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Kata Rokkar’s Favorite Songs Of The Decade

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

You may notice a few differences between this list and the album list. I don’t feel I need to justify that due to the distinct difference between a song and a full album. These are the songs that I still listen to on repeat; they made me laugh, tear up, dance, think, and morph my own tastes into what they are today. So here in no particular order is my Favorite Songs of the Decade. Picking a favorite song is like picking a favorite child, it changes depending on your mood…

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[mp3] Max Richter – The Trees from The Blue Notebooks (2004)

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[mp3] Interpol – Obstacle 1 from Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

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Bon Iver – For Emma from For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)

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[mp3] Jeremy Enigk – Been Here Before [Remaster] from The Missing Link (2007)

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Phoenix – Fences from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)

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[mp3] Stars – Your Ex-Lover Is Dead from Set Yourself On Fire (2005)

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[mp3] Shearwater – Rooks from Rook (2008)

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[mp3] Minus the Bear – Pachuca Sunrise from Menos el Oso (2005)

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[mp3] Radiohead – Reckoner from In Rainbows (2007)

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[mp3] The One AM Radio – A Ghost On The East Coast from A Cloud’s Fear Of Kites (2006)

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[mp3] Jonah Matranga – Learning from All Of Always New (2000-2001)

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Justice – Genesis from † (2007)

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Daft Punk – Robot Rock from Human After All (2005)

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[mp3] Explosions in the Sky – Your Hand in Mine from The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)

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MGMT – Of Moons, Birds & Monsters from Oracular Spectacular (2008)

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The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 1 and 2 from The Crane Wife (2007)

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[mp3] Sufjan Stevens – Holland from Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State (2003)

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[mp3] Russian Circles – Death Rides a Horse from Enter (2006)

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[mp3] Cut Chemist – The Garden from The Audience’s Listening (2006)

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[mp3] The Notwist – Consequence from Neon Golden (2003)

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dredg – The Canyon Behind Her from El Cielo (2002)

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The Arcade Fire – Wake Up from Funeral (2004)

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[mp3] Aphex Twin – Windowlicker from Windowlicker [Single] (2000)

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Björk – Desired Constellation from Medúlla (2004)

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[mp3] Iron & Wine – Fever Dream from Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)

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[mp3] Fleet Foxes – Blue Ridge Mountains from Fleet Foxes (2008)

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M.I.A. – Paper Planes from Kala (2007)

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The Swell Season – When Your Mind’s Made Up from Once (Original Soundtrack) (2007)

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[mp3] Wintersleep – Jaws of Life from Wintersleep (2005)

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Date With the Night from Fever to Tell (2003)

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The White Stripes – Hotel Yorba from White Blood Cells (2001)

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[mp3] Spoon – All The Pretty Girls Go To The City from Kill The Moonlight (2002)

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[mp3] Stars of the Lid – Humectez La Mouture from And Their Refinement of the Decline [CD2] (2007)

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[mp3] Sigur Rós – Untitled IV from ( ) (2002)

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[mp3] Battles – Atlas from Mirrored (2007)

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Best Music Videos of 2009: PART 4

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Dan Deacon – Paddling Ghost

Department of Eagles – No One Does It Like You

Dinosaur Jr. – Over It

Fleet Foxes – Mykonos

Grouper – Hold The Way

Kanye West - We Were Once A Fairytale [directed by Spike Jonze]

M83 – We Own The Sky

The Mae Shi – R U Professional

Matt & Kim – Lessons Learned

MGMT – Kids

No Age – Losing Feeling

Raekwon – House of Flying Daggers (feat. Inspectah Deck, GZA, Ghostface Killah & Method Man)

Rainbow Arabia – Omar K

Röyksopp – This Must Be It

The Walkmen – On The Water

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Kata’s Best Records of 2008: #20 – #1

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Here it is. Click on the album covers to purchase the album and keep reading, I have a few more surprises up my sleeve before this year ends.

20. Woven – Designer Codes: Listening to this album was like watching Alien for the first time. Terrifying, moving and pieced together with Goth -like architecture and supernatural sounds.

Woven – Fragments

19. Nada Surf – Lucky: What makes me love Nada Surf is that poetry + pop mix that they mash so well. Lucky is not as abstruse as Let Go, but it’s certainly a straight up fun rock record.

