Songs for your iPod

(Candidates for most underrated song of 2010)

A Pure Accident - Badly Drawn Boy

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What if it isn't out there? - The Silver Seas

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I Don't Feel It Anymore - William Fitzsimmons Feat. Brooke Fraser (George Raquet Remix)

I Don't Feel It Anymore (Feat. Brooke Fraser) (George Raquet Remix) by Naim Edge


Listeners, any thoughts?

Songs for your iPod

As those who follow my blog regularly know, I got through a ton of music in 2010, below are 3 obscure and under-appreciated tunes I found, the first 2 really touched my soul, the third danceable track is a unique marriage of audio and video. Enjoy!

Broken Horse - Freelance Whales



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Turnpike Ghost - Tegan and Sara (Steel Train Cover)




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Days Ahead - Museum of Bellas Artes




Listeners, any thoughts on the music?

Top dream pop songs from 2011

Very subjective of course. Which of the below tracks do you like? What hazy dream pop or chillwave artists are you a fan of? Any other tracks you'd recommend? Share your opinions in the comments below

Stickers - SLEEP ∞ OVER


Kaputt - Destroyer


I Never Would - Seapony


Spaced Out Orbit - Thao & Mirah


Letters Home - CFCF (Memoryhouse Remix)


Honey Mine - Korallreven (Memoryhouse Remix)


Hey Moon - John Maus (Molly Nilsson cover)


Leather Glove - Love Inks


Charades - Papercuts


Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me) - Ford & Lopatin


Lovedropper - The Boy Friend


Given the Time - Craft Spells


Sleep Patterns - Memoryhouse


We Have Everything - Young Galaxy


The Kiss – Pallers


Amor Fati - Washed Out



More dream pop (or near enough) from this year not to be missed:

Cover Your Tracks - Young Galaxy (CFCF Remix)

Streetlight - John Maus

Still Life - The Horrors

Quiet America - Memoryhouse

Lately – Memoryhouse

Warm In The Winter - Glass Candy

Video Games - Lana Del Ray

No Widows - The Antlers

Moullinex - Tear Club

Videotapes - Blouse

Surface - Teen Daze

Sun Hits - Memory Tapes

You're Almost There - Lanterns On The Lake

Lungs Quicken - Lanterns on the Lake

Fallout - Neon Indian

Marmelade Kids - Dumbo Gets Mad

Peripheral Visionaries - Young Galaxy

So Sorry - Geoffrey O'Connor

Sparrow Song - Acrylics (Feat. Caroline Polachek)

Lord Knows Best - Dirty Beaches

Not A Friend - Cat's Eyes

Chinatown - Destroyer

Forget that you're young - The Raveonettes

90 Degrees - Ladytron

I'm God - Clams Casino

Alien Observer - Grouper

Humdrum – Pallers

Bobby - Youth Lagoon

Our own dream - Keep Shelly in Athens

Fluorescent Nights - Echo Shade

Brief Encounter - Secret Cities

Flowers Bloom - High Highs

Moving Machine - Grouper

Stolen Dog – Burial

The White Season - Still Corners

The Twilight Hour - Still Corners

The Same Thing - Cass McCombs

Pinky's Dream (feat. Karen O) - David Lynch

Common Burn - Mazzy Star

Lay Myself Down - Mazzy Star

Ghost Dream – Blouse

Oblivion – Grimes

He Doesn’t Know Why - Silver Swans (Fleet Foxes cover)

Reunion - M83

Splendor - M83

California Birds - Keep Shelly In Athens & ABADABA

Here in Heaven 2 - Elite Gymnastics

Omamori - Elite Gymnastics

Halogen (I Could Be A Shadow) - Neon Indian

Silver Time Machine - Death In Vegas

Conquest –The Sound Of Arrows

Hearts (Bedroom Sessions) - I Break Horses

Egyptian Wrinkle - Boy Friend

Modern normal - Memoryhouse

The heavens turn by themselves - Sleep ∞ over

Into black - Blouse

Nuclear Seasons - Charli XCX

Plage - Crystal Fighters (Compuphonic Remix)

Red Light - Gigamesh (Goldroom Remix)

Swimming - Neutron Wireless Crystal (Trenchurian Remix)

Because The Night - Au Palais

Patricia's thirst - Choir of Young Believers (1st single from 2012 album)

