THE SONGS OF THE YEAR!

In my opinion!

Annuals - Hot Night Hounds

Augie March - Lupus


Bodies of Water - Darling, Be Here

Born Ruffians - I Need a Life


Boston Spaceships - You Satisfy Me
Bound Stems - Taking Tips From The Gallery Gang
Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning - Churches Under The Stairs
The Broken West - Auctioneer
I would have preferred "Invitation to Love," but this is my second choice:
Catfish Haven - Devastator
Centro-Matic - Rat Patrol and DJs


Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree
Chairlift - Planet Health
A Classic Education - Stay, son
Cloud Cult - No One Said It Would Be Easy
Cold War Kids - Dreams Old Men Dream
Conor Oberst - Sausalito
The Constatines - Our Age


Crooked Fingers - Cannibals
The Cure - The Only One
Cut Copy - So Haunted
David Byrne and Brian Eno - Home
Dead Confederate - Goner
Death Cab for Cutire - Your New Twin Size Bed
The Delta Spirit - Trashcan


This may be my favorite song:
The Dodos - Jodi
Dr. Dog - From


The Felice Brothers - Frankie's Gun!
Avett Brothers - Souls Like Wheels


The Envy Corps - Rhinemaidens (not so great band name)


Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why
Flight of the Conchords - Ladies of the World


Flogging Molly - Punch Drunk Grinning Soul


Another big favorite:
Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
Fucked Up - No Epiphany
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Grand Archives - The Crime Window
Hallelujah The Hills - Nurses 5 Float Past
Since I can't decide between these 3:
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
The Helio Sequence - Lately
The Helio Sequence - Hallelujah

Jason Anderson - Watch Your Step
Jay Reatard - Nightmares
Land Of Talk - Young Bridge
Laura Marling - Shine

Even more of me not being able to decide on a favorite:
The Little Ones - Morning Tide
The Little Ones - Rise and Shine
The Little Ones - Boracay
Love as Laughter - Coconut Flakes
Lykke Li - Breaking It Up
Manchester Orchestra - I Was A Lid
Marching Band - Sparkle

A cover, but a great cover!
Marnie Stern - Don't Stop Believin'

Mates of State - The Re-Arranger
The Morning Benders - Waiting for a War


Nada Surf - I Like What You Say
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Beard Lust


This is another favorite and I actually posted this video before
The Night Marchers - Jump in the Fire


Noah and the Whale - 5 Years Time
The Notwist - Good Lies
Okay - My
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
Paper Rival - Foreign Film Collection (wow. bad name.)


Parenthetical Girls - Four Words

It was between this and "solemn show world". So...this
Parts & Labor - Nowhere's Nigh


PAS/CAL - Summer is Almost Here


Yes I know the video is great for this song...
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
Plants and Animals - Bye Bye Bye

Plus/Minus - Snowblind


Pomegranates - Appreciations
Port O'Brien - Fisherman's Son

REM - Supernatural Superserious


Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell
The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Ballad of The RAA
Santogold - L.E.S Artistes
School of Language - Disappointment '99

She & Him - Sentimental Heart


Shearwater - Leviathan, Bound
Shugo Tokumaru - Green Rain
Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
Tall Firs - So Messed Up

Thao Nguyen - Bag of Hammers


Tilly And The Wall - Pot Kettle Black
Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate
TV on the Radio - Golden Age
The Walkmen - In the New Year
The War On Drugs - Arms Like Boulders
Wax Fang - Cannibal Summer
The Week That Was - The Good Life

Wild Beasts - The Devil's Crayon


The only really good song on this sophmore slumper:
Wolf Parade - California Dreamer
Women - Lawncare
Wye Oak - Obituary
Frances - All the While
The Old Believers - Granny's Song
Arms - Shitty Little Disco
The Middle East - Blood
My Morning Jacket - Smokin from Shootin

Blitzen Trapper - Furr


Thrown together and way too lengthy, I am finally finished.