Nada Surf – These Bones

18. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes: Indie rock’s version of the Byrds arrived this year with this gently harmonic record debut that warms the heart and sooths the soul. It’s the kind of record that rewards with every listen.

Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal

17. Facing New York – Get Hot: Balls out entertaining rock music is hard to come by these days. But lucky for our benefit Facing New York decided to overcome some changes in line-up and enhanced their style to this clap-demanding super catchy rock & roll with Get Hot.

Facing New York – Me N My Friendz

16. Girl Talk – Feed the Animals: Whether you consider this an album for A.D.D. indie brats or a genius mish-mash that is a view in the future of party music, you can not deny that Feed the Animals is a shining star in today’s sky of pop culture.

15. Beck – Modern Guilt: Beck paired with DJ Danger Mouse seemed like a good idea on paper, but no one really knew what to expect. What we got was Beach Boys-like surf music with that special Beck tweak. This record was made for convertible cars.

14. The Walkmen – You & Me: This disarming and dramatic record was slow to grow on me. However, after a few more listens, I was marveled by its well structured songs and throwback to classic rock ‘n’ roll.

The Walkmen – The Blue Route

13. The Mae Shi – Hllyh: There aren’t that many bands out there like The Mae Shi and there wasn’t any album like Hllyh this year. This spastic yet charming record screamed in my face yet for some strange reason…I enjoyed it.

12. Man Man – Rabbit Habits: Man Man can’t exactly bring their famous frenzied live show to your living room, but listening to Rabbit Habits is the closest you’ll come to it. The gypsy psycho freak band has probably made their finest record to date.

11. Foals - Antodotes: Sounding like Bloc Party’s evil twin, Foals entered the scene with their swarming guitars and sketchy vocals and left me in awe. Songs like Two Steps Twice and Hummer are electrifying in execution and make this record a perfect driving soundtrack.

Foals – Balloons

10. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago: This is not your average folk record. Bon Iver’s emotional record paints pictures of snowy pine trees and the pain of a guilty man. This record must be handled with care and loved for its delicacy.

Bon Iver – Skinny Love

9. Quiet Village – Silent Movie: Like some kind of 70s soundtrack mixed with RJD2-like sampling, Silent Movie is what I miss from proper easy listening music. Be careful though, your mom might like this too.

Quiet Village – Circus of Horror

8. Santogold/Diplo – Top Ranking: There is so much going on in this masterfully manufactured mix tape. Mashing dub-step, reggae, dancehall, and the extremely talented Santogold is an ideal equation for the perfect party music.

Santogold – Creator (Mumdance Mix)

7. Q-Tip – The Renaissance: No hip-hop artist came close to even evening out to this masterfully constructed album. Q-Tip has more than proven that he can hold his own as a solo artist with a little help from the late, great J Dilla.

Q-Tip – Life Is Better (ft. Norah Jones)

6. Max Richter – 24 Postcards in Full Colour: The concept is almost laughable but this Berlin based 21st century composer brings on the emotion by showing that love and loss can happen in small increments of time.

Max Richter – H in New England

5. Black Mountain – In The Future: Rough, wicked, and wailing with desert rock brutality; In The Future is a Frankenstein-monster built from the best aspects of classic rock and prog-metal.

Black Mountain – Tyrants

4. The Notwist – The Devil, You + Me: Gracefully trekking musical ground that has been graced a million times over; The Notwist somehow make electronic rock music interesting and touching again.

The Notwist – Good Lies

3. TV on the Radio – Dear Science: If you list out all the elements that make up Dear Science, you’ll wonder how an album stock pilled with so much could be so amazingly catchy. This album is a grand picture of what to expect in coming future of rock music.

TV on the Radio – Red Dress

2. Portishead – Third: I can’t tell you how much a loved this record the day it came out. I don’t normally listen to a record on repeat in fear that I may ring it dry of all its magic, but that is not the case with Third. It’s yet another masterpiece from this deeply mysterious band.

1. Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust: Along with one of my favorite live shows of the year, Sigur Rós also made my favorite album of the year. I guess you could say that they were my favorite band of the year? Maybe. But I can without a doubt say that this album is a flawless piece of work. How could a band so epic in execution take on a more upbeat direction? This album is the answer to that question. It struck me in a time of my life that involved a lot of changes and therefore will always have a special place in my heart.

Sigur Rós – Gobbledigook

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