Top 5 Music Countdown: Most Anticipated Albums of 2010!!!

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2010 is going to rock. I can feel it (I’m pretty sure I’m psychic). Lot of positive change to be had, plus tons of awesome new music releases!!! So, don your noise-cancelling headphones and listen up to this week’s end of the year Top 10 (+5 more because I love you) Music Countdown: Most Anticipated Albums of 2010!!! (IMHO, NATCH.)

10. Cat Power
Title: TBD

9. Yeasayer
“Odd Blood”

8. Vampire Weekend
“Contra”

7. LCD Soundsystem
Title: TBD

6. Arcade Fire
Title: TBD

5. Rjd2
“The Colossus”
**Release date: January 19, 2010

4. Massive Attack
“Heligoland”
**Release date: February 9, 2010

3. Hot Chip
“One Life Stand”
**Release date: February 9, 2010

2. MGMT
“Congratulations”
**Release date: Early January

1. Interpol
“LP4″
**Release date: Early 2010

Happy 2010!!!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Best Albums of 2009!!!

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It’s that time of year. The time of the Best Of list. In this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown, we’re revealing the best albums of 2009, IHHO (In Heather’s Humble Opinion), NATCH.

5. Miike Snow
“Miike Snow”

Swedish + existential & metaphysical lyrics. Gotta have my synths!

4. Fever Ray
“Fever Ray”

Creepy vocals + dense electronica = just like I like it.

3. The Dead Weather
“Horehound”

Electric rock and funky backbeats. No bias here. This album/collaboration is one of the best from this year.

2. The xx
“xx”

Minimal and sexy. Pretty much how I live, nutshelled.

1. Florence + the Machine
“Lungs”

Gothic vocals + gorgeous instrumentation. Florence (speaking about her music) says: “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe.”

Happy New Year!!!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Best Music Videos of 2009!!!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Best Music Videos of 2009! Based on technique, creativity and entertainment value.

5.   “Daniel
[dir. Johan Renck]

-Bat for Lashesbatforlashes

Natasha Khan always scores big pointage for creativity. And who doesn’t love a creepy chase video?

4.  “When I Grow Up
[dir. Martin de Thurrah]

-Fever Rayfeverray

Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife) hardly lacks imagination – a harlequin dancing on a diving board over a dirty pool? She somehow pulls off weird without pretension.

3.Two Weeks
[dir. Patrick Daughters]

-Grizzly Beargrizzlybear

Exploding heads are cool! P. Daughters is unquestionably following in Michel Gondry’s quirky footsteps!

2.  “The Reeling
[dir. Hydra (John Hobbs, Ariel Danziger, Sam Stephens)]

-Passion Pitpassionpit

A bit too “disco” for me at times, but dig that ripped magazine effect.

1.  “Lessons Learned
[dir. Taylor Cohen and Otto Arsenault]
-Matt & Kim

This video is my #1 because it involves two of my favorite things: New York City and nudity! (It just sounds good, OK?)

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Rock ‘N’ Roll Baby Daddies!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Rock ‘N’ Roll Baby Daddies!

5. Anthony Kiedis

AnthonyKiedis

Have you seen this guy play a guitar with his shirt off? I have, and I haven’t been the same since.

4. Jason Schwartzman

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Totally adorbs. He’s got that double threat thing going for him = CUTE AND SEXY.

3. Wolfmother

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And here we’re talking, not one particular member, but the ENTIRE BAND (with the exception of the drummer).

2. Justin Timberlake

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I’ve always had a thing for JT. A guy who can dance should know this truth: I’m putty in your hands.

1. Jack White

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BIG SHOCK. He’s one talented, SEXY BITCH. Love everything he touches.

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Thanksgiving Day Playlist!

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Now, Thanksgiving is just around the corner. And when it comes down do it, for me? It’s all about gratitude, family, friendship, love and of course, food. So, this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown is dedicated to this joyous holiday. And if your family happens to have a karaoke machine, this awesome list doubles as a Thanksgiving-themed karaoke playlist — so you can belt out and bond with your perfectly dysfunctional family. Fun, right?

5.  “Sweet Potatoe Pie
-DominodominoDo you remember this guy? Popular in the 90s – early 2000s. Shamed for sharking Snoop Doggy Dogg’s rapping style.

4.  “November Rain
-Guns N’ Roses
gnrDelightful symphonic rock ballad about the month of November. One of GNR’s longest songs and one of the most expensive music videos to make (at that time).

3.  “Eat It
-Weird Al Yankovic
weirdalFood is good to eat.

2.  “Umbrella
-Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z)rihannaUmbrellas symbolize protection, friendship and in some cultures, love.

1.  “Livin’ On a Prayer
-Bon JovibonjoviQuintessential anthem rock about hard work, love and holding onto what we’ve got!

Post your top 5 songs of thanks! Go to Heather’s blog — GirlLovesMusic.wordpress.com — or post your list below. She could really use some gratitude… and love.

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Rock & Pop Sleep Songs!

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Now, get ready for this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown: Rock & Pop Sleep Songs!!

5.  “Enter Sandman
-MetallicametallicaFun fact: I was a big Metallica groupie in high school. My gal pals and I used to drive up to Tahoe to snowboard and rock out to Metallica on the way.

4.  “Sweet Dreams
-The Eurythmics

eurythmicsOne of my all-time favorite music videos. Classic. Annie Lennox was the sh**t.

3.  “Talking in your Sleep
-The RomanticsromanticsThis is very nostalgic of my days as an MTV kid. Scantily clad ladies ready for bed, FTW!