Wild Eyed – The Horrors

The Fog Rose High - Craft Spells

Early To Bed – Weathervane

Hey Sparrow - Peaking Lights

One Second Of Love - Nite Jewel

Thunderbolts Of Love - Part Time

Still Sound - Toro Y Moi

For Love I Come – Thundercat

Paradisco - Charlotte Gainsbourg

Psychic Driving – Soft Metals

No One is Ever Going to Want Me - Giles Corey/Dan Barrett

Skeleton Key - Love Inks

Speed vs. Distance - Fotoshop

The Earth Plates Are Shifting - Young Empires

Skybound - Molly Nilsson

Yellow Halo - Goldfrapp

38 Stories - Indoor Voices

AT2 - Araab Muzik

I Remember - Araab Muzik

Dying Hipster - Torgny (feat. Maria Due)

This Aint No Hymn - Saint Saviour

Kelly - When Saints Go Machine

Better - Teen

High Priestess - Active Child

Diamond Heart - Active Child

Paris Collides - Rufus

Dreaming - Adam & The Amethysts

Eyes Be Closed - Washed Out

Far Away - Washed Out

White Trees - Mads Björn

Unspoken ft El Perro del Mar - Pacific!

Into the Wilderness - Burning Hearts

(Watch this space for more 2011 tracks in future...last updated 2nd of Feb 2012)



You might also like my list below....

Top dream pop songs of 2010:


Heirloom - Memoryhouse
I L U - School of Seven Bells
Camouflage – Small Black
When We're Dancing - Twin Shadow
Shadows – Warpaint
Undertow - Warpaint
Outer Limits – Sleep Over
Last Forever – Molly Nilsson
Forget You & I - Nite Jewel
Falling Far - Nite Jewel
Better times - Beach House
Dancing Ghosts - Azure Ray
Saviour - Teen Daze
Watch Over Me - Teen Daze
Live In Dreams (Wild Nothing Cover) - High Highs
Icarus - White Hinterland
The Truest Faith – Korallreven
Chinatown – Wild Nothing
On Giving Up - High Places
Across the Sea - D'eon
Devon - Grimes
Dream Fortress - Grimes
Don't Be Afraid - Keep Shelly In Athens
Burn Bridges – Dom
My Plants Are Dead - Blonde Redhead
Spain - Blonde Redhead
Shades Away - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
You Can Count On Me (live) - Panda Bear
Voyage - Charlotte Gainsbourg
Beatrice - Home Video
A Step Forward - Contre Jour
Soak It Up - Houses
A Real Hero - College feat. Electric Youth
Under Your Spell - Desire (2009)
Nightcall - Kavinsky

Songs for your iPod

Awesome atmospheric music. Heard the Drive soundtrack? It works outside of the film. Here are my favourites:


Nightcall - Kavinsky



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Under Your Spell - Desire



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A Real Hero - College (feat. Electric Youth)

Songs for your iPod

On The Ocean - Guster

(This song somehow reminds me of the 80s, found the album only recently, and these 2 Guster tracks vaulted into my top 100 songs of 2010)



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Hercules - Guster



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Ottoman - Vampire Weekend

(Thanks inspiredground for the recommendation, I like the Beatles sound)



Any thoughts on this week's music, readers?

Songs for your iPod

(These 3 songs conclude my love affair with 2010 in music on moviesandsongs365. For a summary, I've posting my top 100 songs of 2010 on the sidebar)


Karen - Chew Lips

(I love this tune! Thanks to music blogger suterenbizzare for recommending, just one of several cool electronica tracks on the 2010 album Unicorn)



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I Would Like To Call It Beauty - Corinne Bailey Rae

(Corinne's late husband's brother said he believed in a force that binds everything, holds everything, adding, "I would like to call it… beauty." So powerful was the sentiment that the singer took it for the song title, and credited him as its co-writer)



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I'm Gonna Make It Better - She & Him

(I gave the album a second chance, and discovered this catchy and uplifting gem)



Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Oh my god – Cocoon

(Beautiful dreamy album sleeve. Gives me chills at 2.50, “and I almost forgot you were here too”)



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I Wanna Be Adored - The Raveonettes (The Stone Roses cover)

(Better than the original? I think so)



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Bodies in motion - Laurie Anderson

