Best Song of November 2009
There were ten songs in the running for the month of November, but one of them almost stood out enough to invalidate the others. A list with only one song on it would be boring though.
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Best Song of October 2009
October boasted a decent number worthy tracks …and a few that were even better than that.
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Best Song of September 2009
September is apparently a great month for good music because the total number of songs this month is thirteen. They’ve been arranged in groups to fight it out like a martial arts tournament.
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Best Song of August 2009
Nine songs floated to the top of the barrel in August, but only one song from each band is allowed to compete for best song of the month.
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Best Song of July 2009
After two months of steadily increasing numbers, the songs competing for best of the month went back down for July. There are only six competing this time: “Hang You from the Heavens” from (Jack White’s new project) The Dead Weather, Magnolia Electric Co.
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Best Song of June 2009
There were nine songs in June that rose to the top of the bunch. The mellow group consists of “Revenge” by Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Moby’s “Shot In The Back Of The Head” and “Hit the Wall” by Elizabeth and the Catapult. The transition songs are “Fresh Blood” by Eels, Placebo’s “Battle for the Sun” and “Hard Times” by Patrick Wolf.
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Best Song of May 2009
There were seven songs to choose from for the month of May and several of them were from albums that just weren’t all that great as a whole. “Number with No Name” by Ben Harper and Relentless7, “They Done Wrong / We Done Wrong” by White Rabbits and “Welcome to England” by Tori Amos all fall into this category.
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Best Song of April 2009
For the month of April, there were six songs that made the list. Silversun Pickups with “It's Nice To Know You Work Alone,” “Burning Bridges” from k-os, Immaculate Machine with “Sound The Alarms,” “Pennies” from Lady Sovereign, Bat For Lashes with “Pearl's Dream” and “Gold Guns Girls” from the band that was my favorite for a few years, Metric.
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Best Song of March 2009
Each month in 2009 seems to produce more good music than the one before it…this could be a dangerous trend. The candidates this month were narrowed down to five: Pure Reason Revolution with “ii) Apogee iii) Requiem For The Lovers,” Miss Li’s “True Love Stalker,” Julie Doiron with “Heavy Snow,” Mirah’s “The Forest” and “New Life” by O + S.
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Best Song of February 2009
February boasted a few more releases to pick from than the previous month, but the showdown ended up being between five tracks: The first one is “This is Our Perfect Crime,” the quintessential track from The Von Bondies that claims, “We are the spark, we are the grit / we keep our cities loud and proud/ we keep their ears glued to the streets/ we are the underground.” Next up is “Everyone’s At
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