MusicMonday: Favorite Songs of 2nd 1/4 of 2010

Time to slim down my list of favorite songs of the last three months so I can make a new mix CD. As usual I had way too many choices. At least a few songs (like “Retrograde” by Jemina Pearl, “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” by Nouvelle Vague and “Hellhole Race” by Girls) could easily be cut from the list because they’re from 2009. But then with some bands I just couldn’t decide and included several songs.

Let me know…

(The links below are for a video clip or a legal free download when offered.)

I learned the hard way – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Do-Wah-Doo – Kate Nash

Born Free – M.I.A. 

Over Here – Get ‘Em Mamis
(free legal download)

Girls – Marina & The Diamonds
(only streaming song)

Odessa – Caribou 

Soft Skin Remix (feat. Katy Perry) – Get ‘Em Mamis
(free legal download)

Dance Floor – The Apples In Stereo
(free legal download)

One Life Stand – Hot Chip 

Crash Years – The New Pornographers 

The Suburbs – Arcade Fire 

Whiskey And Water – Voxtrot
(download – please donate to PEACE)

Bloodbuzz Ohio – The National 

I Feel Bonnie (House Mix) – Hot Chip (Feat. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy)
(only streaming song)
 

There Is Xxxx (Within My Heart) – You Say Party! We Say Die!
 

Afraid Of Everyone – The National
(live on WNYC)

let go – jj

Runaway – The National
(Live on Q TV)

Riverside – Agnes Obel
(only streaming song)