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Greg's Top 5

1. Emma Pollock, "Hug The Harbor" (mp3) (Indie rock) (Greg: An evocative piece that touches on a lot of underground rock's cornerstones.)
2. Zola Jesus, "I Can't Stand" (stream) (Ghost pop) (Greg: What a sound!  Her voice is a weapon.)
3. Foals, "Spanish Sahara" (stream) (AR: Wiggy beats, alt vocals.  Clear inspiration from old Massive Attack.) 
4. The Splinters, "Mysterious" (video) (Garage rock) (Greg: Girls playing kick-ass garage rock over banal lo fi - what a concept.)
5. Damien Jurado, "Arkansas" (mp3) (Country/Americana) (Greg: A beautiful song, with the Jim James reverb and everything.)

Greg's Top 5

1. Future Islands "Tin Man" (mp3) (Experimental/Electronic) (Greg: The dude on vocals is like listening to Joe Cocker, but in the form of a terrifying vampire.  Cool song.)
2. Midlake "Young Bride" (mp3) (Chamber pop) (Greg: A distinguished and polished song.)
3. Chace Infinite "730 ft. Fashawn & CurT@!n$" (video) (Ant: This is spitting crazy on this. I love to when MCs still have that hunger.  BUMP THIS!)
4. Trixie Whitley "I'd Rather Go Blind" (video) (DJFD: Soulful daughter of Chris Whitley, with Daniel Lanois looking like Che directing the action.)
5. A Weather, "Giant Stairs" (stream) (Indie pop) (Greg: Very sentimental, very good.)
    

Greg's Top 5

1. Gorillaz, "Stylo (Chiddy Bang remix)" (stream) (Ant: Nice re-edit of the funky original.  Bump this asap.)
2. Toro Y Moi, "Missya" (mp3) (Acoustic/Pop) (Greg: From the Bradford Cox book of music composition.) 
3. The Redneck Manifesto, "Black Apple" (mp3) (Jam/Math rock/Instrumental) (Greg: It kept me thoroughly engages without one word.)
4. No Monster Club, "Wish Me Well" (mp3) (Skiffle/Boogie woogie) (Greg: Doesn't this song make you want to brush up on your rock history?)
5. DCUP "Style (Rainbows of Death remix)" (stream) (DJFD: Sounds like summer in Oz.)

 

Greg's Top 5

1. Oberhofer, "AWY FRM U" (mp3) (Indie pop) (Greg: Odd and endearing content with crisp sound.)
2. Archie Bronson Outfit, "Shark's Tooth" (mp3) (Disco/Lo-fi) (Greg: An interesting genre mix here, that seems to work.)
3. Moneybrother, "Born Under a Bad Sign" (mp3) (Pop) (Greg: A well-crafted pop song that at times evokes late-era Clash.)
4. Massive Attack, "Paradise Circus ft. Hope Sandoval (Gui Borrato mix)" (mp3/stream) (AR: Hot mix. Dark tones to start but picks up quickly into a dancey track)
5. Okapi, "Love Him" (mp3) (Electronic/Experimental) (Greg: Evokes that of The Avalanches scoring a Western.)
   

Greg's Top 5

1. Twin Shadow, "Yellow Balloon" (mp3) (AR: fun dance track with synth beats. Or, to quote its poster, "File this track "Yellow Balloon" under panty burner as far as I'm concerned.")
2. The xx, "Islands (Untold mix)" (Experimental/Electronic) (Greg: Untold gets it right.)
3. Die Antwoord, "Zef Side" (Video) (DJFD: Weirdest S. African white hip hop this year - full stream here)
4. Not Squares, "Asylum" (Video) (Dance punk) (Greg: A pretty good song, and mildly entertaining.)
5. The Selfish Replicators, "Strands" (mp3) (Reggae/Electronic) (Greg: Musingly good.)

Greg's Top 5

1. Mos Def, "White Drapes" (Video) (AR: Nugget of genius; Ant: Sneak vid of a new joint by Dante. Creative Control on the lens. Freshness.)
2. Civil Civic, "Less Unless" (Stream) (Experimental/Prog rock/Instrumental) (Greg: Clap your hands say yeah.)
3. Psychobuildings, "Birds of Prey" (New wave) (mp3) (Greg: Welcome to the Yacht club.)
4. Flying Lotus, "Sangria Spin Cycles" (mp3) (Experimental/Hip hop) (Greg: I like mine red.)
5. Daft Punk, "The Crash" (stream) (AR: More from upcoming Tron 2 score - picks up into something fun about half way through.)

Greg's Top 5

1. Vampire Weekend, "California English" (Live on KCRW) (video) (AR: It's becoming clear the album is THAT good.  This performance is no exception.)
2. Screaming Females, "I Do" (mp3) (Indie/Punk) (Greg: Catchy riot grrrl.)
3. Florence + The Machine "Hurricane Drunk" (The Horrors Remix) (stream) (Electronic) (Greg: Hurricane Ethereal.)
4. The Morning Benders, "Promises" (mp3) (Indie/Blues/Experimental) (Greg: Powerful stuff.)
5. The Ex, "Maybe I Was The Pilot" (mp3) (Post punk) (Greg: Trust me, I'm a doctor)

Greg's Top 5

1. Xiu Xiu, "Gray Death" (mp3)  (Art pop) (Greg: Visceral and violent: Xiu Xiu.)
2. Warpaint, "Elephants" (Video) (Greg: Burgeoning psychedelic rock.; AR: Something about this girl's lips...)
3. White Hinterland, "Icarus" (mp3) (Electronic/Dub/Soul) (Greg: It can't hurt us.)
4. Blood Feathers, "Don't Know You At All" (mp3) (Glam/Pop) (Greg: T. Rex enters the Velvet Underground.)
5. Herzog, "Paul Blart and the Death of Art" (mp3) (Indie) (Greg: Who sucked out the feeling?)

Top 5 Songs of 2009: Greg

1. Tune-Yards, "Sunlight" (mp3) (Greg: Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards) was virtually unknown when this song came out.  Now she's signed to 4AD with a new release on the way.)
2. Highlife, "F Kenya RIP" (mp3) (Greg: The man behind Highlife is now signed to one of my favorite labels: The Social Registry.  This song will forever be iingrained in my head, and Never. Gets. Old.)
3. St. Vincent, "The Strangers" (mp3) (Greg: This song first got me listening to St. Vincent.  Quite a talent.)
4. Suckers, "It Gets Your Body Movin'" (mp3) (Greg: A sailor-rock song that will prove to be inescapable from your psyche.)
5. Kurt Vile, "Freeway" (mp3) (Greg: Really chill, the title explains it all once you hear it.)

Greg's Top 5

1. These New Puritans, "We Want War" (Video) (AR: Primal, drum-driven track with cool motion visuals for a video.  One of my favorites for the week. Via: JP's Blog)
2. Marvin's Revolt, "Taking One For The Nation" (mp3) (Greg: An intelligent Alternative romp.)
3. Memoryhouse, "To The Lighthouse" (Video) (Greg: Virtually monotonal, but affective dream pop nonetheless.)
4. My People Sleeping, "Take Anything" (mp3) (Greg: A better Camera Obscura.)
5. Harlem, "Friendly Ghost" (mp3) (Greg: Mid-fi greatness.)