Best/Worst 27 Of Last Year: Tunes!

Why a random number like 27? Good question.

Here's my opinion on the best CDs and music released last year. I'll gurantee it already that you'll disagree with me. But, hey, who agrees with critics these days, eh?

Look for Best/Worst of: Comics and Film coming soon.

Instead of long paragraphs of why I liked them, heres some one sentence reviews. Also, all the downloads listed under each CD are only posted since they're legal.

Here we go...

27. Edan, "Beauty & The Beat"

Rap at it's best. Well, third best according to this list.
Best track: Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme

26. Safety Scissors, "Tainted Lunch"

Weird but neato. Import greatness.
Best track: Sunlight's On The Other Side

25. Kasabian, "Kasabian"
(Video: Club Foot)

What's up with all these good Russian bands all of the sudden?
Best track: Club Foot

24. Low, "The Great Destroyer"
(External Video: Monkey)

Future David Lynch soundtrack music.

Best track: Monkey

23. Iron & Wine, "Woman King"

Perfect slocoustic music for a slocoustic day.

Best track: Naked As We Came

22. Paul McCartney, "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard"

(Video: Fine Line)

Hey! Gotta have some love for the Beatle.

Best track: Fine Line

21. Okkervil River, "Black Sheep Boy"

(Video: For Real)

Also the best Austin-Based band of the year.

Best track: For Real

20. Ben Folds, "Songs For Silverman"

So this pirate walked into a bar...

Best track: Bastard

19. Gorillaz, "Demon Days"

(Video: Dirty Harry)

Didn't like the debut that much, but this is pretty amazing. Go Blur go.

Best track: Dirty Harry

17. The Stars, "Set Yourself On Fire"

One of the best concerts I saw last year, as well.

Best track: Your Ex Lover Is Dead

16. Ben Lee, "Awake Is The New Sleep"
(External Video: Catch My Disease)

Most singer-songwriters with Ben as there first name are usually an instant win.

Best track: Catch My Disease

15. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah"
(MP3s: Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood, Over And Over Again)

Self produced and delicious.

Best track: Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood

14. Spinto Band, "Nice And Nicely Done"
(MP3s: Oh Mandy, Crack The Whip, Brown Boxes)

The most listened too album on my MP3 player these days.

Best track: Brown Boxes

13. Sam Prekop, "Who's Your New Professor"

Sam Prekop's my new professor.

Best track: C + F

12. Blackalicious, "This Craft"

More good hip-hop on a top 28 list? Yes indeedy.
Best track: My Pen And Pad

11. LCD Soundsystem, "LCD Soundsystem"

(Stream The Album)
(Video: Tribulations)

Also awarded "Most Catchy Song" of the year for Daft Punk Is Playing At My House.

Best track: Tribulations

10. Flotation Toy Warning, "Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck"

Pink Floyd-esque with some new indie spin.

Best track: Happy 13

9. The Decemeberists, "Picaresque"
(Video: 16 Military Wives)

We are two mariners...

Best track: The Sporting Life

8. Rogue Wave, "Descended Like Vultures"

"Bird On A Wire" will never get out of my head. Even with the help of a hammer.

Best Track: Bird On A Wire

7. Death Cab For Cutie, "Plans"
(Video: Soul Meets Body)

Still sorta indie, but still damn good.

Best track: I Will Follow You Into The Dark

6. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, "Worlds Apart"
(Video: The Rest Will Follow Live)

Where my Eisner Cup team name came from.

Best track: Mistakes And Regrets

5. Dangerdoom, "The Mouse And The Mask"

(Video: ATHF)

Tad Ghostal would be proud.

Best track: Crosshairs

4. New Pornographers, "Twin Cinema"
(Video: Use It)

Also check out their David Cross'd music video.

Best track: Use It

3. Tie: Spoon, "Gimme Fiction"/ Shout Out Louds, "Howl Howl Gaff Gaff"
(Mp3: I Turn My Camera On)

(Video: The Comeback)

Not as good as Kill The Moonlight, but look at that, it's still the second best.

Best tracks: The Way We Get By and The Comeback

2. Bloc Party, "Silent Alarm"
(MP3s: The Answer, Tulips)

A new Clash for a new generation.

Best track: Helicopter

1. Wolf Parade, "Apologies To Queen Mary"

But god doesn't always have the best goddamned plans, now does he?

Best track: Modern World

Other Goodn's:
-Maximo Park, "A Certain Trigger"

-Beck, "Guero"

-Bloohound Gang, "Hefty Fine"
-Damian Marley, "Welcome To Jamrock"
-Death From Above 1979, "Romance Bloody Romance"
-22-20s, "22-20s"
-British Sea Power, "Open Season"
-Kaiser Cheifs, "Employment"
-The Blue Van, "The Art Of Rolling"
-The Bravery, "The Bravery"
-Bloc Party, "Silent Alarm Remixed"

Best Videos:

1. Jason Forrest, "War Photographer"(Samurai Jack, anyone?)

2. New Pornagraphers, "Use It"

3. Tim Fite, "Gone Ain't Gone" (Not Blackalicious Like Video Says)

4. Stephen Malkmus, "Baby C'mon"

5. We Are Scientists, "Nobody Move"

6. Beck, "E-Pro"

7. Of Montreal, "Requeim For Omm2"

8. The Boy Least Likely To, "Be Gentle With Me"

9. The Decemberists, "16 Military Wives"

Best EPs/ Singles:
1. The Shout Out Louds, "The Comeback"
2. We Are Scientists, "Nobody Move"
3. Whole Bunch Of Artists, "Do They Know It's Halloween?"
4. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, "I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness"

Worst Album Of The Year: U2, "How To Dismantle A Bomb"
Crap! Talk about overrated out the ass! Album of the year, too? Yikesamundo. Someone needs to get these gloating sunglasses/knitted cap enthusists out of the spotlight. Every single song sounds exactly similar in a Nikelback-esque way. Just stick to the donating.

Worst Song Of The Year: Some Hillbilly, "Honkytonk Badonkadonk"

Do I even have to explain? What's next? "Redneck Skeet Skeet"?

Worst Video Of The Year: Fall Out Boy, "Sugar We're Going Down"

How a group of unintelligible emo kids can find something depressing about a kid with deer antlers is beyond me. Yes, we get your sad about your antler teen friend over there, now go cry somewhere else other than my TV every other five minutes.

Biggest Sellout Of The Year: Green Day, "American Idiot"
What happen to the old Green Day that played ol' fashioned punk rock and didn't give a crap about MTV and mascarra? Those were the good old days. And now I see them walking away with a Grammy? I can't wait till the Grammys become officially un-"Jethro Tull'D."

But hey, theres always Weezer's new album to look forward t-.......Shit.

Biggest Dissapointment Of The Year (Technically): The Strokes, "First Impressions Of Earth"

What happened? I thought these guys we're suppose to "save" rock and roll? I think Julian Casablancas should just stick to the heroin, since it seemed to be working for him last record.