekinesis, Destroyer, Wye Oak (maybe best song of the year??), The Mountain Goats,

5) A Touch and Go Records Sampler

TV on the Radio, Pinback, Calexico

6) Partisan Sampler

Dolorean, Middle Brother, Warm Ghost

7) Kill Rock Stars Sampler

Decemberists, Deerhoof, Elliott Smith

8 ) Vagrant Sampler

Pete Yorn, Eels, City and Colour

9) Carpark Sampler

Toro Y Moi, Beach House, Dan Deacon

 

photo courtesy of josemanuelerre

Music Monday

June 27, 2011 in Music with 0 Comments

Bon Iver’s new album is great and is $7.99 on Amazon.

You can get one of the best songs on the album, Calgary, for free. Or stream the album for free online so you can try before you buy.

 

 

  • For some reason this is oddly intriguing – A dude asking random people around NYC: “What song are you listening to?” (via vitamin Z)

My vote for best song in the list?
“Dance Yrself Clean”–LCD soundsystem or “Black and Yellow”–Whiz Kalifa.
What’s your favorite?

 

  • The best song off of Death Cab for Cutie’s new album ($5 on Amazon thru June) has a cool video they shot in one take:

 

  • This is pretty cool. A Radiohead cover song compiled from 36 different Radiohead covers.

 

  • Amazon (which 99% of the time is far cheaper than iTunes) is offering a Free $2 Credit for MP3 Downloads. Enter code CLOUDMP3 (via SlickDeals).

 

  • And if you haven’t checked it out yet, check out my Summer Free Songs post for hundreds of free, good, legal songs.

 

Music Monday – Summer Free Songs

June 7, 2011 in Music with 7 Comments

Alright – here’s an epic list of great, legal, free music for your summer playlist (over 200 free songs).

 

Summer must be the season for free samplers because there are a TON of them out there.

 

Here’s the best songs. Die hard music fans can download the rest of the samplers below.
  • Wye Oak – Civilian - This is one of my favorite songs of 2011 from one of the best albums so far in 2011
  • Bright Eyes – Shell Games – definitely in my top 25 best songs of 2011
  • Young The Giant - My Body – #28 on my top songs of 2010
  • Yeasayer – Ambling Alp – phenomenal song from one of my favorite bands
  • White Rabbits – Percussion Gun- #3 on my top songs of 2009 (have to download the entire Brooklyn Sampler on iTunes)
  • Sleigh Bells – Infinity Guitars – great rock song (in the Brooklyn Sampler on iTunes
  • Miiike Snow – Animal – this one’s a little weird; but I guarantee you’ll be humming it to yourself after a few listens. And it’s actually pretty insightful.
  • Freelance Whales – Hannah – a happy, fun song from a good band
  • My Morning Jacket - Circuital – Good song from a good album (only $5 on Amazon)[UPDATE: I changed my mind. I don't think it's worth $5. If anything just buy the first song on the album!]


here’s all the Free Samplers.

I’ve listed the Samplers from Most-of-the-Songs-On-the-Sampler-Are-Good down thru Most-of-The-Songs-are-Bad (I’ve listed some of the best groups/songs on each one)

  • Digits – Free 5 song EP – some good electro-chill music (I especially like the song Lost Dream)
  • 2 albums of good indie Christian stuff from Catalyst (you do have to do a little more work for this one than the others – you have to sign up to receive info from Catalyst. But they reward you with TONS of free stuff- Songs from Lecrae, Gungor, John Mark McMillan, Thad Cockrell. Page CXVI and more
  • Made in Brooklyn Sampler on iTunes – SO many good artists/songs. GREAT songs from the White Rabbits, Sleigh Bells, Bear in Heaven
  • Spring Sampler from American Eagle - Yeasayer’s Ambling Alp song is worth the effort. Such a good song. Here’s the best three but the whole album sounds pretty promising: Yeasayer, “Ambling Alp” — Ra Ra Riot, “Boy” — Young Blood, “The Naked and Famous”
  • NPR has a ton of good free music on their SXSW page (I’d recommend Firefox’s DownThemAll to get all the songs at once so you don’t have to right click each one individually!). Best Songs – Bright Eyes, “Shell Games” — Alexander, “Truth” — Wye Oak, “Civilian” — Young The Giant, “My Body”
  • Lollapalooza 20 song sampler on iTunes – some legit songs on here from John Butler Trio, My Morning Jacket, Silversun Pickups, and a classic from Jane’s Addiction
  • SubPop Summer Sampler on iTunes - Fleet Foxes, Handsome Furs, etc
  • Bonnaroo 2011 Sampler - Alison Krauss, Iron & Wine, Ratatat, etc
  • SPIN Magazine’s June Playlist on iTunes (not my style of music – heavier; but some may like it)
  • Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown Sampler on iTunes (definitely not my style of music but some might like it)

 

    Music Mondays

    April 4, 2011 in Culture, Music with 0 Comments

    Every month Amazon puts 100 albums up for $5. Here’s the best from April:

    • The Best of Radiohead – If you don’t any/many Radiohead albums, this is a great intro to them
    • Arcade Fire – The Suburbs - I know I’ve mentioned this one a few times but I can’t stop listening to this album. At first I liked it solely for it’s music (my #3 album of 2010). Now I’m soaking in the lyrics. It’s a fascinating secular commentary on our modern age (the suburban sprawl, sin, self-indulgent fickle hipsters, technology’s control of us, our instant society, etc)
    • Sigur Ros – Takk. . . Beautiful indecipherable music
    • Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream – One of my favorite rock albums of all time!

     

    A great song (that you can get legally for free)- Tapes n Tapes – Freak Out

     

    Favorite new band I’ve discovered this year – Geographer. Preview/buy their two best songs Kites and Verona on iTunes. Great indie pop.

    Check out the first single from Death Cab for Cutie’s new album. It’s really good. It makes me hopeful for an upbeat, more rocking album from them.

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