My Music Doesn't Suck.... You Suck

I don't know if any of you have had this same problem: dude picks up my iPod and starts scrolling through it. After a few minutes, he says, "What is this? You have the worst music EVER!" I said, "What's on there that's bad?" His reply: "I have never heard of any of this."

Just because you haven't heard of something doesn't mean it sucks. Everyone has heard of Britney Spears and N*Sync. Does that mean they are good music? Ignorance pisses me off. Just because it's not on the radio doesn't mean it's not worth hearing, and just because it is doesn't make it good either. I have to say there is something to a song everyone knows-- "Hey Ya" comes on and the kids are dancing, the grandmas are dancing, you get the picture. But what about the songs that could be the "Hey Ya's" if only they were heard? So here is a quick 20ish songs that should be classics, but that most of the people in my world have never heard of. Self-imposed rules: gotta be a song most people I work with don't know from a band they've probably never heard of; not on my best of 2007 list; one song per artist.

In no particular order:
Sleater-Kinney- One Beat
Drive-By Truckers- Sink Hole
Ween - Voodoo Lady
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama Out
Mike Doughty - The Only Answer
Elliott Smith - Southern Belle
Iron & Wine - Lion's Mane
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us!
Red House Painters - Make Like Paper
The Whigs - Right Hand on My Heart
The Thermals - Power Doesn't Run on Nothing
TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
The Streets - Don't Mug Yourself
Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up Tall
Ryan Adams - Note to Self: Don't Die
Broken Social Scene - It's All Gonna Break
Rilo Kiley - A Better Son/Daughter
Tilly & the Wall - Reckless
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Regina Spektor - Us
Deltron 3030 - 3030
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date with the Night
Vampire Weekend - One (Blake's Got a New Face)
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Stairway to Heaven

Mike's Best of 2007

Mischief's Best of 2007

Alright, due to my being a compulsive lister, listener of new music, and spreader of my opinions this is my first blog post for Drew, Dan, and the Johns. The Best CDs and songs of 2007. I had a hard time making it only 20 songs-- I could definitely do 40, but I am limiting myself, because who wants to read a list over 20? By the way, playlist below has the full list (minus one that I couldn't find, and one accidental live version). Ok, without further ado:

Top 10 CDs of 2007:

10) The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

9) The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

8) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

7) Battles - Mirrored

6) Radiohead - In Rainbows

5) Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger

4) Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

3) The White Stripes - Icky Thump

2) Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

1) Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

Top 20ish Songs of 2007:



HM) Make It Wit Chu by Queens of the Stone Age from Era Vulgaris

HM) Bodysnatchers by Radiohead from In Rainbows

20) Antichrist Television Blues by The Arcade Fire from Neon Bible

19) You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb by Spoon from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

18) Detlef Schrempf by Band of Horses from Cease to Begin

17) Two by Ryan Adams from Easy Tiger

16) Ddiamondd by Battles from Mirrored

15) Pretty Girl from Chile by The Avett Brothers from Emotionalism

14) Halloweenhead by Ryan Adams from Easy Tiger

13) Boy with a Coin by Iron & Wine from The Shepherd's Dog

12) Electric Feel by MGMT from Oracular Spectacular

11) Rag and Bone by The White Stripes from Icky Thump

10) Our Live is Not a Movie or Maybe by Okkervil River from The Stage Names

9) Spitting Venom by Modest Mouse from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

8) Little Weapon by Lupe Fiasco from Lupe Fiasco's The Cool

7) We've Got Everything by Modest Mouse from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

6) White Tooth Man by Iron & Wine from The Shepherd's Dog

5) The Moneymaker by Rilo Kiley from Under the Blacklight

4) D.A.N.C.E. by Justice from Cross

3) Time to Pretend by MGMT from Oracular Spectacular

2) All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem from Sound of Silver

1) Stronger by Kanye West from Graduation