(For me among the best tracks on her 2010 album Homeland. Amazing home-made video, worth a look even if you don't care for the music. Another Day in America is also interesting-more like a speech than a song)



Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

In the sun – she & him

(She is so cute in that video, I don’t really like their other songs, her vocal in this one is great)



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Mr. Peterson - Perfume Genius

(While I’m not gay, his songs are still powerful to me. His fragile vocals I think are similar to the acoustic singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston)



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Learning - Perfume Genius




Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Strawberry Skies (ft. Laurel Halo) - Games

(Thanks to burning reels for recommending this little-known band)



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Blank Pages - The Album Leaf



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Bowsprit – Balmorhea




Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Butterfly House - The Coral

(Has a retro 60s sound, which I like. Maybe the ending could have been cut)



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Becoming A Jackal – Villagers



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Darker Than Blue - Andreya Triana



Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Clementine - Sarah Jaffe

(Reminiscent of the movie Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, where Kate Winslet’s character is a red-head called Clementine.)



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Better than nothing - Sarah Jaffe



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Zorbing - Stornoway

(Catchy folk tune)



Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Tristia – Hammock



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In the Nothing of a Night - Hammock

(Relaxing ambient sound, my favourite by Hammock so far)



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Since we last met - NDF

(dream pop track to listen to again and again, and...you guessed it, again)




Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Garden - Karen Elson



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Come on sister - Belle and Sebastian

(As a fan, initially I was not mad about the new album. Some tracks have grown on me since. I previously shared Calculating Bimbo, my favourite from their 2010 album)



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I Want The World To Stop - Belle and Sebastian

(I want the world to stop sometimes too)



Readers, any thoughts on the music?

Songs for your iPod

(A little-known folk/acoustic album I found, I can’t wait to hear his earlier LP The Hold Up)

Phone - Donovan Woods

(the first part of the song gets me every time, so powerful)



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No Time Has Passed - Donovan Woods

(I like how the song is a story, which I can sort of imagine. Likewise the album cover makes you dream)



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The ghost who walks - Karen Elson

(Very dreamy, otherworldly, maybe something Tarantino might use on a soundtrack? )



Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Breaking Locks -Adam Green

(My 3 selections are acoustic. I'm new to Adam Green, enjoyed the inventive lyrics on Minor Love. Here some “webisodes” filmed to accompany the album)



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Buddy Bradley - Adam Green



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Give Them A Token - Adam Green



Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Our Riotous Defects (Feat. Janelle Monáe) - Of Montreal

(I like how the lyrics are a story. And colourful artwork, looks like took some time to design)



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Spanish Sahara – Foals



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No man's land – Psychobuildings

(number 96 on the link, the sound reminds me of New Order)


Readers, any thoughts on the music?

Songs for your iPod

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)– Arcade Fire

(Definitely agree with some of the music sites, that these are top songs of 2010)



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On Melancholy Hill – Gorillaz



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Suburban War - Arcade Fire




Readers, any thoughts on this week's music?

Songs for your iPod

Down in the Street Below - The Divine Comedy

(He is such a talented songwriter. If you like Belle & Sebastian, you'd probably enjoy this underrated album called Bang Goes the Knighthood)



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At the Indie Disco - The Divine Comedy



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Have you ever been in love - The Divine Comedy




Readers, any thoughts on the music?

Songs for your iPod

(3 female singers I discovered recently. Here are my favourite songs from their 2010 albums)

Don't Do It - Sharon Van Etten

(Powerful and inspiring. Song still gives me chills after 20+ plays. I saw a cute interview on youtube where she said she hoped people would get to know her better by listening to her music. )



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Slow – Rumer

(I like the calmness on this track)



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This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) - Ellie Goulding

(Love the lyrics, which to me are meaningful and genuine)




Readers, any thoughts on the music?

Songs for your iPod

(3 tracks that can get you on the dance floor)

Shameless - Groove Armada & Bryan Ferry

(Also, the tracks Alphaville & the cover Song To The Siren are worth a listen from Ferry’s album Olympia)



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Lovesick - Lindstrom & Christabelle



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Roche (Breakbot Remix) - Sebastien Tellier

(If you like dream pop, you should seek out his music, I'll share a bunch of Tellier's older songs later. Sofia Coppola uses his music on her soundtracks)



Readers, any thoughts on the music?