Time flies and the year is more than half-way over. Here is the list of my favorite songs during the second quarter of 2009:
Straight To Hell by Lily Allen
Search And Destroy by Peaches
Nothing To Worry About by Peter Bjorn And John
15 to 20 by The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Actor Out Of Work by St. Vincent
Knocked Up (live) by Lykke Li
Lua by Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Laughing With by Regina Spektor
First Of The Gang To Die by Zee Avi
I Want to Go to the Beach by Iggy Pop
Carry Me by Malcolm Middleton
Prison Girls by Neko Case
Nikorette by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Honey In The Sun by Camera Obscura
Long Walks by The Lovely Feathers
Percussion Gun by White Rabbits
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
What’s The Matter Now? by Popup
The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid by The Decemberists
Regarding the last song, I actually like “The Rake’s Song” a bit better musically – but I just couldn’t stand by the lyrics, especially not after having spent most of the 2nd 1/4 traveling with our documentary about child abuse survivors.
And because she’s so beautiful to watch (and because I’m so excited that a live version is finally available after searching high and low last year and only finding the official remix together with Kings of Leon), here’s Lykke Li performing “Knocked Up” on Carson Daly: