Top 10 Songs of 2011: #6 Fountains of Wayne - The Summer Place

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Amazon.com Widgets This song could have easily come out on Fountains of Wayne’s self-titled debut album, on its follow up Utopia Parkway, or (with a bit more sheen) on Welcome, Interstate Managers. Which is to say, it would have fit … Continue reading

Top 10 Songs of 2011: #7 St. Vincent - Cruel

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Amazon.com Widgets It’s taken me a while to get on the bandwagon. I had sort of lumped St. Vincent (Annie Clark) in the Joanna Newsom category, the “I sing pretty and play unique orchestral music.” Which is good, but tends … Continue reading

Top 10 Songs of 2011: #8 Childish Gambino - Hold You Down

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Warning, some unsafe lyrics in this track. Still good though Amazon.com Widgets Donald Glover. It’s really unfair. Helped to write and starred in the hilarious Mystery Team. Won an Emmy for writing on 30 Rock, including writing “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah“. … Continue reading

Top 10 Songs of 2011: #9 Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out

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Amazon.com Widgets I really wanted to not like this song. I avoided it like the plague for weeks. “The Dog Days Are Over” was so catchy and so incredibly overplayed. And whereas the Florence + The Machine maniacs love her … Continue reading

Top 10 Songs of 2011: #10 Fleet Foxes - Montezuma

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Amazon.com Widgets Fleet Foxes – “Montezuma” This is probably the first album by Fleet Foxes that couldn’t have been made in the 60s. I don’t mean that in any backhanded way, at all. They just make good, timeless music. No … Continue reading