2.   “Dream On
-Aerosmith
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Guilty pleasure! Evokes fond memories of the carefree, simple days of teenage life.

1.  “Sleep the Clock Around
-Belle & SebastianbelleandsebastianSometimes all I want to do is sleep the clock around. Like Sleeping Beauty.

Are you tired too? Leave me your list of favorite sleep songs on my blog — girllovesmusic.wordpress.com — Come ONNN! Live a little!!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: New York City Ditties!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Favorite Songs About a Little Town Called New York City!!

5.  “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down
-LCD Soundsystemlcd

4.  “Lovecraft in Brooklyn
-The Mountain Goats (Aesop Rock Remix)goats

3.  “Downtown Train
-Tom Waitstom waits

2.  “NYC
-Interpolinterpol

1. “First We Take Manhattan
-Leonard Cohenleonard cohen

Bonus round! 20 more New York-inspired songs for a longer, vitamin-fortified playlist!

“Walk on the Wild Side”
-Lou Reed

“Brooklyn Bound”
-The Black Keys

“Brooklyn”
-Mos Def

“The Long Island Sound”
-Beirut

“Where I’m From”
-Digable Planets

“What New York Used to Be”
-The Kills

“Stock Exchange”
-Miss Kittin & the Hacker

“Positively 4th Street”
-Bob Dylan

“Yeah! New York”
-Yeah Yeah Yeahs

“This Mess We’re In”
-PJ Harvey (Feat. Thom Yorke)

“South 2nd”
-CocoRosie

“NYC Everything”
-RZA

“Chelsea Hotel”
-Leonard Cohen

“Hello Brooklyn”
-Beastie Boys

“Fairy Tale of New York”
-Stars (Pogues cover)

“Piazza, New York Catcher”
-Belle & Sebastian

“The Last Tango in Brooklyn”
-Frightened Rabbit

“53rd & 3rd”
-The Ramones

“New York, New York”
-Cat Power

“Hello Brooklyn”
-Jay-Z & Lil’ Wayne

Also, while you’re there, leave me a comment with your top 5 favorite New York songs!!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Halloween Music (from Beyond the Grave)!

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This week’s Top 5 Music Countdown is all about my favorite holiday. Halloween!!

While you’re sewing your costume together or mixing up some eyeball punch for your monster bash (see what I did there?) rock out to my play list from beyond the grave! Let’s bypass the obvious spooky tunes like “Monster Mash”, “Ghostbusters” and “Thriller”, shall we? We like to be more original on this show. Enjoy!

5.  “Psycho Killer
-Talking Heads
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Psycho killers are most definitely scary. And evil. Qu’est-ce que c’est?

4.  “Devil Inside
-INXS

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Every single one of us has the devil inside. The devil is evil.

3.  “I Put a Spell On You
-Screaming Jay Hawkins
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I’ve always thought that Jay Hawk was possessed. The dirty work of witches. Witches are ugly. And evil.

2.  “Abracadabra
-Steve Miller
Picture 7Magic is evil.

1.  “Somebody’s Watching Me
-Rockwell Feat. Michael Jackson
Picture 8
Watching someone without them knowing it is unquestionably evil.

Now it’s your turn! I wanna know what spooky songs you listen to this time of year. Leave me your list on my blog at Girllovesmusic.wordpress.com!!

Happy Halloween!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Miike Snow + School of Seven Bells = New Music Turn Ons!

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Peep this week’s Top 5 New Music Turn Ons!

5.  Stardeath and White Dwarfs
If you like The Flaming Lips and Portugal the Man, you’ll love these experimental psychedelic rockers from Oklahoma!

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4. School of Seven Bells
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY SVIIB was formed by Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines. Good wholesome serving of indie rock with a side of shoegaze!

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3.  Miike Snow
Swedish indie with a healthy dollop of electropop!miikesnow

2.  Modeselektor
Berlin-based avant-garde electronica-glitch-IDM band!modeselektor

1.  The Mumlers
Quirky art folky band from San Jose, California!mumlers

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Back to School. End of Summer Blues. Party’s Over.

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Many of us are already back in school or basking in the remnants of a delightful summer slipping away. OK, the party isn’t exactly over, but the season is most definitely changing and soon it will be time for you to get out your cold weather gear. So, this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown is all about making the end of summer blues less… well, bluesy!

5. “We’re Going to Be Friends
-The White Stripes

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This lovely autumnal ditty is from the album “White Blood Cells” and is featured in the opening credits of Napoleon Dynamite. It tells the story of going back to school and meeting new friends. Oh, and wearing new shoes! (Shameless plug: use code AFTOP515 to get 15% off new sneaks at EastBay.com!)

Dear Jack White,
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4. “School
-Nirvana

Picture 4A new Fall chill is in the air and you’re already swamped with schoolwork and #2 pencil sharpening. There’s no rest for the wicked, but how about a good scream? This little tune is a screamer, “there’s no recess!!!”

3. “Hot For Teacher
-Van Halen

Picture 6“Sit down, Waldo!!” This song is nostalgic of my innocent days as a high schooler. I remember Sophomore year, my girlfriends and I got all glammed up for the Van Halen concert — I think it was my second rock show after getting trampled at Steve Miller Band.

2. “Another Brick in the Wall
-Pink Floyd

Picture 5We don’t need no education. ‘Nuff said.

1. “Cruel Summer
-Bananarama

Picture 7Like, OMG!! This song is quintessential high school. Daddy’s out of town — which means all night keggers, parental liquor cabinet raids, messy bathtub beer bonging and of course, the dreadful beverage that is the wine cooler. Good times!

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